Metadata Record Dublin Core Standard Title: Census 2000 Places Catalog Name: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection OID: 745 CITATION INFORMATION Identifier: cen00pl Title: Census 2000 Places Originator: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Publication Date: 2003 Edition: 02_1 Information Resource Type Format: Computer file Content: Geographic information system Scale: 1:100,000 Other Citation Details: Map projection is Albers Equal Area, NAD27 IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION Abstract: Census 2000 Place Names provides a seamless statewide GIS layer of places, including census designated places (CDP), consolidated cities, and incorporated places, with associated attributes. Browse Graphic URL: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/browsegraphic/place2000.gif Purpose: Provides statewide place polygons with associated attributes such as name, population, housing units, etc. Supplemental Info: Additional details on processing methods provided in data dictionary Time Period Start: 1/1/2000 Time Period End: 12/31/2000 Currentness: Publication Date Progress: Complete Update Frequency: As Needed Place: California Geographic Region West: -124 Geographic Region East: -114 Geographic Region North: 42 Geographic Region South: 32 Themes: Census districts, City boundaries, Census areas, City limits, Demographics, People Access Limitations: No Restrictions Use Limitations: FRAP disclaimer Read disclaimer within data dictionary supplied when data are downloaded from FRAP site Contact Information Data Contact: FRAP Development Modeling Specilaist Organization: CDF-FRAP Phone: 916-445-5373 Fax: 916-324-1180 Email: Shawn.Saving@fire.ca.gov Url: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/ Address: 1920 20th Street 1920 20th Street City: Sacramento State: California Postal Code: 95814 Country: USA DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION Online Linkage: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data.html Size (MB): 4.5 Distribution Format: ARC/INFO Export Ordering Instructions: Obtain on-line or request through distribution contact Contact Information Distribution Contact: FRAP data librarian Organization: CDF-FRAP Phone: 916-445-5342 Fax: 916-324-1180 Url: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov Address: 1920 20th Street 1920 20th Street City: Sacramento State: California Postal Code: 95814 Country: USA METADATA INFORMATION Date: 4/30/2004 Contact Information Metadata Contact: FRAP Development Modeling Specilaist Organization: CDF-FRAP Phone: 916-445-5373 Fax: 916-324-1180 Email: Shawn.Saving@fire.ca.gov Url: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/ Address: 1920 20th Street 1920 20th Street City: Sacramento State: California Postal Code: 95814 Country: USA DATA DICTIONARY =============== FEATURE TYPE: polygon NOTES: The original Census TIGER linework is distributed by county. The county boundaries do not match USGS county linework but do edgematch seamlessly with each other. We imported data in Decimal Degrees to maintain the original coordinates. Before further processing, the fuzzy tolerance was set to 0.000000000001. We dissolved the coverage on the items FIPS_CTBL and WATER to remove TIGER roads and streams that split census blocks into multiple polygons. Although most polygonal water features have unique FIPS_CTBL codes, some share their code with a block and therefore cannot be uniquely identified. Remaining extraneous arcs (dangles) were removed by selecting those arcs where LPOLY# was the same as RPOLY#. We detected no slivers after mapjoining and the number of unique census blocks in the final coverage matches the official number from the Census Bureau. We projected the entire statewide coverage into Teale Albers projection. Data from the SF1 file joined to the .PAT with no unmatched records. We then dissolved the statewide block coverage (CEN00BL02_1) on the item PLACE and joined in attributes from the place names list http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.zip DATABASE FIELDS: polygon INPUT OUTPUT DATA DECI FIELD NAME WIDTH WIDTH TYPE MALS DESCRIPTION ---------- ----- ------ ---- ---- ------------------------------- AREA 8 18 F 5 - PERIMETER 8 18 F 5 - CEN00PL02_1# 4 5 B - - CEN00PL02_1-ID 4 5 B - - PLACE 5 5 I - FIPS populated place identifier PLACE_NAME 65 65 C - Name of Census populated place PLACE_TYPE 4 4 C - CDP, CITY, or TOWN TOTAL_POP 4 10 B - Total Population of Place TOTAL_HU 4 10 B - Total Housing Units of Place AREALAND 8 12 F 2 Total land area of Place in sq. m. from Census table* AREAWATR 8 12 F 2 Total water area of Place in sq. m. from Census table* LATITUDE 8 12 F 6 (see below) LONGITUDE 8 12 F 6 (see below) * AREALAND contains the area of the entire Place. Thus, if the place is composed of two or more polygons, AREALAND will not agree with the calculated AREA measurement of the individual polygons. FIELD NAME: PLACE Places, for the reporting of decennial census data, include census designated places (CDP), consolidated cities, and incorporated places. Each place is assigned a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code in alphabetical order within each state. For more information see http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/pl_metadata.html FIELD NAME: PLACE_NAME and PLACE_TYPE PLACE_NAME and PLACE_TYPE were pulled from the Census data file http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.zip. The terms 'CDP', 'city', and 'town' were removed from the NAME field of this table and placed into the PLACE_TYPE field. For more information see http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html FIELD NAME: TOTAL_POP and TOTAL_HU Total Population and Housing Unit values were pulled from the data file http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.zip. FIELD NAME: LATITUDE and LONGITUDE Presumed to be geogrpahic coordinates of the centroid of the place polygon but these attributes are not thoroughly documented on the census website http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html COORDINATE SYSTEM DESCRIPTION Projection ALBERS Datum NAD27 Units METERS Spheroid CLARKE1866 Parameters: 1st standard parallel 34 0 0.000 2nd standard parallel 40 30 0.000 central meridian -120 0 0.00 latitude of projection's origin 0 0 0.000 false easting (meters) 0.00000 false northing (meters) -4000000.0000 DISCLAIMER The State of California and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy of data or maps. The user will not seek to hold the State or the Department liable under any circumstances for any damages with respect to any claim by the user or any third party on account of or arising from the use of data or maps. The user will cite the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as the original source of the data, but will clearly denote cases where the original data have been updated, modified, or in any way altered from the original condition. There are no restrictions on distribution of the data by users. However, users are encouraged to refer others to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to acquire the data, in case updated data become available.