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Municipal Wards, Wisconsin 2020 (Fall)

Identification Information

Citation
Title
Municipal Wards, Wisconsin 2020 (Fall)
Originator
Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau
Publication Date
2020-08-18
Edition
Fall 2020
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Collection Title
Statewide, Wisconsin State Agencies
Abstract
This data layer represents municipal wards for Wisconsin in the fall of 2020.
Purpose
This data is intended for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. [Wisconsin municipal wards collected in July 2020. This data has been collected in regards to state statute 15(4)(br)1. County clerks will transmit municipal, municipal ward, and county supervisory districts in GIS format to LTSB by January 15th and July 15th per statute 5.15(4)(br)1:   "...no later than January 15 and July 15 of each year, the county clerk shall transmit to the Legislative Technology Services Bureau a report confirming the boundaries of each municipality, ward, and supervisory district in the county together with a map of the county, in an electronic format approved by the Legislative Technology Services Bureau. Each report shall be current to the nearest January 1 or July 1 preceding the date of the report”. Municipal clerks need to notify the county clerk within 5 days of any boundary change per statute 5.15(4)(b):  "Within 5 days after adoption or enactment of an ordinance or resolution under this section or any amendment thereto, the municipal clerk shall transmit one copy of the ordinance or resolution or the amendment to the county clerk of each county in which the municipality is contained, accompanied by the list and map specified in par. (a). Each copy shall identify the name of the municipality and the county or counties in which it is located." Municipal data collected in the January collections will be used by LTSB to update municipal boundaries the U.S. Census Bureau’s TIGER database via the Boundary Annexation Survey (BAS). Counties and municipalities are no longer required to submit boundary changes directly to the Census Bureau. LTSB will submit data to the Census Bureau for the state as a whole. Section 13.96(1)(b) of the Wisconsin Statutes requires LTSB to “upon receipt of municipal boundary information at each reporting interval, reconcile and compile the information received to produce a statewide data base consisting of municipal boundary information for the entire state”. Section 13.96(1)(c) states that LTSB shall “Participate, on behalf of this state, in geographic boundary information programs when offered by the U.S. bureau of the census”. LTSB will publish Municipal Wards, Municipal Boundaries (Cities, Towns, Villages), and County Supervisory Districts to the LTSB Open Data Portal. This data has been collected with the WISE-Decade software platform.]
Supplemental Information
This is an archived copy of the data held at UW-Madison. For access to the most current data please visit: https://data-ltsb.opendata.arcgis.com/
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2020-08-18T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-92.964316
East
-86.666104
North
47.083038
South
42.456895
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
Place Keyword
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNIS
Theme Keyword
voting wards
municipal
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
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.
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
biannually
Language
eng
Credit
Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau
Point of Contact
Contact
Wisconsin 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
Ryan Squires
Position Name
GIS Team Lead
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) 283-1830

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
3071
Code Space
EPSG
Version
6.13(9.2.0)

Data Quality Information

Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report
Lineage
Process Step
Description
Provided access to archived data at UW-Madison.
Process Date
2020-05-28T00:00:00
Process Step
Description
Reproject data from Web Mercator to WTM.
Process Date
2020-12-17T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
1.0
Distributor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Distributor
Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau
Online Access
https://web.s3.wisc.edu/rml-gisdata/WI_MunicipalWards_Fall_2020.zip
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
Name
GeoData@Wisconsin
Function
download

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
composite
Vector Object Count
7078

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
7589F258-C13C-4C1E-A161-D434BCBEC7A2
Metadata Date Stamp
2020-12-17
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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