ds402_USGSgwsites

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 2008

Title: ds402_USGSgwsites

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Other_Citation_Details:

Data can be downloaded from the online USGS National Water Information System listed in the online linkage.

Online_Linkage: <http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ok/nwis>

Description:

Abstract:

This shapefile contains ground-water sites that have been sampled by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Purpose:

The purpose of this shapefile is to provide locations of USGS ground-water sites.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20081001

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -98.107013

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -96.094924

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.461778

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.678199

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: gw sites

Theme_Keyword: ground-water sites

Theme_Keyword: well sites

Place:

Place_Keyword: Oklahoma

Place_Keyword: USA

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oklahoma Water Science Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 202 NW 66th St., Bldg.#7

City: Oklahoma City

State_or_Province: Oklahoma

Postal_Code: 73116

Country: United States of America

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 405-810-4400

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Ground-water site data were downloaded from USGS database and exported as ArcView Shapefile.

Process_Date: 20080523

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Shana Mashburn

Contact_Position: Hydrologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 202 NW 66th St., Bldg.#7

City: Oklahoma City

State_or_Province: Oklahoma

Postal_Code: 73116

Country: United States of America

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 405-810-4400

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2242

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: 0.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000

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

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: ds402_USGSgwsites

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: Site_ID

Attribute_Definition: Site Identification Number

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Site_Type

Attribute_Definition: Site Type

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: County_Cd

Attribute_Definition: County FIPS Code

Attribute_Definition_Source: Federal Information Processing Standard

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lat_dd

Attribute_Definition: Location Latitude in Decimal Degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Long_dd

Attribute_Definition: Location Longitude in Decimal Degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Local_No

Attribute_Definition: Local Number

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

For USGS-defined attributes:
Site_ID = The Site ID for ground-water sites is a 15-digit identification number assigned to the site, and contains no blanks or alphabetic characters. Although the site identification number is formed initially from the latitude and longitude of a point believed to represent the location of the site followed by a 2-digit sequence number, the Site ID is an identifier and not a locator. The first six digits of the Site ID are the value of latitude, the 7th through 13th digits are the value of longitude, and the 14th and 15th digits are sequence numbers used to distinguish between sites at the same location.
Site_Type = W for a well or X for a test hole not completed as a well.
Local_No = The local number for ground-water sites includes the township and range followed by the section and a series of letters that designate the quarter-section subdivisions, from the largest to the smallest, followed by a site sequence number. The order of the quarter-section subdivisions differ from that used by the Bureau of Land Management and the public-land survey. The public-land survey uses a series of coordinate directions and a fraction to designate the quarter-section subdivisions listed from smallest to largest followed by the section, township, and range. For example, the same 10-acre plot would be described by using the public land survey as NW1/4 SW1/4 NE1/4 Sec.5 T2S R3E and described by using the USGS Local_No as 02S-03E-05 ACB. A direct comparison between the quarter-section subdivisions for the public-land survey and the USGS Local_No is that A=NE, B=NW, C=SW, and D=SE.

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 0.060

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20081216

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Shana Mashburn

Contact_Position: Hydrologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 202 NW 66th St., Bldg.#7

City: Oklahoma City

State_or_Province: Oklahoma

Postal_Code: 73116

Country: United States of America

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 405-810-4400

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile