Report Date: 26-Jul-2000
Metadata Data Set Name:
                    Managed Areas Coverage, Western Lake Superior
                    Mapping Area  
  1 Identification Information
    1.1 Citation:
    8 Citation Information:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Great Lakes Commission
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    20000801
          8.3 Publication Time:
                    Unknown
          8.4 Title:
                    Western Lake Superior Inland
                    Sensitivity Atlas
          8.5 Edition:
                    Final, Version 1
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    Atlas
            8.7.1 Series Name:
                    Inland Sensitivity Atlas
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    Western Lake Superior
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Chicago, Illinois
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    U.S. EPA, Region 5
    1.2 Description
      1.2.1 Abstract:
                    The Managed Areas Coverage provides mapped
                    boundaries of federal, state, regional and private
                    lands with special ecological, natural, or
                    recreational value.  It also includes an ordered
                    database of information linked to these mapped
                    areas.  Managed areas are uniquely vulnerable to
                    oil spills; such as, this coverage helps to bring
                    such areas of the Minnesota counties of Cook,
                    Lake, St. Louis, and Carlton, and Wisconsin
                    counties of Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland, and Iron
                    to the attention of oil spill planners and
                    responders.  The boundaries of these areas were
                    obtained and quality/ assured controlled using
                    maps and individual feedback from various public
                    agencies and private sector groups regarding
                    specific sites.
      1.2.2 Purpose:
                    In order to better protect unique commercial,
                    environmental, and cultural resources from oil
                    spills, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 mandated a
                    coordinated effort by federal, state, and local
                    regulatory agencies and the regulated community to
                    enhance oil spill preparedness and response.  This
                    coverage provides the location and attached data
                    for the eight counties of the Western Lake Superior
                    Mapping Area.  The development of spatial
                    databases and geographic information systems is
                    done pursuant to implementing the preparedness and
                    response mandates of the Oil Pollution Act of
                    1990.
      1.2.3 Supplemental Information:
                    These data were prepared at map scales of 1:24,000
                    and are best used in applications of comparable
                    resolution.  In addition, these data were
                    developed to meet specific project objectives
                    related to contingency planning and spill response
                    and therefore may not represent exhaustive feature
                    inventories.
    1.3 Time Period Of Content
      9 Time Period Information
          9.3 Range of Dates/Times
            9.3.1 Beginning Date:
                    19980709
            9.3.3 Ending Date:
                    20000701
      1.3.1 Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
    1.4 Status
      1.4.1 Progress:
                    Complete
      1.4.2 Maintenance and Update Frequency:
                    As needed
    1.5 Spatial Domain
      99.1.5.1 Description of Geographic Extent:
                    The Western Lake Superior Mapping Area encompasses
                    the Minnesota counties of Cook, Lake, St. Louis, 
                    and Carlton, and the Wisconsin counties of Douglas,
                    Bayfield, Ashland, and Iron.
      1.5.1 Bounding Coordinates
        1.5.1.1 West Bounding Coordinate:
                    -93.2721
        1.5.1.2 East Bounding Coordinate:
                    -89.2449
        1.5.1.3 North Bounding Coordinate:
                    48.7547
        1.5.1.4 South Bounding Coordinate:
                    45.7888
    1.6 Keywords
      1.6.1 Theme
        1.6.1.1 Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
                    None
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Managed Areas
          1.6.1.2 Theme Keyword:
                    Public Lands
      1.6.2 Place
        1.6.2.1 Place Keyword Thesaurus:
                    None
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Western Lake Superior
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Minnesota
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Wisconsin
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Duluth
          1.6.2.2 Place Keyword:
                    Superior
      1.6.4 Temporal
        1.6.4.1 Temporal Keyword Thesaurus:
                    None
          1.6.4.2 Temporal Keyword:
                    20000701
    1.7 Access Constraints:
                    None
    1.8 Use Constraints:
                    None
    1.9 Point of Contact
           10.1 Contact Person Primary
             10.1.1 Contact Person:
                    Thomas Rayburn
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    Great Lakes Commission
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    Mailing and Physical Address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    400 Fourth Street
             10.4.2 Address:
                    The Argus II Building
             10.4.3 City:
                    Ann Arbor
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Michigan
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    48103-4816
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    734-665-9135
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    734-665-4370
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    glc@great-lakes.net
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    Unavailable
    1.11 Data Set Credit:
                    Great Lakes Commission
    1.12 Security Information
      1.12.1 Security Classification System:
                    None
      1.12.2 Security Classification:
                    Unclassified
      1.12.3 Security Handling Description:
                    None
    1.13 Native Data Set Environment:
                    PC ArcView 3.2
    1.14 Cross Reference
          8.1 Originator:
                    Great Lakes Commission
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    20000801
          8.3 Publication Time:
                    Unknown
          8.4 Title:
                    Western Lake Superior Inland
                    Sensitivity Atlas
          8.5 Edition:
                    Final, Version 1
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    Atlas
            8.7.1 Series Name:
                    Inland Sensitivity Atlas
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    Western Lake Superior
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Chicago, Illinois
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    U.S. EPA, Region 5
  2 Data Quality Information
    2.1 Attribute Accuracy
      2.1.1 Attribute Accuracy Report:
                    Great Lakes Commission staff working on the Area
                    Contingency Planning project verified all
                    descriptive and spatial attributes and collected
                    confirmation from landowners and/or managers of
                    attributes and boundaries via surveys or direct
                    external review.  Spatial data were cross-checked
                    with multiple sources. Quality assurance and
                    quality control for the data were developed
                    utilizing in-house standard operating procedures.
    2.2 Logical Consistency Report:
                    Data were developed for this layer utilizing
                    multiple primary sources, including USGS 7.5
                    minute quadrangle maps; federal, state, local and
                    private land manager/owner hard copy and
                    electronic sources; and an exhaustive external
                    review process performed by the primary holders of
                    data.  Location and attribute information is only
                    as accurate and complete as the information
                    specifically applies to each individual record at
                    the time of data development.  Data for these
                    managed areas are primarily attributed polygons,
                    plotted in ArcView 3.2 GIS.  These polygons were
                    generated in 1999 and updated in 2000 based on
                    current information from primary sources but do
                    not necessarily always exactly overlay the base
                    map 7.5 minute quadrangle maps with previous
                    publication dates.
    2.3 Completeness Report:
                    This coverage does not necessarily include all
                    "managed areas" within the given Western Lake
                    Superior Mapping Area.  Specifically,
                    local/municipal recreational parks under five
                    acres in size may be underrepresented, especially
                    if no known potential spill source (railway, major
                    road, waterway, pipeline, or fixed facility) will
                    practicably impact this recreational facility.
                    This layer represents data available as of 2000.  
                    Exhaustive efforts were made to compile as
                    thorough an atlas as possible, with particular in
                    depth detail paid to those areas in proximity to
                    surface waters.
    2.4 Positional Accuracy
      2.4.1 Horizontal Positional Accuracy
        2.4.1.1 Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:
                    Horizontal positional accuracy is tested by visual
                    comparison of hard copy check plots to the source
                    materials and verifying the location of the data
                    on screen relative to other data layers in the
                    same geographic area.
      2.5.1 Source Information
        2.5.1.1 Source Citation:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    19960501
          8.4 Title:
                    Public Lands
          8.5 Edition:
                    Unknown
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    ESRI ArcView Shapefile
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    None
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Madison, WI
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
        2.5.1.2 Source Scale Denominator:
                    100000
        2.5.1.3 Type Of Source Media:
                    Electronic
        2.5.1.4 Source Time Period Of Content:
      9 Time Period Information
          9.3 Range of Dates/Times
            9.3.1 Beginning Date:
                    19980709
            9.3.3 Ending Date:
                    20000701
          2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
        2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation:
                    None
        2.5.1.6 Source Contribution:
                    Locational information
      2.5.1 Source Information
        2.5.1.1 Source Citation:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
          8.3 Publication Time:
                    Unknown
          8.4 Title:
                    Scientific and Natural Areas A-Z Index 
                    http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish_and_wildlife/sna/s
                    na_az.html
          8.5 Edition:
                    Unknown
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    On-line map
            8.7.1 Series Name:
                    Unknown
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    None
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    St. Paul, Minnesota
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
                    Information Center
        2.5.1.3 Type Of Source Media:
                    Electronic
        2.5.1.4 Source Time Period Of Content:
          2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
        2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation:
                    None
        2.5.1.6 Source Contribution:
                    Locational, contact information
      2.5.1 Source Information
        2.5.1.1 Source Citation:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
          8.3 Publication Time:
                    Unknown
          8.4 Title:
                    State Parks A-Z Index 
                    http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/parks_and_recreation/st
                    ate_parks/parkaz.html
          8.5 Edition:
                    Unknown
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    On-line map
            8.7.1 Series Name:
                    Unknown
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    None
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    St. Paul, Minnesota
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
                    Information Center
        2.5.1.3 Type Of Source Media:
                    Electronic
        2.5.1.4 Source Time Period Of Content:
          2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
        2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation:
                    None
        2.5.1.6 Source Contribution:
                    Locational, contact information
      2.5.1 Source Information
        2.5.1.1 Source Citation:
          8.1 Originator:
                    Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    Unknown
          8.4 Title:
                    State Forests A-Z Index 
                    http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/state_forests/
                    forest_az.html
          8.5 Edition:
                    Unknown
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    On-line document
            8.7.1 Series Name:
                    Unknown
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    None
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    St. Paul, Minnesota
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
                    Information Center
        2.5.1.3 Type Of Source Media:
                    Electronic
        2.5.1.4 Source Time Period Of Content:
          2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
        2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation:
                    None
        2.5.1.6 Source Contribution:
                    Locational, contact information
      2.5.1 Source Information
        2.5.1.1 Source Citation:
          8.1 Originator:
                    National Park Service, Water Resources Division
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    19990401
          8.4 Title:
                    National Park System Boundary Dataset 
                    http://www.nps.gov/gis/national_data.html
          8.5 Edition:
                    Unknown
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    ESRI ArcView Shapefile
            8.7.1 Series Name:
                    Unknown
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    None
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Fort Collins, Colorado
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    National Park Service, Water Resources Division
        2.5.1.3 Type Of Source Media:
                    Electronic
        2.5.1.4 Source Time Period Of Content:
          2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
        2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation:
                    None
        2.5.1.6 Source Contribution:
                    Locational information
      2.5.1 Source Information
        2.5.1.1 Source Citation:
          8.1 Originator:
                    USDA Forest Service
          8.2 Publication Date:
                    19980909
          8.4 Title:
                    National Forest Map 
                    http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/map.shtml
          8.5 Edition:
                    Unknown
          8.6 Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
                    On-line map
            8.7.1 Series Name:
                    Unknown
            8.7.2 Issue Identification:
                    None
            8.8.1 Publication Place:
                    Unknown
            8.8.2 Publisher:
                    USDA National Forest Service
        2.5.1.3 Type Of Source Media:
                    Electronic
        2.5.1.4 Source Time Period Of Content:
          2.5.1.4.1 Source Currentness Reference:
                    Publication date
        2.5.1.5 Source Citation Abbreviation:
                    None
        2.5.1.6 Source Contribution:
                    Locational, contact information
      2.5.2 Process Step
        2.5.2.1 Process Description:
                    Data for the "managed areas" layer were developed
                    from multiple sources.  Sources included the
                    natural resource agencies for the states of
                    Minnesota and Wisconsin and The Nature
                    Conservancy.  Either hard copy or electronic
                    information was utilized, including Internet
                    sources citing the area boundaries and attribute
                    information, and the applicable data were
                    extracted.  Federal agencies with holdings in
                    the Western Lake Superior Mapping Area were also
                    contacted for site-specific information.  The 7.5
                    minute quadrangle maps, as digital raster
                    graphics, were also used as a base layer for
                    locational and boundary information.  The Delorme
                    Atlas and Gazetteer series for Minnesota and
                    Wisconsin also provided additional supporting
                    information for location and in some instances
                    basic contact information.  Phone and mail
                    correspondence was also used to fill in applicable
                    data gaps in preparation of the draft atlas.  The
                    data was plotted in a GIS using ESRI's ArcView 3.2
                    and displayed against the digital raster imagery
                    at a scale of 1:24,000.  Data links were
                    incorporated into these GIS files to match the
                    mapped sites to the appropriate data record as
                    outlined in Section 5.2.1, Entity and Attribute
                    Overview.  Draft hard copy atlases were prepared
                    form this data, supplied by the Great Lakes
                    Commission, and the USGS's Upper Midwest
                    Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) in Onalaska,
                    Wisconsin.  The UMESC produced hard copy maps in
                    portable document files (.pdf) format at scales of
                    1:25,000 and 1:100,000.  These maps were then
                    reproduced and distributed by the Great Lakes
                    Commission for external review by primary source
                    data holders.  All updated, corrected and 
                    amended information was then added to the project
                    files and returned to the UMESC for distribution
                    in .pdf hardcopy format; and electronic distribution
                    via CD-ROM and the Internet.  Final electronic
                    formats include ArcView 3.2 shapefiles, .e00
                    ArcExport files, .pdfs, and converted CAMEO/Landview 
                    files.
        2.5.2.3 Process Date:
                    20000726
        2.5.2.4 Process Time:
                    Unknown
        2.5.2.6 Process Contact
          10 Contact Information
           10.1 Contact Person Primary
             10.1.1 Contact Person:
                    Thomas Rayburn
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    Great Lakes Commission
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    Mailing and Physical Address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    400 Fourth Street
             10.4.2 Address:
                    The Argus II Building
             10.4.3 City:
                    Ann Arbor
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Michigan
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    48103-4816
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    734-665-9135
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    734-665-4370
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    glc@great-lakes.net
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    Unavailable
  3 Spatial Data Organization Information
    3.2 Direct Spatial Reference Method:
                    Point
    3.3 Point and Vector Object Information
        3.3.1.1 SDTS Point and Vector Object Type:
                    Point
  4 Spatial Reference Information
    4.1 Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
      4.1.2 Planar
           4.1.2.2 Grid Coordinate System
              4.1.2.2.1 Grid Coordinate System Name:
                    Universal Transverse Mercator
              4.1.2.2.2 Universal Transverse Mercator
               4.1.2.2.2.1 UTM Zone Number:
                    15
            4.1.2.1.2.2 Longitude Of Central Meridian:
                    -93
            4.1.2.1.2.3 Latitude Of Projection Origin:
                    0
            4.1.2.1.2.4 False Easting:
                    500000
            4.1.2.1.2.5 False Northing:
                    0
            4.1.2.1.2.17 Scale Factor at Central Meridian:
                    .9996
      4.1.4 Geodetic Model
        4.1.4.1 Horizontal Datum Name:
                    North American Datum of 1927
        4.1.4.2 Ellipsoid Name:
                    Clarke 1866
        4.1.4.3 Semi-Major Axis:
                    6378206.4
        4.1.4.4 Denominator of Flattening Ratio:
                    294.98
  5 Entity and Attribute Information
   5.2 Overview Description
     5.2.1 Entity and Attribute Overview:
                    Data items provided for, include: SITE_NAME -
                    Proper name of the managed area; MANAG_AGEN -
                    Agency or owner with management responsibilities
                    for natural resource area; EMERG_PHON - 24-hour
                    emergency telephone number; WATERBODY -
                    Waterbody(s) in or adjacent to the managed area,
                    where known; CATEGORY - Category to which the area
                    belongs.  Then environmentally sensitive areas in
                    this data base have the same category names used
                    by the respective managing agencies, such as
                    national parks and state wildlife areas; COUNTY -
                    County in which the area is located;  STREET -
                    Street address of the actual location of the site;
                    CITY - City, or nearest, where the site is
                    located;  STATE - State in which the site is
                    located;  ZIP_CODE - Zip code for the site; 
                    CNCT_PHON -  A non-emergency telephone number for
                    personnel with direct management responsibility
                    for the area;  TWSP_RANGE - Location of the area
                    by township and range locators (e.g., T00N_R00W),
                    or township proper name;  SECTION - Location by
                    section, where available and located within one
                    section;  LOC_DESC (1-4) - Location description of
                    the managed area;  COMMENT (1-4) - Additional
                    information about the area;  REF_NUMBER -
                    Reference number serving as a unique identifier
                    for each database record;  ACCURACY - An
                    upgradeable accuracy code for each database
                    record:  1=Excellent - verified at a scale of 1:1
                    to 1:20,000,  2=Very Good - verified at a scale of
                    1:20,001 to 1:60, 000,  3=Good - verified at a
                    scale of 1:60,001 to 1:200,000,  4=Fair - verified
                    at a scale of 1:200,001 to 1:1,000,000,  5=Coarse
                    - verified at a scale of greater than 1:1,000,000
                    or unverified;  VERIFIER - Name of the group that
                    verified the data (Great Lakes Commission [GLC]); 
                    VERIF_DATE - date on which the record accuracy was
                    verified;  ADM_ADDR [1-3] - Administrative mailing
                    address for the managing agency or group.  Please
                    note that the administrative mailing address may
                    be different than the contact mailing address.
     5.2.2 Entity and Attribute Detail Citation:
                    Database items and definitions are from:  Inland
                    Sensitivity Mapping Project Reference Manual 
                    Database Field Structures, published August 11, 
                    2000, By the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                    -Region 5, the U.S. Geological Survey-Upper Midwest
                    Environmental Sciences Center, the Great Lakes 
                    Commission and the Upper Mississippi River Basin 
                    Association.
  6 Distribution Information
    6.1 Distributor
           10.1 Contact Person Primary
             10.1.1 Contact Person:
                    Thomas Rayburn
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    Great Lakes Commission
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    Mailing and Physical Address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    400 Fourth Street
             10.4.2 Address:
                    The Argus II Building
             10.4.3 City:
                    Ann Arbor
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Michigan
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    48103-4816
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    734-665-9135
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    734-665-4370
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    glc@great-lakes.net
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    Unavailable
    6.3 Distribution Liability:
                    Although these data have been processed
                    successfully on a computer system at the U.S.
                    Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or
                    implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility
                    of the data on any other system or for general or
                    scientific purposes, nor shall the act of
                    distribution constitute any such warranty. This
                    disclaimer applies both to individual use of the
                    data and aggregate use with other data.  It is
                    strongly recommended that these data are directly
                    acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and
                    not indirectly through other sources which may
                    have changed the data in some way.  It is also
                    strongly recommended that careful attention be
                    paid to the contents of the metadata file
                    associated with these data.  The U.S. Geological
                    Survey shall not be held liable for improper or
                    incorrect use of the data described and/or
                    contained herein.
  7 Metadata Reference Information
   7.1 Metadata Date:
                    20000726
   7.2 Metadata Review Date:
                    20000801
   7.4 Metadata Contact:
           10.1 Contact Person Primary
             10.1.1 Contact Person:
                    Thomas Rayburn
             10.1.2 Contact Organization:
                    Great Lakes Commission
           10.3 Contact Position:
                    Project Manager, Area Contingency Planning
           10.4 Contact Address
             10.4.1 Address Type:
                    Mailing and Physical Address
             10.4.2 Address:
                    400 Fourth Street
             10.4.2 Address:
                    The Argus II Building
             10.4.3 City:
                    Ann Arbor
             10.4.4 State or Province:
                    Michigan
             10.4.5 Postal Code:
                    48103-4816
             10.4.6 Country:
                    USA
           10.5 Contact Voice Telephone:
                    734-665-9135
           10.7 Contact Facsimile Telephone:
                    734-665-4370
           10.8 Contact Electronic Mail Address:
                    glc@great-lakes.net
           10.9 Hours of Service:
                    8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
           10.10 Contact Instructions:
                    Unavailable
    7.5 Metadata Standard Name:
                    NBII Content Standard for National Biological
                    Information Infrastructure Metadata
    7.6 Metadata Standard Version:
                    NBII draft of December 1995, based on FGDC June 8,
                    1994.
    7.8 Metadata Access Constraints:
                    None
    7.9 Metadata Use Constraints:
                    None
    7.10 Metadata Security Information
     7.10.1 Metadata Security Classification System:
                    None
     7.10.2 Metadata Security Classification:
                    Unclassified
     7.10.3 Metadata Security Handling Description:
                    None