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U.S. Geological Survey, Biewick, L.R.H., Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA), and Green, G.A., 1999, neutown (Land and mineral ownership coverage for the Uinta Basin, Wasatch Plateau and surrounding areas, northeastern Utah): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-553, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO.Online Links:
This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 0.00000 |
| Maximum: | 1.51143 |
| Units: | decimal degrees |
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 0.00157 |
| Maximum: | 85.98062 |
| Units: | decimal degrees |
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 2 |
| Maximum: | 8187 |
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 1 |
| Maximum: | 8186 |
BLM ---- Bureau of Land Management DOD ---- Department of Defense FS ---- Forest Service FSRA ---- Forest Service Recreation Area FSWA ---- Forest Service Wilderness Area FWS ---- Fish and Wildlife Service NPS ---- National Park Service PRIVATE ---- Private SDOW ---- State Dept. of Wildlife SP ---- State Park STATE ---- State TL ---- Tribal Land WATER ---- Water(Source: User Defined)
Roberts, C.A., U.S. Forest Service, provided INFO files defining Federal mineral ownership based on work done by the former U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) for "Availability of Federally Owned Minerals for Exploration and Development in Western States, Utah, 1988."
Roe, J., Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, provided the Utah statewide digital Public Land Survey System (PLSS) in 1995. This PLSS is the same one that was available 7/8/99 on the World Wide Web at <ftp://168.178.199.148/pub/index.htm>.
Colley, R., USGS student hire, worked on an earlier version of this ownership coverage. That version was subsequently superceded following the 1998 Utah State/Federal Land Exchange.
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As United States energy resources continue to be examined for potential development, there is sustained interest in Federally owned energy resources in the western United States. The U.S. Geological Survey's GIS data sets of surface and Federal mineral ownership, joined with USGS geologic investigations, provides information on where Federally owned energy resources are located and how much Federal petroleum and coal exists. These ownership and resource data are the basis for answering complex geospatial queries when the data are combined with quality, structure and other parameters generated from geologic investigations. Combining information on land status, Federal mineral ownership, and geology helps policy makers and land-use planners make informed decisions regarding use of Federal land and energy resources to meet diverse social needs.
Surface ownership can differ from energy and other mineral ownership for the same piece of land. For example, the oil and gas may be Federally owned, but the surface may be under the jurisdiction or management of State, Tribal, or private groups. This separation of jurisdiction may have legal ramifications in the development or non-development of energy resources.
The U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and State agencies, is collecting ownership files and compiling them in Arc/Info coverages. The coverages contain a USGS standardized attributing scheme and are stored in a data library where they are accessed and combined with models of oil, gas and coal geology to assess National energy resources (see information from the U.S. Geological Survey available on 10/5/99 on the World Wide Web at <http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/fedland/FS12-98/index.html> and at <http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/fact-sheets/fs-0145-99/>). Similar data are being created in northwestern Colorado (in press) primarily to serve the U.S. Geological Survey National Oil and Gas Resource Assessment Project in the Uinta-Piceance Basin (province 20) and in southern Wyoming (in press) for portions of provinces 36, 37 and 39.
Federally owned energy resources play an important role in supplying energy to our Nation. Oil production from Public Lands in Utah was over 4.6 million barrels in 1998; natural gas production was over 62 billion cu. ft. Coal production from Public Lands in Utah was over 22 million short tons in 1998 (available 10/12/99 on the World Wide Web at <http://www.ut.blm.gov/ff64.html>). Federally owned energy resources also play an important part in the economy of our Nation. The combined production value of the above commodities from Public Lands in Utah was over $675 million; Federal revenues were over $54 million (available on 10/12/99 on the World Wide Web at <http://www.ut.blm.gov/ff61.html>).
Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (comp.), 19990700, Utah statewide ownership, polygon file (aolsa.e00).Online Links:
U.S. Bureau of Mines, Roberts, C.A., McColly, R.A., Anderson, N.B., Gray, A.W., and Beach, R.A., 19930000, Availability of Federally owned minerals for exploration and development in western States: Utah, 1988.
Utah State and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, and Roe, J., 19950000, Public Land Survey System.Online Links:
Ogden Salt Lake City Kings Peak Dutch John Vernal Duchesne Provo Nephi Price Seep Ridge Westwater Huntington Manti Salina the northern three-eights of Loa.
Person who carried out this activity:
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Arc: additem SURF 8 8 cAn addititonal item, STATEMINS, was added to contain State mineral ownership information provided in the coverage from SITLA.
Arc: additem STATEMINS 8 8 cThe item SURF was populated based on the item NAMES; STATEMINS was populated based on the item MNRL. Extraneous items from the original coverage were deleted and the coverage was dissolved using the #all and poly options. This reduced the number of polygons from 9378 to 6230.
Person who carried out this activity:
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Arc: additem FEDMINS 8 8 cThe item FEDMINS was initially populated based on values in PLATE_II and PLATE_III of the original Federally-owned minerals coverage. The statewide coverage was then clipped to the study area and FEDMINS was updated in those areas where the SITLA land ownership and State mineral ownership coverage provided more current mineral ownership data following the "Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act of 1998".
Person who carried out this activity:
(303) 236-7773 (voice)
(303) 236-0459 (FAX)
lbiewick@usgs.gov
Person who carried out this activity:
(303) 236-7773 (voice)
(303) 236-0459 (FAX)
lbiewick@usgs.gov
Person who carried out this activity:
(303) 236-7773 (voice)
(303) 236-0459 (FAX)
lbiewick@usgs.gov
Person who carried out this activity:
(303) 236-7773 (voice)
(303) 236-0459 (FAX)
lbiewick@usgs.gov
Person who carried out this activity:
(303) 236-7773 (voice)
(303) 236-0459 (FAX)
lbiewick@usgs.gov
The Arc/Info coverage of land status was obtained on 7/8/99
from the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands
Administration (SITLA) as an Arc/Info EXPORT file
(aolsa.e00). The file had been updated in 7/99 and was
available on the World Wide Web at
<ftp://168.178.199.148/pub/index.htm>. The data were at
a scale of 1:100,000. This coverage also contained
information on State mineral ownership that was used to
populate the item (field) STATEMINS, and was used to show
where the Utah Trust Lands maintain full subsurface mineral
rights (ALL) and where the Trust Lands retain partial
subsurface mineral rights (SOME). This coverage reflects the
Utah land and mineral exhanges that took place following the
"Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act of 1998" (Public Law
105-335,105th Congress).
The coverage of mineral ownership was created using an INFO
file that contains items (fields) that categorize oil, gas,
coal and other minerals ownership based on the work done by
the former U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) for their publication
entitles, Availability of Federally Owned Minerals for
Exploration and Development in Western States, Utah, 1988.
The method used by the USBM to generate subsurface mineral
management status was to generalize to the section level.
Each whole section is defined as being the management status
of 50 percent or more of that section. This INFO file was
joined to a portion of the statewide Public Land Survey
System (PLSS) on a common item that defined section,
township, range and quadrant. The land and mineral ownership
coverages were combined in Arc/Info using the UNION command.
Attributes were added and populated in accordance with the
standard attributing scheme developed by the USGS for land
status and minerals owned by the Federal Government (see
information from the U.S. Geological Survey available on
10/5/99 on the World Wide Web at
<http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/fedland/FS12-98/part4.html>).
Federal mineral ownership was updated based on State mineral
ownership information found in the coverage from SITLA.
This coverage is based on land status and State mineral ownership data compiled by the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) at a scale of 1:100,000 following the "Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act of 1998". Federal mineral ownership is based on work done in the late 1980s by the former U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) and updated to reflect mineral exhanges that took place in 1998 as listed above. The USBM Federal mineral ownership data is generalized to the section level.
topologically clean, 7/22/99, Arc/Info
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 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices or other Federal and/or State agencies should be checked for status of specific tracts of land. Comparison with other data sets on surface and mineral ownership for the same area from other time periods may reveal inconsistencies resulting from changes in land and mineral ownership or in mapping conventions over time.
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Arc/Info export file and shapefile
This data is not a legal document and is not intended to be used as such. Any use of trade, product, or company names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the USGS regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
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