Wetlands Restoration Program Metadata

METADATA (Complete)

Report Date: 28-Oct-1997

Metadata Data Set Name: Louisiana Private Lands Restoration - Wetland Reserve Program Projects 1 Identification Information 

1.1 Citation:

8.1 Originator: Midcontinent Ecological Science Center (MESC)

8.2 Publication Date: 19970930

8.4 Title: Louisiana Private Lands Restoration - Wetland Reserve Program Projects

1.2 Description

1.2.1 Abstract: This data set represents Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) restoration projects in the State of Louisiana. The WRP project boundaries were transferred by NRCS personnel from source materials to 7.5-minute USGS topographic quadrangles and digitized. Property information located in various NRCS offices was acquired and consolidated by USFWS personnel in the Lafayette, LA, Field Office. The final map file contains the following fields of information for each WRP project: WRP number, NRCS office, WRP contract number, quad name, signup year, easement acres, reforested acres, acres of shallow water, existing woodland acres, and easement duration. [Polygonal Data]

1.2.2 Purpose: This data set was developed for the USFWS to use as a resource planning tool for recovery efforts, wetland restoration efforts, and habitat management. Acreage figures presented in attributes are from project files and are not acreages calculated by the GIS.

1.3 Time Period of Content

9.3 Range of Dates/Times

9.3.1 Beginning Date: 1996

9.3.3 Ending Date: 1997

1.3.1Currentness Reference: Date of data transfer from source materials

1.4 Status

1.4.1 Progress: Complete

1.4.2 Maintenance and Update Frequency: None Planned

1.5 Spatial Domain

1.5.1 Bounding Coordinates

1.5.2.1 West Bounding Coordinate: -93.60345071

1.5.2.2 East Bounding Coordinate: -90.97995113

1.5.2.3 North Bounding Coordinate: 32.78980795

1.5.2.4 South Bounding Coordinate: 30.57696785

1.6 Keywords

1.6.1.1 Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None

1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Property information

1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Private lands restoration

1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Restoration projects

1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword: Wetland Reserve Program

1.6.2.1 Place Keyword Thesaurus: None

1.6.2.2 Place Keyword: LA

1.6.2.2 Place Keyword: Louisiana

1.6.2.2 Place Keyword: USA

1.6.4.1 Temporal Keyword Thesaurus: None

1.6.4.2 Temporal Keyword: 1996

1.8 Access Constraints: None

1.9 Use Constraints: None

1.10 Point of Contact

10.1 Contact Person Primary

10.1.1 Contact Person: Kevin Roy

10.1.2 Contact Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

10.4 Contact Address

10.4.1 Address Type: Mailing and Physical Address

10.4.2 Address: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

10.4.2 Address: Ecological Services

10.4.2 Address: 825 Kaliste Saloom Road

10.4.2 Address: Building 2, Suite 102

10.4.3 City: Lafayette

10.4.4 State or Province: Louisiana

10.4.5 Postal Code: 70508

10.4.6 Country: USA

10.5 Contact Voice Telephone: (318) 262-6662

10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone: (318) 262-6663

10.9 Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday

1.12 Data Set Credit: The WRP project boundaries were transferred from NRCS property records to 7.5-minute USGS quadrangles by USFWS personnel at the Lafayette, LA, Field Office. Digitizing and lookup table development were completed at the USGS-MESC, Fort Collins, CO.

1.14 Native Data Set Environment: ARC/INFO Version 7.1.1 double precision, UNIX Solaris operating system

2 Data Quality Information

2.1 Attribute Accuracy

2.1.1 Attribute Accuracy Report: Because the survey techniques used to develop the pre-digital (source) data are more coarse than the measures used to develop the digital data, the comparison between acreage attributes and areas computed by the GIS software should not be used as a measure of accuracy.  Acreage figures presented in the EASEMNT_AC, REFORESTED, SHALL_WTR, and EXIST_WOOD attributes should be used rather than the acreages calculated by the GIS. The attribute accuracy is tested by manually comparing hard copy plots of the digital data with the source materials. When attributes cannot be visually verified on plots they are interactively queried and verified on screen. In addition, the attributes are compared against a master set of valid attributes.

2.2 Logical Consistency Report: ARC/INFO software is used to create and maintain topological relationships between features. There are no duplicate features, but coincident lines are maintained between data layers where appropriate. Polygonal features begin and end at the same point, contain no overshoots or undershoots, and contain a single label. Linear features are continuous where appropriate, i.e., dangling arcs are removed if they are not required.

2.3 Completeness Report: All WRP property boundaries provided by the USFWS for the State of Louisiana were transferred from hardcopy NRCS property maps to 1:24,000- scale USGS topographic quads and manually digitized.

2.4 Positional Accuracy

2.4.1 Horizontal Positional Accuracy

2.4.1.1 Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report: The horizontal positional accuracy is tested by visual comparison of hard copy check plots to the source materials and verifying the location of the data on-screen relative to other data layers in the same geographic area.

2.4.2.1 Vertical Positional Accuracy Report: Not applicable

2.5.2 Source Information

2.5.2.1 Source Citation:

8.1 Originator: Kevin Roy, USFWS, Lafayette, LA, Field Office

8.2 Publication Date: 1996

8.4 Title: NRCS property records

8.8.1 Publication Place: Louisiana

8.8.2 Publisher: NRCS

2.5.2.3 Type of Source Media: Paper

2.5.2.4 Source Time Period of Content:

9.3 Range of Dates/Times

9.3.1 Beginning Date: 1996

9.3.3 Ending Date: 1997

2.5.2.4.1 Source Currentness Reference: Date of data transfer from source materials

2.5.2.6 Source Contribution: Spatial and attribute information

2.5.3 Process Step

2.5.3.1 Process Description: The WRP property boundaries were hand drafted from hardcopy NRCS property maps, surveys, or aerial photography at various scales onto standard 7.5-minute USGS topographic quadrangles. Because these tracts were enrolled by different NRCS offices throughout the state, various methods were used to determine acreages, including surveys, planimeters, or existing farm records. These are the acreage figures presented in the EASEMNT_AC, REFORESTED, SHALL_WTR, and EXIST_WOOD attributes. Manual digitizing was performed at the MESC using an Altek Datatab digitizer to capture the data at a resolution of at least 0.001 inches. Four control points corresponding to the four corners of the quadrangle were used for registration during data collection. Features continuing onto adjacent quadrangles were adjusted to intersect the boundary at a common, coincident node. Attributes were assigned as the data were digitized, or in an editing session after the digitizing was completed. All map files in the study area were joined into a single map file. Neat lines were removed and attributes and arcs along map edges were verified. The map file was geographically compared to other property data layers being developed for the USFWS. A table which contains additional data on each WRP property was created from the Easement Data Summary forms provided by the NRCS, and merged into the final map files. Refinements to the digitized properties and tabular data were made by MESC personnel based on information provided by the USFWS, Lafayette, LA, Field Office and NRCS State Office, Alexandria, LA.

2.5.3.3 Process Date: 19970930

3 Spatial Data Organization Information

3.1 Indirect Spatial Reference: Not applicable

3.2 Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector

4 Spatial Reference Information

4.1 Horizontal Coordinate System Definition

4.1.2 Planar

4.1.2.2.1 Grid Coordinate System Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

4.1.2.2.2.1 UTM Zone Number: 15

4.1.2.1.2.2 Longitude of Central Meridian: -93

4.1.2.1.2.3 Latitude of Projection Origin: 0

4.1.2.1.2.4 False Easting: 500000

4.1.2.1.2.5 False Northing: 0

4.1.2.1.2.17 Scale Factor at Central Meridian: .9996

4.1.2.4.1 Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: Coordinate Pair

4.1.2.4.2.1 Abscissa Resolution: .61

4.1.2.4.2.2 Ordinate Resolution: .61

4.1.2.4.4 Planar Distance Units: Meters

4.1.4.1 Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1927

4.1.4.2 Ellipsoid Name: Clarke 1866

4.1.4.3 Semi-Major Axis: 6378206.4

4.1.4.4 Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 294.98

5 Entity and Attribute Information

5.1 Detailed Description

5.1.1.1 Entity Type Label: Wetland_Reserve_Program

5.1.1.2 Entity Type Definition: Private properties that are being restored by the NRCS.

5.1.1.3 Entity Type Definition Source: USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office

5.1.2 Attribute

5.1.2.1 Attribute Label: WRP_NUMBER

5.1.2.2 Attribute Definition: Unique code number assigned to each WRP project.

5.1.2.3 Attribute Definition Source: MESC, BRD, USGS

5.1.2.4.3 Codeset Domain

5.1.2.4.3.1 Codeset Name: Unique WRP code number

5.1.2.4.3.2 Codeset Source: MESC, BRD, USGS

5.1.2 Attribute

5.1.2.1 Attribute Label: NRCS_OFFIC

5.1.2.2 Attribute Definition: Location of the NRCS office that oversees implementation of the WRP project.

5.1.2.3 Attribute Definition Source: USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office WRP Easement Data Summary

5.1.2.4.4 Unrepresentable Domain: Location of NRCS office

5.1.2 Attribute

5.1.2.1 Attribute Label: CONTRACT

5.1.2.2 Attribute Definition: WRP Contract Number assigned by the NRCS.

5.1.2.3 Attribute Definition Source: USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office WRP Easement Data Summary

5.1.2.4.3 Codeset Domain

5.1.2.4.3.1 Codeset Name: WRP Contract Number

5.1.2.4.3.2 Codeset Source: NRCS Office

5.1.2 Attribute

5.1.2.1 Attribute Label: QUAD

5.1.2.2 Attribute Definition: Name of 7.5-minute quadrangle in Louisiana where the WRP project is located.

5.1.2.3 Attribute Definition Source: USGS Louisiana Index to Topographic and Other Map Coverage

5.1.2.4.4 Unrepresentable Domain: Name of 7.5-minute quadrangle assigned by the USGS

5.1.2 Attribute

5.1.2.1 Attribute Label: SIGNUP_YR

5.1.2.2 Attribute Definition: Year the WRP contract was approved.

5.1.2.3 Attribute Definition Source: USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office WRP Easement Data Summary

5.1.2.4.2 Range Domain 1992

5.1.2.4.2.1 Range Domain Minimum: 1992

5.1.2.4.2.2 Range Domain Maximum: 1995

5.1.2 Attribute

5.1.2.1 Attribute Label: EASEMNT_AC

5.1.2.2 Attribute Definition: Total number of acres that are included in the WRP contract.

5.1.2.3 Attribute Definition Source: USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office WRP Easement Data Summary

5.1.2.4.2 Range Domain 12

5.1.2.4.2.1 Range Domain Minimum: 12

5.1.2.4.2.2 Range Domain Maximum: 1513.9

5.1.2 Attribute

5.1.2.1 Attribute Label: REFORESTED

5.1.2.2 Attribute Definition:  Number of acres that have been reforested in the WRP project area.

5.1.2.3 Attribute Definition Source: USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office WRP Easement Data Summary

5.1.2.4.2 Range Domain 0

5.1.2.4.2.1 Range Domain Minimum: 0

5.1.2.4.2.2 Range Domain Maximum: 1158.4

5.1.2 Attribute

5.1.2.1 Attribute Label: SHALL_WTR

5.1.2.2 Attribute Definition: Acres of shallow open water habitat in the WRP project area.

5.1.2.3 Attribute Definition Source: USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office WRP Easement Data Summary

5.1.2.4.2 Range Domain 0

5.1.2.4.2.1 Range Domain Minimum: 0

5.1.2.4.2.2 Range Domain Maximum: 350.5

5.1.2 Attribute

5.1.2.1 Attribute Label: EXIST_WOOD

5.1.2.2 Attribute Definition: Acres of existing woodlands in the WRP project area.

5.1.2.3 Attribute Definition Source: USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office WRP Easement Data Summary

5.1.2.4.2 Range Domain 0

5.1.2.4.2.1 Range Domain Minimum: 0

5.1.2.4.2.2 Range Domain Maximum: 185.4

5.1.2 Attribute

5.1.2.1 Attribute Label: E_DURATION

5.1.2.2 Attribute Definition: Duration of time that land is under easement (e.g., perpetual means that land will be protected forever, regardless of landowner).

5.1.2.3 Attribute Definition Source: USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office WRP Easement Data Summary

5.1.2.4.3 Codeset Domain

5.1.2.4.3.1 Codeset Name: User-defined code for duration of easement.

5.1.2.4.3.2 Codeset Source: USFWS Lafayette, LA, Field Office 6 Distribution Information

6.1 Distributor: see below

6.3 Distribution Liability: These data were prepared for planning purposes only and should not be interpreted as the official (or legal) boundaries. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.

6.4 Standard Order Process

6.4.2 Digital Form

6.4.2.1.1 Format Name: ARCE

6.4.2.2 Digital Transfer Option

6.4.2.2.1 Online Option

6.4.2.2.1.1 Computer Contact Information

6.4.2.2.1.1.1.1 Network Resource Name: http://www.fws.gov/data/gislabnd.html

6.4.3 Fees: None

7 Metadata Reference Information

7.1 Metadata Date: 19971010

7.4 Metadata Contact:

10Contact Information

10.1 Contact Person Primary

10.1.1 Contact Person: Kevin Roy

10.1.2 Contact Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

10.4 Contact Address

10.4.1 Address Type: Mailing and Physical Address

10.4.2 Address: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

10.4.2 Address: Ecological Services

10.4.2 Address: 825 Kaliste Saloom Road

10.4.2 Address: Building 2, Suite 102

10.4.3 City: Lafayette

10.4.4 State or Province: Louisiana

10.4.5 Postal Code: 70508

10.4.6 Country: USA

10.5 Contact Voice Telephone: (318) 262-6662

10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone: (318) 262-6663

10.9 Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday

7.5 Metadata Standard Name: Draft Content Standard for National Biological Information Infrastructure Metadata, National Biological Service

7.6 Metadata Standard Version: December 1995