Wetlands

ISO-19139 Metadata

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:
Title:  Wetlands

Reference date - publication:  2021-05-01

Presentation format:  mapDigital

Series:
Name: Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. FWS/OBS-79/31.

Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Themes or categories of the resource:  environment, inlandWaters, biota, geoscientificInformation

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Downloadable Data

Thesaurus name: ArcGIS Content Type
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  biota, environment, inlandWaters, geoscientificInformation, oceans, wetlands, deepwater habitats, hydrography, surface water, swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, coastal waters, National Wetlands Inventory, NWI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Water Inland Theme

Abstract:  This data set represents the extent, approximate location and type of wetlands and deepwater habitats in the United States and its Territories. These data delineate the areal extent of wetlands and surface waters as defined by Cowardin et al. (1979), which represents a biological definition of wetlands and deepwater habitats. There is no attempt to define the limits of proprietary jurisdiction of any Federal, State, or local government, or to establish the geographical scope of the regulatory programs of government agencies. Some wetland habitats may be under represented or excluded in certain areas because of the limitations of aerial imagery as the primary data source used to detect wetlands. These habitats include seagrasses or submerged aquatic vegetation that are found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of estuaries and near shore coastal waters and also some deepwater reef communities (coral or tuberficid worm reefs). These habitats, because of their depth and water clarity, go undetected by most aerial imagery. By policy, the Service also excludes certain types of "farmed wetlands" as may be defined by the Food Security Act or that do not coincide with the Cowardin et al. definition. Contact the Service's Regional Wetland Coordinator for additional information on what types of farmed wetlands are included on wetland maps. This dataset should be used in conjunction with the Wetlands_Project_Metadata layer, which contains project boundaries, specific wetlands mapping procedures and information on dates, scales and emulsion of imagery used to map the wetlands within specific project boundaries.

Purpose: The present goal of the Service is to provide the citizens of the United States and its Trust Territories with current geospatially referenced information on the status, extent, characteristics and functions of wetlands, riparian, deepwater and related aquatic habitats to promote the understanding and conservation of these resources.

Dataset language:  eng
Dataset character set:  utf8

Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: None. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and (or) the National Wetlands Inventory would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Precautions - Federal, state, and local regulatory agencies with jurisdiction over wetlands may define and describe wetlands in a different manner than that used in this inventory. There is no attempt, in either the design or products of this inventory, to define the limits of proprietary jurisdiction of any Federal, state, or local government or to establish the geographical scope of the regulatory programs of government agencies. Persons intending to engage in activities involving modifications within or adjacent to wetland areas should seek the advice of appropriate federal, state, or local agencies concerning specified agency regulatory programs and proprietary jurisdictions that may affect such activities. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and (or) the National Wetlands Inventory would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Spatial representation type:  vector

Processing environment: Esri ArcGIS 12.5.1.22081

Extent:
Extent description: publication date

1977-01-01
Extent:
Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -104.344318
East longitude: -96.189276
North latitude: 49.055624
South latitude: 45.791141
Supplemental information: The wetland maps were produced as topical overlays using U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps as the base. The hard copy product is a composite map showing topographic and planimetric features from the USGS map base and wetlands and deepwater habitats from the Service's topical overlay. Thus, the data are intended for use in publications, at a scale of 1:24,000 or smaller. Due to the scale, the primary intended use is for regional and watershed data display and analysis, rather than specific project data analysis. The map products were neither designed or intended to represent legal or regulatory products. Comments regarding the interpretation or classification of wetlands or deepwater habitats can be directed to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Federal Program Activities, Branch of Habitat Assessment http://www.fws.gov/duspit/contactus.htm These data were developed in conjunction with the publication Cowardin, L.M., V. Carter, F.C. Golet, and E.T. LaRoe. 1979. Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. FWS/OBS-79/31. Alpha-numeric map codes have been developed to correspond to the wetland and deepwater classifications described. These spatial data are not designed to stand alone. They form topical overlays to the U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000 or 1:25,000 scale topographic quadrangles. Note that coastline delineations were drawn to follow the extent of wetland or deepwater features as described by this project and may not match the coastline shown in other base maps. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in Arc/INFO format, this metadata file may include some Arc/INFO-specific terminology.

Credits: North Dakota Game and Fish Department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Point of contact - pointOfContact: 
Individual's name: John Cooper
Organization's name: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contact's position: Chief - Branch of Habitat Assessment

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 703-358-2161
Fax: 703-358-1869
Address:
Delivery point: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive
City: Arlington,
Administrative area: VA
Postal code: 22203
Country:  US
e-mail address: john_cooper@fws.gov

Spatial Representation - Vector:

Level of topology for this dataset:  geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type:  composite
Object count: 1761210

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:
Value: 0

Data Quality Information:

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset

Metadata Information:

Metadata language:  eng
Metadata character set:  utf8


Last update:  2021-12-03

Metadata constraints:
Security constraints:
Classification:  unclassified
Classification system: None

Additional restrictions on handling the resource: None

Metadata contact - pointOfContact: 
Individual's name: National Wetlands Inventory Maps
Organization's name: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contact's position: Chief, Branch of Habitat Assessment

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 703-358-2161
Fax: 608-358-1869
Address:
Delivery point: 4401 North Fairfax Drive
City: Arlington
Administrative area: VA
Postal code: 22203
Country:  US
e-mail address: john_cooper@fws.gov
Scope of the data described by the metadata:  dataset
Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007