Addendum of Montana 2014

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Metadata:
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Research and Development Division, Geospatial Information Branch, Area Frame Section
Publication_Date: 2014
Title: Addendum of Montana 2014
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fairfax, Virginia
Publisher:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Online_Linkage:
<https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/stratafront2b.php>
Description:
Abstract:
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) area sampling frame is a delineation of all parcels of land for the purpose of later sampling the parcels. The area frame is constructed by visually interpreting satellite imagery to divide a state into homogenous land use areas (strata) based on percent cultivated. The strata are typically defined as low, medium or high percent cultivated, non-agricultural land, urban use, agri-urban, or water. The boundaries of the strata usually follow identifiable features such as roads, railroads and waterways. The strata boundaries do not coincide with any political boundaries, with the exception of state boundaries.

Though all of the dates for this frame point to 2014, this is only when an addendum was made to include some additional durum wheat strata. In 2008 the frame was converted from the paper frame to the digital frame. All of the stratification work for the paper maps was completed in 1986.

Purpose:
These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the state level. The data should be displayed and analyzed at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller (e.g., 1:250,000, etc.). The strata data are provided "as is". USDA/NASS does not warrant results you may obtain using the strata data.
Supplemental_Information: N/A
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2008
Currentness_Reference: N/A
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -116.05
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -104.05
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.00
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.36
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1987, Area Frame Design for Agricultural Surveys, Washington, D.C., NASS/USDA.
Theme_Keyword: Stratification
Theme_Keyword: Area sampling frame
Theme_Keyword: Land use classes (strata)
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: Montana
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
None. Acknowledgment of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Matt Deaton
Contact_Organization: USDA/NASS/RDD/AFS
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 3251 Old Lee Highway, Suite 301
City: Fairfax
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 22030
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-877-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: HQ_RD_OD@nass.usda.gov
Data_Set_Credit: Area Frame Section staff
Native_Data_Set_Environment: Environmental Systems Research Institute ArcGIS 9.3 Shapefile
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Checks for topological consistency were performed on this data set.
Completeness_Report:
There are known gaps and overlaps. This data set includes the area in square miles and number of acres for each strata. Boundaries may not be coincident with strata boundaries of adjacent states.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The sources used for digitizing strata boundaries are 1:100,000 scale Digital Raster Graphics
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 5.0
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation:
Not more than 10 percent of the test points shall be in error by more than 1/50 of an inch on original topo map.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS)
Publication_Date: 1979 - 1991
Title: USGS Topographic Quadrangles
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geologic Survey
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100000
Type_of_Source_Media: On-line
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1978
Ending_Date: 1990
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: TopoDRG100
Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Farm Service Agency
Publication_Date: 2004 - 2006
Title: National Aerial Imaging Program (NAIP)
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Salt Lake City, UT
Publisher: Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO)
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000
Type_of_Source_Media: On-line
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2006
Source_Currentness_Reference: Source photography date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NAIP
Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Publication_Date: 1979 - 1991
Title: USGS Topographic Quadrangles
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: On-line
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1978
Ending_Date: 1990
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: TopoDRG24
Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: United States Census Bureau
Publication_Date: 2000
Title: TIGER Digital Vector Files
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Suitland, MD
Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau
Type_of_Source_Media: On-line
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2000
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: TIGER
Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: USDA/NASS/RDD/GIB/AFS
Publication_Date: 2008 - 2012
Title: Cropland Data Layer
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fairfax, VA
Publisher: USDA/NASS/RDD/GIB/AFS
Source_Scale_Denominator: 30 meter resolution
Type_of_Source_Media: On-line
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2012
Source_Currentness_Reference: Scene date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NASS-CDL
Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Agricultural Statistics Service
Publication_Date: 2008
Title: Area Frame Design for Agricultural Surveys
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington, DC
Publisher: NASS/USDA
Type_of_Source_Media: Paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2008
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AFSPaper
Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The area sampling frame for Montana was constructed for use in 2008 and was based on USGS 1:24,000 and 1:100,000 scale topographic maps, 1:250,000 scale digital Landsat imagery, and 2 meter resolution NAIP imagery. Individual county files were merged into single statefile. The coordinates for the strata polygons are unprojected to geographic latitude and longitude (decimal degrees). The spatial data file format is Environmental Systems Research Institute's ArcView shapefile format. Gaps and overlaps were corrected within and ESRI personal geodatabase.

Though all of the dates for this frame point to 2014, this is only when some additional work was done to include a durum wheat strata. The older frame from the paper map was converted over to digital form in 2009. All of the stratification work for the paper maps was completed in 1986.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: TopoDRG100
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NAIP
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: TopoDRG24
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: TIGER
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NASS-CDL
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: AFSPaper
Process_Date: 2008
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of The United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 6-4): Washington, D.C. National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-Polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 13,835
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 13
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -99.00
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
False_Easting: 500000.00
False_Northing: 0.0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 30
Ordinate_Resolution: 30
Planar_Distance_Units: Meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.00
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Land Use Strata
Entity_Type_Definition: Homogeneous land use area based on percent cultivated
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Strata
Attribute_Definition: Land use category based on percent cultivated
Attribute_Definition_Source:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 13
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 
 50%, (cultivated categories consist of land used for
crops, the remaining portion of land in the cultivated strata may include pasture, woods, waste, rangeland, etc.)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
"2013 Area Frame Design Information, Implementation Years of Current NASS Area Frames", NASS Area Frame Section, 2013.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 14
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: more than 50% cultivated (Durum Wheat)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
"2013 Area Frame Design Information, Implementation Years of Current NASS Area Frames", NASS Area Frame Section, 2013.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 15 - 50% cultivated
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
"2013 Area Frame Design Information, Implementation Years of Current NASS Area Frames", NASS Area Frame Section, 2013.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 21
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 15 - 50% cultivated (Durum Wheat)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
"2013 Area Frame Design Information, Implementation Years of Current NASS Area Frames", NASS Area Frame Section, 2013.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 31
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: agri-urban: less than 20 homes/sqmi
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
"2013 Area Frame Design Information, Implementation Years of Current NASS Area Frames", NASS Area Frame Section, 2013.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 32
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: commercial: less than 20 homes/sqmi
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
"2013 Area Frame Design Information, Implementation Years of Current NASS Area Frames", NASS Area Frame Section, 2013.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 42-46
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: pps (range segment)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
"2013 Area Frame Design Information, Implementation Years of Current NASS Area Frames", NASS Area Frame Section, 2013.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 50
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: non-agricultural
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
"2013 Area Frame Design Information, Implementation Years of Current NASS Area Frames", NASS Area Frame Section, 2013.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Sum_area
Attribute_Definition: The stratum area in square miles.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 38.50 (actual value, not range)
Range_Domain_Maximum: 46,759.91 (actual value, not range)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Sum_acres
Attribute_Definition: The amount of acres in a stratum.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 24,640.64
Range_Domain_Maximum: 29,926,342.40 (actual value, not range)
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USDA/NASS/RDD/GIB/AFS
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 3251 Old Lee Highway, Suite 301
City: Fairfax
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 22030
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-877-8000
Contact_Instructions: N/A
Distribution_Liability:
Users of the strata data are solely responsible for interpretations made from the product. The strata data are provided "as is". USDA/NASS does not warrant results you may obtain by using the strata data. Feel free to contact our staff at (HQ_RD_OD@nass.usda.gov) if technical questions arise in the use of the strata data.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/stratafront2b.php>
Fees: There is no charge for the online option.
Ordering_Instructions: N/A
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20131219
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Matthew Deaton
Contact_Organization: USDA/NASS/RDD/GeoSSS
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 1400 Independence Avenue SW
City: Washington DC
State_or_Province: DC
Postal_Code: 20250
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202 690 0449
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: HQ_RD_OD@nass.usda.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Security_Information:
Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None
Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified
Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None

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