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    Region 3 National Forest Boundaries (NM and AZ)

    Metadata Updated: December 2, 2020

    A feature class describing the spatial location of the administrative boundary of the lands managed by the Forest Supervisor's office. An area encompassing all the National Forest System lands administered by an administrative unit. The area encompasses private lands, other governmental agency lands, and may contain National Forest System lands within the proclaimed boundaries of another administrative unit. All National Forest System lands fall within one and only one Administrative Forest Area. This dataset is derived from the USFS Southwestern Region ALP (Automated Lands Program) data Project. This is one of six layers derived from ALP for the purpose of supplying data layers for recourse GIS analysis and data needs within the Forest Service. The six layers are Surface Ownership, Administrative Forest Boundary, District Boundary, Townships, Sections, and Wilderness. There were some gapes in the ALP data so a small portion of this dataset comes from CCF (Cartographic Feature Files) datasets and the USFS Southwestern Region Core Data Project. ALP data is developed from data sources of differing accuracy, scales, and reliability. Where available it is developed from GCDB (Geographic Coordinate Data Base) data. GCDB data is maintained by the Bureau of Land Management in their State Offices. GCDB data is mostly corner data. Not all corners and not all boundaries are available in GCDB so ALP also utilizes many other data sources like CFF data to derive its boundaries. GCDB data is in a constant state of change because land corners are always getting resurveyed. The GCDB data used in this dataset represents a snapshot in time at the time the GCDB dataset was published by the BLM and may not reflect the most current GCDB dataset available. The Forest Service makes no expressed or implied warranty with respect to the character, function, or capabilities of these data. These data are intended to be used for planning and analyses purposes only and are not legally binding with regards to title or location of National Forest System lands.

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    Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date June 16, 2014
    Metadata Created Date December 2, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 2, 2020
    Reference Date(s) October 22, 2008 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from New Mexico Resource Geographic Information System (NM RGIS)

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date June 16, 2014
    Metadata Created Date December 2, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 2, 2020
    Reference Date(s) October 22, 2008 (publication)
    Responsible Party USDA Forest Service, Southwest Regional Office (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid RGIS::8dba1643-d47e-4b38-bfda-281bdbb80f5a::ISO-19115:2003
    Access Constraints Access Constraints: None.. Use Constraints: Comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in photointerpretation, rounding of decimal coordinates during conversion, and mapping conventions over time. Any hardcopies utilizing these data sets shall clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way, they are obligated to describe the types of modifications they have performed on the hardcopy map. The user specifically agrees not to misrepresent these data sets, nor to imply that changes made were approved by the USFS.
    Bbox East Long -99.424843
    Bbox North Lat 37.008327
    Bbox South Lat 31.084939
    Bbox West Long -113.173752
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id 37f62315-9144-4b2c-80ea-9892a4dd440c
    Harvest Source Id 3636b698-f3eb-4e93-a26e-b664cc785274
    Harvest Source Title New Mexico Resource Geographic Information System (NM RGIS)
    Licence
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress complete
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System United States
    Spatial Harvester True

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