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Identification Information:

Citation:

Originator: Montana State Library

Publication date: 10/31/2017

Title: Montana Public Lands, 2017

Publication place: Helena, Montana
Publisher: Montana State Library

Online linkage: https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/Cadastral/CadastralHistoric/MTPublicLands20171031.zip

Larger Work Citation:

Title: Montana Public Lands
Online linkage: https://mslservices.mt.gov/Geographic_Information/Data/DataList/datalist_Details.aspx?did={60b5a8b0-b272-11e2-9e96-0800200c9a66}

Abstract:

The Montana Public Lands data contains public administered lands that are recorded in the Montana Department of Revenue's tax appraisal database. Each public land polygon is attributed with the name of the public agency that owns it. The data are derived from the statewide Montana Cadastral Parcel layer.

Supplemental information:

This data set is a work in progress; it contains errors of omission and errors in current attributes. Areas where the data are particularly weak include city and county lands (errors of omission ), BIA trust lands (many unrecorded transfers to and from private land status.) and lands in and adjacent to the western boundary of Glacier National Park. Please note that this dataset contains information on surface status only. The dataset contains no information about ownership or status of the mineral estate.

Time period of content:

Calendar date: 10/31/2017
Currentness reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: In work
Maintenance and update frequency: Continually

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, MT 59620
Telephone: (406) 444-5354
TDD/TTY telephone: Montana Relay 711
Fax: (406) 444-0266
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov

Data Quality Information:

Completeness report:

This data set is a work in progress; it contains errors of omission and errors in current attributes. Data are updated as information becomes available. Delays between changes in land status and their inclusion in this layer can vary from a few weeks to over a year depending on the source of the information. This data contains errors of omission and errors in current attributes. Areas where the data are particularly weak include city and county lands (errors of omission - these parcels are coded as private) and BIA trust lands (many unrecorded transfers to and from private land status.)

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:

The Public Lands Data is based on the Bureau of Land Management's Geographic Coordinate Database (GCDB). The BLM collects the GCDB Public Lands Survey System data on a township basis. The survey boundaries are delineated by computing the geographic positions of township, section, aliquot part, government lot, and special survey corners. Horizontal control positions from published sources and geographic positioning system (GPS) observations are added and the GCDB grid is adjusted using the least squares method of adjustment to determine the best geographic positions for the survey points. Horizontal Accuracy varies throughout the data: Scale is dependent on the positional accuracy of the GCDB. Note: Original MTNHP Stewardship Data was basically compiled from 1:100,000 scale (100K) data with a horizontal accuracy of approximately 170 feet. This data came from the BLM 100K Public Land Survey and Ownership layers digitized from BLM 100K Surface Management Status maps in 1995-1996.

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Source information:

Originator: Montana State Library
Title: Montana Cadastral Mapping Project

Entity and Attribute Information:

Entity type label: PublicLands

Attribute label: OWNER

Attribute Value	Definition of Attribute Value
11	US Bureau of Land Management
1000	-
25	Montana Dept of Transportation
30	Local Government
13	US Fish and Wildlife Service
12	US Bureau of Reclamation
14	National Park Service
10	US Government
18	US Dept of Defense
32	City Government
21	Montana State Trust Lands
31	County Government
15	US Forest Service
20	State of Montana
16	US Dept of Agriculture
40	Bureau of Indian Affairs Trust Land
23	Montana University System
17	US Army Corps of Engineers
22	Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
24	Montana Dept of Corrections
26	Montana Dept of Natural Resources Water Projects

Attribute label: Acreage

Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Montana State Library
P.O. Box 201800
Helena, MT 59620
Telephone: (406) 444-5354
TDD/TTY telephone: Montana Relay 711
Fax: (406) 444-0266
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov
Contact instructions: Contact via email

Resource description: Downloadable Data

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Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata date: 10/31/2017

Metadata contact:

Montana State Library
P.O. Box 201800
Helena, MT 59620
Telephone: (406) 444-5354
TDD/TTY telephone: Montana Relay 711
Fax: (406) 444-0266
E-Mail: geoinfo@mt.gov