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American Samoa Watershed and Coastal Community Data Layers, Utulei, Fagaalu, Fatumafuti 2014

Metadata Updated: March 22, 2025

The Data Layers include the following.Flooding: Regions that flood during heavy rainfall.Intermittent Streams: Areas flow as streams during heavy rainfall.Community drinking Water Sources: Locations where villagers used to collect water for drinking, most do not use anymore and only use ASPA water.Trash Accumulation: Locations where trash accumulates in streams and other accumulated locations within the village such as corners of roads where water pools.Cultivated Lands: Areas used for cultivation mostly small local cultivations behind households only a few larger cultivated areas.Cesspools: Areas that are not on sewer and still have cesspools. Other Pollution Sources: This category is for other land sources of pollution. Village Clean Up: These areas are designated as village cleanup areas and have a regular schedule for cleanup. Also included in this layer or in a separate layer is information on Government cleanup which happens primarily along the main road.Informal Dump Sites: These data layers indicate where people dump trash within the village, sometimes it is overflow from dumpsters while other points reperesent where trash is commonly dumped.Important Fishing Areas: Indicate regions of important fishing as outlined by the villagers.

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License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Date December 15, 2024
Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
Metadata Updated Date March 22, 2025
Reference Date(s) November 15, 2014 (publication)
Frequency Of Update asNeeded

Metadata Source

Harvested from CoRIS FGDC Metadata

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date December 15, 2024
Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
Metadata Updated Date March 22, 2025
Reference Date(s) November 15, 2014 (publication)
Responsible Party One World One Water, LLC (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid as_watershed_and_coastal_data_metadata
Access Constraints Use Constraints: None, Access Constraints: None
Bbox East Long -170.651273
Bbox North Lat -14.266373
Bbox South Lat -14.307451
Bbox West Long -170.721992
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update asNeeded
Harvest Object Id 5b45144c-5d3e-4a06-88a9-83aef15daa79
Harvest Source Id d96f14c5-3e35-4b0a-a3b8-9392afeb50fa
Harvest Source Title CoRIS FGDC Metadata
Licence See access and use constraints information.
Lineage
Metadata Language eng; USA
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-170.721992, -14.307451], [-170.651273, -14.307451], [-170.651273, -14.266373], [-170.721992, -14.266373], [-170.721992, -14.307451]]]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2010-12-01
Temporal Extent End 2014-11-15

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