Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: USDA/NRCS - National Soil Survey Center
      Title: National Coordinated Common Resource Area
  Description:
    Purpose: A CRA map delineation is defined as a geographical area where resource concerns, problems, or treatment needs are similar. It is considered a
      subdivision of an existing Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) map delineation or polygon. Landscape condition
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: 2004
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -92.88943
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -86.76412
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.08088
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.49182
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Standard for Geospatial Dataset File Naming
      Theme_Keyword: CRA, MLRA
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GNIS
      Place_Keyword: Wisconsin
      Place_Keyword: *
  Use_Constraints:

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Service Center Agencies should be acknowledged as the data source in products derived from these data.

    This data set is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source.  This information may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application.  Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the Service Center Agencies any authority for the decisions that they make.  The Service Center Agencies will not perform any evaluations of these data for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs.

    Photographic or digital enlargement of these data to scales greater than at which they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation of the data.  Digital data files are periodically updated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Steve Peaslee, National Soil Survey Center
      Contact_Address:
        Address: 100 Centennial Mall North, Mail Stop 33
        City: Lincoln
        State_or_Province: Nebraska
        Postal_Code: 68508-3866
Data_Quality_Information:
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            National Soil Survey Center
          Publication_Date: 2004
          Title: National Coordinated Common Resource Area (CRA)
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 250,000
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description: ITC-NRCS-USDA Converted e00 files to shape and merged into one map.  Appended the "cra_id" field from the NRT d_common_resource_area" as requested by the customer toolkit group.  Appended the "ST" field to allow select by state.
      Process_Date: 200503
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Geographic:
      Latitude_Resolution: 0.02
      Longitude_Resolution: 0.02
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)
      Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
      Attributes in the map identify the CRA, symbology and locational FIPS code.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Relevant attributes are:
CRA_ID - unique CRA id used by customer toolkit.
NATIONAL_CRA - National CRA id (<mlra>.<subsection> ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/ID/technical/pdffiles/IdahoCRAReport.pdf
FCOUNT - Number of polygons
MLRA - MLRA Unique identifier
ST- State FIPS code that the feature is inside of or crossing
Distribution_Information:
  Distribution_Liability:

    Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the Service Center Agencies regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture will warrant the delivery of this product in computer readable format, and will offer appropriate adjustment of credit when the product is determined unreadable by correctly adjusted computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition.  Request for adjustment of credit must be made within 90 days from the date of this shipment from the ordering site.

    Neither the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor any of its agencies are liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: ARC/INFO Shape
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 02/28/2020
  Metadata_Standard_Name: SCI Minimum Compliance Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: SCI Std 003-02
