Geographic Information
Groundwater Management Areas
Groundwater Management Areas
FGDC, ESRI Metadata
Description Spatial Data Structure Data Quality Data Source Data Distribution Metadata
+ Resource Description
Citation
Information used to reference the data.
Title: Groundwater Management Areas
Originators: Idaho Department of Water Resources
Publisher: Idaho Department of Water Resources
Publication place: Boise, Idaho
Publication date: 20091221
Edition: February 2005
Data type: vector digital data
Data location: https://idwr.idaho.gov/gis/gis_data.htm
Description
A characterization of the data, including its intended use and limitations.
Abstract: 
A Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) is all or part of a groundwater basin that may be approaching the conditions of a Critical Groundwater Area (CGMA). Applications for new water appropriations may be approved only after it is determined that sufficient supply is available and other prior water rights will not be injured. The director may require reporting of water use by water users within the area.
Purpose: 
Boundaries of Groundwater Management Areas in the State of Idaho.
Dataset credit: 
Helen Harrington
Point Of Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization that is knowledgeable about the data.
Organization: Idaho Department of Water Resources
Person: Geospatial Technology
Position: GIS Analyst
Phone: (208) 287-4800
Fax: (208) 287-6700
Email: gisinfo@idwr.idaho.gov
Address type: mailing
Address: 
322 East Front Street
City: Boise
State or Province: Idaho
Postal code: 83720
Data Type
How the data are represented, formatted and maintained by the data producing organization.
Data type: vector digital data
Native dataset environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.0.1324
Time Period of Data
Time period(s) for which the data corresponds to the currentness reference.
Date: 20091221
Currentness reference: 
Ground condition
Status
The state of and maintenance information for the data.
Data status: Complete
Update frequency: As needed
Key Words
Words or phrases that summarize certain aspects of the data.
Theme:
Keywords: Groundwater, Groundwater
Keyword thesaurus: ESRI Geography Network Thesaurus
Place:
Keywords: Idaho
Keyword thesaurus: None
Data Access Constraints
Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing or using the data after access is granted.
Access constraints: 
None
Use constraints: 
The spatial information is provided "as is". IDWR cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, or positional accuracy in the digital data or underlying records. There are no warranties, expressed or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, accompanying any of these products. However, notification of any errors would be appreciated.
Data Security Information
Handling restrictions imposed on the data because of national security, privacy or other concerns.
Security classification system: State of Idaho GIS Data Protocol
Security handling: The Idaho Department of Water Resources is making this data available as a public service. The Idaho Department of Water Resources strives to ensure that all technical data and other information made available to the public is accurate, complete and in conformance with the Idaho Public Records Act. Neither the Department of Water Resources nor the State of Idaho, however, assumes any legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on this site. Persons using information from this site for official purposes, or other purposes, for which accuracy and completeness are required, are hereby notified that they should first verify the information with the public records or other primary sources from which the information was obtained.
Cross Reference
Information about other, related data sets that are likely to be of interest.
Title: Idaho Department of Water Resources Open-File Report Groundwater Management Areas in Idaho: Overview as of 1998. Helen Harrington, Shane Bendixsen.
Originators: Idaho Department of Water Resources
Publication place: Boise, Idaho
Publication date: December 1999
Data type: map
+ Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System
Reference system from which linear or angular quantities are measured and assigned to the position that a point occupies.
Coordinate System Details
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar coordinate encoding method: coordinate pair
Coordinate representation:
Abscissa resolution: 0.000001
Ordinate resolution: 0.000001
Planar distance units: meters
Geodetic model
Horizontal datum name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257222
Spatial Domain
The geographic areal domain of the data that describes the western, eastern, northern, and southern geographic limits of data coverage.
Bounding Coordinates
In Unprojected coordinates (geographic)
Boundary Coordinate
West -117.064364 (longitude)
East -110.719067 (longitude)
North 48.062378 (latitude)
South 41.973482 (latitude)
+ Data Structure and Attribute Information
Overview
Summary of the information content of the data, including other references to complete descriptions of entity types, attributes, and attribute values for the data.
Direct spatial reference method: Vector
Attributes of gwma
Detailed descriptions of entity type, attributes, and attribute values for the data.
Name: gwma
Type of object: Feature Class
Number of records: 0
Attributes
FID
Definition: 
Internal feature number.
Alias: FID Type: OID Width: 4 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
Attribute values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute definition source: 
ESRI
NAME
Alias: NAME Type: String Width: 50 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
ACRES
Alias: ACRES Type: Double Width: 19 Precision: 18 Scale: 3
Shape
Definition: 
Feature geometry.
Alias: Shape Type: Geometry Width: 0 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
Attribute values: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute definition source: 
ESRI
AREA_METER
Alias: AREA_METER Type: Double Width: 19 Precision: 18 Scale: 3
PERIMETER_
Alias: PERIMETER_ Type: Double Width: 19 Precision: 18 Scale: 3
HECTARES
Alias: HECTARES Type: Double Width: 19 Precision: 18 Scale: 3
SubArea
Alias: SubArea Type: String Width: 5 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
AreaID
Definition: 
Link to Special Admin Areas in IDWR database.
Alias: AreaID Type: SmallInteger Width: 4 Precision: 4 Scale: 0
DisName
Definition: 
Name of area for labeling purposes.
Alias: DisName Type: String Width: 50 Precision: 0 Scale: 0
ESRI Feature Description
Description of spatial objects in the data using the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) terminology.
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) terms
gwma
ESRI feature type: Simple
Topology: FALSE
Feature count: 0
Spatial index: FALSE
Linear referencing: FALSE
+ Data Quality and Accuracy Information
General
Information about the fidelity of relationships, data quality and accuracy tests, omissions, selection criteria, generalization, and definitions used to derive the data.
Logical consistency report: 
ESRI feature type: Simple, Geometry: Polygon, Topology:
Completeness report: 
Complete
+ Data Source and Process Information
Data Sources
Information about the source data used to construct or derive the data.
Data source information
Data Source 1
Map scale denominator: 100000
Process Steps
Information about events, parameters, tolerances and techniques applied to construct or derive the data.
Process step information
Process Step 1
Process description: 
Digitized at a scale of 1:100,000
Process date: 6/1/93
Process Step 2
Process description: 
First draft of metadata created by sthiel using FGDCMETA.AML ver. 1.2 05/14/98
on ARC/INFO data set /d7/streams/streams/deq/gwma
Process date: 20000112
Process Step 3
Process description: 
Metadata imported.
Process Step 4
Process description: 
Metadata imported.
Process Step 5
Process description: 
Metadata imported.
Process Step 6
Process description: 
Metadata imported.
Process Step 7
Process description: 
twin falls and banbury updated to 1:24,000 scale
Process date: None
+ Data Distribution Information
General
Description of the data known by the party from whom the data may be obtained, liability of party distributing data, and technical capabilities required to use the data.
Resource description: 
Downloadable Data
Distribution liability: 
The Idaho Department of Water Resources is  making this data available as a public service. The Idaho Department of Water Resources strives to ensure that all technical data and other information made available to the public is accurate, complete and in conformance with the Idaho Public Records Act. Neither the Department of Water Resources nor the State of Idaho, however, assumes any legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on this site. Persons using information from this site for official purposes, or other purposes, for which accuracy and completeness are required, are hereby notified that they should first verify the information with the public records or other primary sources from which the information was obtained.
Distribution Point of Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization distributing the data.
Organization: Idaho Department of Water Resources
Person: Geospatial Technology
Position: GIS Analyst
Phone: (208) 287-4800
Fax: (208) 287-6700
Email: gisinfo@idwr.idaho.gov
Address type: mailing
Address: 
322 East Front Street
City: Boise
State or Province: Idaho
Postal code: 83720
Standard Order Process
Common ways in which data may be obtained.
Digital form:
Format name: ESRI data format, dependent upon request
Transfer size: 0.204
Digital transfer option:
Online option:
Computer information:
Network address:
Network resource name: https://idwr.idaho.gov/gis
Fees: To be determined at time of order
+ Metadata Reference
Metadata Date
Dates associated with creating, updating and reviewing the metadata.
Last updated: 20091221
Metadata Point of Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization responsible for the metadata information.
Organization: Idaho Department of Water Resources
Person: Geospatial Technology
Position: GIS Analyst
Phone: (208) 287-4800
Fax: (208) 287-6700
Email: gisinfo@idwr.idaho.gov
Address type: mailing
Address: 
322 East Front Street
City: Boise
State or Province: Idaho
Postal code: 83720
Metadata Access Constraints
Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing or using the data after access is granted.
Access constraints: 
none
Use constraints: 
none
Metadata Standards
Description of the metadata standard used to document the data and reference to any additional extended profiles to the standard used by the metadata producer.
Standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Time convention: local time
FGDC Plus Metadata Stylesheet
Stylesheet: FGDC Plus Stylesheet
File name: FGDC Plus.xsl
Version: 2.3
Description: This metadata is displayed using the FGDC Plus Stylesheet, which is an XSL template that can be used with ArcGIS software to display metadata. It displays metadata elements defined in the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) - aka FGDC Standard, the ESRI Profile of CSDGM, the Biological Data Profile of CSDGM, and the Shoreline Data Profile of CSDGM. CSDGM is the US Federal Metadata standard. The Federal Geographic Data Committee originally adopted the CSDGM in 1994 and revised it in 1998. According to Executive Order 12096 all Federal agencies are ordered to use this standard to document geospatial data created as of January, 1995. The standard is often referred to as the FGDC Metadata Standard and has been implemented beyond the federal level with State and local governments adopting the metadata standard as well. The Biological Data Profile broadens the application of the CSDGM so that it is more easily applied to biological data that are not explicitly geographic (laboratory results, field notes, specimen collections, research reports) but can be associated with a geographic location. Includes taxonomical vocabulary. The Shoreline Data Profile addresses variability in the definition and mapping of shorelines by providing a standardized set of terms and data elements required to support metadata for shoreline and coastal data sets. The FGDC Plus Stylesheet includes the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set. It supports W3C DOM compatible browsers such as IE7, IE6, Netscape 7, and Mozilla Firefox. It is in the public domain and may be freely used, modified, and redistributed. It is provided "AS-IS" without warranty or technical support.
Instructions: On the top of the page, click on the title of the dataset to toggle opening and closing of all metadata content sections or click section links listed horizontally below the title to open individual sections. Click on a section name (e.g. Description) to open and close section content. Within a section, click on a item name (Status, Key Words, etc.) to open and close individual content items. By default, the Citation information within the Description section is always open for display.
Download: FGDC Plus Stylesheet is available from the ArcScripts downloads at www.esri.com.
Federal Geographic Data Committee