Census Water Bodies, 1995 - Alaska

Description:

This datalayer displays water body features for the state of Alaska. This category includes glaciers, lakes, bays, rivers and other water features. Predominant features represented in this layer have Census Feature Class Codes (CFCCs) of: H00 (Water feature, classification unknown or not elsewhere classified); H01 (Shoreline of perennial water feature); H11 (Perennial stream or river); H12 (Intermittent stream, river, or wash); H21 (Perennial canal, ditch, or aqueduct); H30 (Lake or pond; major category used when the minor category could not be determined); H31 (Perennial lake or pond); H50 (Bay, estuary, gulf, sound, sea, or ocean; major category used when the minor category could not be determined); H51 (Bay, estuary, gulf, or sound); H81 (Glacier). The Feature Name attribute further identifies water bodies as a glacier, bay, river, etc.

Creator:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Division

Provider:

Harvard

Collection:

TIGER/Line Files, 1995

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

inlandWaters, Census, Hydrography, Rivers, Bays, Lakes, and Glaciers

Temporal Coverage:

1995

Date Issued:

1996

Spatial Coverage:

Alaska

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile