Data Set Title / Coverage Name: SAA National Forests SAA Version 3.0 Version Date: 3/21/96 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Identification Information Data Layer Name: nat_fors Description: National Forests in the vicinity of the Southern Appalachian Assessment Study Area Keywords: SAA, Southern Appalachian Assessment, federal lands, administrative units, ownership, national forests Citation: Native Data Set Environment: UNIX; ARC/INFO 7.0.3 pathname: Scale: 1:2,000,000 File Format: ARC/INFO 7.0.3 Polygon Coverage Use Caution: National forests Proclamation boundaries Restrictions: Access Restrictions: ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Spatial Reference Information Datum: North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) Precision: single Projection: Albers Equal Area Units: meters Spheroid: WGS-84 1st Std Parallel: 34 00 00 2nd Std Parallel: 38 00 00 Central Meridian: -82 00 00 Origin: 33 00 00 False Northing: 0.0 False Easting: 0.0 Extent: West Bounding Coord.: -396158.281 East Bounding Coord.: 334358.469 North Bounding Coord.: 702738.250 South Bounding Coord.: 21954.539 Distance Resolution: Vertical Resolution: n/a ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Data Quality Information Thematic Accuracy: unknown Confidence: unknown Accuracy Method: unknown Horizontal Accuracy: unknown Confidence: unknown Accuracy Method: unknown Vertical Accuracy: n/a Logical Consistency: Completeness: ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information Source Material: Digital Line Graph (DLG) files for the United States at a scale of 1:2,000,000 Organization: US Geological Survey Date: unknown Distance Resolution: unknown Contribution: Boundaries and Attributes Source Material: US Forest Service boundaries Organization: US Forest Service Date: Distance Resolution: unknown Contribution: Source Material: Organization: Date: Distance Resolution: unknown Contribution: --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Processing History Information Process Description: ARC/INFO coverage acquired from USGS by EPA. SAA acquired data from EPA and converted to SAA Albers. Edits to the data included integrating the US Forest Service Wildereness, Scenic Areas, and Recreation Areas. Additionally, the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, and Little River Canyon Park were added. National Forests were reselected from the fed_lnds coverage. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Entity/Attribute Information Entity: NAT_FORS.PAT Definition: Federal Land Polygons Attributes: FEDCODE - Code for Ownership/Type of Unit FEDNAME - Name of Unit Entity: Definition: Attributes: Entity: Definition: Attributes: ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status Information Data Set Status: Available Release Date: 3/21/96 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Metadata Reference Information Date: 3/20/96 Review Date: Contact: Karl A. Hermann National Biological Service Cooperative University of Tennessee 17 Ridgeway Road Norris, TN 37828 samab@utk.edu (423)-632-1452 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Distribution Information Distribution Contact: Karl A. Hermann National Biological Service Cooperative University of Tennessee 17 Ridgeway Road Norris, TN 37828 samab@utk.edu (423)-632-1452 Distribution Liability: File Compression Technique: UNIX compress, Arc/Info export format Transfer Size: --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Information Contact Person: Karl A. Hermann Contact Mail Address: National Biological Service Cooperative University of Tennessee 17 Ridgeway Road Norris, TN 37828 Contact Phone: (423)-632-1452 Contact Fax: (423)-632-1612 Contact email: samab@www.lib.utk Home Page for Updates: http://www.lib.utk.edu/samab ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------