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Municipal Wards, Wisconsin 2023 (Spring)

Identification Information

Citation
Title
Municipal Wards, Wisconsin 2023 (Spring)
Originator
Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau
Publication Date
2022-12-01
Edition
Spring 2022
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Collection Title
Statewide
Abstract
This data layer represents municipal wards in Wisconsin in the spring of 2023.[Wisconsin municipal ward data collected in January 2023. [Attribute Definitions]. 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 LTSB GeoData Collector.*with the exception of years ending in “01” where data collection will align closer to typical redistricting timelines of March and October 15]
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.
Supplemental Information
This is an archived copy of the data held at UW-Madison. For complete metadata documentation and online dataset download, please visit: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/gis/data/. For additional information and most current data, please visit http://data.ltsb.opendata.arcgis.com/.
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2023-01-01T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-92.889345
East
-86.763994
North
47.08078
South
42.491913
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
Place Keyword
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Theme Keyword
Wards (political science)
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
WI Legislative Technology Services Bureau (LTSB)
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

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
3857
Code Space
EPSG
Version
10.091

Data Quality Information

Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report
Lineage
Process Step
Description
Provided access to archived data at UW-Madison.
Process Date
2023-07-10T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
1.0
Distributor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Distributor
Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau
Online Access
https://gisdata.wisc.edu/public/WI_MunicipalWards_Spring_2023.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
7172

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
D4FBBF16-F3D3-4BF8-9E1F-4EDC23C3BDF1
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
2023-07-11
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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