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Data Layer GraphicTitle: "National Wetlands Inventory - Polygon" (1999)
 
Description: NWI digital data files are records of wetlands location and classification as defined by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. This dataset is one of a series available in 7.5 minute by 7.5 minute blocks containing ground planimetric coordinates of wetlands point, line, and area features and wetlands attributes. When completed, the series will provide coverage for all of the contiguous United States, Hawaii, Alaska, and U.S. protectorates in the Pacific and Caribbean. The digital data as well as the hardcopy maps that were used as the source for the digital data are produced and distributed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory project. Base map dates Range from Oct. 1981 to present. CGIA has compiled the 7.5 minute quadrangle extent digital files into river basin map extent files. These extents are stored as tiles in a GIS library. The NWI identifier is in in the condensed format in the polygon (area) attributes, and in a parsed format in the arc (line) attributes. Other wetland classification exist for North Carolina. The data provide consultants, planners, and resource managers with information on wetland location and type. The data were collected to meet U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's mandate to map the wetland and deepwater habitats of the United States.
 
Keywords and Themes: Land Use and Land Cover (LULC), Swamps,
 
Filename Prefix: nwi_poly
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Mapped Drive Folder: /cgia83/ncom200703/
Total size of data files: 1.37000 MB
 
Data Type: Shapefile
Feature Type: Polygon
Coordinate System: NAD_1983_StatePlane_North_Carolina_FIPS_3200
Datum: North American Datum of 1983Map Units: Meters

Spatial Extent: North Carolina
Source Scale: 1:24000

Created by: U.S. Geological Survey; U.S. Department of Agriculture; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Released by: NC Center for Geographic Information & Analysis
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Collection Name: NC OneMap - 3/12/2007
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Acquired Date: Downloaded Mar 12, 2007
Distribution Restrictions: Public Domain

Note: Public download and possible updated data are available from NC OneMap

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Record ID: 3098_NCOM0703

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