Identification_Information: 
  Citation: 
    Citation_Information: 
      Originator: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Publication_Date: 199907 
      Title: Public Land Survey System of the United States 
      Publication_Information: 
        Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia 
        Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
      Online_Linkage: <http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html>

  Description: 
    Abstract: 
      This data set portrays the Public Land Surveys of the United States, 
      including areas of private survey, Donation Land Claims, and Land Grants 
      and Civil Colonies.  
    Purpose: 
      These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the 
      national level, and for large regional areas.  The data should be 
      displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale 
      data.  No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in 
      the use of these data. 
    Supplemental_Information:
      All lands in the public domain are subject to subdivision by a rectangular 
      system of surveys called the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), established 
      and regulated by the Bureau of Land Management.  The original public 
      domain includes the land ceded to the Federal Government by the Thirteen 
      Original States, supplemented with acquisitions from native Indians and 
      foreign powers.  It encompasses major portions of the land area of 30 
      western States.  

      Under Congressional mandate, cadastral surveys of public lands were 
      undertaken to create parcels suitable for disposal by the Government.  The 
      PLSS was developed for this purpose.  The PLSS is a rectangular survey 
      system that typically divides the land into 6-mile square townships, which 
      are further subdivided into 1-mile square sections (the data in the 
      National Atlas do not include section-level information).  The extension 
      of the rectangular system of surveys over the public domain has been in 
      progress since 1785.  These surveys form the basis of patents issued when 
      public lands pass out of Federal ownership.  

      Certain lands were excluded from the public domain and not subject to 
      survey and disposal.  These lands include the beds of navigable bodies of 
      water, national installations such as military reservations and national 
      parks, and areas such as land grants that had already passed to private 
      ownership prior to subdivision by the Government.  

      Data describing the PLSS is required by Federal surface and mineral 
      management agencies, as well as any organization concerned with land 
      ownership in the 30 western States that were formed from the public 
      domain.  Additionally, many agencies have encoded natural resource or 
      environmental inventory data based on the PLSS.

  Time_Period_of_Content: 
    Time_Period_Information: 
      Range_of_Dates/Times: 
        Beginning_Date: 1972 
        Ending_Date: 1999 
    Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition 
  Status: 
    Progress: Complete 
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular 
  Spatial_Domain: 
    Bounding_Coordinates: 
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: 170 
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -64 
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 72
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17 
  Keywords: 
    Theme: 
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None 
      Theme_Keyword: Public Land Survey System 
      Theme_Keyword: Township
      Theme_Keyword: Range
      Theme_Keyword: Public Survey 
      Theme_Keyword: Private Survey 
      Theme_Keyword: Land Grants 
      Theme_Keyword: Civil Colonies 
      Theme_Keyword: Donation Land Claims 
      Theme_Keyword: Unsurveyed Area 
    Place: 
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: 
        U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of 
        Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions 
        (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, D.C., 
        National Institute of Standards and Technology. 
      Place_Keyword: United States 
    Place: 
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: USA
    Place: 
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: 
        U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the 
        States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United 
        States, and Associated Areas (FIPS 5-2): Washington, D.C., National 
        Institute of Standards and Technology.
      Place_Keyword: Alabama
      Place_Keyword: Alaska
      Place_Keyword: Arizona
      Place_Keyword: Arkansas
      Place_Keyword: California
      Place_Keyword: Colorado
      Place_Keyword: Connecticut
      Place_Keyword: Delaware
      Place_Keyword: District of Columbia
      Place_Keyword: Florida
      Place_Keyword: Georgia
      Place_Keyword: Hawaii
      Place_Keyword: Idaho
      Place_Keyword: Illinois
      Place_Keyword: Indiana
      Place_Keyword: Iowa
      Place_Keyword: Kansas
      Place_Keyword: Kentucky
      Place_Keyword: Louisiana
      Place_Keyword: Maine
      Place_Keyword: Maryland
      Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
      Place_Keyword: Michigan
      Place_Keyword: Minnesota
      Place_Keyword: Mississippi
      Place_Keyword: Missouri
      Place_Keyword: Montana
      Place_Keyword: Nebraska
      Place_Keyword: Nevada
      Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
      Place_Keyword: New Jersey
      Place_Keyword: New Mexico
      Place_Keyword: New York
      Place_Keyword: North Carolina
      Place_Keyword: North Dakota
      Place_Keyword: Ohio
      Place_Keyword: Oklahoma
      Place_Keyword: Oregon
      Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania
      Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
      Place_Keyword: South Carolina
      Place_Keyword: South Dakota
      Place_Keyword: Tennessee
      Place_Keyword: Texas
      Place_Keyword: Utah
      Place_Keyword: Vermont
      Place_Keyword: Virginia
      Place_Keyword: Washington
      Place_Keyword: West Virginia
      Place_Keyword: Wisconsin
      Place_Keyword: Wyoming
  Access_Constraints: None 
  Use_Constraints: 
    None. Acknowledgment of the National Atlas of the United States of America 
    and (or) the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived 
    from these data. 
  Point_of_Contact: 
    Contact_Information: 
      Contact_Person_Primary: 
        Contact_Person: Steve Kambly 
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Contact_Address: 
        Address_Type: mailing address 
        Address: 561 National Center 
        City: Reston 
        State_or_Province: VA 
        Postal_Code: 20192 
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5094 
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: skambly@usgs.gov

Data_Quality_Information: 
  Logical_Consistency_Report: 
    No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on 
    this data set. 
  Completeness_Report: 
    This data set includes the Public Land Survey System for the United 
    States, to the Township and Range level.  It also includes Land Grants.
  Lineage: 
    Source_Information: 
      Source_Citation: 
        Citation_Information: 
          Originator: U.S. Geological Survey 
          Publication_Date: 1995 
          Title:  1:2,000,000-scale Digital Line Graph Data - Boundaries 
          Publication_Information: 
            Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia 
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000 
      Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM 
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content: 
        Time_Period_Information: 
          Range_of_Dates/Times: 
            Beginning_Date: 1970 
            Ending_Date: 1995 
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date 
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 2MILBD 
      Source_Contribution: spatial information 
    Source_Information: 
      Source_Citation: 
        Citation_Information: 
          Originator: U.S. Geological Survey 
          Publication_Date: 1998 
          Title: County Boundaries of the United States 
          Publication_Information: 
            Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia 
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000 
      Type_of_Source_Media: online 
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content: 
        Time_Period_Information: 
          Single_Date/Time: 
            Calendar_Date: 1998 
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date 
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-CNTY 
      Source_Contribution: spatial information 
    Source_Information: 
      Source_Citation: 
        Citation_Information: 
          Originator: U.S. Geological Survey 
          Publication_Date: 1998 
          Title: Hydrography Features of the United States 
          Publication_Information: 
            Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia 
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000 
      Type_of_Source_Media: online 
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content: 
        Time_Period_Information: 
          Single_Date/Time: 
            Calendar_Date: 1998 
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date 
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-HY 
      Source_Contribution: spatial information 
    Source_Information: 
      Source_Citation: 
        Citation_Information: 
          Originator: U.S. Geological Survey 
          Publication_Date: unknown 
          Title: 1:100,000-scale USGS topographic sheets 
          Publication_Information: 
            Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia 
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000 
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper 
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content: 
        Time_Period_Information: 
          Single_Date/Time: 
            Calendar_Date: unknown 
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date 
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 1:100,000-scale base maps 
      Source_Contribution: spatial and attribute information 
    Source_Information: 
      Source_Citation: 
        Citation_Information: 
          Originator: U.S. Geological Survey 
          Publication_Date: unknown 
          Title: State base maps 
          Publication_Information: 
            Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia 
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 500000 
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper 
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content: 
        Time_Period_Information: 
          Single_Date/Time: 
            Calendar_Date: unknown 
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date 
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 500K State base maps 
      Source_Contribution: spatial and attribute information 
    Source_Information: 
      Source_Citation: 
        Citation_Information: 
          Originator: U.S. Geological Survey 
          Publication_Date: unknown 
          Title: State base maps 
          Publication_Information: 
            Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia 
            Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 1000000 
      Type_of_Source_Media: paper 
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content: 
        Time_Period_Information: 
          Single_Date/Time: 
            Calendar_Date: unknown 
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date 
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 1Mil State base maps 
      Source_Contribution: spatial and attribute information 
    Process_Step: 
      Process_Description: 
        Public Land Survey System data were collected from 1:500,000 and 
        1:1,000,000 State base maps for the western United States.  The eastern 
        States were collected from existing 1:100,000-scale base maps.  Data 
        from both sources were integrated into 1:2,000,000 state-level DLG 
        files, then generalized and vertically integrated with 2MILBD, ATLAS-
        CNTY, and ATLAS-HY.  The resulting Public Land Survey System DLG files 
        were published on CD-ROM in 1995.  The DLG optional format files were 
        then converted to Arc/INFO coverages, and the individual state files 
        were paneled together into a national coverage.  Numeric DLG codes were 
        translated into English, non-polygon features were deleted, and the data 
        set was converted to shapefile format.
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 2MILBD 
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-CNTY 
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-HY 
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 1:100,000-scale base maps 
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 500K State base maps
      Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 1Mil State base maps 
      Process_Date: 1999 

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: 
  Indirect_Spatial_Reference:  
    U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of 
    the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying areas of the 
    United States, and Associated Areas (FIPS 5-2): Washington, D.C., 
    National Institute of Standards and Technology.

  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector 
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: 
    SDTS_Terms_Description: 
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains 
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 90903 

Spatial_Reference_Information: 
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: 
    Geographic: 
      Latitude_Resolution: 0.000278 
      Longitude_Resolution: 0.000278 
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees 
    Geodetic_Model: 
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 
      Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980 
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137 
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222 

Entity_and_Attribute_Information: 
  Detailed_Description: 
    Entity_Type: 
      Entity_Type_Label: 
        Public Land Survey System area (described by plss00p020.dbf) 
      Entity_Type_Definition: 
        A rectangular system of surveys devised to subdivide public domain 
        lands.
      Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: Shape 
      Attribute_Definition: The representation of the entity in the data. 
      Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Attribute_Domain_Values: 
        Enumerated_Domain: 
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Polygon 
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 2-dimensional element 
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI GIS software 
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: Area 
      Attribute_Definition: The size of the shape in coverage units.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Attribute_Domain_Values: 
        Range_Domain: 
          Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000
          Range_Domain_Maximum: 123.791
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: Perimeter 
      Attribute_Definition: The perimeter of the shape in coverage units.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Attribute_Domain_Values: 
        Range_Domain: 
          Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.003
          Range_Domain_Maximum: 220.521
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: plss00p020 
      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Attribute_Domain_Values: 
        Range_Domain: 
          Range_Domain_Minimum: 2 
          Range_Domain_Maximum: 90904 
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: Feature1 
      Attribute_Definition: The primary survey area type.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Attribute_Domain_Values: 
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Donation Land Claims
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            An area that was allocated to a settler under the Donation Act of 
            September 27, 1850 to preserve the rights of pre-statehood settlers 
            claimed prior to the regular division of townships and ranges.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Indian Lands
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            Land granted to native Americans and excluded from the public 
            domain.            
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Land Grants, Civil Colonies
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            An area of land to which title was conferred by a predecessor 
            government and confirmed by the U.S. Government after the territory 
            in which it is situated was acquired by the United States.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Military Reservation
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            A military or lighthouse reservation that limits the public lands. 
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Not Part of Public Land Surveys System
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            An area that is outside of the Public Land Survey System.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Overlapping Land Grants
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            An area of land to which more than one title was conferred by a 
            predecessor government and confirmed by the U.S. Government after 
            the territory in which it is situated was acquired by the United 
            States.  These areas are the result of survey error or disputed 
            claims.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Private Survey
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            An area of private surveys of public domain lands.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Public Survey
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            An area of land subdivided by the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), 
            which was originally created on public domain lands and the rules 
            for its use were defined by the authority of the U.S. Government.  
            The PLSS has since been extended, following similar rules, into non-
            public domain areas.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Unsurveyed Area
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            An area that is part of the public domain but which has not been 
            subdivided.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Water
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            Areas of navigable streams and meanderable lakes which are excluded 
            from the Public Land Survey System.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: Feature2 
      Attribute_Definition: The township and range designation for the area.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: <blank>
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            There is no township and range designation for the area because it 
            is not a Public Survey or Private Survey area.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: 
          There is no predefined set of valid township and range designations.  
          Designations are in the format "Township xx aaaaa Range yy bbbb", 
          where xx and yy are numbers, aaaaa is either North or South, and bbbb 
          is either East or West.
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: Feature3 
      Attribute_Definition: The secondary survey area type.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: <blank>
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            The area does not have a secondary survey type.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Land Grants, Civil Colonies
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            An area of land to which title was conferred by a predecessor 
            government and confirmed by the U.S. Government after the territory 
            in which it is situated was acquired by the United States.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Overlapping Land Grants
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            An area of land to which more than one title was conferred by a 
            predecessor government and confirmed by the U.S. Government after 
            the territory in which it is situated was acquired by the United 
            States.  These areas are the result of survey error or disputed 
            claims.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: Name1 
      Attribute_Definition: 
        The primary name of the survey area.  This is the principal meridian, 
        Ohio base, or land grant name.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: <blank>
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            The area is not a land grant or part of the Public Land Survey 
            System.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain: 
          Codeset_Name: 
            GeoData Data Users Guide 1, Appendix K: Origins of the U.S. 
            Rectangular Surveys 
          Codeset_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain: 
          Codeset_Name: 
            GeoData Data Users Guide 1, Appendix L: Named Land Grant Codes 
          Codeset_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: Name2 
      Attribute_Definition: 
        The secondary name of the survey area.  This is an additional land grant 
        name.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey  
      Attribute_Domain_Values: 
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: <blank>
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            The area does not have a secondary survey name.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain: 
          Codeset_Name: 
            GeoData Data Users Guide 1, Appendix L: Named Land Grant Codes 
          Codeset_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: Name3 
      Attribute_Definition: 
        The tertiary name of the survey area.  This is an additional land grant 
        name.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Attribute_Domain_Values: 
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: <blank>
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            The area does not have a tertiary survey name.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain: 
          Codeset_Name: 
            GeoData Data Users Guide 1, Appendix L: Named Land Grant Codes 
          Codeset_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: State 
      Attribute_Definition: 
        The 2-character code of the State where the survey area is located.  If 
        the area falls in more than one State, the codes for each State are 
        included and are separated with dashes, for example: IN-KY-OH.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: <blank>
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            The area is not part of the Public Land Survey System.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain: 
          Codeset_Name: 
            Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia 
            and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas, 
            (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 5-2). 
          Codeset_Source: 
            U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and 
            Technology 
    Attribute: 
      Attribute_Label: State_fips 
      Attribute_Definition: 
        The 2-digit code of the State where the survey area is located.  If 
        the area falls in more than one State, the codes for each State are 
        included and are separated with dashes, for example: 27-38-46.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Attribute_Domain_Values: 
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: <blank>
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
            The area is not part of the Public Land Survey System.
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Codeset_Domain: 
          Codeset_Name: 
            Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia
            and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas, 
            (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 5-2). 
          Codeset_Source: 
            U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and 
            Technology 

Distribution_Information: 
  Distributor: 
    Contact_Information: 
      Contact_Organization_Primary: 
        Contact_Organization: 
          Earth Science Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey 
      Contact_Address: 
        Address_Type: mailing address 
        Address: 507 National Center 
        City: Reston 
        State_or_Province: VA 
        Postal_Code: 20192 
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747) 
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5920
      Contact_Instructions: 
        In addition to the address above there are other ESIC offices throughout 
        the country.  A full list of these offices is at
        <http://mapping.usgs.gov/esic/esic_index.html>.

  Distribution_Liability: 
    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 
    U.S. Geological Survey regarding the utility of the data on any other 
    system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.  No 
    responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these 
    data. 
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        Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile
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          Computer_Contact_Information:
            Network_Address:
              Network_Resource_Name: 
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          Offline_Media: CD_ROM
          Recording_Format:tar
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Metadata_Reference_Information: 
  Metadata_Date: 20010827
  Metadata_Contact: 
    Contact_Information: 
      Contact_Person_Primary: 
        Contact_Person: Peg Rawson 
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey 
      Contact_Address: 
        Address_Type: mailing address 
        Address: 521 National Center 
        City: Reston 
        State_or_Province: VA 
        Postal_Code: 20192 
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-4183
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: atlasmail@usgs.gov
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