US_NatWilderness_USDAFS

File Geodatabase Feature Class

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Tags
US, Wilderness Area, Forest Service


Summary

This layer contains natural wilderness areas protected by the Federal Government in the US. This polygon file is intended for medium to large scale thematic mapping and analysis.

Description

            

The spatial data were obtained from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. This file contains parcels of Forest Service land congressionally designated as wilderness, such as National Wilderness Areas. The attributes were modified to include wilderness ID, area ID, name, and boundary status. The coordinate system of this data is WGS 1984.

Credits

Center for Geospatial Technology, Texas Tech University
United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service

Use limitations

Extent

West  -139.640691    East  -65.770809
North  59.999707    South  18.248409

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in)  1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out)  1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata 

Topics and Keywords 

*Content type  Downloadable Data


Citation 

*Title US_NatWilderness_USDAFS


Presentation formats* digital map


Resource Details 

Dataset languages* English (UNITED STATES)


Spatial representation type* vector


*Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.2.3552


Credits
Center for Geospatial Technology, Texas Tech University
United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service

ArcGIS item properties
*Name US_NatWilderness_USDAFS
*Location file://\\cgstdb\CGSTGeognet\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_ProtectedAreas\USInterior.gdb
*Access protocol Local Area Network

Extents 

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type  Extent used for searching
*West longitude -139.640691
*East longitude -65.770809
*North latitude 59.999707
*South latitude 18.248409
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
*West longitude -139.640691
*East longitude -65.770809
*South latitude 18.248409
*North latitude 59.999707
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Spatial Reference 

ArcGIS coordinate system
*Type Geographic
*Geographic coordinate reference GCS_WGS_1984
*Coordinate reference details
Geographic coordinate system
Well-known identifier 4326
X origin -400
Y origin -400
XY scale 999999999.99999988
Z origin -100000
Z scale 10000
M origin -100000
M scale 10000
XY tolerance 8.983152841195215e-009
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Left longitude -180
Latest well-known identifier 4326
Well-known text GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],METADATA["World",-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0,0.0,0.0174532925199433,0.0,1262],AUTHORITY["EPSG",4326]]

Reference system identifier
*Value 4326
*Codespace EPSG
*Version 8.2.6


Spatial Data Properties 

Vector
*Level of topology for this dataset  geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name US_NatWilderness_USDAFS
*Object type  composite
*Object count 441



ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name US_NatWilderness_USDAFS
*Feature type Simple
*Geometry type Polygon
*Has topology FALSE
*Feature count 441
*Spatial index TRUE
*Linear referencing FALSE



Distribution 

Distribution format
*Name File Geodatabase Feature Class


Fields 

Details for object US_NatWilderness_USDAFS 
*Type Feature Class
*Row count 441


Field OBJECTID
 
*Alias OBJECTID
*Data type OID
*Width 4
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Internal feature number.

*Description source
Esri

*Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.





Field Shape
 
*Alias Shape
*Data type Geometry
*Width 0
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Feature geometry.

*Description source
Esri

*Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.





Field WLDRNS_ID
 
*Alias WLDRNS_ID
*Data type String
*Width 40
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field NAME
 
*Alias NAME
*Data type String
*Width 80
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field AREAID
 
*Alias AREAID
*Data type String
*Width 6
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field BNDRY_STAT
 
*Alias BNDRY_STAT
*Data type String
*Width 40
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field Shape_Length
 
*Alias Shape_Length
*Data type Double
*Width 8
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Length of feature in internal units.

*Description source
Esri

*Description of values
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.





Field Shape_Area
 
*Alias Shape_Area
*Data type Double
*Width 8
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Area of feature in internal units squared.

*Description source
Esri

*Description of values
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.







Metadata Details 

*Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)


Scope of the data described by the metadata* dataset
Scope name* dataset


*Last update 2015-01-05


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata ItemDescription


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2014-07-17 13:35:23
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2015-01-05 10:55:46


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2015-01-05 10:55:14


FGDC Metadata (read-only) 

Entities and Attributes