Land and Federal mineral ownership coverage for southern Wyoming

This Arc/Info coverage contains land status and Federal mineral ownership for approximately 37,800 square miles in southern Wyoming. The polygon coverage (which is also provided here as a shapefile) contains two attributes of ownership information for each polygon.  One attribute indicates where the surface is State owned, privately owned, or, if Federally owned, which Federal agency manages the land surface.  The other attribute indicates which minerals, if any, are owned by the Federal govenment. This coverage is based on land status and Federal mineral ownership data compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Wyoming State Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at a scale of 1:24,000. This coverage was compiled primarily to serve the USGS National Oil and Gas Resource Assessment and National Coal Resource Assessment Projects in the Northern Rocky Mountains/Great Plains Region.
 

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Disclaimer:  The surface and mineral management status are published as general planning and management tools. The official land records in Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices or other Federal and/or State agencies should be checked for status of specific tracts of land. Comparison with other data sets on surface and mineral ownership for the same area from other time periods may reveal inconsistencies resulting from changes in land and mineral ownership or in mapping conventions over time. This data is not a legal document and is not intended to be used as such. Any use of trade, product, or company names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Originator: Biewick, L.R.H.
Originator: Mercier, T.J.
Originator: Taber, T.
Originator: Urbanowski, S.R.
Originator: Bureau of Land Management
Originator: Neasloney, L.
Publication_Date: 19990000
Title:
swy_own (Land and Federal mineral ownership coverage for So. Wyoming)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Denver, CO
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file-reports/ofr-99-0553-c/>
Description:
Abstract:
This Arc/Info coverage contains land status and Federal mineral ownership for approximately 37,800 square miles in southern Wyoming. The polygon coverage (which is also provided here as a shapefile) contains two attributes of ownership information for each polygon. One attribute indicates where the surface is State owned, privately owned, or, if Federally owned, which Federal agency manages the land surface.  The other attribute indicates which minerals, if any, are owned by the Federal govenment. This coverage is based on land status and Federal mineral ownership data compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Wyoming State Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at a scale of  1:24,000. This coverage was compiled primarily to serve the USGS National Oil and Gas Resource Assessment and National Coal Resource Assessment Projects in the Northern Rocky Mountains/Great Plains Region.
Purpose:
As United States energy resources continue to be examined for potential development, there is sustained interest in Federally owned energy resources in the western United States. The U.S. Geological Survey's GIS data sets of surface and Federal mineral ownership, joined with USGS geologic investigations, provides information on where Federally owned energy resources are located and how much Federal petroleum and coal exists. These ownership and resource data are the basis for answering complex geospatial queries when the data are combined with quality, structure and other parameters generated from geologic investigations. Combining information on land status, Federal mineral status, and geology helps policy makers and land-use planners make informed decisions regarding use of Federal land and energy resources to meet diverse social needs.

 
Surface ownership can differ from energy and other mineral ownership for the same piece of land. For example, the oil and gas may be Federally owned, but the surface may be under the jurisdiction or management of State, Tribal, or private groups. This separation of jurisdiction may have legal ramifications in the development or non-development of energy resources.

 
The U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and State agencies, is collecting ownership files and compiling them in Arc/Info coverages. The coverages contain a USGS standardized attributing scheme and are stored in a data library where they are accessed and combined with models of oil, gas and coal geology to assess National energy resources (see information from the U.S. Geological Survey available on 10/5/99 on the World Wide Web at <URL:http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/fedland/FS12-98/> and at <URL:http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/fact-sheets/fs-0145-99/>). Similar data are being created in northeastern Utah (in press) and in northwestern Colorado (in press) primarily to serve the U.S. Geological Survey National Oil and Gas Resource Assessment Project in the Uinta-Piceance Basin (province 20).

 
The Federally owned energy resources play an important role in supplying energy to our Nation. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Wyoming manages approximately 11 million acres of subsurface mineral estate. Wyoming routinely leads the nation in production of low-sulfur coal. Federal leases in Wyoming produced 248,866,650 tons of coal in 1998 (information from the Bureau of Land Management available on 8/10/99 on the World Wide Web at <URL:http://www.wy.blm.gov/minerals/minerals.html>.) Federally owned energy resources also play an important part in the economy of our Nation. Oil and gas operations on public land generated $159,675,604 in royalties in 1998. Half of this goes to the Federal treasury, with the remaining to the State of Wyoming (information from the Bureau of Land Management available on 8/10/99 on the World Wide Web at <URL:http://www.wy.blm.gov/minerals/minerals.html>.)
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19990628
Currentness_Reference: completion date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -111.0445
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -104.0519
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.4748
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.9968
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Wyoming
Theme_Keyword: Federal mineral ownership
Theme_Keyword: land status
Theme_Keyword: land ownership
Theme_Keyword: land-use planning
Theme_Keyword: Federal coal ownership
Theme_Keyword: Federal oil and gas ownership
Theme_Keyword: Federal surface management
Theme_Keyword: Surface management
Theme_Keyword: Public lands
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Hanna Basin
Place_Keyword: southern Wyoming
Place_Keyword: western United States
Place_Keyword: Green River Basin
Place_Keyword: Bridger Basin
Place_Keyword: Province 37
Place_Keyword: Southwestern Wyoming Province
Place_Keyword: Province 36
Place_Keyword: Wyoming Thrust Belt Province
Place_Keyword: Province 39
Place_Keyword: northern Denver Basin Province
Place_Keyword: Washakie Basin
Place_Keyword: Laramie Basin
Place_Keyword: northern Denver Basin
Place_Keyword: Shirley Basin
Place_Keyword: Red Desert Basin
Place_Keyword: Hoback Basin
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 1999
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The surface and mineral management status are published as general planning and management tools. The official land records in Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices or other Federal and/or State agencies should be checked for status of specific tracts of land. Comparison with other data sets on surface and mineral ownership for the same area from other time periods may reveal inconsistencies resulting from changes in land and mineral ownership or in mapping conventions over time.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: P.O. Box 25046, MS 939
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-7773
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 236-0459
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lbiewick@usgs.gov
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Arc/Info Version 7 on UNIX operating system
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The ownership files for southwest Wyoming and the Great Divide Resource Area (southeast Wyoming) were provided by the BLM during 2/97. The files were in MOSS export format in two different projections. The data were compiled by the BLM at a scale of 1:24,000. Attributes were added and populated in accordance with the standard attributing scheme developed by the USGS for land status and minerals owned by the Federal Government. The attributes were populated based on the Wyoming BLM coding scheme that is referred to as the "pizza" code.
Logical_Consistency_Report: topologically clean, 6/28/99, Arc/Info
Completeness_Report:
This ownership coverage is based on land status and Federal mineral ownership data compiled by the Wyoming State BLM office, at a scale of 1:24,000, and is current as of 2/97.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Land Management
Publication_Date: 19910000
Title:
Wyoming
Baggs
Surface Management Status
Mineral Management Status
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19910000
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Contribution:
Land and mineral ownership in the Baggs 30- x 60-minute quadrangle, Wyoming.
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BLM, 1991
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Land Management
Publication_Date: 19880000
Title:
Surface Management Status
Mineral Management Status
Evanston
Wyoming
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19880000
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Contribution:
Land and mineral ownership in the Evanston 30- x 60-minute quadrangle, Wyoming.
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BLM, 1988
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Land Management
Publication_Date: 19880000
Title:
Surface Management Status
Firehole Canyon
Wyoming-Utah-Colorado
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19880000
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Contribution:
Land and mineral ownership in the Firehole Canyon 30- x 60-minute quadrangle, Wyoming-Utah-Colorado.
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BLM, 1988
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Land Management
Publication_Date: 19910000
Title:
Wyoming
Kinney Rim
Surface Management Status
Mineral Management Status
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19910000
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Contribution:
Land and mineral ownership in the Kinney Rim 30- x 60-minute quadrangle, Wyoming.
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BLM, 1991
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Land Management
Publication_Date: 19920000
Title:
Surface Management Status
Mineral Management Status
Wyoming
Medicine Bow
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19920000
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Contribution:
Land and mineral ownership in the Medicine Bow 30- x 60-minute quadrangle, Wyoming.
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BLM, 1992
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Land Management
Publication_Date: 19910000
Title:
Wyoming
Rawlins
Surface Management Status
Mineral Management Status
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19910000
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Contribution:
Land and mineral ownership in the Rawlins 30- x 60-minute quadrangle, Wyoming.
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BLM, 1991
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Land Management
Publication_Date: 19910000
Title:
Wyoming
Saratoga
Surface Management Status
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19910000
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Contribution:
Land and mineral ownership in the Saratoga 30- x 60-minute quadrangle, Wyoming.
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BLM, 1991
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bureau of Land Management
Publication_Date: 19920000
Title:
State of Wyoming Land Status, 1991
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19920000
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Contribution: Land status of the State of Wyoming
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BLM, 1992
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The ownership files for southwest Wyoming and the Great Divide Resource Area (southeast Wyoming) were provided by the BLM duirng 2/97. The files were in MOSS export format in two different projections. The data were compiled by the BLM at a scale of 1:24,000. Attributes were added and populated in accordance with the standard attributing scheme developed by the USGS for land status and minerals owned by the Federal Government. The attributes are SURF for surface management status and FEDMINS for Federal mineral ownership. SURF and FEDMINS were populated based on the Wyoming BLM coding scheme that is referred to as the "pizza" code. The "pizza" code is a 5- to 6-digit character string that defines surface and subsurface ownership, the Federal agency with jurisdiction, and the Federal mineral reservation, and is stored in an item, DATA. Where DATA was blank, the most current BLM surface and mineral management status maps were referenced to populate SURF and FEDMINS. Following is a list of the 30- x 60-minute quadrangle maps used and the year of publication --

 
Baggs, 1991
Evanston, 1988
Firehole Canyon, 1988
Kinney Rim, 1991
Medicine Bow, 1992
Rawlins, 1991
Saratoga, 1991

 
Another map used for reference is the statewide Wyoming Land Status map that was published in 1992 by the BLM and is current as of 1991.

 
The two coverages for SW Wyoming and SE Wyoming were projected to geographic decimal degrees (dd) and appended. The resulting coverage was cleaned using a fuzzy and dangle tolerance of .00002216. Polygons were extended along the western and southern State boundaries to match the 1:100,000-scale State lines coverage that was also used for adjoining ownership coverages in Colorado and Utah (see <http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file-reports/ofr-99-0553-a/> and <http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file-reports/ofr-99-0553-b/>). There are no label errors and extraneous pseudonodes have been deleted. The coverage was dissolved to eliminate extraneous polygons. The final coverage contains 20241 polygons (43358 arcs).
Process_Date: 19990000
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: P.O. Box 25046, MS 939
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-7773
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 236-0459
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lbiewick@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 20241
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: .0001
Longitude_Resolution: .0001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: CLARKE1866
Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: swy_own.pat
Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Area
Attribute_Definition: Area of polygon
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.846
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Perimeter
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of polygon
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000
Range_Domain_Maximum: 60.851
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Swy_own#
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 20241
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Swy_own-id
Attribute_Definition: Feature identification number
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 20241
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Surf
Attribute_Definition:

land ownership, surface management status

BLM ---- Bureau of Land Management
BREC---- Bureau of Reclamation
DOD ---- Department of Defense
FS ---- Forest Service
FWS ---- Fish and Wildlife Service
NPS ---- National Park Service
PRIVATE ---- Private
STATE ---- State
WATER ---- Water
 

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Fedmins
Attribute_Definition:

Federal mineral ownership, subsurface ownership

ALL ---- Federal government maintains mineral rights for all minerals.
COAL ---- Federal government maintains mineral rights for coal.
NONE ---- Federal government maintains mineral rights for none of the minerals.
OG ---- Federal government maintains mineral rights for oil and gas.
OG+ ---- Federal government maintains mineral rights for oil and gas and other minerals.
OGC ---- Federal government maintains mineral rights for oil, gas and coal.
OGC+ ---- Federal government maintains mineral rights for oil, gas, coal and other minerals.
OTHER ---- Federal government maintains mineral rights for other minerals.
RESTRICTED ---- Federal government maintains mineral rights for restricted minerals.
UNKNOWN ---- Federal government mineral rights are unknown.
 

Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: P.O. Box 25046
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-7773
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 236-0459
Resource_Description: Arc/Info export file and shapefile
Distribution_Liability:
Any use of trade, product, or company names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.  This data is not a legal document and is not intended to be used as such.

 
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 19990722
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Laura R.H. Biewick
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: P.O. Box 25046, MS 939
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 236-7773
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 236-0459
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lbiewick@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
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Generated by mp version 2.4.8 on Thu Aug 12 15:12:30 1999