Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Jim Monical Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: Physiographic Sections, Southwestern United States Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Publication_Information: Other_Citation_Details: Original data set may be obtained from www.nationalatlas.gov Online_Linkage: http://www.nationalatlas.gov Description: Abstract: This data set contain physiographic section boundaries. This data set is a subset of a national data set obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources NSDI Node. The metadata for this data set is the original data set metadata; however, it was updated to reflect the changes that occured while creating this subset. This data set was used as part of U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5315, "Dissolved solids in basin-fill aquifers and streams in the Southwestern United States", by Anning and others (http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/studies/mrb/salinity.html) The original data set is a polygon coverage of Physiographic Divisions in the conterminous United States. It was automated from Fenneman's 1:7,000,000-scale map, "Physical Divisions of the United States," which is based on eight major divisions, 25 provinces, and 86 sections representing distinctive areas having common topography, rock types and structure, and geologic and geomorphic history. Purpose: The primary use of this data is for regional data display rather than specific local data analysis due to the small scale (1:7,000,000) of this coverage. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 19460101 Currentness_Reference: Publication date of source material. Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.970137 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -104.761146 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.903593 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.781734 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Physiography Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Physiographic Divisions Theme_Keyword: Physiographic Provinces Theme_Keyword: Physiographic Sections Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Arizona Place_Keyword: California Place_Keyword: Colorado Place_Keyword: Idaho Place_Keyword: Nevada Place_Keyword: New Mexico Place_Keyword: Oregon Place_Keyword: Utah Place_Keyword: Wyoming Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: None Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword: None Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: The scale of the data (1:7,000,000) limits its use to broad overviews of physiographic divisions. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jim Monical Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, WRD Contact_Position: GIS Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 520 N. Park Avenue, Suite 221 City: Tucson State_or_Province: AZ Postal_Code: 85719 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 520 670-6671 x260 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jmonical@usgs.gov Contact_Instructions: Please contact through email Security_Information: Security_Classification_System: None Security_Classification: Unclassified Security_Handling_Description: None Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Fenneman, Nevin M., and Johnson, Douglas W. Publication_Date: 1946 Title: Physical divisions of the United States Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map Series_Information: Series_Name: USGS special map Issue_Identification: USGS special map Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Washington, DC Publisher: USGS Online_Linkage: First parallel 29 30 00 N >Second parallel 45 30 00 N >Central meridian -96 00 00 W >Latitude of projection origin 23 00 00 N >False easting 0.0 >False northing 0.0 Fennemans map is missing three boundaries separating: 1. 5a/5b (which separates the Northern and Southern sections of Blue Ridge) 2. 6a/6b (which separates Tennessee and Middle sections of Ridge and Valley) 3. 24b/24c (which separates Olympic Mountains and Oregon Coast Range of the Pacific Border province) These boundaries were researched, then merged into the coverage. Process_Date: 198812 Process_Step: Process_Description: Added attributes DIVISION, PROVINCE and SECTION to the polygon attribute table. Process_Date: 19920113 Process_Step: Process_Description: A user reported that section 23c, Southern Cascade Mountain Section was missing. Added boundary between Middle Cascade Mountain section (23b) and Southern Cascade Mountain Section (23c). Added label for Southern Cascade Mountain Section. Added annotation for 23c, Southern Cascade Mountain Section. Process_Date: 20020103 Process_Step: Process_Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: E:\eprojects\swsalinity\metadata\physio.xml Process_Step: Process_Description: Original data set clipped to study area. Process_Step: Process_Description: Deleted unneeded attributes. Merged 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: 16 SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 32 SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 32 SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 6 SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 20 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: 0.004096 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.004096 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 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: PhysioSects Entity_Type_Definition: A subdivision of the Earth. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Fenneman, N.M., and Johnson, D.W. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: DIVISION Attribute_Definition: Name of majore physiographic division. Attribute_Definition_Source: Fenneman, N.M., and Johnson, D.W. Attribute: Attribute_Label: PROVINCE Attribute_Definition: Name of physiographic province Attribute_Definition_Source: Fenneman, N.M., and Johnson, D.W. Attribute: Attribute_Label: PROVCODE Attribute_Definition: Numeric code of physiographic province. Attribute_Definition_Source: Fenneman, N.M., and Johnson, D.W. 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: SECTION_ Attribute_Definition: Name of physiographic section. Attribute_Definition_Source: Fenneman, N.M., and Johnson, D.W. 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. Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: >DATAFILE NAME: PHYSIO.PAT >9 ITEMS: STARTING IN POSITION 1 >COL ITEM NAME WDTH OPUT TYP N.DEC ALTERNATE NAME > 1 AREA 4 12 F 3 > 5 PERIMETER 4 12 F 3 > 9 PHYSIO# 4 4 B - > 13 PHYSIO-ID 4 5 B - > 17 FCODE 3 5 I - > 20 FENCODE 4 5 C - > 24 DIVISION 23 23 C - > 47 PROVINCE 24 24 C - > 71 SECTION 29 29 C - >100 PROVCODE 3 3 I - FCODE - Numeric code for physiographic section. Values 1-243. FENCODE - Fenneman's code (number+alpha) for physiographic section DIVISION - Name of major physiographic division PROVINCE - Name of physiographic province SECTION - Name of physiographic section (see note below) PROVCODE - Numeric code for physiographic province. Values 1, 3-25. INFO file PHYSIO.PROVCODE contains numeric codes for provinces: >PROVINCE PROVCODE >------------------------ -------- >SUPERIOR UPLAND 1 >COASTAL PLAIN 3 >PIEDMONT 4 >BLUE RIDGE 5 >VALLEY AND RIDGE 6 >ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY 7 >APPALACHIAN PLATEAUS 8 >NEW ENGLAND 9 >ADIRONDACK 10 >INTERIOR LOW PLATEAUS 11 >CENTRAL LOWLAND 12 >GREAT PLAINS 13 >OZARK PLATEAUS 14 >OUACHITA 15 >SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS 16 >WYOMING BASIN 17 >MIDDLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 18 >NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS 19 >COLUMBIA PLATEAU 20 >COLORADO PLATEAUS 21 >BASIN AND RANGE 22 >CASCADE-SIERRA MOUNTAINS 23 >PACIFIC BORDER 24 >LOWER CALIFORNIAN 25 Because there are no defined physiographic section classifications for the Northern Rockies, Middle Rockies, Southern Rockies, Wyoming Basin, Superior Upland, Lower Californian and Adirondack Provinces, the SECTION field in the polygon attribute table is empty for these physiographic provinces. >FEN- DIVISION PROVINCE SECTION >CODE >1 LAURENTIAN UPLAND SUPERIOR UPLAND - >3a ATLANTIC PLAIN COASTAL PLAIN EMBAYED >3b ATLANTIC PLAIN COASTAL PLAIN SEA ISLAND >3c ATLANTIC PLAIN COASTAL PLAIN FLORIDIAN >3d ATLANTIC PLAIN COASTAL PLAIN EAST GULF COASTAL PLAIN >3e ATLANTIC PLAIN COASTAL PLAIN MISSISSIPPI ALLUVIAL PLAIN >3f ATLANTIC PLAIN COASTAL PLAIN WEST GULF COASTAL PLAIN >4a APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS PIEDMONT PIEDMONT UPLAND >4b APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS PIEDMONT PIEDMONT LOWLANDS >5a APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS BLUE RIDGE NORTHERN >5b APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS BLUE RIDGE SOUTHERN >6a APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS VALLEY AND RIDGE TENNESSEE >6b APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS VALLEY AND RIDGE MIDDLE >6c APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS VALLEY AND RIDGE HUDSON VALLEY >7a APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY CHAMPLAIN >8a APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS APPALACHIAN PLATEAUS MOHAWK >8b APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS APPALACHIAN PLATEAUS CATSKILL >8c APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS APPALACHIAN PLATEAUS SOUTHERN NEW YORK >8d APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS APPALACHIAN PLATEAUS ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN >8e APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS APPALACHIAN PLATEAUS KANAWHA >8f APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS APPALACHIAN PLATEAUS CUMBERLAND PLATEAU >8g APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS APPALACHIAN PLATEAUS CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN >9a APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS NEW ENGLAND SEABOARD LOWLAND >9b APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS NEW ENGLAND NEW ENGLAND UPLAND >9c APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS NEW ENGLAND WHITE MOUNTAIN >9d APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS NEW ENGLAND GREEN MOUNTAIN >9e APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS NEW ENGLAND TACONIC >10 APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS ADIRONDACK - >11a INTERIOR PLAINS INTERIOR LOW PLATEAUS HIGHLAND RIM >11b INTERIOR PLAINS INTERIOR LOW PLATEAUS LEXINGTON PLAIN >11c INTERIOR PLAINS INTERIOR LOW PLATEAUS NASHVILLE BASIN >12a INTERIOR PLAINS CENTRAL LOWLAND EASTERN LAKE >12b INTERIOR PLAINS CENTRAL LOWLAND WESTERN LAKE >12c INTERIOR PLAINS CENTRAL LOWLAND WISCONSIN DRIFTLESS >12d INTERIOR PLAINS CENTRAL LOWLAND TILL PLAINS >12e INTERIOR PLAINS CENTRAL LOWLAND DISSECTED TILL PLAINS >12f INTERIOR PLAINS CENTRAL LOWLAND OSAGE PLAINS >13k INTERIOR PLAINS GREAT PLAINS CENTRAL TEXAS >13a INTERIOR PLAINS GREAT PLAINS MISSOURI PLATEAU, GLACIATED >13b INTERIOR PLAINS GREAT PLAINS MISSOURI PLATEAU, UNGLACIAT >13c INTERIOR PLAINS GREAT PLAINS BLACK HILLS >13d INTERIOR PLAINS GREAT PLAINS HIGH PLAINS >13e INTERIOR PLAINS GREAT PLAINS PLAINS BORDER >13f INTERIOR PLAINS GREAT PLAINS COLORADO PIEDMONT >13g INTERIOR PLAINS GREAT PLAINS RATON >13h INTERIOR PLAINS GREAT PLAINS PECOS VALLEY >13i INTERIOR PLAINS GREAT PLAINS EDWARDS PLATEAU >14a INTERIOR HIGHLANDS OZARK PLATEAUS SPRINGFIELD-SALEM PLATEAUS >14b INTERIOR HIGHLANDS OZARK PLATEAUS BOSTON "MOUNTAINS" >15a INTERIOR HIGHLANDS OUACHITA ARKANSAS VALLEY >15b INTERIOR HIGHLANDS OUACHITA OUACHITA MOUNTAINS >16 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SYSTEM SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS - >17 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SYSTEM WYOMING BASIN - >18 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SYSTEM MIDDLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS - >19 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SYSTEM NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS - >20a INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS COLUMBIA PLATEAU WALLA WALLA PLATEAU >20b INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS COLUMBIA PLATEAU BLUE MOUNTAIN >20c INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS COLUMBIA PLATEAU PAYETTE >20d INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS COLUMBIA PLATEAU SNAKE RIVER PLAIN >20e INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS COLUMBIA PLATEAU HARNEY >21a INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS COLORADO PLATEAUS HIGH PLATEAUS OF UTAH >21b INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS COLORADO PLATEAUS UINTA BASIN >21c INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS COLORADO PLATEAUS CANYON LANDS >21d INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS COLORADO PLATEAUS NAVAJO >21e INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS COLORADO PLATEAUS GRAND CANYON >21f INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS COLORADO PLATEAUS DATIL >22a INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS BASIN AND RANGE GREAT BASIN >22b INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS BASIN AND RANGE SONORAN DESERT >22c INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS BASIN AND RANGE SALTON TROUGH >22d INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS BASIN AND RANGE MEXICAN HIGHLAND >22e INTERMONTANE PLATEAUS BASIN AND RANGE SACRAMENTO >23a PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM CASCADE-SIERRA MOUNTAINS NORTHERN CASCADE MOUNTAINS >23b PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM CASCADE-SIERRA MOUNTAINS MIDDLE CASCADE MOUNTAINS >23c PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM CASCADE-SIERRA MOUNTAINS SOUTHERN CASCADE MOUNTAINS >23d PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM CASCADE-SIERRA MOUNTAINS SIERRA NEVADA >24a PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM PACIFIC BORDER PUGET TROUGH >24b PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM PACIFIC BORDER OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS >24c PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM PACIFIC BORDER OREGON COAST RANGE >24d PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM PACIFIC BORDER KLAMATH MOUNTAINS >24e PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM PACIFIC BORDER CALIFORNIA TROUGH >24f PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM PACIFIC BORDER CALIFORNIA COAST RANGES >24g PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM PACIFIC BORDER LOS ANGELES RANGES >25 PACIFIC MOUNTAIN SYSTEM LOWER CALIFORNIAN - Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: None. 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Ordering_Instructions: Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20071004 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Jim Monical Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Arizona Water Science Center Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 520 N.Park Avenue, Suite 221 City: Tucson State_or_Province: Arizona Postal_Code: 85719 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (520)670-6671 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jmonical@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Security_Information: Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None Metadata_Security_Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile