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    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>Montana State Library</origin>
        <pubdate>20080108</pubdate>
        <title>Montana Watershed Groups, 2008</title>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>Helena, Montana</pubplace>
          <publish>Montana State Library</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <othercit>The former name of the data set on the NRIS web site was "wsdgroups"</othercit>
        <onlink>ftp://ftp.geoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/NonMSDI/Shapefiles/WatershedGroup2008.zip</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <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.</abstract>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <sngdate>
          <caldate>2008</caldate>
        </sngdate>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>publication date</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-116.178492</westbc>
        <eastbc>-103.630533</eastbc>
        <northbc>49.180871</northbc>
        <southbc>44.555043</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>
        <themekey>boundaries</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekey>Montana</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>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.</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>Montana State Library</cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
          <address>PO Box 201800</address>
          <city>Helena</city>
          <state>Montana</state>
          <postal>59620-1800</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>406-444-5354</cntvoice>
        <cnttdd>406-444-4799</cnttdd>
        <cntfax>406-444-0266</cntfax>
        <cntemail>geoinfo@mt.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
  </idinfo>
  <dataqual>
    <logic>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.</logic>
    <complete>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.</complete>
    <lineage>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service</origin>
            <pubdate>2007</pubdate>
            <title>Montana Subwatershed Hydrologic Units</title>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Helena, MT</pubplace>
              <publish>Montana State Library</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>http://nris.mt.gov/nsdi/nris/subwatershed.html</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <srcscale>24000</srcscale>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>2007</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
        </srctime>
        <srccontr>Most of the watershed group polygons were formed by aggregating polygons from this data set.</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>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.</procdesc>
        <procdate>20080108</procdate>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <spdoinfo>
    <direct>Vector</direct>
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        <sdtstype>G-polygon</sdtstype>
        <ptvctcnt>55</ptvctcnt>
      </sdtsterm>
    </ptvctinf>
  </spdoinfo>
  <spref>
    <horizsys>
      <planar>
        <gridsys>
          <gridsysn>State Plane Coordinate System</gridsysn>
          <spcs>
            <spcszone>2500</spcszone>
            <lambertc>
              <stdparll>45.000000</stdparll>
              <stdparll>49.000000</stdparll>
              <longcm>-109.500000</longcm>
              <latprjo>44.250000</latprjo>
              <feast>600000.000000</feast>
              <fnorth>0.000000</fnorth>
            </lambertc>
          </spcs>
        </gridsys>
        <planci>
          <plandu>meters</plandu>
        </planci>
      </planar>
      <geodetic>
        <horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn>
        <ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips>
        <semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis>
        <denflat>298.257222</denflat>
      </geodetic>
    </horizsys>
  </spref>
  <eainfo>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>watershed groups</enttypl>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>FID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Shapefile sequence number</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Shape</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Feature geometry</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>WSDNAME</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Name of Watershed Group</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>WSG1</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>MWCC Watershed Group ID Number</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Comment</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>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.</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Area</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Area of the polygon in square meters</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Perimeter</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Perimeter of the polygon in meters</attrdef>
      </attr>
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    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>Montana State Library</cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
          <address>PO Box 201800</address>
          <city>Helena</city>
          <state>MT</state>
          <postal>59620-1800</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>406-444-5354</cntvoice>
        <cnttdd>406-444-4799</cnttdd>
        <cntfax>406-444-0266</cntfax>
        <cntemail>geoinfo@mt.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <distliab>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.</distliab>
    <resdesc>Downloadable Data</resdesc>
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          <formname>ESRI Shapefile</formname>
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    <metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
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