U.S. Cities represents locations for cities within United States with populations of 10,000 or greater and all state capitals.
Purpose: U.S. Cities provides locations and attributes for cities.
Supplemental_Information:
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:250,000. This is a subset of the original dataset. It has been clipped to the extent of the Long Island Sound GIS project extent.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2005
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.499817
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.987297
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.686039
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.269600
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: point
Theme_Keyword: cities
Theme_Keyword: capitals
Theme_Keyword: demographics
Theme_Keyword: population
Theme_Keyword: households
Theme_Keyword: location
Theme_Keyword: society
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: ArcView shapefile
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2005-1018
Theme_Keyword: OFR 2005-1018
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: U.S. Atlantic East Coast
Place_Keyword: northeast United States
Place_Keyword: New England
Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Connecticut
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: Vermont
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Maine
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 2000
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The redistribution rights for this data set: Public domain data from U.S. government is freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator
Logical_Consistency_Report: No duplicate features are present.
Completeness_Report:
After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials. This is a subset of the original dataset and has been clipped to the extent of the Long Island Sound GIS project extent.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The geospatial part of this data set was calculated from latitude/longitude coordinates from the U.S. Bureau of the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF1). The horizontal positional accuracy is unknown.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Publication_Date: 2001
Title: Summary File 1 (SF1)
Edition: 2000
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Summary File 1 (SF1)
Issue_Identification: 2000
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: USA
Publisher: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Other_Citation_Details:
The Summary File 1 (SF1) data is based on the 2000 Census of Population. The geospatial data is calculated from the latitude/longitude coordinate attributes.
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200004
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Census SF1
Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI for Data & Maps 2002: Created a data set by extracting state capitals and places of 10,000 or more inhabitants from U.S. Bureau of the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF1). Ran ArcView command Add Event Theme on the data set to create the point location centroids shapefile. Reformatted attributes and finalized attribute order. Created ArcView legend file (.avl), ArcGIS? layer file (.lyr) file, projection file (.prj), and spatial indices.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Census SF1
Process_Date: 20020124
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: cities.shx
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The ESRI cities shapefile was clipped to fit the USA basemap area for the Long Island Sound GIS project extent
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: cities
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CITY_FIPS
Attribute_Definition: The 5-digit FIPS code of the named populated place
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name:
Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and Other Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Outlying Areas, FIPS 55-DC3.
Codeset_Source:
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CITY_NAME
Attribute_Definition: Name of the city or town.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATE_FIPS
Attribute_Definition: The 5-digit FIPS code of the named populated place
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name:
Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and Other Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Outlying Areas, FIPS 55-DC3.
Codeset_Source:
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATE_NAME
Attribute_Definition: State Name
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATE_CITY
Attribute_Definition: The FIPS code (seven-digit number) for the city and state.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standards Pub 55
Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE
Attribute_Definition: The class of the city or area.
Attribute_Definition: The class of the city or area.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Attribute_Definition_Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: borough
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
In Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, an incorporated place.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: CDP
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Census designated place - A statistical entity, defined for each decennial census according to Census Bureau guidelines, comprising a densely settled concentration of population that is not within an incorporated place, but is locally identified by a name.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: city
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
An incorporated place in 49 States and the District of Columbia. In 20 States, some or all cities are not part of any minor civil division, and the Census Bureau also treats these as county subdivisions, statistically equivalent to minor civil divisions.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: city (consolidated, balance)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The portion of the consolidated city minus the incorporated places. For statistical purposes, these entities are treated as statistically equivalent to a place and have no legal basis or functions.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: city and borough
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: unknown
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: city and county
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: unknown
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: municipality
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: unknown
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: town
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
An incorporated place in 30 States. In New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota, the Census Bureau treats these towns as the equivalent of a minor civil division.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: village
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
An incorporated place in 20 States. The Census Bureau treats all villages in New Jersey, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, and some villages in Ohio as county subdivisions.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CAPITAL
Attribute_Definition: Identifies the city as the state capital.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Y
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The city is state capital
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: N
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The city is not a state capital.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
Contact_Position: Information Specialist / GIS Coordinator
Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: SHP
Format_Version_Number: 3.2
Format_Specification: ESRI point shapefile
Format_Information_Content:
The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBase format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file contains the metadata describing the data set <data set name>.shp.xml. An ASCII version of the metadata file. A browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent (optional).
These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS® or ArcView® 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of the importing data. A free data viewer, arcexplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.
