USGS Central Region Energy Resources Team

Central Region Energy Resources Team

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

Land Status and Federal Mineral Ownership in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana: a Digital Data Set for Geographic Information Systems

by Laura R.H. Biewick and Shayne R. Urbanowski, U.S. Geological Survey and Sheila Cain and Larry Neasloney, Bureau of Land Management 


APPENDIX 2

The following is a list of coverages contained in each ArcView project view, the theme name(s), the source scale, and highlights of the graphical display based on the attributes.

1 ) Federal surface management in and around the Powder River Basin [ArcView image here]

Coverage Name Theme Name Source Scale  Highlights
4st_cnty States and counties 1:100,000
prb+_own Federal surface 1 1:100,000 Federal land ownership as one category in and around the Powder River Basin
prbbnd Powder River Basin 1:500,000  


2) Federal coal ownership (includes other Federal minerals) [ArcView image here]   

Coverage Name Theme Name Source Scale  Highlights
4st_cnty States and counties 1:100,000
prb+_own Federal minerals 1 1:100,000 Federal coal ownership in and around the Powder River Basin
prbbnd Powder River Basin 1:500,000  

 
3) Federal oil and gas ownership (includes other Federal minerals) [ArcView image here]

Coverage Name Theme Name Source Scale  Highlights
4st_cnty States and counties 1:100,000
prb+_own Federal minerals 1 1:100,000 Federal oil and gas ownership in and around the Powder River Basin
prbbnd Powder River Basin 1:500,000  

 
4) Land Status in the Powder River Basin [ArcView image here]

Coverage Name Theme Name Source Scale  Highlights
4st_cnty States and counties 1:100,000
prb_own Land status 2 1:100,000 all categories of land ownership in the Powder River Basin, including surface administration by the various Federal agencies
prbbnd Powder River Basin 1:500,000  


5) Federal surface management in the Powder River Basin [ArcView image here]

Coverage Name Theme Name Source Scale  Highlights
4st_cnty States and counties 1:100,000
prb_own Federal surface 2 1:100,000 Federal land ownership as one category in the Powder River Basin
prbbnd Powder River Basin 1:500,000  

 
6) Federal coal ownership (includes other Federal minerals) [ArcView image here]

Coverage Name Theme Name Source Scale  Highlights
4st_cnty States and counties 1:100,000
prb_own Federal minerals 2 1:100,000 Federal coal ownership in the Powder River Basin
prbbnd Powder River Basin 1:500,000  

 
7) Federal oil and gas ownership (includes other Federal minerals) [ArcView image here]

Coverage Name Theme Name Source Scale  Highlights
4st_cnty States and counties 1:100,000
prb_own Federal minerals 2 1:100,000 Federal oil and gas ownership in the Powder River Basin
prbbnd Powder River Basin 1:500,000  


8) Land Status in and around the Powder River Basin [ArcView image here]

Coverage Name  Theme Name  Source Scale  Highlights
4st_cnty States and counties 1:100,000  
prb+_own Land status 1 1:100,000 all categories of land ownership in and around the Powder River Basin, including surface administration by the various Federal agencies
prbbnd Powder River Basin 1:500,000  

 


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