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1:2,000,000-scale Counties of the United States

Dates

Release Date
1994-08-16
Time Period
1994-08-19
Publication Date

Citation

Lanfear, K.J., 1994, 1:2,000,000-scale Counties of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9H9620Y.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This coverage is of the county boundaries of the conterminous United States. It was derived from the Digital Line Graph (DLG) files representing the 1:2,000,000-scale map in the National Atlas of the United States.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Integrated Modeling &Prediction Division
Originator :
Lanfear, K.J.
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Integrated Modeling & Prediction Division
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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county2m.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		21.71 KB application/fgdc+xml
county2m.e00.gz 3.19 MB application/x-gzip
county2m.sdts.tgz 2.52 MB application/x-gzip
county2m_21.e00.gz 3.14 MB application/x-gzip
county2m_21.sdts.tgz 2.52 MB application/x-gzip
county2m.jpg thumbnail 34.02 KB image/jpeg

Purpose

This coverage is intended as a basemap for a variety of applications.
illustration of data set
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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9H9620Y

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