National Park Service, Bryce Canyon National Park, Resource Management 20030522 vector digital data http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/brca/brcageodata.zip doi:10.5066/F7K64G1Q This is a vector polygon file showing the boundary of Bryce Canyon National Park. The coordinates for this dataset were heads up digitized at a scale of 1:24,000 off of a USGS 7.5 minute DRG using ArcView 3.2. To show the location of the boundary of Bryce Canyon National Park. The intended use of all data in the park's GIS library is to support diverse park activities including planning, management, maintenance, research, and interpretation. At Bryce Canyon National Park faulting and erosion shaped colorful Claron limestones, sandstones, and mudstones into thousands of spires, fins, pinnacles, and mazes. Collectively called "hoodoos," these colorful and whimsical formations stand in horseshoe-shaped amphitheaters along the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in Southern Utah. Bryce Canyon National Park was proclaimed a national monument June 8, 1923. June 7, 1924 it was renamed and redesignated Utah National Park. February 25, 1928 it was renamed to its present day title "Bryce Canyon National Park". Bryce Canyon National Park is named for pioneer Ebenezer Bryce who came to the area in 1875. He was sent by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to settle this area. Bryce built a road to the plateau top to retrieve firewood and timber. Local people called the canyon with the strange rock formations near Ebenezer's home "Bryce's Canyon". 20030124 ground condition Complete None planned Bryce Canyon National Park -112.277453 -112.079888 37.699443 37.441636 None boundary None Bryce Canyon National Park, BRCA, Utah, Garfield County, Kane County, NPS, National Park Service, USA, US, United States, North America None To be used at the same scale as the source material. National Park Service, Bryce Canyon National Park, Resource Management Data Manager mailing address

P.O. Box 170001

Bryce Utah 84717 USA 435-834-4930 435-834-4102 BRCA_Resources@nps.gov 9am-5pm MST http://nrdata.nps.gov/brca/brcadata/brca_boundary.jpg The graphic shows the park's boundary. JPEG Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800 The attribute accuracy was tested by interactively querying and verifying on screen with the source materials. In addition, the attributes were compared against a master set of valid attributes. There are no duplicate features. Polygonal features begin and end at the same point, line feature contain no erroneous over shoots or under shoots. Dataset is complete. Estimated accuracies in the X and Y direction of 1 to 20 meters from the true location. The horizontal positional accuracy was tested by verifying the location of the data on-screen relative to the corresponding 1:24000 USGS DRG (digital raster graph) in the same projection and datum. The relative positions between the two datasets onscreen was compared to the hardcopy map used as the base for digitizing. United States Geological Survey 19970221 raster digital data 7.5-Minute Series (Topographic) Wilson Peak, Bryce Canyon, Tropic Canyon, Tropic Reservoir, Bryce Point, Cannonville, Podunk Creek, Rainbow Point and Bull Valley Quadrangles Reston,VA United States Geological Survey 24000 digital raster dataset 1966 original map generation date DRG Used as a background image onscreen to help establish relative positions for heads up digitizing new features. United States Geological Survey Unknown paper map 7.5-Minute Series Wilson Peak, Bryce Canyon, Tropic Canyon, Tropic Reservoir, Bryce Point, Cannonville, Podunk Creek, Rainbow Point and Bull Valley Quadrangles Reston,VA United States Geological Survey 12000 USGS Topoquads 1966 original map generation date Topoquad Used to help establish relative positions for heads up digitizing new features. Horizons, Inc. 20021014 remote-sensing image Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quad NE, NW, SE & SW sections of the Wilson Peak, Bryce Canyon, Tropic Canyon, Tropic Reservoir, Bryce Point, Cannonville, Podunk Creek, Rainbow Point and Bull Valley Salt Lake City, UT Bureau of Reclamation 12000 digital raster dataset 20020627 date of aerial photos used to created DOQQs DOQQs Used as a background image onscreen to help establish relative positions for heads up digitizing new features. Added the DRG into ArcView 3.2. Created a new polygon dataset. Using the graphics drawing tools available, sketched new features into the dataset based on prior knowledge of the area shown in the background. Created user defined fields in the feature's attribute table. Interactively populated the fields based on prior knowledge of the features. All features and attributes were verified onscreen. DRG 20020324 Was updated upon receipt of 2002 DOQQ's. Feature data was compared to features in the DRG, DOQQs and USGS Topoquads for accuracy. The Data Manager at the park verified all features and attributes. DRG, DOQQs & Topoquad 20030124 Kelly Cahill National Park Service, Bryce Canyon National Park, Resource Management Data Manager mailing address

P.O. Box 170001

Bryce Utah 84717 USA 435-834-4930 435-834-4102 BRCA_Resources@nps.gov 9AM to 5PM Vector G-polygon 1 Universal Transverse Mercator 12 0.999600 -111.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.000100 0.000100 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 fcl_Park_Boundary Polygon Attribute Table Software OBJECTID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Park_Code NPS Park Code NPS Park acronym name. Park_Name Name of the National Park unit. NPS Park name. State 2-letter abbreviation of state in which park occurs (or mostly occurs if park spans more than one state) NPS State acronym name. BND_BRCA_ Unknown field created by coverage originator but not documented. Unknown Numerical. BND_BRCA_I Unknown field created by coverage originator but not documented. Unknown Numerical. Acres Area (unknown units) ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Hectares Perimeter (unknown units) ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE_Length Length of feature in internal units. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE_Area Area of feature in internal units squared. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. The first 2 items in the attribute table are the default attribute information found in the ArcView shapefile format. The next 2 items, BND_BRCA_ & BND_BRCA_I, were created while in ArcView to add additional field note information. The BND_BRCA_ attribute is a numeric field with a populated value of 2. The BND_BRCA_I attribute is a numeric field with a populated value of 1. The last item, ACREAGE was generated by ArcView software. none USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

Denver Colorado 80225 (303) 202-4220 303-202-4219 gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov Downloadable Data The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics (if available) are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Any related graphics (if available) are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not approriate to use the related graphics as data. The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from an U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service servers and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this metadata report does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the U. S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey and National Park Service. HTML http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/vip/parks/brca.html Internet Access None 20030603 20110408 USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

Denver Colorado 80225 (303) 202-4220 303-202-4219 gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/metadata/index.html