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Metadata for Montana National Forests w/ land ownership

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Identification_Information:

  Citation
    Originator:        Montana State Library
    Publication_Date:  02/17/1991
    Title:             Montana National Forests w/ land ownership
    Online_Linkage:  http://nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris/ab13.GZ
  Description
    Abstract:
        Montana National Forest from U.S. Forest Service "Forest
        Visitor Maps" (1:126,720). Includes land ownership for areas
        inside the Congressional forest boundaries. Ownership was
        updated in Fall 1992, March 1994, and March 1995. Fall 1992
        version is /montana/old/forest. 
    Purpose:
        Base map data. 
  Time_Period_of_Content
    Beginning_Date:  01/01/1975
    Ending_Date:     03/01/1995
  Access_Constraints:
        None 
  Use_Constraints:
        Not for use at scales greater than 1:126720. 
  Native_Data_Set_Environment:
      Arc/Info version 6.1.1, SunOS version 4.1.3
      Pathname = /montana/admin/forest

Data_Quality_Information:

  Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
        Attributes agree with the latest information available from
        the Forest Service as of 3/1/95. 
  Completeness_Report:
        All known major land ownership inside the Forest boundaries
        as of 3/1/95 is shown. 
  Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        Based on digitizer RMS error, accuracy is 48 meters. 
  Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        NONE 
  Lineage
    Source_Information
      Originator:  U.S. Forest Service Northern Region
      Publication_Date:  01/01/1975
      Title:  National Forest Visitors Maps
      Publication_Information
        Publication_Place:  Missoula, MT
        Publisher:  U.S. Forest Service Northern Region
      Source_Scale_Denominator:  126720
      Type_of_Source_Media:  Paper
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content
        Beginning_Date:  01/01/1975
        Ending_Date:     01/01/1994
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation:  s1
      Source_Contribution:
          The data set was digitized from about 22 different Forest
          Visitors Maps of various dates.

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:  Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information
    Number of Arcs:  11109
    Number of Polygons:  5391
    Number of Polygon Labels:  5390

Spatial_Reference_Information:

  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition
    Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System
    SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 2500
    Map_Projection_Name:  Lambert Conformal Conic
      Standard_Parallel:  45
      Standard_Parallel:  49
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian:  -109.5
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin:  44.25
      False_Easting:   600000.00000
      False_Northing:  0.00000
    Planar_Distance_Units:  meters
    Geodetic_Model
      Horizontal_Datum_Name:  North American Datum of 1983

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

  Entity_Type_Definition:  Polygon Attribute Table
 
    Attribute_Label:  ACRES
      Attribute_Definition:  Area, acres
          Calculated by GIS software.
        Range_Domain
          Range_Domain_Minimum:  0
          Range_Domain_Maximum:  849183
      Attribute_Units_of_Measure:  acres 
      Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values:  02/17/1991
      Ending_Date_of_Attribute_Values:    03/01/1995
 
    Attribute_Label:  FDIST
      Attribute_Definition:  Code for Forest and District
      Enumerated_Domain_Value   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
      -----------------------   ----------------------------------
        -                       Not National Forest Property
        BE2                     BEAVERHEAD    WISE RIVER
        BE3                     BEAVERHEAD    WISDOM
        BE6                     BEAVERHEAD    SHERIDAN
        BE7                     BEAVERHEAD    MADISON
        BE9                     BEAVERHEAD    DILLON
        BI2                     BITTERROOT    DARBY
        BI3                     BITTERROOT    SULA
        BI4                     BITTERROOT    WEST FORK
        BI9                     BITTERROOT    STEVENSVILLE
        CU2                     CUSTER        BEARTOOTH
        CU3                     CUSTER        SIOUX
        CU4                     CUSTER        ASHLAND
        DE2                     DEERLODGE     JEFFERSON
        DE3                     DEERLODGE     PHILIPSBURG
        DE4                     DEERLODGE     BUTTE
        DE9                     DEERLODGE     DEERLODGE
        FL4                     FLATHEAD      SPOTTED BEAR
        FL6                     FLATHEAD      HUNGRY HORSE
        FL7                     FLATHEAD      GLACIER VIEW
        FL8                     FLATHEAD      TALLY LAKE
        FL9                     FLATHEAD      SWAN LAKE
        GA2                     GALLATIN      LIVINGSTON
        GA3                     GALLATIN      GARDINER
        GA6                     GALLATIN      BOZEMAN
        GA7                     GALLATIN      HEBGEN LAKE
        GA9                     GALLATIN      BIG TIMBER
        HE2                     HELENA        HELENA
        HE4                     HELENA        LINCOLN
        HE9                     HELENA        TOWNSEND
        KO3                     KOOTENAI      FORTINE
        KO4                     KOOTENAI      THREE RIVERS
        KO5                     KOOTENAI      LIBBY
        KO6                     KOOTENAI      FISHER RIVER
        KO7                     KOOTENAI      CABINET
        KO9                     KOOTENAI      REXFORD
        LC4                     LEWIS & CLARK JUDITH
        LC6                     LEWIS & CLARK MUSSELSHELL
        LC7                     LEWIS & CLARK KINGS HILL
        LC9                     LEWIS & CLARK ROCKY MOUNTAIN
        LO3                     LOLO          MISSOULA
        LO4                     LOLO          NINEMILE
        LO5                     LOLO          PLAINS/THOMPSON FALLS
        LO6                     LOLO          SEELEY LAKE
        LO7                     LOLO          SUPERIOR
      Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values:  02/17/1991
      Ending_Date_of_Attribute_Values:    03/01/1995
 
    Attribute_Label:  OWNERSHIP
      Attribute_Definition:  Code for ownership
      Enumerated_Domain_Value   Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
      -----------------------   ----------------------------------
        0                       Outside of Forest
        1                       Private
        2                       State
        3                       National Forest
        4                       BLM
        5                       Wilderness
        6                       Private in Wild.
        7                       Corporate forest
        9                       State in Wild.
        10                      USFWS
        11                      Sieben Ranch
        12                      Rankin Ranch
      Beginning_Date_of_Attribute_Values:  02/17/1991


Distribution_Information:


Metadata_Reference_Information:

  Metadata_Date:  03/09/1995
  Metadata_Review_Date:  03/05/1996
  Metadata_Contact:  Gerry Daumiller