Metadata for Montana Watershed Groups, 2008

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Identification Information:

Citation:
  Originator: Montana State Library
  Publication date: 01/08/2008
  Title: Montana Watershed Groups, 2008
  Publication place: Helena, Montana
  Publisher: Montana State Library
  Other citation details:
    The former name of the data set on the NRIS web site was "wsdgroups"
  Online linkage: ftp://ftp.geoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/NonMSDI/Shapefiles/WatershedGroup2008.zip
Abstract:
  This data shows the areas of interest of Montana's Watershed Groups. A Watershed Group is an organization recognized by the Montana Watershed Coordination Council (MWCC) and defined as a membership group with inclusive participation and decision-making, working within a local watershed context to address tangible natural resource issues or interests.
  The group boundaries were determined by the State Library according to information about the groups available on the MWCC web site at http://mwcc.montana.edu, the individual group web sites, or other on-line documents about the groups. Most of the group areas were created as aggregates of US Natural Resources Conservation Service 6th-code subwatersheds.
Time period of content:
  Calendar date: 2008
  Currentness reference: publication date
Status:
  Progress: Complete
Access constraints: None
Use constraints:
  The Montana State Library provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time.
Point of contact:
  Montana State Library
  PO Box 201800
  Helena, Montana 59620-1800
  Telephone: 406-444-5354
  TDD/TTY telephone: 406-444-4799
  Fax: 406-444-0266
  E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov

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Data Quality Information:

Logical consistency report:
  Watershed group areas are not mutually exclusive. There are cases where two or more watershed groups cover exactly the same area and there are cases where the areas covered by two or more watershed groups overlap. Some areas of Montana are not covered by watershed groups.
Completeness report:
  This data contains areas for Watershed Groups recognized by the Montana Watershed Coordinating Committee in January of 2008. The State Library formerly had a Watershed Group layer created in approximately the year 2000 that has a different list of groups. When the Library created the current data set, it also attempted to more accurately depict the boundaries of the old groups. The old group layer and the new layer that shows the boundaries of all the groups are available on request.
Lineage:
  Source information:
    Originator: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
    Publication date: 2007
    Title: Montana Subwatershed Hydrologic Units
    Publication place: Helena, MT
    Publisher: Montana State Library
    Online linkage: http://nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris/subwatershed.html
    Source scale denominator: 24000
    Source contribution:
      Most of the watershed group polygons were formed by aggregating polygons from this data set.
    Calendar date: 2007
  Process step:
    Obtain a list of watershed groups from the MWCC web site and look for descriptions of their areas of interest on the MWCC site and any other source available on the Internet. Select 6th-code sub-watersheds representing the area from the NRCS Watershed Boundary Database and/or digitize other areas to approximate the areas of interest.
  Process date: 01/08/2008

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Spatial Data Organization Information:

Point and vector object information:
  SDTS object type: G-polygon
    SDTS object count: 55

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Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal coordinate system definition:
  Grid coordinate system name: State Plane Coordinate System
  SPCS zone identifier: 2500
  Lambert conformal conic:
  Standard parallel: 45.000000
  Standard parallel: 49.000000
  Longitude of central meridian: -109.500000
  Latitude of projection origin: 44.250000
  False easting: 600000.000000
  False northing: 0.000000
  Planar distance units: meters
  Geodetic model:
    Horizontal datum name: North American Datum of 1983
    Ellipsoid name: Geodetic Reference System 80
    Semi-major axis: 6378137.000000
    Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257222

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Entity and Attribute Information:

Entity type label: watershed groups
  Attribute label: FID
    Attribute definition: Shapefile sequence number
  Attribute label: Shape
    Attribute definition: Feature geometry
  Attribute label: WSDNAME
    Attribute definition: Name of Watershed Group
  Attribute label: WSG1
    Attribute definition: MWCC Watershed Group ID Number
  Attribute label: Comment
    Attribute definition:
      This is a description of the region the State Library selected to represent the watershed group area. Where the words "sub-basin", "watershed", or "sub-watershed" are used, these refer to entities from the NRCS Watershed Boundary Database (WBD). Where the word "part" or "drainage" is used, the Library felt that part of the watershed group boundary was not shown in the WBD, and part of the boundary was taken from another source or drawn by hand.
  Attribute label: Area
    Attribute definition: Area of the polygon in square meters
  Attribute label: Perimeter
    Attribute definition: Perimeter of the polygon in meters

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Distribution Information:

Distributor:
  Montana State Library
  PO Box 201800
  Helena, MT 59620-1800
  Telephone: 406-444-5354
  TDD/TTY telephone: 406-444-4799
  Fax: 406-444-0266
  E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov
Resource description: Downloadable Data
Distribution liability:
  The Montana State Library provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time.
Standard order process:
  Digital form:
    Format name: ESRI Shapefile
    Online option:
    ftp://ftp.geoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/NonMSDI/Shapefiles/WatershedGroup2008.zip

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Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata date: 02/03/2014
Metadata review date: 04/17/2013
Metadata review date: 01/16/2008
Metadata contact:
  Montana State Library
  PO Box 201800
  Helena, Montana 59620-1800
  Telephone: 406-444-5354
  TDD/TTY telephone: 406-444-4799
  Fax: 406-444-0266
  E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov

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