Cartographic Specifications - Governmental Units

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County or Equivalent

Designated Areas

Federally Managed Lands

International

Military

Native American Area

Public Land Survey System (PLSS)

State

 

County or Equivalent

Borough

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61201

Feature Description: A legally established geographic entity in Alaska, which the Census Bureau treats as statistically equivalent to a county in other states.

City and Borough

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61210

Feature Description: A legally established geographic entity in Alaska (Juneau, Sitka and Yakutat), which the U.S. Census Bureau treats as the statistical equivalent of a county in other states.

County

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61200

Feature Description: The primary division of a state or state equivalent area.

District

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61202

Feature Description: A legal county equivalent in American Samoa.

Independent City

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61203

Feature Description: A legal county equivalent in Maryland, Missouri, Nevada and Virginia.

Island

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61204

Feature Description: A legal county equivalent in the U.S. Virgin Islands Judicial Division.

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61205

Feature Description: A geographic area established by a judicial governmental authority for establishing the jurisdiction for trying cases involving the government and the administration of justice.

Municipality

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61206

Feature Description: A legal county equivalent in Alaska (Anchorage) and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Municipio

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61207

Feature Description: A legal county equivalent in Puerto Rico.

Other County Equivalent

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61299

Feature Description: Any other established geographic entity that is equivalent to a county.

Parish

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61208

Feature Description: A legal county equivalent in Louisiana.

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Designated Areas

Wild and Scenic Rivers

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: River corridors of each Wild and Scenic River designated by Congress or the Secretary of the Interior for the United States and Puerto Rico.

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Federally Managed Lands

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)*

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 67400

Feature Description: United States federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

Forest (US Forest Service)

FType: Forest

FCode: 67100

Feature Description: Area primarily for the management of forest resources.

Grassland (US Forest Service)

FType: Grassland

FCode: 67200

Feature Description: Area primarily for the management of native grasses.

Park (National Park)

FType: Park

FCode: 67400

Feature Description: Area for public recreation and preservation of a cultural or natural resource. (Generic examples include: Battlefield, Battlefield Park, Battlefield Site, Historical Park, Lakeshore, Memorial, Military Park, Monument, Park, Parkway, Recreation Area, Seashore).

Wildlife**

FType: Wildlife

FCode: 67600

Feature Description: Area primarily for wildlife management or preservation; includes the following areas: conservation, game, hunting/fishing, preserve, or other "wildlife" designation. (Generic examples include: Animal Farm, Aquatic Preserve, Conservation Area, Estuarine Sanctuary, Fish and Wildlife Area, Game Land, Game Management Area, Game Preserve, Game Refuge, Hunting and Fishing Area, National Park, Natural Area, Natural Area Reserve, Wild Horse Range, Wildlife Area, Wildlife Management Area, Wildlife Preserve, Wildlife Range, Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife Research Center, Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife Sanctuary.)

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*Alaska only

**Wildlife annotation has two font sizes based on Wildlife area size. For wildlife areas less than or equal to 0.5 km² the font size is 9.00 and for wildlife areas greater than 0.5 km² the font size is 10.00. 

 

National Monument*

FType: Park

FCode: 67400

Feature Description: Subset of the Park feature class. Area for public recreation and preservation of a cultural or natural resource. (Generic examples include: Battlefield, Battlefield Park, Battlefield Site, Historical Park, Lakeshore, Memorial, Military Park, Monument, Park, Parkway, Recreation Area, Seashore).

Wilderness

FType: Wilderness

FCode: 67500

Feature Description: Area virtually unsettled and uncultivated (natural); includes areas designated by an administrative group as wilderness, primitive, wild and scenic, or similar designation (Generic examples include: Riverway, Scenic Riverway, Scenic Waterway, Wild and Scenic)

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*National Monument annotation has two font sizes based on National Monument size. For National Monuments less than or equal to 0.5 km² the font size is 9.00 and for National Monuments greater than 0.5 km² the font size is 10.00. 

 

International

International Boundary

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: The boundary between two independent, self-governing, political entities (for example, the United States and Canada).

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Military

Air Force

FType: Military

FCode: 67303

Feature Description: The aerial warfare, space warfare, and cyberwarfare branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Army

FType: Military

FCode: 67301

Feature Description: A federal agency and a major Army command that is the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency.

Coast Guard

FType: Military

FCode: 67305

Feature Description: A branch of the U.S. Armed Forces that is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission (with jurisdiction in both domestic and international waters) and a federal regulatory agency mission as part of its mission set.

Marine

FType: Military

FCode: 67304

Feature Description: The branch of the U.S. Armed Forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces.

Military

FType: Military

FCode: 67300

Feature Description: Area for carrying out military activities. (Generic examples include: Air Force Base, Ammunition Depot, Arsenal, Bombing and Gunnery Range, Coast Guard Station, Fort, Military Airfield, Military Reservation, National Cemetery, National Guard Training Site, Naval Air Station, Weapons Station).

National Cemetery*

FType: Cemetery

FCode: 67000

Feature Description: Federal land for burying deceased military personnel, veterans, civilian leaders, national figures, and their eligible family members. Maintained by the National Cemetery Administration, Department of the Army or National Park Service.

National Guard

FType: Military

FCode: 67306

Feature Description: A reserve military force composed of state National Guard militia members or units under federally recognized active or inactive armed force service for the United States.

Navy

FType: Military

FCode: 67302

Feature Description: The sea branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.

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 *National Cemetery annotation has two font sizes based on cemetery size. For cemeteries less than or equal to 0.5 km² the font size is 9.00 and for cemeteries greater than 0.5 km² the font size is 10.00.  

 

 

Native American Area

Native American Reservation*

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 64000

Feature Description: An area that has been set aside by the federal government or a state government for the use of one or more officially recognized American Indian tribes.

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*Alaska only

 

 

Public Land Survey System (PLSS)

PLSS Section

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: First set of divisions for a Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Township, commonly the section, but can also be lots or tracts or protracted blocks.

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PLSS Special Survey Land Grants

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: This feature class contains the Special Surveys that are nonrectangular components of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) from Bureau of Land Management (BLM) survey records.

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PLSS Township / Range

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: No FCode for this feature

Feature Description: Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Townships, the primary unit of survey for the PLSS.

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State

Province

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61102

Feature Description: A province is a jurisdictional unit within a country that exercises its own constitutional powers.

State

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61100

Feature Description: A primary governmental division of the United States.

Territory

FType: No FType for this feature

FCode: 61101

Feature Description: A United States jurisdiction that is neither a part of one of the several States nor a Federal district (for example, the United States Virgin Islands). The United States Congress determines whether the full United States Constitution or selected parts of the United States Constitution apply to the jurisdiction (incorporated territory and unincorporated territory, respectively).

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