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County Forests, Wisconsin 2015

Identification Information

Citation
Title
County Forests, Wisconsin 2015
Originator
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Publication Date
2015-11-10
Identifier
841D19D3-D15E-4031-BEA9-3122484FC807
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Collection Title
Statewide
Abstract
This is the County Forests layer dissolved by county from a stand (or forest management) layer used in the Wisconsin Forest Inventory Reporting System (WisFIRS) and intended for cartographic representation of county forests in Wisconsin. "County forests" include all county lands entered and participating under ch. 77 on October 2, 1963, and all county lands designated as county forests by the county board or the forestry committee and entered under the county forest law and designated as "county forest lands" or "county special use lands" as hereinafter provided.
Purpose
The purpose of county forests is to provide a permanent program of county forests and to enable and encourage the planned development and management of the county forests for optimum production of forest products together with recreational opportunities, wildlife, watershed protection and stabilization of stream flow, giving full recognition to the concept of multiple-use to assure maximum public benefits; to protect the public rights, interests and investments in such lands; and to compensate the counties for the public uses, benefits and privileges these lands provide; all in a manner which will provide a reasonable revenue to the towns in which such lands lie. This layer was created to provide a more accurate representation of county forests beyond simply identifying PLSS quarter-quarter sections containing County Forests. The “PLSS method” of representation may overlap private or other ownership types. This GIS layer was created by dissolving managed stand information from the WisFIRS Public Lands Management application. Stands coded as private (998 = inholding) or non-DNR (999, 9999 = non-DNR, Fed, etc.) were removed from the dissolve. The layer used to create this data is continually edited.
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2015-01-01T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-92.946624
East
-87.603876
North
46.937424
South
43.509075
ISO Topic Category
biota
planningCadastre
Place Keyword
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNIS
Theme Keyword
Polygon
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
FGDC
Theme Keyword
County forests
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
Neither the Department of Natural Resources nor any of its employees shall be held liable for any improper or incorrect use of the information described and/or contained herein and assumes no responsibility for anyone's use of the information. Furthermore, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding accuracy, adequacy, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of any information. The Department provides this information on an "as is" basis. The Department has made reasonable efforts to provide you with accurate information, but cannot exclude the possibility of errors or omissions in sources or of changes in actual conditions. Changes may be periodically made to the information herein; these changes may or may not be incorporated in any new version of the data. If you have obtained information from the Department from a source other than the Department, be aware that electronic data can be altered subsequent to original distribution. Data can also quickly become out-of-date. It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of all data, and that the originator of the data or information be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use.
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
Language
eng
Credit
GIS contact Courtney Klaus, Forestry Business Services Bureau, (608) 266-9272, Courtney.Klaus@wi.gov Program contact Joe Schwantes, Forest Management Bureau, (608) 264-9217, Joseph.Schwantes.wi.gov
Point of Contact
Contact
Courtney Klaus
Position Name
GIS Analyst
Email
Courtney.Klaus@wi.gov
Phone
(608) 266-9272
Point of Contact
Contact
Joe Schwantes
Position Name
Program contact

Spatial Reference Information

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

Data Quality Information

Lineage
Process Step
Description
Changed file name from county_forests.shp to WI_CountyForests_2015.shp
Process Date
2015-11-20T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Distributor
UW-Madison
Distributor
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Online Access
https://gisdata.wisc.edu/public/WI_CountyForests_2015.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
29

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
841D19D3-D15E-4031-BEA9-3122484FC807
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Courtney Klaus
Position Name
GIS Analyst
Email
Courtney.Klaus@wi.gov
Phone
(608) 266-9272
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
Position Name
metadata technician
Delivery Point
550 N. Park St.
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53706
Country
US
Email
askmap@library.wisc.edu
Phone
608-262-1471
Metadata Date Stamp
2018-05-14
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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