<metadata><idinfo><citation><citeinfo><origin>Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office</origin><pubdate>20091026</pubdate><title>BLM OR WA Public Land Survey System Sections poly</title><geoform>vector digital data</geoform><onlink>http://www.blm.gov/or/gis/</onlink><onlink>http://www.blm.gov/or/gis/data-details.php?data=ds000012</onlink><onlink>http://www.blm.gov/or/gis/files/regional/land_lines.zip</onlink></citeinfo></citation><descript><abstract>Filename: PLSS_Section_poly.  
This theme portrays information related to the Public Land Survey System of lands in the states of Oregon and Washington.</abstract><purpose>Land use planning, watershed analysis, project planning.</purpose><supplinf>Bureau of Land Management (BLM)</supplinf></descript><timeperd><timeinfo><rngdates><begdate>200910</begdate><enddate>Present</enddate></rngdates></timeinfo><current>publication date</current></timeperd><status><progress>Complete</progress><update>As needed</update></status><spdom><bounding><westbc>-124.860832</westbc><eastbc>-116.463026</eastbc><northbc>49.002432</northbc><southbc>41.992081</southbc></bounding></spdom><keywords><theme><themekt>None</themekt><themekey>Base Data</themekey><themekey>landlines</themekey><themekey>ownership</themekey><themekey>jurisdiction</themekey><themekey>public land survey system</themekey><themekey>subsurface mineral estate</themekey><themekey>LLI</themekey><themekey>Framework</themekey><themekey>GCDB</themekey><themekey>PLSS</themekey></theme><place><placekt>BLM-State</placekt><placekey>Oregon</placekey><placekey>Washington</placekey></place><theme><themekt>ISO 19115</themekt><themekey>planningCadastre</themekey></theme><theme><themekt>BLM-Theme</themekt><themekey>Land Use Planning</themekey></theme></keywords><accconst>Discretionary, contains no sensitive information - generally considered releasable.</accconst><useconst>None; however, users are reminded that the official records for federal land ownership and jurisdiction are maintained at the Oregon State Office of the Bureau of Land Management.  The Master Title Plats provide a reference to these records.  The federal surface and minerals management status in the ownership theme are to be used as general planning and management tools only.  The ownership theme is based on the best available information at the time of file update.  The official Public Land Tenure Records maintained by the Bureau of Land Management and other responsible Federal agencies should always be checked for current status on specific tracts of land.  Please report discrepancies in the ownership theme to the BLM office from which it was obtained.</useconst><ptcontac><cntinfo><cntperp><cntper>Tim Keck</cntper><cntorg>Bureau of Land Management, OR/WA State Office</cntorg></cntperp><cntpos>Land Surveyor, 957.3 GCDB Section</cntpos><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing address</addrtype><address>P. O. Box 2965</address><city>Portland</city><state>OR</state><postal>97208-2965</postal><country>USA</country></cntaddr><cntvoice>(503)808-6164</cntvoice><cntemail>tkeck@or.blm.gov</cntemail></cntinfo></ptcontac><native>Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722</native></idinfo><dataqual><attracc><attraccr>Attributes were compared with the source material for accuracy. Discrepancies were cross checked with other sources to determine and confirm the correct attribute.</attraccr></attracc><logic>The PLSS_Section_Poly was built for polygon, arc, and node topology.</logic><complete>This theme covers the states of Oregon and Washington.</complete><posacc><horizpa><horizpar>Source Data derived from the BLM addresses positional accuracy by referring to the error ellipses from the Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB). Other Source data derived from other Federal, State, and county sources as a rule did not address positional accuracy. Accuracy was then determined from metadata statements if available.</horizpar></horizpa></posacc><lineage><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>BLM</origin><pubdate>Unknown</pubdate><pubtime>Unknown</pubtime><title>Geographic Coordinate Data Base</title><pubinfo><pubplace>Portland, OR</pubplace><publish>OR BLM</publish></pubinfo></citeinfo></srccite><srcscale>12000</srcscale><typesrc>GCDB flat files</typesrc><srctime><timeinfo><rngdates><begdate>1985</begdate><begtime>unknown</begtime><enddate>unknown</enddate><endtime>unknown</endtime></rngdates></timeinfo><srccurr>publication date</srccurr></srctime><srccitea>GCDB</srccitea><srccontr>Points, lines, and attributes; supplied  for the State of Oregon by the Oregon State Office.</srccontr></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>BLM, Oregon State Office</origin><pubdate>Unknown</pubdate><pubtime>Unknown</pubtime><title>Western Oregon Digital Data Base</title></citeinfo></srccite><srcscale>UnKnown</srcscale><typesrc>Government Land Records, and USGS Quads</typesrc><srccitea>WODDB</srccitea><srccontr>Western Oregon Digital Data Base Lines, points, and attributes; supplied for the State of Oregon by the BLM Oregon State Office.</srccontr></srcinfo><procstep><procdesc>Data was assembled using information from the Oregon State Office and from various federal, state, and county agencies. When data from multiple sources covered the same area, the data was then assessed for best quality content and accuracy. Priorities were determined for acceptance. Data with positional accuracy statements were first choice (GCDB data). Data with accuracy statements in the meta data were second, and data without accuracy statements was the third priority for acceptance. The data was then combined  with and edge matched to previously accepted data and adjusted to conform to the topology rules.</procdesc><srcused>GCDB</srcused><srcused>WODDB</srcused><procdate>Not complete</procdate><proccont><cntinfo><cntperp><cntper>Tim Keck</cntper><cntorg>Bureau of Land Management, OR/WA State Office</cntorg></cntperp><cntpos>Land Surveyor, 957.3 GCDB Section</cntpos><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing address</addrtype><address>P. O. Box 2965</address><city>Portland</city><state>OR</state><postal>97208-2965</postal><country>USA</country></cntaddr><cntvoice>(503) 808-6164</cntvoice><cntemail>Tim_Keck@or.blm.gov</cntemail></cntinfo></proccont></procstep><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><title>WA_PLSSSection_poly</title></citeinfo></srccite><srctime><timeinfo><sngdate><caldate>20070215</caldate></sngdate></timeinfo><srccurr>publication date</srccurr></srctime><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><title>Cc_gps points</title><origin>Clallam County, Washington</origin><onlink>http://www.clallam.net/directory/departments.html</onlink></citeinfo></srccite><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><title>plss_coverage</title><origin>Clallam County, Washington</origin><onlink>http://www.clallam.net/directory/departments.html</onlink></citeinfo></srccite><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>Douglas County, Washington</origin><title>DCParcels9_8_06</title><onlink>http://www.douglascountywa.net/departments/tls/gis/default.asp</onlink></citeinfo></srccite><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>Franklin County, Washington</origin><title>FranklinCountyTwpId</title><onlink>http://gis.co.franklin.wa.us/</onlink></citeinfo></srccite><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>Franklin County, Washington</origin><title>FranklinCounty</title><onlink>http://gis.co.franklin.wa.us/</onlink></citeinfo></srccite><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>Grays Harbor County, Washington</origin><title>GHC_PLS</title></citeinfo></srccite><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>Klickitat County, Washington</origin><title>Klickitat</title><onlink>http://klickitatcounty.org/</onlink></citeinfo></srccite><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>Lewis County, Washington</origin><title>LewisCo</title><onlink>http://maps.lewiscountywa.gov/maps/maplib_index.html</onlink></citeinfo></srccite><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>Pierce County, Washington</origin><title>cadastre_thenrit7505517</title><onlink>http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/interactive.htm</onlink></citeinfo></srccite><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>Snohomish County, Washington</origin><title>Snohomish</title><onlink>http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Information_Services/</onlink></citeinfo></srccite><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>Thurston County, Washington</origin><title>controlpoints</title><onlink>http://www.geodata.org/online.htm</onlink></citeinfo></srccite><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>Whatcom County</origin><title>Whatcom</title><onlink>http://www.whatcomcounty.us/pds/planning/gis/gisdata.jsp</onlink></citeinfo></srccite><typesrc>online</typesrc></srcinfo><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>Yakima County, Washington</origin><title>YakamaCog83</title></citeinfo></srccite></srcinfo><procstep><proccont><cntinfo><cntperp><cntper>Steve Salas</cntper><cntorg>Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office</cntorg></cntperp><cntpos>GIS Specialist</cntpos><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing address</addrtype><address>P.O. Box 2965</address><city>Portland</city><state>OR</state><postal>97208</postal><country>USA</country></cntaddr><cntvoice>503 808-6416</cntvoice><cntemail>ssalas@blm.gov</cntemail></cntinfo></proccont><procdesc>Washington state data extracted from equivalent WA_LLI theme (WA_PLSSSection_poly).  Any overlaps with existing Oregon data in PLSS_SECTION_POLY were resolved by deleting features from PLSS_SECTION_POLY.  Field VERSION_NAME of the Washington data was filled with the value "InitialLoad".  Washington data loaded into PLSS_SECTION_POLY.  Edge-match of data along the Oregon and Washington border was completed by Erin Frostad using GCDB points.</procdesc><procdate>20091023</procdate></procstep><srcinfo><srccite><citeinfo><origin>CA BLM</origin><title>Geographic Coordinate Database</title><onlink>http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/cadastral/gcdbpage.html</onlink></citeinfo></srccite><srcscale>12000</srcscale><typesrc>GCDB flat files</typesrc><srccitea>GCDB</srccitea><srccontr>Lines, points, and attributes; supplied for the State of California and Nevada by the BLM California State Office.</srccontr></srcinfo></lineage></dataqual><spdoinfo><direct>Vector</direct><ptvctinf><sdtsterm><sdtstype>G-polygon</sdtstype><ptvctcnt>85231</ptvctcnt></sdtsterm></ptvctinf></spdoinfo><spref><horizsys><geograph><latres>0.000000001</latres><longres>0.000000001</longres><geogunit>Decimal degrees</geogunit></geograph><geodetic><horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn><ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips><semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis><denflat>298.257222</denflat></geodetic></horizsys><vertdef><altsys/></vertdef></spref><eainfo><detailed><enttyp><enttypl>
OR_PLSSSection_poly</enttypl><enttypd>The first level sudivision of a township in the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), and any divisions created by special survey</enttypd><enttypds>PLSS</enttypds></enttyp><attr><attrlabl>shape</attrlabl><attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef><attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Coordinates defining the features.</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>Shape_Length</attrlabl><attrdef>Length of feature in internal units.</attrdef><attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>twpid</attrlabl><attrdef>A coded value that identifies the State,  Meridian, Township, and Range of a polygon</attrdef><attrdefs>OR/WA BLM</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>twpid is a 15 character representation. Example: OR = State, 33 = Meridian, 0370N = Township, 0170E = Range</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>t_r</attrlabl><attrdef>The common Township and Range identifier</attrdef><attrdefs>OR/WA BLM</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Example: t_r = T37N-R17E</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>GLOBALID</attrlabl><attrdef>Globally Unique Identifiers </attrdef><attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs></attr><attr><attrlabl>sect</attrlabl><attrdef>The first level subdivision of a township.</attrdef><attrdefs>OR/WA BLM</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Section is the  first level subdivision of a township.  A normal rectangular section is numbered from 01-36.  Special surveys do not conform to the PLSS grid, but they are valid as part of the PLSS.  Special Surveys include Tracts, Mineral Surveys, and Donation Land Claims.  Unsurveyed areas are a representation of the PLSS based on a projection from existent survey data into unsurveyed areas.  The polygons are depicted as "PB" and a number, the first instance being 37.</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>shape_Area</attrlabl><attrdef>Area of feature in internal units squared.</attrdef><attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom></attrdomv></attr><attr><attrlabl>OBJECTID</attrlabl><attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef><attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs><attrdomv><udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom></attrdomv></attr></detailed><overview/></eainfo><distinfo><distrib><cntinfo><cntperp><cntper>Eric Hiebenthal</cntper><cntorg>Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office</cntorg></cntperp><cntaddr><addrtype>Mailing address</addrtype><address>P.O. Box 2965</address><city>Portland</city><state>OR</state><postal>97208</postal><country>USA</country></cntaddr><cntvoice>503-808-6565</cntvoice><cntfax>503-808-6419</cntfax><cntpos>GIS Data Management Specialist</cntpos><cntemail>ehiebent@blm.gov</cntemail></cntinfo></distrib><distliab>No warranty is made by the Bureau of Land Management as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data for individual use or aggregate use with other data.</distliab><resdesc>Downloadable Data</resdesc></distinfo><metainfo><metd>20091023</metd><metc><cntinfo><cntperp><cntper>Stanley Frazier</cntper><cntorg>Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office</cntorg></cntperp><cntpos>State Data Administrator</cntpos><cntaddr><addrtype>mailing address</addrtype><address>P.O. Box 2965</address><city>Portland</city><state>OR</state><postal>97208</postal><country>USA</country></cntaddr><cntvoice>(503)808-6009 (direct) (503)808-6004 (front desk)</cntvoice><cntfax>(503)808-6419</cntfax><cntemail>Stan_Frazier@or.blm.gov</cntemail></cntinfo></metc><metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn><metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv><mettc>local time</mettc><metac>None</metac><metuc>None</metuc><metsi><metscs>Not Classified</metscs></metsi><metrd>20100630</metrd><metfrd>20130630</metfrd></metainfo><mdDateSt>20090810</mdDateSt><distInfo><distributor><distorTran><onLineSrc><linkage>file://\\blm\dfs\or\egis\gisdata\corp\BLMReplication\stage\corp\land_lines.gdb</linkage><protocol>Local Area Network</protocol></onLineSrc></distorTran></distributor></distInfo></metadata>

