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Layer: SurfaceOwnership (ID:0)

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Name: SurfaceOwnership

Display Field: SURFACEOWNERSHIPID

Type: Feature Layer

Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon

Description: An area depicting ownership parcels of the surface estate. Each surface ownership parcel is tied to a particular legal transaction. The same individual or organization may currently own many parcels that may or may not have been acquired through the same legal transaction. Therefore, they are captured as separate entities rather than merged together. This is in contrast to Basic Ownership, in which the surface ownership parcels having the same owner are merged together. Basic Ownership provides the general user with the Forest Service versus non-Forest Service view of land ownership within National Forest boundaries. Surface Ownership provides the land status user with a current snapshot of ownership within National Forest boundaries. This dataset is derived from the USFS Southwestern Region ALP (Automated Lands Program) data Project. This is one of fourteen layers derived from ALP for the purpose of supplying data layers for recourse GIS analysis and data needs within the Forest Service. The fourteen layers are Administrative Forest, Administrative Region, National Grassland, Ranger District, Military Reserve, Other National Designated Area, Proclaimed Forest, Section, Special Interest Management Area, Surface Ownership, Surface Ownership Dissolve, Township, Wilderness Status, and Wild Scenic River . There were some gapes in the ALP data so a small portion of this dataset comes from CCF (Cartographic Feature Files) datasets and the USFS Southwestern Region Core Data Project. ALP data is developed from data sources of differing accuracy, scales, and reliability. Where available it is developed from GCDB (Geographic Coordinate Data Base) data. GCDB data is maintained by the Bureau of Land Management in their State Offices. GCDB data is mostly corner data. Not all corners and not all boundaries are available in GCDB so ALP also utilizes many other data sources like CFF data to derive its boundaries. GCDB data is in a constant state of change because land corners are always getting resurveyed. The GCDB data used in this dataset represents a snapshot in time at the time the GCDB dataset was published by the BLM and may not reflect the most current GCDB dataset available. The Forest Service makes no expressed or implied warranty with respect to the character, function, or capabilities of these data. These data are intended to be used for planning and analyses purposes only and are not legally binding with regards to title or location of National Forest System lands.

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Supported query Formats: JSON, geoJSON, PBF

Use Standardized Queries: True

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HasZ: false

HasM: false

Has Attachments: false

Has Geometry Properties: true

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Object ID Field: OBJECTID

Unique ID Field:

Global ID Field: GLOBALID

Type ID Field: OWNERCLASSIFICATION

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Is Data Versioned: false

Has Contingent Values: false

Supports Rollback On Failure Parameter: true

Last Edit Date: 7/8/2025 11:07:32 PM

Schema Last Edit Date: 5/16/2025 8:38:29 PM

Data Last Edit Date: 7/8/2025 11:07:32 PM

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