U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication Date
2020-04-17
Edition
2006
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Collection Title
Statewide
Abstract
[Major land resource areas (MLRAs) are geographically associated land resource units (LRUs). Identification of these large areas is important in statewide agricultural planning and has value in interstate, regional, and national planning.]
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
Archived dataset at UW-Madison. For the most recent verison of this data please visit: https://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2006-01-01T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-94.352264
East
-83.897937
North
47.479532
South
40.157311
ISO Topic Category
farming
Place Keyword
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Theme Keyword
Land
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Theme Keyword
Resource Areas
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Theme Keyword
Agriculture
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Resource 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.
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
[The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Service Center Agencies should be acknowledged as the data source in products derived from these data.This data set is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source. This information may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application. Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the Service Center Agencies any authority for the decisions that they make. The Service Center Agencies will not perform any evaluations of these data for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs.Photographic or digital enlargement of these data to scales greater than at which they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation of the data. Digital data files are periodically updated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.]
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
unknown
Language
eng
Credit
U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service
Point of Contact
Contact
U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service
Spatial Reference Information
Reference System Identifier
Code
4269
Code Space
EPSG
Version
9.7
Data Quality Information
Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report
Lineage
Process Step
Description
[First, the MLRA_V42 layer was retrieved from ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/MLRA/.
Then the iit was loaded into SDE and theg FIPS_C attribute was added.]
Process Date
2006-03-01T00:00:00
Process Step
Description
Provided access to archived data at UW-Madison.
Process Date
2020-04-17T00:00:00
Distribution Information
Format Name
File Geodatabase Feature Class
Format Version
1.0
Distributor
U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service
