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Digital data sets describing metropolitan areas in the conterminous US

Dates

Release Date
1999-01-01
Publication Date

Citation

Price, C. and Clawges, R., 1999, Digital data sets describing metropolitan areas in the conterminous US: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VR5MJ6.

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 data set describes metropolitan areas in the conterminous United States, developed from U.S. Bureau of the Census boundaries of Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), that have been processed to extract the largest contiguous urban area within each MSA or CMSA.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Curtis V. Price, U.S. Geological Survey
Originator :
Price, Curtis, Clawges, Rick
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Dakota Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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ofr99-78_metropop.xml
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View 		17.55 KB application/fgdc+xml
ofr99-78_metropop.e00.gz 294.56 KB application/x-gzip
ofr99-78_metropop.dlg.tgz 274.58 KB application/x-gzip
ofr99-78_metropop.sdts.tgz 421.86 KB application/x-gzip

Purpose

This data set was designed for large-scale (1:500,000 or smaller) analyses of relations between metropolitan areas and other landscape characteristics. This data set was created for use in the national analysis of ground-water quality data of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) VOC National Synthesis Team.

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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/P9VR5MJ6

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