USGS Central Region Energy Resources Team

Central Region Energy Resources Team

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Selected ARC/INFO coverages created for investigations of the distribution and resources of coal in the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah: an accompaniment to Hettinger and others, 1996
version 1

by L.R.H. Biewick, R.D. Hettinger, and L.N.R. Roberts

APPENDIX 4 

The following is an overview of items (other than those created by ARC/INFO) found in tables in each ArcView project view. More detailed information is contained in the formal metadata files associated with each coverage. [thk = thickness; bndy = boundary; elevs = elevations]

Attributes of Base Upper Cret. (arc)

Line type Each line is identified by a character string that describes the boundary type:
Value
dash		 Description
northern boundary where the Kaiparowits Plateau merges with the Aquarius Plateau.
plat the Kaiparowits Plateau is delineated by the base of Upper Cretaceous rocks east of 112 degrees of longitude


Attributes of Calico and A-sequences thk:

Thick Combined thickness of the Calico and A-sequences



Attributes of Calico sequence bndy elevs:

Elevation Elevation of the Calico sequence boundary

Attributes of Coal-bearing interval:

Coal-bearing interval T = total coal-bearing interval
P = partially eroded coal-bearing interval

Attributes of County:

Source Each line has a code showing where the U.S. Bureau of Census obtained the data:
Value
B		 Description
USGS 1:100,000-Scale DLG-3 File
D Census Bureau Precensus Update
Boundary type All arcs are encoded as follows:
1 -
2 - 		State-State border occurring on land.
County-county border, within State, occurring on land.



Attributes of Data points: -99 in a field means NO DATA
X in UTMs UTM coordinate location
Y in UTMs UTM coordinate location
Point identifier identifies each point by its original name
Depth to top of 1st coal depth to the top of the first coal
Depth to bottom of lowest coal depth to the bottom of the lowest coal
Total coal thickness total thickness of coal beds > 1 ft thick in the Calico and A-sequences. Used to generate Fig. 11, Hettinger and others (1996)
Surface elevation surface elevation of drill hole
Elev of the CSB elevation of the Calico Sequence boundary. If the value for ELEVCSB in Appendix 1 of Hettinger and others (1996) has an asterisk beside it, then it was derived by subtracting ESTDEPTHCSB (see below) from SURFELEV. Used to generate Fig. 10, Hettinger and others (1996)
Depth to the CSB depth to the Calico sequence boundary. Used to calculate ELEVCSB by subtracting DEPTHCSB from SURFELEV. Used to generate Fig. 15, Hettinger and others (1996)
Est. depth to the CSB estimated depth to the Calico sequence boundary inferred by correlations to nearby drill holes
Thk of Calico and A-sequences thickness of the Calico and A-sequences, used to generate Fig. 8 in Hettinger and others (1996)
Thk of Drip Tank Member thickness of the Drip Tank Member
Number of coal beds in total interval number of coal beds >1 ft thick in the total coal-bearing interval
Net coal thk of beds 1-2.4' thk net thickness of coal in beds ranging from 1-2.4' thick, used to generate Fig. 16a in Hettinger and others, 1996
Number of coal beds 1-2.4' thk number of coal beds with thickness ranging from 1-2.4', used to generate Fig. 16b in Hettinger and others, 1996
Net coal thk of beds 2.5-3.4' thk net thickness of coal in beds ranging from 2.5-3.4' thick, used to generate Fig. 17a in Hettinger and others, 1996
Number of coal beds 2.5-3.4' thk number of coal beds with thickness ranging from 2.5-3.4', used to generate Fig. 17b in Hettinger and others, 1996
Net coal thk of beds 3.5-7.4' thk net thickness of coal in beds ranging from 3.5-7.4' thick, used to generate Fig. 18a in Hettinger and others, 1996
Number of coal beds 3.5-7.4' thk number of coal beds with thickness ranging from 3.5-7.4', used to generate Fig. 18b in Hettinger and others, 1996
Net coal thk of beds 7.5-14' thk net thickness of coal in beds ranging from 7.5-14' thick, used to generate Fig. 19a in Hettinger and others, 1996
Number of coal beds 7.5-14' thk number of coal beds with thickness ranging from 7.5-14', used to generate Fig. 19b in Hettinger and others, 1996
Net coal thk of beds 14.1-20' thk net thickness of coal in beds ranging from 14.1-20' thick, used to generate Fig. 20a in Hettinger and others, 1996
Number of coal beds 14.1-20' thk number of coal beds with thickness ranging from 14.1-20', used to generate Fig. 20b in Hettinger and others, 1996
Net coal thk of beds 20-40' thk net thickness of coal in beds ranging from 20-40' thick
Number of coal beds 20-40' thk number of coal beds with thickness ranging from 20-40'
Net coal thk of beds >40' thk net thickness of coal in beds that are >40' thick
Number of coal beds >40' thk number of coal beds with thickness >40'
Map number identification number in plate 1 and appendix 1 (Hettinger and others, 1996).


Attributes of Dip:

Dip range of inclination of coal-bearing strata in degrees


Attributes of Land Status:

Base land ownership defined from BLM 1:100,000-scale quadrangles
Surface ownership 8-character (or less) code as follows:

    PRIVATE
    STATE
    BLM
    FS
    NPS
    WATER
    TL
    NREC
    BJ
    WA

    (private)
    (State)
    (Bureau of Land Management)
    (Forest Service)
    (National Park Service)
    (water)
    (Tribal Lands)
    (National Recreation Area)
    (Bankhead Jones Land Use Lands)
    (Wilderness Area -- denotes Federal agency surface ownership in most cases -- see Base land ownership field for detail)


Attributes of Land Status (generalized):

Parcel name recognized name for the parcel
State codes State(s) within which the parcel resides

Based on standard U.S. Postal Service codes. If the parcel spans multiple States, the States are listed in order of ~% contained within. When all %'s appeared ~= the State codes were entered in alphabetical order.

Managing agency Agency or Bureau which manages the parcel

This coding scheme was developed for the graphic project and is by no means official. It was an attempt at a hierarchical scheme where Managing agency represents the largest agency maintaining jurisdiction/administration over the parcel

      NPS
      BLM
      FS
      FWS
      DOD
      BGR
      BIA

      National Park Service
      Bureau of Land Management
      US Forest Service
      US Fish/Wildlife Service
      Department of Defense
      Background/Island Polygon
      Bureau of Indian Affairs



Subclass of agency Divisions of Managing agency code

    NPK
    NRA
    NMT

    National Park
    National Recreational Area
    National Monument

    (NPS)
    (NPS)
    (NPS)

    NFT
    NRA
    NMT

    National Forest
    National Recreational Area
    National Monument

    (FS)
    (FS)
    (FS)

    NWR

    National Wildlife Refuge

    (FWS)

    BLM

    no subclass for BLM

    BGR

    Background/Island Polygon

    BIA

    Bureau of Indian Affairs

    AIRFORCE
    DOD
    NAVY

    Department of Defense
    Department of Defense
    Department of Defense

    (DOD)
    (DOD)
    (DOD)

Attributes of Overburden:

Quadrangle
 7.5' quadrangles
County
counties
Overburden
 range of maximum overburden overlying coal in the Calico and A-sequences (in feet times 1000)
Surface ownership
 Bureau of Land Management Land status (see Attributes of Land Status)
Coal ownership
 Federal ('fed') or non-Federal ('nonfed')
Township and Range
 township and range
Reliability
 either identified ('iden') or hypothetical ('hypo')
Dip
 inclination of coal-bearing strata, in degrees, within the Kaiparowits Plateau
Coal-bearing interval
 either total ('T') or partially eroded ('P')
Total coal thickness
 net coal, in feet, in the Calico and A-sequences
Millions of short tons
coal tonnage (in millions of short tons)


Attributes of Reliability:        same as Attributes of Overburden



Attributes of Roads:

Road description Each road is identified by a character string that describes the road type

      Value

      Description

      town
      state
      highway
      U.S.

      within a town
      State road
      highway
      U.S. interstate



Attributes of Summary map:

Quadrangle 7.5' quadrangles
County counties
Overburden range of maximum overburden overlying coal in the Calico and A-sequences (in feet times 1000)
Surface ownership Bureau of Land Management Land status (see Attributes of Land Status)
Township and Range township and range
Reliability either identified ('iden') or hypothetical ('hypo')
Dip inclination of coal-bearing strata, in degrees, within the Kaiparowits Plateau
Coal-bearing interval either total ('T') or partially eroded ('P')
Coal ownership Federal ('fed') or non-Federal ('nonfed')


Attributes of Total coal:


 same as Attributes of Overburden
Attributes of Townships: The following is modified from documentation from the Utah State Geographic Information Database (SGID) Users Guide

    CODE

    DESCRIPTION

    0
    1
    2
    3

    Uncoded
    Township or range line
    Township or range line: location doubtful
    Section line

    SOURCE

    DESCRIPTION

    0
    101
    125
    201
    202
    203

    Uncoded
    Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center
    Utah Division of Water Rights
    U.S. Geological Survey
    U.S. Forest Service
    U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Attributes of Utah State bndy:

State Based on standard U.S. Postal Service codes

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