CDFW Owned and Operated Lands and Conservation Easements

Shapefile

Tags
Land Ownership, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fishing, Hunting, Threatened and Endangered Species, Wildlife Areas, California, boundaries, Wildlife Protection, State Lands, planningCadastre, Biological Database, Ecological Reserves, Resource Lands, Conservation Planning, conservation easement, CE, conservation


Summary

This dataset is intended to provide information on the location of lands owned and/or administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and for general conservation planning within the state. This dataset is not intended for navigational use. Users should contact the CDFW, Wildlife Branch, Lands Program or CDFW Regional offices for access information to a particular property. These datasets do not provide legal determination of parcel acreages or boundaries. Legal parcel acreages are based on County Assessor records. Users should contact the Wildlife Branch, Lands Program for this information and related data. When labeling or displaying properties on any map, use the provided field named "MAPLABEL" or use a generic label such as "conservation lands", "restricted lands", or some other similiar generalized label. All conservation easements are closed to public access.

Description

The CDFW Owned and Operated Lands and Conservation Easements dataset is a subset of the CDFW Lands dataset. It contains lands owned (fee title), some operated (wildlife areas, ecological reserves, and public/fishing access properties that are leases/agreements with other agencies that may be publicly accessible) and conservation easements held by CDFW. CDFW Owned and Operated Lands and Conservation Easements replaces the prior dataset, DFG Owned and Operated Lands, which included only fee title lands and some operated lands (wildlife areas, ecological reserves, and public/fishing access properties that are leases/agreements with other agencies and that may be publicly accessible). This is a generalized version dataset that has a shorter attribute table than the original and also has been dissolved based on the fields included. Please note that some lands may not be accessible due to the protection of resources and habitat. It is recommended that users contact the appropriate regional office for access information and consult regulations for CDFW lands in Sections 550, 550.1, 551, 552, 630 and 702.

The CDFW Lands dataset is a digitized geographical inventory of selected lands owned and/or administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Properties such as ecological reserves, wildlife areas, undesignated lands containing biological resource values, public and fishing access lands, and CDFW fish hatcheries are among those lands included in this inventory. Types of properties owned or administered by CDFW which may not be included in this dataset are parcels less than 1 acre in size, such as fishing piers, fish spawning grounds, fish barriers, and other minor parcels. Physical boundaries of individual parcels are determined by the descriptions contained in legal documents and assessor parcel maps relating to that parcel. The approximate parcel boundaries are drawn onto U.S. Geological Survey 7.5'-series topographic maps, then digitized and attributed before being added to the dataset. In some cases, assessor parcel or best available datasets are used to digitize the boundary. Using parcel data to adjust the boundaries is a work in progress and will be incorporated in the future. Township, range, and section lines were based on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5' series topographic maps (1:24,000 - scale). In some areas, the boundaries will not align with the Bureau of Land Management's Public Lands Survey System (PLSS). See the "SOURCE" field for data used to digitize boundary.

Credits

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Use limitations

This dataset is not a surveyed product and is not a legal record of original survey measurements. They are representations or reproductions of information using various sources, scales, and precision of boundary data. As such, the data do not carry legal authority to determine a boundary, the location of fixed works nor is it suitable for navigational purposes. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife shall not be held liable for any use or misuse of the data. Users are responsible for ensuring the appropriate use of the data . It is strongly recommended that users acquire this dataset directly from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and not indirectly through other sources which may have outdated or misinterpreted information.

When labeling or displaying properties on any map, use the provided field named "MAPLABEL" or use a generic label such as "conservation lands", "restricted lands", or some other similiar generalized label.

All conservation easements are closed to public access.

Please contact Lisa Ohara (Lisa.Ohara@wildlife.ca.gov - 916-445-3542) at California Department of Fish and Wildlife before re-distributing, altering, or re-publishing the data.

Extent

West -124.315940 East -114.495316
North 42.008177 South 32.550058

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata

Topics and Keywords

Themes or categories of the resource planningCadastre, boundaries


* Content type Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Place keywords California

Theme keywords boundaries, planningCadastre

Thesaurus
Title ISO 19115 Topic Category




Theme keywords Land Ownership, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fishing, Hunting, Threatened and Endangered Species, Wildlife Areas, Wildlife Protection, State Lands, Biological Database, Ecological Reserves, Resource Lands, Conservation Planning, Conservation

Citation

Title CDFW Owned and Operated Lands and Conservation Easements
Publication date 2016-12-1300:00:00


Presentation formats digital map
FGDC geospatial presentation format vector digital data


Citation Contacts

Responsible party
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife (formerly California Department of Fish and Game)
Contact's role originator


Resource Details

Dataset languages English(UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Status under development
Spatial representation type vector


Supplemental information
December 2016: Conservation easement data are added. Recorded year of the property are also included. Some field changes and additions as of September 2010: The property name and county are entered as upper and lower cases. The property name is fully spelled out (i.e. Ash Creek WA is now Ash Creek Wildlife Area). LINK (CDFW's Web site), ACCESS (Accessibility of property), MAPLABEL (Abbreviated property type in the name on some of the property, ie. Ash Creek WA), COMMENT fields. As of January 1, 2013 our new name is the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The new department web and email addresses also took effect.
* Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1.5686


Credits
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
ArcGIS item properties
* Name CDFW_Owned_and_Operated_Lands_and_Conservation_Easements
* Size 1.571
* Location file://\\WBD2UA524181Z\D$\Data\CDFW_Lands\December2016v2\December2016\WM\CDFW_Owned_and_Operated_Lands_and_Conservation_Easements.shp
* Access protocol Local Area Network

Extents

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -124.397224
East longitude -113.860406
South latitude 32.512276
North latitude 42.032933

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
* West longitude -124.315940
* East longitude -114.495316
* North latitude 42.008177
* South latitude 32.550058
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude -13838787.086777
* East longitude -12745560.327296
* South latitude 3835732.808257
* North latitude 5162204.426581
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact
Individual's name Lisa Ohara
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's position GIS Analyst
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 916-445-3542

Address
Type both
Delivery point 1812 9th Street
City Sacramento
Administrative area CA
Postal code 95811
Country US
e-mail address Lisa.Ohara@wildlife.ca.gov



Resource Maintenance

Resource maintenance
Update frequency continual


Resource Constraints

Constraints
Limitations of use
This dataset is not a surveyed product and is not a legal record of original survey measurements. They are representations or reproductions of information using various sources, scales, and precision of boundary data. As such, the data do not carry legal authority to determine a boundary, the location of fixed works nor is it suitable for navigational purposes. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife shall not be held liable for any use or misuse of the data. Users are responsible for ensuring the appropriate use of the data . It is strongly recommended that users acquire this dataset directly from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and not indirectly through other sources which may have outdated or misinterpreted information. When labeling or displaying properties on any map, use the provided field named "MAPLABEL" or use a generic label such as "conservation lands", "restricted lands", or some other similiar generalized label.All conservation easements are closed to public access.Please contact Lisa Ohara (Lisa.Ohara@wildlife.ca.gov - 916-445-3542) at California Department of Fish and Wildlife before re-distributing, altering, or re-publishing the data.

Spatial Reference

ArcGIS coordinate system
* Type Projected
* Geographic coordinate reference GCS_WGS_1984
* Projection WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere
* Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
Well-known identifier 102100
X origin -20037700
Y origin -30241100
XY scale 148923141.92838538
Z origin -100000
Z scale 10000
M origin -100000
M scale 10000
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Latest well-known identifier 3857
Well-known text PROJCS["WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",0.0],PARAMETER["Auxiliary_Sphere_Type",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",3857]]

Reference system identifier
* Value 3857
* Codespace EPSG
* Version 8.8(9.3.1.2)


Spatial Data Properties

Vector
* Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name CDFW_Owned_and_Operated_Lands_and_Conservation_Easements
* Object type composite
* Object count 1674



ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name CDFW_Owned_and_Operated_Lands_and_Conservation_Easements
* Feature type Simple
* Geometry type Polygon
* Has topology FALSE
* Feature count 1674
* Spatial index TRUE
* Linear referencing FALSE



Data Quality

Scope of quality information
Resource level dataset




Data quality report - Quantitative attribute accuracy
Measure description Digitized parcels are reviewed by comparing automatically computed acreages against legal acreages defined by title documents or county assessor parcel map information. Corrections are made for all properties which exceed 10 percent difference between the above two acreages. While the computed acreage may be sufficiently accurate for general use such as large scale conservation planning, users are advised to contact the Wildlife Branch, Lands Program when official, acreage-specific property or parcel information is required. Area measures of parcel polygons, automatically calculated by ArcGIS in the field SHAPE_AREA, are used for quality control only. The Lands Program also uses the SHAPE_AREA field to calculate an acreage value in the field GIS_ACRES. Users should not cite any calculated acreage values relating to CDFW Lands parcels. This is not a surveyed product. It is referential only. Contact Wildlife Branch, Lands Program for details.


Evaluation method Digitized parcels are reviewed by comparing automatically computed acreages against legal acreages defined by title documents or county assessor parcel map information. Corrections are made for all properties which exceed 10 percent difference between the above two acreages. While the computed acreage may be sufficiently accurate for general use such as large scale conservation planning, users are advised to contact the Wildlife Branch, Lands Program when official, acreage-specific property or parcel information is required. Area measures of parcel polygons, automatically calculated by ArcGIS in the field Shape_Area, are used for quality control only. The Lands Program also uses the Shape_Area field to calculate an acreage value in the field GIS_ACRES. Users should not cite any calculated acreage values relating to CDFW lands parcels. This is not a surveyed product. It is referential only. Contact Wildlife Branch, Lands Program for details.




Distribution

Distribution format
* Name Shapefile


Transfer options
* Transfer size 1.571


Fields

Details for object CDFW_Owned_and_Operated_Lands_and_Conservation_Easements
* Type Feature Class
* Row count 1674


Field FID
* Alias FID
* Data type OID
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Internal feature number.
Description source
ESRI
Description of values Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.




Field Shape
* Alias Shape
* Data type Geometry
* Width 0
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Feature geometry.
Description source
ESRI
Description of values Coordinates defining the features.




Field PROP_TYPE
* Alias PROP_TYPE
* Data type String
* Width 30
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Property Type. Classification of the property as either Wildlife Area, Ecological Reserve, Public Access, Undesignated, Miscellaneous, or Fish Hatchery.
Description source
Blank


Field NAME
* Alias NAME
* Data type String
* Width 250
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Name of property.
Description source
Blank


Field YR_RECORD
* Alias YR_RECORD
* Data type Integer
* Width 10
* Precision 10
* Scale 0
Field description
Year Recorded. Four digit year the deed, lease, easement or agreement was recorded in county assessor records.
Description source
Blank


Field REV_DATE
* Alias REV_DATE
* Data type String
* Width 12
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Revision Date. Date when boundary was modified or adjusted.
Description source
Blank


Field SOURCE
* Alias SOURCE
* Data type String
* Width 40
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Data source used to digitize boundary. (ie, 24K TOPO, AP MAP (assessor parcel map), NAIP, PLSS etc)
Description source
Blank


Field LINK
* Alias LINK
* Data type String
* Width 250
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
CDFW's web site address for a given Ecological Reserve or Wildlife Area.
Description source
Blank


Field ACCESS
* Alias ACCESS
* Data type String
* Width 250
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Information on the restrictions to public access on the property. Restricted = Limited access (ie. permit, land pass, days/hours, seasonal) Closed = No public access; All CE's are closed access It is recommended that users contact the appropriate regional office for access information and consult regulations for CDFW lands in Sections 550, 550.1, 551, 552, 630 and 702.
Description source
Blank


Field CDFW_OWN
* Alias CDFW_OWN
* Data type String
* Width 3
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
CDFW property owned in fee title; Yes = CDFW property own in fee title; No = CDFW property not own in fee title
Description source
Blank


Field MAPLABEL
* Alias MAPLABEL
* Data type String
* Width 250
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
For labeling properties on any map. The property type is abbreviated in the naming of some of the properties or contains a generic name. ie: Ash Creek WA
Description source
Blank




Overview Description
Entity and Attribute Overview Detailed Field Descriptions PROP_TYPE - Property Type. Classification of the property as either Wildlife Area, Ecological Reserve, Public Access (fishing accesses, boat ramps, piers), Undesignated, Miscellaneous (fish barriers, fish ladders, field offices), or Fish Hatchery. NAME - Property Name. Official name of property as assigned and used by CDFW. YR_RECORD - Year Recorded. Four digit year the deed, lease, easement or agreement was recorded in county assessor records. REV_DATE - Revision Date. Date when boundary was modified or adjusted. SOURCE - Indicates what data was used to digitize the boundary. 24K TOPO - USGS DRG, 1:24,000 AP MAP - Assessor Parcel BLM - Bureau of Land Management WCB - Wildlife Conservation Board NAIP - National Agriculture Imagery Program LINK - CDFW's Web site address for a given Ecological Reserve or Wildlife Area. ACCESS - Information on the restriction to public access on the property. Restricted = Limited access (ie. permit, land pass, days/hours, seasonal); Closed = No public access; All CE's are closed access. It is recommended that users contact the appropriate regional office for access information and consult regulations for CDFW lands in Sections 550, 550.1, 551, 552, 630 and 702. CDFW_OWN - CDFW property owned in fee title; Yes = CDFW property own in fee title; No = CDFW property not own in fee title MAPLABEL - For map labeling purpose. The property type is abbreviated in the naming of some of the properties or contains a generic name. Use for labeling or displaying properties on any map . ie: Ash Creek WA




Metadata Details

Metadata language English(UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset
Scope name * dataset


* Last update 2016-12-14


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata FGDC
Metadata style FGDC CSDGM Metadata


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2016-12-1422:08:15
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2016-12-1422:10:08


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2016-12-1422:10:08


Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact
Individual's name Lisa Ohara
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's position GIS Analyst
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 916-445-3542

Address
Type both
Delivery point 1812 9th Street
City Sacramento
Administrative area CA
Postal code 95811
Country US
e-mail address Lisa.Ohara@wildlife.ca.gov



Metadata Maintenance

Maintenance
Update frequency as needed


Metadata Constraints

Constraints
Limitations of use
This dataset is not a surveyed product and is not a legal record of original survey measurements. They are representations or reproductions of information using various sources, scales, and precision of boundary data. As such, the data do not carry legal authority to determine a boundary, the location of fixed works nor is it suitable for navigational purposes. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife shall not be held liable for any use or misuse of the data. Users are responsible for ensuring the appropriate use of the data . It is strongly recommended that users acquire this dataset directly from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and not indirectly through other sources which may have outdated or misinterpreted information. Please contact Lisa Ohara (Lisa.Ohara@wildlife.ca.gov - 916-445-3542) at California Department of Fish and Wildlife before re-distributing, altering, or re-publishing the data.

Thumbnail and Enclosures

Thumbnail

Enclosure
Enclosure type File
Description of enclosure original metadata
Original metadata document, which was translated yes
Source metadata format fgdc