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Rio Grande DSS Municipalities and Population

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IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION

Citation Citation_Information Originator: HDR Engineering Inc. Publication_Date: Title: Rio Grande DSS Municipalities and Population Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map Publication_Information Publication_Place: Colorado Publisher: State of Colorado - DNR Larger_Work_Citation Citation_Information Originator: State of Colorado - DNR Publication_Date: Title: Colorado Decision Support System Publication_Information Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado Publisher: State of Colorado DNR Other_Citation_Details: Description Abstract: Spatial data in support of the Rio Grande DSS Purpose: Spatial integration of Rio Grande DSS Time_Period_of_Content Time_Period_Information Range_of_Dates/Times Beginning_Date: 19990129 Ending_Date: 19990514 Currentness_Reference: Status Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Spatial_Domain Bounding_Coordinates West_Bounding_Coordinate: -107.5247 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -105.1778 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.3739 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.9785 Keywords Theme Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Cities Theme_Keyword: Population Theme_Keyword: Municipalities Place Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Division 3 Place_Keyword: Rio Grande Place_Keyword: San Luis Valley Access_Constraints: Use_Constraints: Point_of_Contact Contact_Information Contact_Organization_Primary Contact_Organization: HDR Engineering Inc Contact_Person: Bruce Rindahl Contact_Position: Project Manager Contact_Address Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 303 E. 17th Avenue City: Denver State_or_Province: Colorado Postal_Code: 80203 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 764-1520 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 860-7139 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: brindahl@hdrinc.com Hours_of_Service: 8 - 5 MST Native_Data_Set_Environment ArcView version 3.1 w:\finalgis\div3_cities.shp

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DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION

Attribute_Accuracy Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Lat / Long data was obtained from the USGS GNIS database for populated places in Colorado. The Lat / Long coordinates were reprojected to UTM Zone 13 NAD27. The coverage was then clipped to the Division 3 boundaries. Logical_Consistency_Report: All points from the GNIS database with location information was included. Completeness_Report: Positional_Accuracy Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Accuracy as per the USGS GNIS database Vertical_Positional_Accuracy Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: N/A Lineage Source_Information Source_Citation Citation_Information Originator: Colorado DNR Publication_Date: 19990501 Title: Rio Grande DSS Edition: 1 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information Publication_Place: Denver, CO Publisher: State of Colorado Source_Scale_Denominator: N/A Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19990129 Ending_Date: 19990514 Source_Currentness_Reference: Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Source_Contribution: Municipalities and Populations Process_Step

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SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Information SDTS_Terms_Description SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 98

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SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition Planar Grid_Coordinate_System Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 13 Transverse_Mercator Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.99960 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -105 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0 False_Easting: 500000 False_Northing: 0.000 Planar_Coordinate_Information Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Row and column Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: Ordinate_Resolution: Planar_Distance_Units: Meters Geodetic_Model Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.25

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ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION

Detailed_Description Entity_Type Entity_Type_Label: div3_cities.dbf Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None Attribute Attribute_Label: Name Attribute_Definition: Population Center Name Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Attribute Attribute_Label: County Attribute_Definition: Colorado County Name Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values Unrepresentable_Domain: Character field Attribute Attribute_Label: Z997_Pop Attribute_Definition: Estimated 1997 population Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values Range_Domain Range_Domain_Minimum: 76 Range_Domain_Maximum: 13457

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DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION

Distributor Contact_Information Contact_Organization_Primary Contact_Organization: CWCB Contact_Person: Ray Bennett Contact_Position: Special Projects Manager Contact_Address Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 City: Denver State_or_Province: CO Postal_Code: 80203 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 866-3585 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 866-3589 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ray.bennett@state.co.us Hours_of_Service: 8-5 MST Resource_Description: ArcView Shapefiles Distribution_Liability: Standard_Order_Process Digital_Form Digital_Transfer_Information Digital_Transfer_Information Format_Name: ArcView 3.x Digital_Transfer_Option Offline_Option Offline_Media: Recording_Format: Compatibility_Information: ArcView 3.x Fees:

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METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

Metadata_Date: 19990514 Metadata_Review_Date: 19990514 Metadata_Contact Contact_Information Contact_Organization_Primary Contact_Organization: HDR Engineering Inc Contact_Person: Bruce Rindahl Contact_Position: Project Manager Contact_Address Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 303 E. 17th Ave. Suite 300 City: Denver State_or_Province: CO Postal_Code: 80203 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 764-1520 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 860-7139 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: brindahl@hdrinc.com Hours_of_Service: 8-5 MST Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608

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