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Municipal Wards, Wisconsin 2011

Identification Information

Citation
Title
Municipal Wards, Wisconsin 2011
Originator
Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau
Publication Date
2015-08-05
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Collection Title
Statewide
Abstract
This polygon data layer represents municipal wards for Wisconsin in 2011.[These municipal wards were created by grouping Census 2010 population collection blocks into municipal wards. This project started with the release of Census 2010 geography and population totals to all 72 Wisconsin counties on March 21st2011. Census Geography and population totals to be used for local redistricting were made available on the Wisconsin Shape Editor for Local Redistricting (WISE-LR) website (http://legis.wisconsin.gov/wiselr/) and the WISE-LR web application located at http://wiselr.legis.wisconsin.gov. The 180 day statutory timeline for local redistricting to occur in Wisconsin ended on September 19th, 2011. Wisconsin Legislative and congressional redistricting plans were enacted in the fall of 2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 43 and Act 44 created new Assembly, Senate and Congressional lines for the state. These new districts were created using Census 2010 block geography. Some municipal wards that were created before Act 43 and 44 were enacted, which created municipal wards in some communities to be split between assembly, senate and congressional districts. 2011 Wisconsin Act 39 allowed communities to divide wards affected, along census blocks. Newly formed wards created under Wisconsin Act 39 would need named using alpha-numeric labels (ward 1 divided by an assembly district would become ward 1A and ward 1B, or the next sequential ward number would have to be used, ward 1 and ward 2). The process of dividing wards under Act 39 ended on April 10th, 2012. This link provides more information on Act 39. http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/Lb/11Lb1.pdfThe United States Eastern District Federal Court on April 11th2012 ordered Assembly Districts 8 and 9 (both in the City of Milwaukee) be changed to follow the court’s description. http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/redistricting/PDFs/120411_Eastern_Dist_order.pdfOn September 19th, 2012 the Legislative Technology Services Bureau (LTSB) divided the few remaining municipal wards that were divided by a 2011 Wisconsin Act 43 or 44 district line.]
Purpose
[This is the final municipal ward dataset produced by the Legislative Technology Services Bureau for the 2011 Legislative Redistricting Project.]
Supplemental Information
Augmented original metadata with UW-Madison specific elements. For complete metadata documentation and online dataset download, please visit: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/gis/data/ . For additional information, please visit http://data.ltsb.opendata.arcgis.com/.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
2015-08-05T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-92.889433
East
-86.763988
North
47.080772
South
42.491912
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
Place Keyword
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNIS
Theme Keyword
Wards (Political science)
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Theme Keyword
Polygon
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
FGDC
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
None
Legal Constraints
Use Limitation
Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.
Other Restrictions
None
Maintenance and Update Frequency
unknown
Language
eng
Credit
WI Legislative Technology Services Bureau
Point of Contact
Contact
WI Legislative Technology Services Bureau
Delivery Point
17 West Main Street, Suite 200
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53703-3305
Country
US
Email
GIS@legis.wisconsin.gov
Phone
(608) 266-6640 ext. 1
Point of Contact
Contact
Tony Van Der Wielen
Position Name
GIS Team Manager
Delivery Point
17 West Main Street, Suite 200
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53703-3305
Country
US
Email
GIS Team Manager
Phone
(608) 266-6640 ext. 1

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
3071
Code Space
ESPG
Version

Data Quality Information

Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report
Lineage
Process Step
Description
Changed name of file from ‘Municipal_Wards_2011.shp’ to WI_MunicipalWards_2011.
Process Date
2016-02-29T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
1.0
Distributor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Online Access
https://web.s3.wisc.edu/rml-gisdata/WI_MunicipalWards_2011.zip
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
Name
GeoData@UW-Madison
Function
download

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
composite
Vector Object Count
6634

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
350D03BB-90AF-4008-A9BF-270243F73C66
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
Position Name
metadata technician
Delivery Point
550 N. Park St
City
Madison
Administrative Area
Wisconsin
Postal Code
53706
Country
US
Email
askmap@library.wisc.edu
Phone
(608) 262-1471
Metadata Date Stamp
2019-09-10
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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