Metadata for Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks (FWP) Lands - Points

• Identification Information
• Data Quality Information
• Spatial Data Organization Information
• Spatial Reference Information
• Entity and Attribute Information
• Distribution Information
• Metadata Reference Information

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Identification Information:

Citation:

Originator: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

Publication date: 05/05/2008

Title: Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks (FWP) Lands - Points

Online linkage: http://fwp.mt.gov/insidefwp/gis/shapefiles/fwplndpt.zip

Abstract:

Point locations for lands owned or managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP). Lands owned or managed by FWP do not necessarily imply public access.

Purpose: Display of lands owned and/or managed by FWP.

Time period of content:

Calendar date: 05/05/2008

Currentness reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and update frequency: Continually

Access constraints: none

Use constraints:

Many of the lands managed by FWP are held under conservation easement, lease, or agreement with private land owners and may be managed for the benefit of Montana's wildlife or other natural or cultural resources. Therefore, users of this data should not infer that lands managed by FWP imply public access. For details about public access on FWP's managed lands please contact the appropriate FWP regional office. Regional office contact information can be found at http://fwp.mt.gov/insidefwp/department/hqregions.html.

Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of this data for their purposes. This data set is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. FWP makes no representations or warranties whatsoever with respect to the accuracy or completeness of this data set and assumes no responsibility for the suitability of this data set for a particular purpose. FWP will not be liable for any damages incurred as a result of errors in this data set.

Point of contact:

Lydia Bailey

GIS and Natural Resource Data Manager

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

1420 East 6th Ave

PO Box 200701

Helena, MT 59620-0701

Telephone: 406-444-5365

E-Mail: lbailey@mt.gov

Security information:

Security classification: Unclassified

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Data Quality Information:

Attribute accuracy report: good at time of entry.

Logical consistency report:

Points are often the centroid of a group of related parcels or located within the largest most descriptive parcel representing the specific site.

Completeness report:

Data set is constantly being updated as lands change status or are acquired or disposed of.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:

approximate horizontal accuracy 51 meters, assuming source data meets National Map Accuracy Statndards.

Vertical positional accuracy report: none

Lineage:

Source information:

Source scale denominator: 100000

Type of source media: paper

Source contribution: primary source

Source information:

Source scale denominator: 24000

Type of source media: disc

Source contribution: secondary source

Process step:

Digitized locations located on the maps based on legal descriptions (township, range and section) in the Lands Section tabular database.

Process date: 10/30/1996

Process step:

Updates and changes were digitized on screen using the BLM's public land survey system layer as a background layer to locate the site via township, range and section.

Process date: 1998

Process step:

Updates and changes were screen digitized using USGS 1:24k DRGs as background layer to locate the site via township, range and section legal descriptions.

Process date: 2001

Process step:

Updates and changes were screen digitized using the polygons from the parcels coverage as reference. Most often centroid of polygon on simple sites, largest polygon or most descriptive polygon on complex sites.

Process date: 07/17/2002

Process step:

Updates and changes were screen digitized using the polygons from the parcels coverage as reference. Most often centroid of polygon on simple sites, largest polygon or most descriptive polygon on complex sites.

Process date: 07/2004

Process step:

Coverage imported into geodatabase. Newly acquired sites digitized on screen based on centroid of site polygons contained in parcels feature dataset in the geodatabase. Attributes updated based on cross referencing and relating to tabular database maintained by FWP Field Services Division - Lands Bureau.

Process date: 11/2005

Process step: Added lands acquired between Nov 2005 and Sept 2006.

Process date: 09/2006

Process step:

Added lands based on tabular information stored in the FWP Field Services (Lands Bureau) Oracle tabular database. The following sites were added:

Brewery Flats North FAS
North Swan Valley WCE
Piedmont Pond FAS
Snowden Bridge FAS

The following sites were deleted:
Ashley Lake
Walstad Memorial

Process date: 03/2007

Process step:

Performed edits based on WMA review. Edits included adding points, moving points, and attribute changes.

Process date: 04/2007

Process step:

Added lands based on tabular information stored in the FWP Field Services (Lands Section) Oracle tabular database. The following sites were added:

Avon FAS
Black Bridge FAS
Bull River WMA
Hart CE
Machler CE
North Swan Valley WMA
North Swan Valley CE
Piedmont Pond FAS
PPL Great Falls FAS
Sulphur Springs CE
Walstad Memorial FAS

Process date: 09/27/2007

Process step:

Added lands based on tabular information stored in the FWP Field Services (Lands Section) Oracle tabular database. Moved locations of several sites based on more accurate descriiptions. The following sites were added:

Little Muddy Creek
Pair-O-Dice
Smith River/Deep Creek CE

Process date: 04/05/2008

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Spatial Data Organization Information:

Point and vector object information:

ESRI feature type: Point

ESRI feature count: 0

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Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal coordinate system definition:

Projected coordinate system name: NAD_1983_Lambert_Conformal_Conic

Map projection:

Map projection name: Lambert Conformal Conic

Lambert conformal conic:

Lambert Conformal Conic

Standard parallel: 45.000000

Standard parallel: 49.000000

Longitude of central meridian: -109.500000

Latitude of projection origin: 44.250000

False easting: 600000.000000

False northing: 0.000000

Planar distance units: meters

Geodetic model:

Horizontal datum name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257222

Altitude system definition:

Altitude resolution: 0.000010

Altitude encoding method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

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Entity and Attribute Information:

Entity type label: fwplndpt

Entity count: 0

Attribute label: Shape

Attribute definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute label: SITEID

Attribute definition:

Unique ID associated with the site. SITEID is assigned by the FWP Lands Bureau and can be used to relate to additional site information in the Lands Bureau's tabular database.

Attribute value accuracy information:

Attribute value accuracy: Excellent

Attribute value accuracy explanation: Double checked by relating to tabular database.

Attribute label: SITENAME

Attribute definition:

Name of site as stored in FWP's Lands Bureau files and tabular database.

Attribute value accuracy information:

Attribute value accuracy: Excellent

Attribute value accuracy explanation: Double checked by relating to tabular database.

Attribute label: SITETYPE

Attribute definition:

Site type as stored in FWP's Lands Bureau files and tabular database.

Attribute Value Definition of Attribute Value 1 Administrative - Regional Headquarters and Field Offices (ADM) 2 Administrative - Enforcement Field Office (ADME) 3 Administrative - Fisheries Field Office (ADMF) 4 Administrative - Wildlife Field Office (ADMW) 6 Affiliated Lands - Fisheries (AFLF) 7 Boat Camp (BC) 8 Brood Pond (BP) 9 Fishing Access Area (FAA) 10 Fishing Access Site (FAS) 11 Fisheries Greenway (FGRN) 12 Fish Trap (FT) 13 Hatchery (HTC) 14 Affliated Lands - Parks (AFLP) 15 State Park (SP) 16 Affiliated Lands - Wildlife (AFLW) 17 Wildlife Conservation Easement (WCE) 18 Wildlife Habitat Protection Area (WHPA) 19 Wildlife Management Area (WMA)

Attribute value accuracy information:

Attribute value accuracy: Excellent

Attribute value accuracy explanation: Double checked by relating to Lands Bureau tabular database.

Attribute label: PUBNAME

Attribute definition:

Site's name as known by the public. If the site does not have a value for PUBNAME it is not managed for recreation for the public and may not have public access.

Attribute value accuracy information:

Attribute value accuracy: Very Good

Attribute value accuracy explanation: Based on FWP Division Administrator review.

Attribute label: PUBTYPE

Attribute definition:

Site type as managed for public recreation. If the site does not have a value for PUBTYPE it is not managed for recreation for the public and may not have public access.

Attribute Value Definition of Attribute Value 1 Fishing Access Site (FAS) 3 Wildlife Management Area (WMA) 4 Wildlife Conservation Easement (WCE) 5 State Park (SP) 6 Wildlife Habitat Protection Area (WHPA) 7 FALSE - No public access. Site is either inaccessible physically (i.e. not developed) or not open to the public. 8 Hatchery

Attribute value accuracy information:

Attribute value accuracy: Very Good

Attribute value accuracy explanation: Based on review by FWP Division Administrators.

Attribute label: FILENUM

Attribute definition:

Number used by the Lands Bureau referring to each transaction within a given site. The first four numbers are assigned; the numbers after the "." categorizes the agreement.

Attribute value accuracy information:

Attribute value accuracy: Very good.

Attribute value accuracy explanation: Cross referenced with Lands Bureau tabular database.

Attribute label: COMMENT

Attribute definition: Editor's comments.

Attribute label: FID

Attribute definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute label: SITENUM

Attribute definition:

First four digits of FILENUM. All parcels comprising a site will have the same SITENUM.

Attribute value accuracy information:

Attribute value accuracy: Very good

Attribute value accuracy explanation: Cross referenced against Lands Section tabular database.

Attribute label: ACQTYPE

Attribute definition: Acquisition type.

Attribute Value Definition of Attribute Value 1 Fee Title. Fee acquisition - ownership in land - transferable (sometimes with restrictions). 2 Lease, Easement, or Agreement. FWP is party to an agreement or FWP holds a partial land interest. 2E Easement. FWP has a specific right on the property. 2L Lease. Lease (in) with term and specified consideration. 3 Conservation Easement. A real property interest, legal title to the underlying land is retained by the original owner. 8 Miscellaneous. 10 Special Management Agreement

Attribute value accuracy information:

Attribute value accuracy: Excellent

Attribute value accuracy explanation:

Based on transaction types as described by FWP's Lands Bureau.

Attribute label: CREATED

Attribute definition: Date point feature was digitized.

Attribute label: EDITOR

Attribute definition:

Last name or FWP cf# of individual responsible for editing on date recorded in LAST_EDIT

Attribute label: LASTEDIT

Attribute definition: Date the point's location or attribute was last edited.

Attribute label: EXISTING_A

Attribute label: POTENTIAL_

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Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Telephone: 406-444-5365

Fax: 406-444-0581

E-Mail: lbailey@mt.gov

Resource description: Downloadable Data

Distribution liability:

User assumes responsiliblity to verify accuracy for their application.

Standard order process:

Digital form:

Format name: ESRI Shapefile

Transfer size: 0.000

megabytes

Online option:

http://fwp.mt.gov/insidefwp/gis/shapefiles/fwplndpt.zip

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Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata date: 05/05/2008

Metadata contact:

Lydia Bailey

GIS and Natural Resource Data Manager

Montana Fish, Widlife & Parks

1420 East 6th Ave

PO BOX 200701

HELENA, MT 59620-0701

Telephone: 406-444-5365

Fax: 406-444-0581

E-Mail: lbailey@mt.gov

Metadata access constraints: none

Metadata use constraints:

User assumes responsibility to verify usefulness for their purpose.

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