Metadata for Montana Incorporated and Census Designated Places, 2010 Metadata for Montana Incorporated and Census Designated Places, 2010
Identification Information:
Citation:
Originator: Montana State Library
Publication date: 11/16/2010
Title: Montana Incorporated and Census Designated Places, 2010
Publication place: Helena, Montana
Publisher: Montana State Library
Other citation details: Places2010
Online linkage: https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/NonMSDI/Collections/Census/Places2010.zip
Larger Work Citation:
Title: Montana State Library Census Data Collection, 1990-2010
Online linkage: http://mslapps.mt.gov/Geographic_Information/Data/DataList/datalist_Details.aspx?did={77211e26-cfa9-4a7b-b8f8-09d567c1d131}

Abstract:
2010 Incorporated and Census Designated Places. The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line File is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. The TIGER/Line Files include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population. Places always nest within a State, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated place usually is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the State in which they are located. The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with State, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs for the 2010 Census is that they must contain some housing and population. The boundaries of all 2010 Census incorporated places are as of January 1, 2010 as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The boundaries of all 2010 Census CDPs were delineated as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP).

Time period of content:
Calendar date: 11/16/2010
Currentness reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and update frequency: Ten years
Access constraints: None
Use constraints:
The Montana State Library provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time.
Point of contact:
Montana State Library
P.O. Box 201800
Helena, Montana 59620-1800


Telephone: 406-444-5354
TDD/TTY telephone: Montana Relay 711
Fax: 406-444-0266
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov


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Data Quality Information:
Attribute accuracy report: None

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report: Unknown

Lineage:
Source information:
Originator: U.S. Census Bureau
Publication date: 2010
Title: 2010 Tiger/Line Files
Edition: 2010 Redistricting
Publication place: Washington, DC
Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau
Source scale denominator: 100000
Source contribution:
The selected geographic and cartographic information (line segments) are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database.
Calendar date: 2010
Source information:
Originator: U.S. Census Bureau
Publication date: 2010
Title: 2010 Tiger/Line Files
Publication place: Washington, DC
Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau
Source contribution: This is the source of the population counts.
Calendar date: 2010

Process step:
TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity. Census MAF/TIGER data for all of the aforementioned geographic entities are then distributed among the shapefiles each containing attributes for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data.
Process date: 2010
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Spatial Data Organization Information:
Point and vector object information:
SDTS object type: G-polygon
SDTS object count: 364
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Spatial Reference Information:
Horizontal coordinate system definition:
Latitude/Longitude:
Latitude resolution: 8.9831528411952133e-009
Longitude resolution: 8.9831528411952133e-009
Geographic coordinate units: Decimal Degrees
Geodetic model:
Horizontal datum name: D North American 1983
Ellipsoid name: GRS 1980
Semi-major axis: 6378137.0
Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257222101
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Entity and Attribute Information:
Entity type label: PLACE10.shp
Entity type definition: 2010 Census Place State-based

Attribute label: FID
Attribute definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute label: Shape
Attribute definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute label: STATEFP10
Attribute definition:
2010 Census state Federal Information Processing Standards
(FIPS) codes
Codeset name: INCITS.38-200x (R2004), Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 5-2)

Attribute label: PLACEFP10
Attribute definition:
2010 Census place Federal Information Processing Standards
(FIPS) 55 code
Codeset name: Federal Information Processing Series Census Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and other Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (Formerly FIPS 55-3)

Attribute label: PLACENS10
Attribute definition: 2010 Census place ANSI code
Codeset name: INCITS 446-2008, (GNIS) Identifying Attributes for Named Physical and Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads and Highways) of the United States, Its Territories, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile Statutory Zone

Attribute label: GEOID10
Attribute definition:
Place identifier; a concatenation of 2010 Census state FIPS
code and place FIPS code
Codeset name: INCITS.38-200x (R2004), Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States (Formerly FIPS 5-2), Federal Information Processing Series Census Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and other Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (Formerly FIPS 55-3)

Attribute label: NAME10
Attribute definition: 2010 Census place name
Codeset name: Refer to the place Gazetteer file at URL: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html

Attribute label: NAMELSAD10
Attribute definition:
2010 Census name and the translated legal/statistical area
description for place
Codeset name: Refer to the place Gazetteer file at URL: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html and the translated legal/statistical area description code for place that appears in LSAD10

Attribute label: LSAD10
Attribute definition:
2010 Census legal/statistical area description code for place


Attribute
Value 		Definition of
Attribute Value
00 Blank
25 city
37 municipality
43 town
47 village
53 city and borough
55 comunidad
57 census designated place (CDP)
62 zona urbana
BL (balance)
CB consolidated government (balance)
CN corporation
GT government
MB metropolitan government (balance)
MG metropolitan government
MU metro government (balance)
UB unified government (balance)
UC urban county
UG unified government

Attribute label: CLASSFP10
Attribute definition:
2010 Census Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 55
class code


Attribute
Value 		Definition of
Attribute Value
C1 An active incorporated place that does not serve as a county subdivision
C2 An active incorporated place that is legally coextensive with a county subdivision but treated as independent of any county subdivsion
C5 An incorporated place that is independent of any county subdivision and serves as a county subdivision
C6 An active incorporated place that is coextensive with or approximates an Alaska Native village statistical area
C7 An incorporated place that is independent of any county
C8 The balance of a consolidated city excluding the separately incorporated place(s) within that consolidated government
C9 An inactive or nonfunctioning incorporated place
M2 A military or other defense installation entirely within a place
U1 A census designated place with an official federally recognized name
U2 A census designated place without an official federally recognized name
U5 A census designated place that is coextensive with a county subdivision
U9 A census designated place that is coextensive with or approximates an Alaska Native village statistical area

Attribute label: PCICBSA10
Attribute definition:
2010 Census metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area
principal city indicator


Attribute
Value 		Definition of
Attribute Value
N Not a principal city of a CBSA
Y Is a principal city of a CBSA

Attribute label: PCINECTA10
Attribute definition:
2010 Census New England city and town area principal city
indicator


Attribute
Value 		Definition of
Attribute Value
N Geographic entity is not a principal city of a NECTA
Y Geographic entity is a principal city of a NECTA

Attribute label: MTFCC10
Attribute definition: MAF/TIGER feature class code


Attribute
Value 		Definition of
Attribute Value
G4110 Incorporated place
G4210 Census designated place

Attribute label: FUNCSTAT10
Attribute definition: 2010 Census functional status


Attribute
Value 		Definition of
Attribute Value
A Active government providing primary general-purpose functions
B Active government that is partially consolidated with another government but with separate officials providing primary general-purpose functions
F Fictitious entity created to fill the Census Bureau geographic hierachy
I Inactive governemental unit that has the power to provide primary special-purpose functions
N Nonfunctioning legal entity
S Statistical entity

Attribute label: ALAND10
Attribute definition: 2010 Census land area (square meters)


Attribute
Value 		Definition of
Attribute Value
0 to 9,999,999,999,999 Blank

Attribute label: AWATER10
Attribute definition: 2010 Census water area (square meters)


Attribute
Value 		Definition of
Attribute Value
0 to 9,999,999,999,999 Blank

Attribute label: INTPTLAT10
Attribute definition: 2010 Census latitude of the internal point


Attribute
Value 		Definition of
Attribute Value
00 Blank

Attribute label: INTPTLON10
Attribute definition: 2010 Census longitude of the internal point


Attribute
Value 		Definition of
Attribute Value
00 Blank

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Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Montana State Library
PO Box 201800
Helena, MT 59620-1800


Telephone: 406-444-5354
Telephone: 406-444-5354
TDD/TTY telephone: Montana Relay 711
Fax: 406-444-0266
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov


Resource description: Downloadable Data


Distribution liability:
The Montana State Library provides this product/service for informational purposes only. The Library did not produce it for, nor is it suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Consumers of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the viability of the information for their purposes. The Library provides these data in good faith but does not represent or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, or completeness. In no event shall the Library be liable for any incorrect results or analysis; any direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages to any party; or any lost profits arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data or the services provided. The Library makes these data and services available as a convenience to the public, and for no other purpose. The Library reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or services at any time.

Standard order process:
Digital form:
Format name: ESRI Shapefile
megabytes
Online option:
https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/NonMSDI/Collections/Census/Places2010.zip
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Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata date: 11/30/2017
Metadata contact:
Montana State Library
P.O. Box 201800
Helena, Montana 59620-1800


Telephone: 406-444-5354
TDD/TTY telephone: Montana Relay 711
Fax: 406-444-0266
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov


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