nawqacyc1_91_01

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Hitt, K.J., USGS
Originator: Nakagaki, N.
Publication_Date: 20021231
Title:
nawqacyc1_91_01
Edition: 6.1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia, USA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: NA
Description:
Abstract:
This is a coverage of the boundaries and codes used for the
U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA)
Program Study-Unit investigations in the conterminous United
States, excluding the High Plains Regional Ground-Water Study.
The data set represents the areas studied during the first decade
of the NAWQA Program, from 1991-2001 ("cycle 1").
Purpose:
The National Water-Quality Assessment Program is a primary
source for long-term, nationwide information on the quality of
streams, ground water, and aquatic ecosystems (Gilliom and
others, 2001). The goals of NAWQA are to assess the status and
trends in the quality of the Nation's ground- and surface-water
resources and to provide a sound understanding of the natural
and human factors that affect the quality of these resources
(Leahy and others, 1990).

Study Units are defined by major river basins and aquifers
across the Nation (Gilliom and others, 2001).

This coverage contains the boundaries for the Study Units within
the conterminous United States (excluding the High Plains
Regional Ground Water-Study) that were defined during cycle 1 of
NAWQA.  During cycle 1 of NAWQA, 51 studies actually
were undertaken (49 in the conterminous U.S. and one each in
Alaska and Hawaii), and 8 were not scheduled.  This coverage
depicts 57 Study Units: 49 actually studied and 8 not scheduled.
The coverage also includes the name, starting date, and NAWQA
standard abbreviation of each Study Unit plus various codes to
help display the data.

The second cycle of NAWQA (2001-2012) will adjust its scope to
42 of these important river basins and aquifer systems to
accommodate budget reductions.  The second cycle of
investigations began in 14 Study Units in 2001.  Although the
boundaries of most Study Units remain the same in cycle 2,
the boundaries and codes for cycle 2 Study Units are
maintained in a separate data set (NAWQACYC2).

This data set is used primarily to display the location of NAWQA
Study Units and for analysis of data at the national scale.  It
is not recommended for either local or regional analysis due to
the small scale of most of the features.

For use with the GEOSTAC database, this data set has been compiled in order to simplify pesticide risk assessment and to provide a common data set for interested parties.
Supplemental_Information:
Originally, Study-Unit boundaries in this coverage were composed
of 1:2,000,000-scale hydrologic unit boundaries (Allord, 1992)
and state boundaries (Negri, 1994). As the NAWQA project
progressed and Study-Unit Investigations got underway,
many Study-Unit boundaries were modified.  In addition,
Study Units enhanced their boundary coverages with features
at higher resolutions. As these modifications were made, Study
Units submitted their new boundary coverages to National Synthesis
teams, who are responsible for summarizing the results from all
of the Study Units, and the changes were incorporated into this
coverage.  As a result, this coverage is composed of linear
features at various scales (for example, 1:100,000, 1:250,000),
but the majority remain at the 1:2,000,000 scale.

The original version of this coverage was generated by the
USGS Cartographic and Publishing Program (CAPP) in Madison,
Wisconsin, in the fall of 1991. The procedures used to create
this coverage are described below.

Each NAWQA Study Unit was asked for a description of their
boundary definition. Once this information was gathered, CAPP
created the coverage by extracting digital features from the
1:2,000,000 Hydrologic Unit boundaries coverage and the
1:2,000,000 state boundaries coverage. Since the majority of
Study-Unit boundaries are defined from hydrologic unit
boundaries, most of the features were directly copied from the
Hydrologic Units coverage. An exception to this was the boundary
defining the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain Study Unit where the
northern boundary was defined by the northern edge of the
Floridan Aquifer. To incorporate this boundary into the coverage,
the aquifer boundary was digitized from the U.S. Geological
Survey's "Ground-Water Atlas of the United States", HA-730 (G)
(Miller, 1990).

In November 1991, responsibility for maintaining the coverage
was transferred to NAWQA's National Synthesis staff.

Major milestones in the development of the coverage and various
revisions to the coverage are listed under the Lineage section.

The coverage is reviewed by one of the NAWQA National Synthesis
GIS staff members prior to release.

Alaska (Cook Inlet) and Hawaii (Oahu) NAWQA Study-Unit
boundaries are maintained in separate data sets.

The High Plains Regional Ground-Water Study boundary is in a
separate data set.

Cook, Oahu, and High Plains study boundaries should be used with
this data set to give the full picture of NAWQA Study Units
nationwide.

References

Allord, G.J., 1992, 1:2,000,000 Hydrologic Unit map of the
conterminous United States, Version 1.1.2.  Available through
the internet at
<URL:http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getmeta?huc2m>.

Gilliom, R.J., Alley, W.M., and Gurtz, M.E., 1995, Design of the
National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Occurrence and
distribution of water-quality conditions: U.S. Geological Survey
Circular 1112, U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, California,
33 p.  Available through the internet at
<URL:http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1112/>.

Gilliom, R.J., Hamilton, P.A., and Miller, T.L., 2001, The
National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Entering a new decade
of investigations: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 071-01.
Available through the internet at
<URL:http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/fs-071-01/pdf/fs07101.pdf>

Leahy, P.P., Rosenshein, J.S., and Knopman, D.S., 1990,
Implementation plan for the National Water-Quality Assessment
Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
90-174. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, 10 p.

Leahy, P.P. and Thompson, T.H., 1994, National Water-Quality
Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
94-70, 4 p.  Available through the internet at
<URL:http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/NAWQA.OFR94-70.html>.

Miller, James A., 1990, Ground water atlas of the United
States-Segment 6, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina:
U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Atlas Hydrologic
Investigations Atlas-730-G, 28 p.  Information about the Ground
Water Atlas is available at
<URL:http://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/index.html>.

Nebert, Douglas D. and Steeves, P.A., 1994, Digital map file
of hydrologic unit boundaries for the conterminous United States
processed from 1:100,000- and 1:250,000-scale U.S. Geological
Survey Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System
(GIRAS) data files. U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report
94-326.  Available on the internet through
<URL:http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getmeta?huc250k>.

Negri, M., 1994, 1:2,000,000 Digital map of state boundaries of
the conterminous United States.  Available through the internet
at <URL:http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?states2m>.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2001
Currentness_Reference:
Current as of publication date.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: This data set represents the final version of cycle 1 study unit boundaries that existed at the end of the first decade of study. The coverage underwent many changes over the years and was updated whenever the Study-Unit boundaries changed or were refined. The changes fell into these broad categories: 1) the Study-Unit boundaries changed as the geographic definition of the boundary changed (features were added or deleted); 2) the digital boundaries were refined by acquiring more detailed source materials; and 3) changes in the NAWQA program necessitated revamping of the Study-Unit definitions. Where a revised Study-Unit boundary was shared with another Study Unit, in general, a higher resolution boundary took precedence over a lower resolution boundary and the more recent version of a boundary took precedence over the older version of that boundary.
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -127.872474
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.356310
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 51.601682
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.877918
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: National Water-Quality Assessment Program
Theme_Keyword: NAWQA
Theme_Keyword: Water quality
Theme_Keyword: Surface water
Theme_Keyword: Ground water
Theme_Keyword: River basin
Theme_Keyword: Aquifer system
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Conterminous United States
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword: None
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 1991-2001
Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:
Accuracy is good at 1:2,000,000 or smaller in most cases.  The
Study-Unit source maps come from various sources and scales.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: K Hitt
Contact_Organization: US Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS-413
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703-648-6693
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kjhitt@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: 9:00am-5:30pm EST
Contact Instructions:
Please contact through email
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/map/cyc1_browse.gif
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
This is an image of a national map showing the cycle 1 NAWQA Study Unit boundaries.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Hitt, K.J.
Originator: Nakagaki, N.
Publication_Date: 20021209
Title:
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Study-Unit Investigations in the conterminous United States 2001-2012
Edition: 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia, USA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <URL:http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?nawqacyc2
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
See Entity_Attribute_Information
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Value: See Explanation
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
Where present, is described with each attribute defined
in the Entity and Attribute Section.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The data set was checked for topological consistency using the
Arc/INFO commands BUILD and LABELERRORS.
Completeness_Report:
The data set contains NAWQA boundaries (excluding
HPGW) for the conterminous United States.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Allord, G.J.
Publication_Date: 1992
Title:
Hydrologic Unit map of the conterminous United States
Edition: 1.1.2
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Madison, WI
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <URL:http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getmeta?huc2m
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000
Type_of_Source_Media: digital files
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1991
Source_Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
HUC2M
Source_Contribution:
This layer provided 1:2,000,000 hydrologic
unit boundaries that served as an initial source of the NAWQA
Study Unit boundaries.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Miller, James A.
Publication_Date: 1990
Title:
Ground water atlas of the United States-Segment 6, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Atlas Hydrologic Investigations Atlas-730-G
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <URL:http://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/index.html
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2500000
Type_of_Source_Media: scale stable map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1990
Source_Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
HA 730G
Source_Contribution:
This layer provided the northern edge of the
Floridan Aquifer, which formed part of the boundary of the
Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain NAWQA.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Nebert, Douglas D.
Originator: Steeves, P.A.
Publication_Date: 1994
Title:
Digital map file of hydrologic unit boundaries for the conterminous United States processed from 1:100,000- and 1:250,000-scale U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System (GIRAS) data files. U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 94-326.
Edition: 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <URL:http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getmeta?huc250k
Source_Scale_Denominator: 250000
Type_of_Source_Media: digital file
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1994
Source_Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
HUC250k
Source_Contribution:
This layer contributed some higher resolution
hydrologic unit boundaries.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Negri, M.
Publication_Date: 1994
Title:
1:2,000,000 Digital map of state boundaries of the conterminous United States
Edition: 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <URL:http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getmeta?states2m
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000
Type_of_Source_Media: digital file
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1994
Source_Currentness_Reference:
publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
States2m
Source_Contribution:
This layer contributed state boundaries.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 1.0 -
Received NAWQA coverage from Greg Allord, Madison, WI.
Process_Date: 19911125
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 1.1 -
Added item USBND to .AAT for plotting purposes only.
Process_Date: 19911127
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 1.2 -
Updated three Study-Unit boundaries:

1) Modified Red River of the North to include portion in
Canada. A file containing latitude/longitude coordinates
was used in determining the new northern boundary.

2) Replaced Ozark Plateau Study Unit with exported coverage
from Ozark Plateau Study Unit staff.

3) Excluded the area that defines HUC 02030102 from Hudson
River Basin Study Unit.
Process_Date: 19911217
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 1.3 -
Updated two Study-Unit boundaries:

1) Updated Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Basin with an
exported coverage from ACFB Study Unit. (Source scale:
1:250,000.)

2) Modified Nevada Basin and Range (southern portion) to
exclude most of eastern area defined by HUC 15010005.
Process_Date: 19920113
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 1.4 -
Added item CANADA to .AAT and to .PAT for plotting
purposes only.
Process_Date: 19920131
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 1.5 -
Updated Study-Unit boundaries:

1) Updated Lower Susquehanna Study-Unit boundary.  It now
includes portion of the area defined by HUC 02060002.

2) Modified northeast section of the Willamette Study Unit with
an exported coverage from Willamette Study Unit.

3) Replaced Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Basin boundary
with an exported coverage.

4) Modified labels for Long Island and New Jersey Coastal Plain
Study Unit.
Process_Date: 19920204
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 1.6 -
Replaced Ozark Plateau Study-Unit boundary with an
exported coverage.
Process_Date: 19920205
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 1.7 -
Modified two Study-Unit boundaries:

1) Eliminated area defined by HUC 05120209 from White River
Basin Study Unit.

2) Replaced Central Oklahoma Study-Unit boundary with an
exported coverage from Central Oklahoma Study Unit.
Process_Date: 19920211
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 1.8 -
Replaced Ozark Plateau Study-Unit boundary with
an exported coverage.
Process_Date: 19920403
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 1.9 -
Deleted HUC 18040003 from San Joaquin-Tulare
Basin Study Unit.
Process_Date: 19920923
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 2.0 -
Various changes to Study-Unit boundaries have
been incorporated into the coverage.
Process_Date: 19931122
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 3.0 -
Study Units supplied new boundaries for Southern Florida,
Great Salt Lake, Upper Colorado, and Sacramento.  Name of
Puget Sound Basin and Lower Illinois River Basin Study Units
were changed.
Process_Date: 19940623
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 3.1 -
HUCs 06020001, 06020002, 06020003 were added to
the Upper Tennessee River Basin Study Unit.  We used the
1:2,000,000 HUC boundaries except where they coincided with the
Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Basin.  Along the ACFB, we used
the ACFB boundary originally in the coverage.
Process_Date: 19940802
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 3.2 -
The entire Lower Susquehanna Study-Unit boundary
was replaced by a coverage supplied by Steve Siwiec. (The most
noticeable change occurred in the southeastern corner of the
Study Unit.) As a result, the boundaries for the adjacent Study
Units adjacent (Potomac, Allegheny-Monongahela and Delaware
River) were slightly modified.
Process_Date: 19940929
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 3.3 -
Expanded Lake Erie-Lake St. Clair to include HUCs
4090001-5 and 4120101-3 per Dennis Finnegan.
Process_Date: 19941221
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 3.3 -
Expanded South Central Texas to include surface water
drainage to the coast using coverage from Jim Bisese.
Process_Date: 19950321
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 3.3 -
Minor change to Central Arizona Basins boundary.  New
boundary from Julie Rees.
Process_Date: 19950519
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 3.3 -
Replaced San Joaquin-Tulare Study-Unit boundary with
a coverage provided by JoAnn Gronberg and the Sacramento
Study-Unit boundary with a coverage from Donna Knifong.  The
portion of the boundary shared with Nevada Basin and Range was
NOT replaced.  The difference between the new boundaries and the
old boundaries is very small.  The new boundaries are at the
1:250,000-scale.  Part of the Sacramento Delta was modified to
match the Sacramento Study-Unit boundary.
Process_Date: 19950720
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 3.3 -
Changed abbreviation for Northern New England Basins
from NHME to NNEB.
Process_Date: 19950720
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 3.3 -
Minor change to Allegheny-Monongahela Study-Unit
boundary using enhanced boundary from Mary Mulkerrin. ALMN's
boundary overrode Potomac's and Lower Susquehanna's western
boundary.
Process_Date: 19950720
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 3.3 -
Replaced Upper Tennessee and Lower Tennessee
boundaries with coverage from Joe Connell.  Lower Tennessee
expanded out a little into Upper Tennessee.
Process_Date: 19950720
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 3.3 -
Northwestern portion of Upper Mississippi has
expanded out to Red River of the North.  Paul Hanson provided a
new Upper Mississippi boundary coverage for update.  The
boundary common with Red River of the North has been replaced
with the new Upper Mississippi boundary.
Process_Date: 19950801
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 3.3 -
Enhanced Red River of the North boundary (EXCEPT
portion common with Upper Mississippi) with coverage from Dave
Lorenz.
Process_Date: 19950802
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.0 - Changes arose during the effort to
prioritize the FY 1997 Study Units.
Expanded former Chicot-Evangeline to include Lake
Pontchartrain with coverage from John Lovelace.  The new Study
Unit is called Acadian-Pontchartrain and the abbreviation is
ACAD.
Process_Date: 19950914
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.0 - Changes arose during the effort to
prioritize the FY 1997 Study Units.
Expanded Mobile River and Tributaries with coverage
from Darrell Lambet.
Process_Date: 19950928
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.0 - Changes arose during the effort to
prioritize the FY 1997 Study Units.
Edited Great and Little Miami River Basins to remove parts not
in Great/Little Miami river basins.  Based mostly on
1:2,000,000 HUC boundaries.  Added area containing Cincinnati
(from north bank of Ohio river and beyond), using the
1:2,000,000 streams.  Changes approved by Rod Sheets.
Process_Date: 19951005
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.0 - Changes arose during the effort to
prioritize the FY 1997 Study Units.
Replaced Kentucky River Basin with 1:24,000 coverage
from Robert Forbes.
Process_Date: 19951006
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.0 - Changes arose during the effort to
prioritize the FY 1997 Study Units.
Expanded Yellowstone River Basin to include Bighorn River.
Process_Date: 19951010
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.0 - Changes arose during the effort to
prioritize the FY 1997 Study Units.
Removed Central Oklahoma and Central High Plains.  Replaced
them with two new areas: Middle Arkansas River Basin and
Canadian-Cimarron River Basins.  The new coverages were
extracted mostly from the 1:250,000 HUC coverage.  Part of the
boundary came from an 11-digit HUC coverage.  HUC 11060006050
was added to Canadian-Cimarron area and removed from Middle
Arkansas so that all of the Keystone Reservoir was included in
the Canadian-Cimarron.  Original coverages were supplied by
Jamie Schlottmann Norvell.  The new boundaries replaced those
of Rio Grande, Southern High Plains, Upper Arkansas, and
Kansas where they were adjacent to the existing boundaries.
Process_Date: 19951025
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.1 -
Northwestern portion of Mississippi Embayment boundary was
expanded by adding HUC 7140107 and the western portion of HUC
11010014; Northern New England Basins and Southeastern New
England Basins merged into one Study Unit - New England
Coastal Basins (NECB), scheduled to begin in fiscal year 1997.
Process_Date: 19960619
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.2 -
Northern Rockies Intermontane Basins, Great Salt Lake,
Southern High Plains - all of which were originally '94 Study
Units - have become '97 Study Units. Kentucky,
Canadian-Cimarron, Upper Arkansas, Kansas, North Platte, and
Cheyenne - all formerly '97 Study Units - no longer have a
scheduled date.  The latter set of Study Units are identified
as GROUP 4 Study Units.
Process_Date: 19960722
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.3 -
Item NAWQA was renumbered to reflect the merging of Northern
New England Basins and Southeast New England Basins.
Process_Date: 19960801
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.4 -
Minor revision to Upper Tennessee. The Study-Unit
boundary was replaced with the basin boundary for station
03568000, which is the integrator site for the entire Upper
Tennessee.

Removed Lake Okeechobee from Southern Florida Study Unit,
since no other lakes are delineated separately.
Process_Date: 19961205
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.5 -
Replaced South Central Texas with enhanced boundary coverage
from Lu Tan; replaced Connecticut with enhanced boundary
coverage from Pete Steeves.
Process_Date: 19970306
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.6 -
Expanded item NAME in .PAT from 40 characters to
50 characters so full Study-Unit names (with no abbreviations)
could fit into this field.
Process_Date: 19970516
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 4.7 -
Changed Delmarva and Yakima from group 3 to group
4 in accordance with email from Bill Wilber.
Process_Date: 19970908
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 5 -
Incorporated new boundaries for UIRB and LIRB using coverages
supplied by the Study Units.  The LIRB boundary was higher
resolution than the UIRB boundary, so the LIRB boundary had
priority where the two shared a boundary.  The WMIC boundary
was replaced where it was coincident with UIRB.

Changed Study-Unit starting dates to match recent programmatic
changes within NAWQA.

Group 4 = Planned to begin in FY 99 (DLMV, YAKI)
Group 5 = Unscheduled (CHEY, KNTY, UARK)
Group 6 = Unscheduled, overlap the High Plains study (CACI, KANS, MARK,
NPLT, SHPL)
Group 7 = CNBR (overlaps the High Plains study; now in a separate group
to distinguish it from other FY 91 studies)

Changed item CANADA to INTL.
Changed item ABBV to SUID to be consistent with NAWQA data base network tables.
Process_Date: 19980605
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 5.1 -
Replaced DELR boundary with one supplied by Paul Dunne.
The boundary was extended to include the entire Christina River Basin.
This change also affects the DLMV.
Process_Date: 19980629
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 5.2 -
Replaced ALMN boundary with higher resolution boundary provided by James
Sams III; also replaced MIAM boundary with enhanced boundary provided by
Lori Mattern.
Process_Date: 19980919
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 5.3 -
Small change to UMIS boundary provided by Paul Hanson.
Process_Date: 19981204
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 5.4 -
Changes to boundaries of YELL (Ron Zelt), NROK (Deann Dutton),
UIRB (Terri Arnold), DELR (Paul Dunne),
Process_Date: 19990406
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 5.5 -
Changes to boundaries of SANA (Katherine Paybins).
Process_Date: 19990623
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 6.0 -
CHANGED HORIZONTAL DATUM FROM NAD27 TO NAD83.
Process_Date: 19990623
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Version 6.1 -
Changed back to 4 main NAWQA groups:  group 1 (studied 1991-95),
group 2 (studied 1994-98), group 3 (studied 1997-2001), and
group 4 (not scheduled for study during cycle 1 of NAWQA).  We
no longer need to distinguish which Study Units overlap the
High Plains.

Removed items G5BND, G6BND, G7BND from arc attribute table.

Added item ACTUALLY_STUDIED to polygon attribute table.

Coded annotation $level to match Study Unit group.
Process_Date: 20020510
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Changed name of coverage from NAWQA to NAWQACYC1 to distinguish it from
the coverage containing the NAWQA cycle 2 boundaries (NAWQACYC2).
Process_Date: 20021121
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Revised names to match those in USGS Fact Sheet 071-01.
Process_Date: 20021122
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Calculated cover-id equal to cover# - 1.

Changed name of ACTUALLY_STUDIED to STUDIED.
Process_Date: 20021206
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Data set converted to geodatabase feature class format.
Process_Date: 09.2005
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Waterborne Environmental, Incorporated
Contact_Person: Spatial Technologies Group
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Data set projected to NAD 83 Albers Equal Area
Process_Date: 09.2005
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Waterborne Environmental, Incorporated
Contact_Person: Spatial Technologies Group
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Dataset copied.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
\\Va-mkm\Data\FINAL_DVDS\InnerCore_Level_II\Spatial_Vector\InnerCore_Level_II_spatial.mdb
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1455
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1455
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1455
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 60
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 58
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 29.500000
Standard_Parallel: 45.500000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -96.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 23.000000
False_Easting: 0.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002255
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002255
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
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: nawqacyc1_91_01
Entity_Type_Definition:
Arc Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
NAWQA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition:
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: INTL
Attribute_Definition:
Flag for group 2 boundaries
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NAWQA
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1,0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
1=group 2 boundary; 0=not group 2 boundary
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
User assigned
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition:
Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAWQA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GROUP_
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PILOT
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SUID
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MI2
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REGION
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STUDIED
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape_Length
Attribute_Definition:
Length of feature in internal units.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape_Area
Attribute_Definition:
Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: nawqacyc1.pat
Entity_Type_Definition:
Polygon Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
GIS software
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition:
Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition:
Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition:
Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition:
Perimeter of feature in internal units.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
n/a
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
GIS software
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAWQACYC1#
Attribute_Definition:
Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1-57, 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Loosely based on WRD region.
Values 1-57 are NAWQA Study Units.  0 is not a NAWQA Study Unit.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
User assigned
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAWQACYC1-ID
Attribute_Definition:
User-defined feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: NAWQA Study-Unit names
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
See table 1.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
User assigned
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAWQA
Attribute_Definition:
Code for starting date of Study Unit
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NAWQA program
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1,2,3,4,0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
1= studied 1991-95; 2= studied 1994-98; 3= studied 1997-2001; 4= Not scheduled;
0= Not a NAWQA Study Unit.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
User assigned
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition:
Flag for Pilot study
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NAWQA program
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1,0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
1=pilot study; 0=not pilot study
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
User assigned
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GROUP
Attribute_Definition:
4-letter abbreviation for Study Unit
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NAWQA program
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: See table 1.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
See Entity_and_Attribute_Overview
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
User assigned
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PILOT
Attribute_Definition:
Flags polygons in Canada (REDN,PUGT,CONN)
or Mexico (CAZB)
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NAWQA
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1,0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
1=in Canada or Mexico;
0=not in Canada or Mexico
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
User assigned
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SUID
Attribute_Definition:
Area of polygon in square miles
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NAWQA
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Real numbers
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
AREA * .0000003861
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
User assigned
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: INTL
Attribute_Definition:
USGS water-resources administrative region
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: N, S, C, W
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
USGS Water Resources Division administrative region:
N=northeastern; S=southeastern; C=central; W=western
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
User assigned
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MI2
Attribute_Definition:
Flag for whether NAWQA Study Unit was
actually studied during Cycle 1 of NAWQA (1991-2001).
Attribute_Definition_Source:
USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Y,N
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Flag for whether the Study Unit was actually studied or not
during Cycle 1 of NAWQA.  Y = was studied during Cycle 1
(that is, group = 1,2,3).  N = was not studied during Cycle 1
(group = 4).  Blank = was not a designated Study Unit (group = 0).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
User assigned
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REGION
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STUDIED
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
There are two attribute files associated with this coverage.

An arc attribute table (.AAT):

>DATAFILE NAME: NAWQACYC1.AAT
> 9 ITEMS: STARTING IN POSITION    1
> COL  ITEM NAME         WDTH OPUT TYP N.DEC
>  01  FNODE#              4    5  B    -
>  05  TNODE#              4    5  B    -
>  09  LPOLY#              4    5  B    -
>  13  RPOLY#              4    5  B    -
>  17  LENGTH              4   12  F    3
>  21  NAWQACYC1#          4    5  B    -
>  25  NAWQACYC1-ID        4    5  B    -
>  29  USBND               1    1  I    -
>  30  INTL                1    1  I    -
>  31  SUBND               1    1  I    -
>  32  G1BND               1    1  I    -
>  33  G2BND               1    1  I    -
>  34  G3BND               1    1  I    -
>  35  G4BND               1    1  I    -

where:

>arcs representing the boundary of the United States are flagged USBND = 1
>arcs representing Study-Unit boundaries in Canada or Mexico
>     are flagged INTL = 1
>arcs representing Study-Unit boundaries are flagged SUBND = 1
>arcs representing group 1 Study-Unit boundaries are flagged G1BND = 1
>arcs representing group 2 Study-Unit boundaries are flagged G2BND = 1
>arcs representing group 3 Study-Unit boundaries are flagged G3BND = 1
>arcs representing group 4 Study-Unit boundaries are flagged G4BND = 1

AND a polygon attribute table (.PAT):

>DATAFILE NAME: NAWQACYC1.PAT
>11 ITEMS: STARTING IN POSITION    1
>COL  ITEM NAME         WDTH OPUT TYP N.DEC  ALTERNATE NAME
> 01  AREA                4   12  F    3
> 05  PERIMETER           4   12  F    3
> 09  NAWQACYC1#          4    5  B    -
> 13  NAWQACYC1-ID        4    5  B    -
> 17  NAWQA               4    4  I    -
> 21  NAME               50   50  C    -
> 71  GROUP               2    2  I    -
> 73  PILOT               1    1  I    -
> 74  SUID                4    4  C    -      ABBV
> 78  INTL                1    1  I    -      CANADA
> 79  MI2                 4   10  F    0
> 83  REGION              1    1  C    -
> 84  STUDIED             1    1  C    -

NAWQA is the Study-Unit number, which is a sequential number
from 1-57.  The numbers originally were based on administrative
regions, but are not anymore.  See table 1.

NAME contains the full name of the Study Unit.  See table 1.

GROUP represents the assessment schedule of Study-Unit investigations:

>Group 1 = Assessed during 1991-1995
>Group 2 = Assessed during 1994-1998.
>Group 3 = Assessed during 1997-2001.  (Includes DLMV and YAKI,
>          which started in 1999.)
>Group 4 = Not scheduled for study during cycle 1. (KNTY,
UARK, CHEY, CACI, NPLT, MARK, SHPL, KANS).

PILOT flags those polygons that were pilot projects, although
the boundaries of the pilot projects were not maintained in
this coverage.  (For example, COKL boundaries were replaced
when CACI was delineated.)

SUID contains the 4-letter abbreviation for the Study Unit.  The
alternate name is ABBV.  See table 1.

INTL flags those polygons located in Canada or Mexico.
Usually polygons outside of the United States are NOT plotted on
national displays of the boundaries.

INTL is in both the .AAT and the .PAT and is used primarily
for plotting purposes. (USBND, SUBND, G1BND, G2BND, G3BND, and
G4BND are in the .AAT and are also used for plotting.)

MI2 is the area of an individual polygon in square miles,
calculated as MI2 = AREA * .0000003861.  To find the area of an
entire Study Unit, sum the areas of the individual polygons
comprising the Study Unit.

REGION is the USGS water resources administrative region:

>N = Northeast
>S = Southeast
>C = Central
>W = Western

STUDIED is a flag for whether the Study Unit was
actually studied during cycle 1 of NAWQA (1991-2001).

>Y     = actually studied during cycle 1
>N     = not studied during cycle 1
>Blank = was not designated as a Study Unit during cycle 1

Table 1.--NAWQA 4-letter abbreviations (SUID), names (NAME),
and numbers (NAWQA).

> SUID NAME                                       NAWQA NUMBER
> ACAD ACADIAN-PONTCHARTRAIN DRAINAGES                      28
> ACFB APALACHICOLA-CHATTAHOOCHEE-FLINT RIVER BASINS        22
> ALBE ALBEMARLE-PAMLICO DRAINAGES                          19
> ALMN ALLEGHENY-MONONGAHELA RIVER BASINS                    9
> CACI CANADIAN-CIMARRON RIVER BASINS                       32
> CAZB CENTRAL ARIZONA BASINS                               49
> CCPT CENTRAL COLUMBIA PLATEAU                             50
> CHEY CHEYENNE-BELLE FOURCHE RIVER BASINS                  42
> CNBR CENTRAL NEBRASKA BASINS                              35
> CONN CONNECTICUT, HOUSATONIC, AND THAMES RIVER BASINS      2
> DELR DELAWARE RIVER BASIN                                  5
> DLMV DELMARVA PENINSULA                                    7
> EIWA EASTERN IOWA BASINS                                  30
> GAFL GEORGIA-FLORIDA COASTAL PLAIN DRAINAGES              23
> GRSL GREAT SALT LAKE BASINS                               47
> HDSN HUDSON RIVER BASIN                                    3
> KANA KANAWHA-NEW RIVER BASIN                              10
> KANS KANSAS RIVER BASIN                                   36
> KNTY KENTUCKY RIVER BASIN                                 25
> LERI LAKE ERIE-LAKE ST. CLAIR DRAINAGES                   11
> LINJ LONG ISLAND-NEW JERSEY COASTAL DRAINAGES              4
> LIRB LOWER ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN                           15
> LSUS LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN                         6
> LTEN LOWER TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN                          29
> MARK MIDDLE ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN                          38
> MIAM GREAT AND LITTLE MIAMI RIVER BASINS                  12
> MISE MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT                                27
> MOBL MOBILE RIVER BASIN                                   26
> NECB NEW ENGLAND COASTAL BASINS                            1
> NPLT NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN                             41
> NROK NORTHERN ROCKIES INTERMONTANE BASINS                 46
> NVBR NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE                               55
> OZRK OZARK PLATEAUS                                       31
> POTO POTOMAC RIVER BASIN                                   8
> PUGT PUGET SOUND DRAINAGES                                52
> REDN RED RIVER OF THE NORTH BASIN                         18
> RIOG RIO GRANDE VALLEY                                    45
> SACR SACRAMENTO RIVER BASIN                               54
> SANA SANTA ANA RIVER BASIN                                57
> SANJ SAN JOAQUIN-TULARE RIVER BASINS                      56
> SANT SANTEE RIVER BASIN AND COASTAL DRAINAGES             21
> SCTX SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS                                  34
> SHPL SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS                                 39
> SOFL SOUTHERN FLORIDA DRAINAGES                           24
> SPLT SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN                             40
> TRIN TRINITY RIVER BASIN                                  33
> UARK UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN                           37
> UCOL UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN                           44
> UIRB UPPER ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN                           14
> UMIS UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN                        17
> USNK UPPER SNAKE RIVER BASIN                              48
> UTEN UPPER TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN                          20
> WHIT WHITE RIVER BASIN                                    13
> WILL WILLAMETTE BASIN                                     53
> WMIC WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN DRAINAGES                      16
> YAKI YAKIMA RIVER BASIN                                   51
> YELL YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN                              43
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hawaii and Alaska (not included in this data set)
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
> OAHU OAHU                                                 58
> COOK COOK INLET BASIN                                     59
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
> High Plains (not included in this data set)
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
> HPGW HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL GROUND WATER STUDY              --

The coverage also contains annotation showing the 4-letter Study-Unit
abbreviations.

Annotation codes:
>$level = 1 (group 1 abbreviations)
>$level = 2 (group 2 abbreviations)
>$level = 3 (group 3 abbreviations)
>$level = 4 (group 4 abbreviations)
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Texas A&M University, Spatial Sciences Laboratory
Contact_Person: Texas A&M University, Spatial Sciences Laboratory
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
1500 Research Parkway, Suite B223
City: College Station
State_or_Province: Texas
Postal_Code: 77845
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 979-862-7956
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
None
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: www.geostac.org
Access_Instructions:
Registered user ID and password provided by the Spatial Sciences Laboratory.
Fees: None
Ordering_Instructions:
Data can be downloaded from www.geostac.org with a registered user ID and password provided by the Spatial Sciences Laboratory.
Turnaround: Not Applicable
Custom_Order_Process:
Not Applicable
Technical_Prerequisites:
GIS Capable
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20060227
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Waterborne Environmental, Incorporated
Contact_Person: Spatial Technologies Group
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
897-B Harrison Street, S.E.
City: Leesburg
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20175
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703.777.0005
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None.
Metadata_Use_Constraints:
This metadata document is intended for use with NAWQACYC dataset of the GEOSTAC database.
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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