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United States Fish & Wildlife Service Cadastral Geodatabase - Fws Interest

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of the Interior
Sub-Agency/Organization	US Fish and Wildlife Service
Category	Geography and Environment
Date Released	6/10/2010
Date Updated	6/10/2010
Time Period	06/10/2010
Frequency	Annual
Description	This data layer depicts lands and waters administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in North America, U.S. Trust Territories and Possessions. It may also include inholdings that are not administered by USFWS. The primary source for this information is the USFWS Realty program. The intended application of this data layer is as a cadastral framework for use with other data layers in GIS and mapping applications. It is specifically not intended to be used as a land survey or representation of land for conveyance or tax purposes. The FwsInterest feature class is an aggregated data layer derived by appending separate regional feature data sets into a single national set. The spatial and positional accuracy of this information will vary depending on the original source data and methods utilized. Data sources are not listed in this document but are maintained for each region and can be requested. We strive to improve the accuracy of this data and incorporate more reliable information when available.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Geospatial
Keywords	Boundaries, Planning Cadastre, National Wildlife Refuges, Administered
Unique ID	4030

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	http://www.fws.gov/GIS/data/CadastralDB/FwsInterest.zip
Agency Program Page	http://www.fws.gov/GIS/data/CadastralDB/index.htm
Agency Data Series Page	http://www.fws.gov/GIS/data/CadastralDB/FwsInterest.zip

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Wildlife Refuge
Granularity	Longitude/latitude pair
Geographic Coverage	-179.147969, -14.609461 179.772678, 70.329407

Data Description

Collection Mode	Computer
Data Collection Instrument	n/a
Data Dictionary/Variable List	n/a

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.fws.gov/GIS/data/CadastralDB/FwsInterest.htm
FGDC Compliance (Geospatial Only)
Additional Metadata	http://www.fws.gov/GIS/data/CadastralDB/FwsInterest.htm

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