Surface and mineral status (ownership) for Wyoming, produced by the Bureau of Land Management

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming

Publication_Date: 1998

Title:

Surface and mineral status (ownership) for Wyoming, produced by the Bureau of Land Management

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Cheyenne, WY

Publisher: Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming

Online_Linkage: Wyoming BLM GIS web page

Description:

Abstract:

Source of ownership data comes from Bureau of Land Management master title plats (MTPs). Using MTPs as a reference ownership lines and attributes were drafted onto mylars of with public land survey (PLS) and digitized. All of the current ownership coverages where snapped to Geographic Coordinate Database (GCDB) where available. The ownership coverages are updated as information is received from the field offices. Updates usually come from users who discover errors or outdated information. Because our focus is mainly on BLM lands, land exchanges made by the Park Service and Forest Service may not show up on our coverages for some time.

Purpose:

To provide information about surface ownership and mineral (subsurface) ownership for Wyoming.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1990

Ending_Date: 1998

Currentness_Reference: date of publication

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -111.0660

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -104.0524

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.0174

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.9947

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: surface ownership

Theme_Keyword: subsurface ownership

Theme_Keyword: mineral ownership

Theme_Keyword: ownership

Theme_Keyword: status

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Wyoming

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Users should be aware that ownership of land parcels changes and this database does not reflect current ownership in all areas to 1998, the year of publication. Some areas known to be out-of-date are listed here; there may also be other incorrectly-labeled areas that have not been identified by this distributor as yet.

Known issues:

Jackson Hole quadrangle: ownership within the boundary of Grand Teton National Park has changed considerably. Many parcels shown as privately-owned within the park boundaries are owned by the National Park Service.

Firehole Canyon quadrangle: Along the upper part of Flaming Gorge reservoir and Green River, parcels of land may be incorrectly coded as private which are actually owned by the Forest Service.

Cody Quadrangle: there are many privately-owned parcels that are incorrectly coded as Forest Service ownership, particularly along US highway 212 in the Crandall area and the Sunlight Basin area.

Rock Springs quadrangle: Seedskadee Wildlife Refuge along the Green River; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has acquired more parcels in this area.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Bureau of Land Management

Contact_Person: Larry Neasloney

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 5353 Yellowstone Rd

City: Cheyenne

State_or_Province: Wyoming

Postal_Code: 82003

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 307-775-6171

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: n/a

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: larry_neasloney@blm.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00-5:00 MST

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Arc/Info

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Attributes were checked while drafted onto mylars for digitizing.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Data has been checked for topological consistency. There are no dangling Arcs, unlabeled polygons, or other topological errors.

Completeness_Report:

Attributing is limited to general ownership categories. For instance, private land is attributed as "private" and not by individual land owners. Land ownership changes not within areas of BLM jurisdiction may not be up-to-date.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Generally, the user can assume the accuracy to be not less than 1:24000 or +/- 50 ground feet according to National Mapping Accuracy standards. Data was digitized off of 1:24,000 mylars with registration points comparable to USGS 7.4 minute topographic maps.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bureau of Land Mangement

Publication_Date: unknown

Title: Master title plats

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Cheyenne WY

Publisher: Bureau of Land Management

Type_of_Source_Media: digital

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: unknown

Ending_Date: 1998

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: MTPs

Source_Contribution: ownership lines and attributes for each township in Wyoming

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bureau of Land Management

Publication_Date: 1990

Title: Geographic Coordinate Database (GCDB)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: 1998

Publisher: Bureau of Land Mangament

Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000

Type_of_Source_Media: mylar

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1990

Ending_Date: 1998

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: GCDB

Source_Contribution: most accurate available data for placing ownership lines

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Source of ownership data comes from Bureau of Land Management master title plats (MTPs). Using MTPs as a reference ownership lines and attributes were drafted onto mylars of with public land survey (PLS) and digitized. All of the current ownership coverages where snapped to Geographic Coordinate Database (GCDB) where available. The ownership coverages are updated as information is received from the field offices. Updates usually come from users who discover errors or outdated information. Because our focus is mainly on BLM lands, land exchanges made by the Park Service and Forest Service may not show up on our coverages for some time.

Process_Date: 1990-1998

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 47319

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.01

Longitude_Resolution: 0.01

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

The polygon dataset contains these attributes for every polygon:

label: six digit alphnumeric code

Surface: description of surface ownerhip, include:

Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Land Mangement
Bureau of Land Management??
Bureau of Reclamation
Corps of Engineers
Department of Defense
Disputed
Fish and Wildlife Service
Forest Service
Forest Service??
National Park Service
Private
State
Water

Fed_min: types of minerals that BLM has ownership over:

All
None
Coal, Gas, Oil, Phosphate, Potassium, Sodium, Other
Restricted
Indian
Other

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Data Manager

Contact_Organization: Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 5353 Yellowstone

City: Cheyenne

State_or_Province: Wyoming

Country: USA

Postal_Code: 82001

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 307-775-6171

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: n/a

Resource_Description: Available as an ArcInfo export file or an ArcView shapefile.

Distribution_Liability:

The distributor shall not be held liable for improper or^M incorrect use of this data, based on the data quality section of this^M document. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired^M from the distributor described above and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCE (Arc/Info export)

Format_Version_Number: 7.0.4

Format_Version_Date: 1995

File_Decompression_Technique: Export file was created using defaults, no compression^M

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: not available yet

Access_Instructions: n/a

Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: NT

Fees: No fees are required for downloading the data that is on-line.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20001115

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Spatial Data and Visualization Center

Contact_Person: Margo Berendsen

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and physical address

Address: Box 4008 University Station

City: Laramie

State_or_Province: Wyoming

Postal_Code: 82071

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 307-766-2751

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: n/a

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: meh@uwyo.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00-5:00 MST

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998