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The Geographic Names Information System contains information about physical and cultural geographic features of all types in the United States, associated areas, and Antarctica, current and historical, but not including roads and highways. The database holds the Federally recognized name of each feature and defines the feature location by state, county, USGS topographic map, and geographic coordinates. Other attributes include names or spellings other than the official name, feature designations, feature classification, historical and descriptive information, and for some categories the geometric boundaries. The database assigns a unique, permanent feature identifier, the Feature ID, as a standard Federal key for accessing, integrating, or reconciling feature data from multiple data sets. The GNIS collects data from a broad program of partnerships with Federal, State, and local government agencies and other authorized contributors. The GNIS provides data to all levels of government and to the public, as well as to numerous applications through a web query site, web map and feature services, file download services, and customized files upon request.
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is the Federal standard for geographic nomenclature in support of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The Historical Features layer (HISTORICAL_FEATURE) in the GNIS Web Map Service contains all features of all Feature Classes that have been designated historical. A historical feature is one that no longer exists on the landscape/seascape. The term makes no reference to the age, size, use, population or any other factor. See http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/feature_class.htm for feature class values and definitions. The HISTORICAL_FEATURE250 layer contains large features designated by the Geographic Names Office as ones that should be labeled on maps or displays with a scale of 1:250,000. See http://geonames.usgs.gov for additional information.
The Geographic Names Information System was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
None. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Extent
| West | -94.603207 | East | -89.645634 |
| North | 36.515715 | South | 32.976891 |
The Geographic Names Information System was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
See access and use constraints information.
None. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
A geographic feature is any relatively permanent part of the natural or manmade landscape or seascape that has recognizable identity within a particular cultural context. The primary attributes of a geographic feature are name and location.
Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names, By Donald J. Orth, Executive Secretary, Domestic Geographic Names (emeritus) and Louis A. Yost, Executive Secretary, United States Board on Geographic Names and Domestic Geographic Names, Third printing (revised) and Preliminary Online Edition, 1997 (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pppdgn.html).
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.