Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Cartography and Spatial Data Services, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Publication_Date: 20010910

Title: Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: GIS map

Series_Information:

Series_Name:

Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Hadley, MA

Publisher: U.S Fish & Wildlife Service

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://picard.fws.gov/metadata.html#Delaware

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset contains boundary layers for the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware. National Wildlife Refuges are federal lands managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The primary source for boundary information is the USFWS Realty program (status maps, legal surveys). An effort by the USFWS Region 5 (northeast states -ME,NH,VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, PA, NJ, MD, DE, WV, VA) Realty Division, Cartography and Spatial Data Services Branch has resulted in digital refuge boundaries for all refuges in the northeast at a scale of 1:24,000. The purpose of this data is to serve as a spatial reference of refuge boundaries for other data layers in GIS and mapping applications. It is specifically not intended to be used as a land survey or representation of land for conveyance or tax purposes. Status maps were registered to geographic coordinates, boundaries were digitized and labeled. Digital files were updated using survey and collateral data for newly acquired tracts, then stepped through 3 levels of quality-control review for spatial and thematic accuracy. Refuge boundary and tract lines were registered to USGS DRGs dated 1981-1989 (Lewes & Milton quads). Complete process description can be found in "Service Lands Boundary Data SOP". [Summary provided by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service]

Purpose:

Not Available

Supplemental_Information:

Not Available

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.32

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.18

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.92

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.81

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

Theme_Keyword: NWRBDP > NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE BOUNDARY DIGITIZING PROJECT

Theme_Keyword: Gis

Theme_Keyword: Federal Managed Lands

Theme_Keyword: National Wildlife Boundaries

Theme_Keyword: Wildlife Refuge Boundaries

Theme_Keyword: Primehook National Wildlife Refuge

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: BOUNDARIES

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Theme_Keyword: INLAND WATERS

Theme_Keyword: PLANNING CADASTRE

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > DELAWARE

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Refuge boundary data were compiled for resource applications. It is inappropriate to use these data in legal situations, or other applications where spatial error cannot exceed the USGS 7.5-minute mapping standards.

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Digital refuge boundaries are plotted with arc and polygon attributes, then compared to USFWS Realty status maps, survey documents, and collateral information for coding accuracy. Three levels of quality-control review are conducted (Cartography and Spatial Data Services, Realty Management Branch, Refuge Staff) with corrections being incorporated after each review until the dataset is deemed error-free. All polygons are closed and adjusted to the most accurate geographic features, usually on a USGS 7.5' topographic quad. All dangling arcs,undershoots, and overshoots have been removed. All boundaries were digitized for exterior fee-titled, USFWS owned lands, acquired tracts, and areas approved for USFWS acquisition. Plots are generated and quality-control reviewed for omission and commission digitizing errors. Digital refuge boundaries are verified against USGS 1:24,000-scale,7.5' DLG, DRG, or 1:12,000-scale DOQQ data such as roads,hydrography, or plotted at 1:24,000 scale and overlayed on USGS 7.5' maps. Data are stored in ArcInfo double precision.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Not Available

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: DOI/USFWS/NER/CSDS > Cartography and Spatial Data Services, Northeast Region, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

Contact_Person: LINDA SHAFFER

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: U.S Fish & Wildlife Service

Address: Cartography and Spatial Data Services

Address: 300 Westgate Center Drive

City: Hadley

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 01035

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 413-253-8292

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 413-253-8451

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: linda_shaffer@fws.gov

Resource_Description: USFWS_CSDS_pmhbnd

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ArcInfo export format

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://northeast.fws.gov/gis/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://picard.fws.gov/refuge2/primehook/bnd/pmh_ba...

Access_Instructions:

ARC/INFO interchange file.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://picard.fws.gov/refuge2/primehook/bnd/pmhbnd...

Access_Instructions:

FGDC metadata on this record.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://northeast.fws.gov/gis/refbnd/refbnd.html

Access_Instructions:

Homepage of the National Wildlife Refuge Boundary Digitizing Project (NWRBDP).

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.fws.gov/

Access_Instructions:

Homepage of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://northeast.fws.gov/

Access_Instructions:

Homepage of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Northeast Region, where uses can find information on the National Wildlife Refuge System, Refuge Planning, and additional related information.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.fws.gov/data/

Access_Instructions:

U.S Fish & Wildlife Service GIS page which provides users with GIS information related to the Fish and Wildlife Service.

Fees: No Fees

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20021001

Metadata_Review_Date: 20080414

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: TYLER B. STEVENS

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Global Change Master Directory

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 614-6898

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Tyler.B.Stevens@nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time