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Biewick, L.R.H., Urbanowski, S.R., Cain, S., and Neasloney, L., 1998, prb+_own (ownership coverage for the area in and around the Powder River Basin, WY and MT): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-102, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.
Biewick, L.R.H., Urbanowski, S.R., Cain, S., and Neasloney, L., 1998, Land Status and Federal Mineral Ownership in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana: a digital data set for geographic information systems: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-102, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
The map projection used is Lambert Conformal Conic.
Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 1.0
Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 1.0
Planar coordinates are specified in METERS
The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1927.
The ellipsoid used is Clarke 1866.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.4.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.98.
PRIVATE STATE BLM (Bureau of Land Management) FS (Forest Service) BJ (Bankhead Jones Land Use Lands) TL (Tribal Lands, BIA) NG (National Grasslands) DOD (Department of Defense) FED (other Federal) PWR (Public Water Reserves) ACQ (Acquired Lands) BREC (Bureau of Reclamation) COE (Corps of Engineers) INUN (Land subject to controlled inundation - mostly or entirely State Park) NPS (National Park Service) PW (Power Withdrawals) PWR (Public Water Reserves) SREC (State Recreation Area) WATERFEDMINS 8,8,C (Minerals owned by the Federal Government)
NONE ALL OTHER COAL (coal only) OGC (oil, gas and coal only) OGC+ (oil, gas, coal and other) OG (oil and gas only) R (restricted minerals)
Bill Larson, U.S. Geological Survey, created Public Land Survey System (PLSS) digital files from USGS 1:100,000-scale Digital Line Graph (DLG) files for seven 1:100,000-scale quadrangles in Wyoming. These PLSS coverages were used as reference by contractor, Geologic Data Systems, Inc., to create surface and Federal mineral ownership coverages based on the 1:100,000-scale surface and mineral management status maps published by the BLM.
Margaret Ellis, U.S. Geological Survey, created the coverage for the outline of the Powder River Basin based on geologic studies. The basin outline represents the base of the Tertiary Fort Union Formation, or the general Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. The northeastern portion of the boundary was generalized along the Miles City Arch area and the Yellowstone River.
Corla DeBar, Montana State BLM Office, performed quality control on the digital ownership files for the 1:100,000-scale quadrangles in Montana.
Tracey Loewecke, U.S. Geological Survey, attributed Federal mineral ownership to complete the coverage for the Terry, MT 1:100,000-scale quadrangle.
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As the Nation's energy resources continue to be examined for development, it is critical that a digital database exist that contains location data for all Federal land and mineral resources. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is collecting these ownership files and compiling them in ARC/INFO coverages, to form a standardized data library. These coverages are combined with models of coal deposits from the USGS National Coal Assessment, a five year effort to identify and characterize the coal beds and coal zones that could potentially provide the fuel for the Nation's coal-derived energy during the first quarter of the twenty-first century. Geographic and geologic data layers are integrated in a Geographic Information System (GIS) to answer complex geo-spatial questions concerning coal resource occurrence. This ARC/INFO coverage also contains location data for Federal oil and gas and other Federal minerals in the Powder River Basin (PRB).
Keystone Coal Industry Manual, 1997, Keystone Coal Industry Manual: Intertec Publishing Co., Chicago, IL.
Record, The Mining , 19970611, Powder River is the largest U.S. coal mining company.
Montana Natural Resource Information System (NRIS), 1996, Montana Public Lands.Online Links:
- <URL:http://nris.mt.gov/ftp/montana/blm/owners.html>
- (Metadata document is <URL:http://nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris/ab105.HTML>)
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1980, Surface and mineral management status, Lame Deer quadrangle, Montana.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1981, Surface and mineral management status, Birney quadrangle, Montana.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1982, Surface and mineral management status, Lodge Grass quadrangle, Montana-Wyoming.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1982, Surface and mineral management status, Terry quadrangle, Montana.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1987, Surface and mineral management status, Hardin quadrangle, Montana.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1989, Surface and mineral management status, Bill quadrangle, Wyoming.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1989, Surface and mineral management status, Newcastle quadrangle, Wyoming.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1990, Surface and mineral management status, Broadus quadrangle, Montana-Wyoming.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1990, Surface and mineral management status, Midwest quadrangle, Wyoming.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1990, Surface and mineral management status, Miles City quadrangle, Montana.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1991, Surface and mineral management status, Lance Creek quadrangle, Wyoming.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1992, Surface and mineral management status, Powderville quadrangle, Montana.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1993, Surface and mineral management status, Forsyth quadrangle, Montana.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1993, Surface and mineral management status, Hysham quadrangle, Montana.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1993, Surface and mineral management status, Lusk quadrangle, Wyoming.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1994, Surface and mineral management status, Sundance quadrangle, Wyoming.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1995, Surface and mineral management status, Douglas quadrangle, Wyoming.
fuzzy tolerance 8 m
weed tolerance 0.862 m
Approximately 51 meters, assuming source data meets National Map Accuracy Standards
Based on published BLM surface and mineral management status maps; however, some of the data are more recent than the published maps. The more recent data are based on master title plats and information from State and other Federal agencies.
Polygon topology present.
Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints:
The surface and mineral management status are published as general planning and management tools. The official land records in the respective offices of the Bureau of Land Management or other Federal agencies should be checked for up-to-date status on any specific tract of land.
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compressed TAR file of ARC/INFO coverages, an ArcView project, a 'readme' document, and data management utilities.
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Data format: | ARC/INFO coverages, export files, and ArcView project (version ARC/INFO 7.0.4, ArcView 2.1) Size: 11 |
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Network links: |
<http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/fedland/prb_own.html> |
need ARC/INFO 7.0.4 or greater and/or ArcView 2.1 or greater and/or ArcExplorer (which can be downloaded free from <URL:http://www.esri.com>) and/or other software that can read ARC/INFO coverages or ARC/INFO export files
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