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<idinfo>
<citation>
<citeinfo>
<origin>Johnson, Tyler</origin>
<origin>Belitz, Kenneth</origin>
<pubdate>2003</pubdate>
<title>Digital Map of the Hydrogeologic Provinces of California</title>
<edition>1.0</edition>
<geoform>map</geoform>
<serinfo>
<sername>Open-File Report</sername>
<issue>USGS OFR 03-470</issue>
</serinfo>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>San Diego, CA</pubplace>
<publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
</pubinfo>
<onlink>http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?ca_provinces</onlink>
<lworkcit>
<citeinfo>
<origin>Belitz, Kenneth</origin>
<origin>Dubrovsky, Neil M.</origin>
<origin>Burow, Karen</origin>
<origin>Jurgens, Bryant</origin>
<origin>Johnson, Tyler</origin>
<pubdate>2003</pubdate>
<title>
Framework for a Ground-Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment
Program for California
</title>
<edition>1.0</edition>
<serinfo>
<sername>Water Resources Investigations Report</sername>
<issue>WRIR 03-4166</issue>
</serinfo>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>Sacramento, CA</pubplace>
<publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
</pubinfo>
<onlink>withheld</onlink>
</citeinfo>
</lworkcit>
<ftname Sync="TRUE">Provinces</ftname>
</citeinfo>
</citation>
<descript>
<abstract>
Ten hydrogeologic provinces of California are represented by a region-
class feature called "provinces" within this digital data set. These
provinces were identified and defined in the USGS Water Resource
Investigation Report (WRIR) 03-4166 (Belitz and others, 2003) titled,
"Framework for a Ground-water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Plan for
California". Hydrogeologic provinces are generalized areas where hydrology
and/or geology have similar characteristics. The Southern Cal Islands
group was not previously defined as a province in WRIR 03-4166, and is
therefore identified as a group in this dataset.
These provinces were created by grouping polygons from two formally created
digital data sets into respective provinces. New polygons were created
where necessary. The two digital data set sources consisted of watershed
polygons (calwater) and groundwater basin polygons (gw_basins) compiled to
create an original publication of hydrogeologic province boundaries in the
form of a region-class within the data set. By symbolizing on the region-
class, the user can view the ten hydrogeologic provinces and one grouped
province in their simplest representation, without watershed and ground-
water basin boundaries obscuring the province areas.
Original polygons for both the watershed data set and the ground-water basin
data set were retained as much as possible.
</abstract>
<purpose>
This digital data set was created to provide a context for developing a
statewide, comprehensive ground-water monitoring and assessment program as
per the requirements of the California State Assembly bill AB599. The
development of this data set facilitated analysis and identification of the
priority basins and areas outside basins.
This data set was developed from previously developed digital data sets of
ground-water basins (California Department of Water Resources, 2002) and
watersheds (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 1999).
The "Source Information" section contains further descriptions. The
previously developed digital maps were used to maintain consistency with
boundaries recognized by State agencies.
Hydrogeologic provinces identify regions of similar geologic or hydrologic
properties. The "Process Step" section contains a detailed description of
each province or group. Most of the attributes were retained from the two
coverages (calwater) and (gw_basins). The "Attributes" section provides more
information on attribute descriptions.
</purpose>
<supplinf>
A further description of the hydrogeologic provinces and their descriptions
can be found in the USGS Water Resource Investigation Report WRIR 03-4166
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri034166/wri034166.html.
Some parts of this metadata were extracted from Appendix B of the same
report.
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only
and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is
intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in
ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific
terminology.
</supplinf>
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</descript>
<timeperd>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>unknown</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
<current>ground condition</current>
</timeperd>
<status>
<progress>Complete</progress>
<update>As needed</update>
</status>
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<bounding>
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<southbc>32.425411</southbc>
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<keywords>
<theme>
<themekt>none</themekt>
<themekey>hydrogeologic provinces</themekey>
<themekey>California</themekey>
<themekey>Ground water basins</themekey>
<themekey>hydrogeology</themekey>
<themekey>geologic province</themekey>
</theme>
</keywords>
<accconst>none</accconst>
<useconst>none</useconst>
<ptcontac>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>United States Geological Survey</cntorg>
<cntper>Tyler Johnson</cntper>
</cntorgp>
<cntpos>Geographer</cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
<address>5735 Kearny Villa Rd.</address>
<address>Suite O</address>
<city>San Diego</city>
<state>CA</state>
<postal>92123</postal>
<country>USA</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>858.637.9005</cntvoice>
</cntinfo>
</ptcontac>
<datacred>Johnson, Tyler and Belitz, Kenneth</datacred>
<secinfo>
<secsys>Public</secsys>
<secclass>Unclassified</secclass>
<sechandl>none</sechandl>
</secinfo>
<native/>
<natvform Sync="TRUE">Shapefile</natvform>
</idinfo>
<dataqual>
<logic>Polygon and chain-node topology present</logic>
<complete>
This data set supplements the online report
WRIR 03-4166 and is complete.
</complete>
<lineage>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>Saucedo, G.J.</origin>
<origin>Bedford, D.R.</origin>
<origin>Raines, G.L.</origin>
<origin>Miller, R.J.</origin>
<origin>Wentworth, C.M.</origin>
<pubdate>00002000</pubdate>
<title>GIS Data for the Geologic Map of California</title>
<geoform>map</geoform>
<serinfo>
<sername>DMG CD 2000-007</sername>
<issue>2000-007</issue>
</serinfo>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>California</pubplace>
<publish>
California Department of Conservation: Division of Mines
and Geology
</publish>
</pubinfo>
<othercit>
Map is a digital version of the Geologic Map
of California 1977
</othercit>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>100000</srcscale>
<typesrc>CD-ROM</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>unknown</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>ground condition</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>cdmg cd 2000-07</srccitea>
<srccontr>
Geology of California Map. This map was used as a
background image to identify the geologic formations
that separated the various provinces. Each watershed
and groundwater basin polygon was assigned to a
province using the Geologic Map. The Geologic map
was only one of the guides to help determine changes
in geology that would indicate a separate
hydrogeologic province.
</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>
California Department of Conservation: Division of Mines and
Geology
</origin>
<pubdate>04012002</pubdate>
<title>California Geomorphic Provinces</title>
<serinfo>
<sername>Note 36</sername>
<issue>36</issue>
</serinfo>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>California</pubplace>
<publish>State of California</publish>
</pubinfo>
<othercit>
WWW site
California Geomorphic Provinces Note 36
916.445.6199
www.conservation.ca.gov
</othercit>
<onlink>withheld</onlink>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>500000</srcscale>
<typesrc>Web Site</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>unknown</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>Province Map Note 36</srccitea>
<srccontr>
Province Map of California. This map was printed out
and used to identify the general geologic provinces
of California.
</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>Norris, R.M.</origin>
<origin>Webb, R.W.</origin>
<pubdate>00001990</pubdate>
<title>Geology of California</title>
<edition>2nd</edition>
<geoform>map</geoform>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>New York</pubplace>
<publish>John Wiley &amp; Sons</publish>
</pubinfo>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>500000</srcscale>
<typesrc>paper</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>unknown</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>ground condition</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>Geology of California</srccitea>
<srccontr>
This book was used to identify geologic regions and
provinces of California.
</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>California Department of Water Resources</origin>
<pubdate>05032002</pubdate>
<title>Statewide Groundwater Basin Map Draft Version 2 (May 3, 2002)</title>
<edition>2.0</edition>
<geoform>map</geoform>
<serinfo>
<sername>DWR - Bulletin 118</sername>
<issue>Draft version 2</issue>
</serinfo>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>California</pubplace>
<publish>Department of Water Resources</publish>
</pubinfo>
<onlink>withheld</onlink>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>24000</srcscale>
<typesrc>online</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>unknown</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>ground condition</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>gw_basins</srccitea>
<srccontr>
This is one of two existing data sets used to create this final product.
This shapefile was downloaded from the Department of Water Resources
website and used to represent the groundwater basins of California.
This shapefile was converted to a coverage and the polygons were merged
with the CALWATER coverage.
Most of the original polygons and attributes were retained in this final
product.
</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<srcinfo>
<srccite>
<citeinfo>
<origin>California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection</origin>
<pubdate>00001999</pubdate>
<title>Watersheds CALWATER 2.2</title>
<edition>2.2</edition>
<geoform>map</geoform>
<onlink>withheld</onlink>
</citeinfo>
</srccite>
<srcscale>24000</srcscale>
<typesrc>online</typesrc>
<srctime>
<timeinfo>
<sngdate>
<caldate>09011999</caldate>
</sngdate>
</timeinfo>
<srccurr>ground condition</srccurr>
</srctime>
<srccitea>CALWATER</srccitea>
<srccontr>
This is one of two existing data sets used to create this final product.
This shapefile was downloaded from the California Forestry and Fire
Protection website and used to represent the watersheds of California.
This shapefile was converted to a coverage and the polygons were merged
with the gw_basin coverage.
Most of the original polygons and attributes were retained in this final
product.
</srccontr>
</srcinfo>
<procstep>
<procdesc>
Introduction:
This digital data set was created to provide a context for developing a
statewide, comprehensive ground-water monitoring and assessment program
as per the requirements of the California State Assembly bill AB599. The
metadata contained herein contains excerpts from Appendix B of the USGS
Water Resource Investigation Report WRIR - 03-4166 http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri034166/wri034166.html.
This data set was developed from previously developed digital data sets of
ground-water basins (California Department of Water Resources, 2002) and
watersheds (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 1999).
The development of this data set facilitated analysis and identification
of the priority basins and areas outside basins. The previously developed
digital maps were used to maintain consistency with boundaries recognized
by State agencies.
Ten hydrogeologic provinces and one grouped province were created and are
represented by a region-class feature called "provinces" within the
digital data set. By symbolizing on the region-class, the user can view
the ten hydrogeologic and one grouped province in their simplest
representation, without watershed and basin boundaries obscuring the
province arcs.
The boundaries between hydrogeologic provinces generally correspond with
the boundaries between major geomorphic and geologic provinces (Norris and
Webb, 1990; Saucedo and others, 2000; California Geological Survey, 2002).
However, the specific locations are based on ground-water basin polygons
(California Department of Water Resources, 2002) and on watershed
polygons (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 1999).
In areas where ground-water basin polygons approximate province
boundaries, ground-water basin polygons were used; therefore, ground-
water basins are always contained within a single province. In other
areas, the watershed polygons that most closely approximated the
province boundaries were used. In a few instances, the boundary between
hydrogeologic provinces is not approximated by either a ground-water
basin or watershed polygons. In those instances, watersheds polygons
were divided manually between hydrogeologic provinces. No ground-water
polygons were divided.
A summary of the grouping process appears below, highlighting the areas
where polygons were altered.
Process:
1) Downloaded the groundwater basin shapefile draft version 2 from the
DWR website.
2) Reprojected and converted shapefile to coverage.
3) Created redefined items REGION and BASIN from the "DWR_" column
4) Added items SUBBASIN and GW_ID.
5) Populated SUBBASIN by selecting basins that used a .%% in the
"SUBBSN_" field and then selected the right three digits. (% is a
wild card)
6) Populated the GW_ID item by copying over the "DWR_" item and then
selecting those basins in REGION 5 BASIN 21 and 22 and copied over
the SUBBASIN (.xx) number into the GW_ID. This was done to break up
the San Joaquin and Sacramento Basins into smaller subbasins.
7) One polygon within the basin "Conejo-Tierra Rejada Volcanic" had a
misnamed polygon. It was labeled "Conejo-Tierra Rejada Volcanics"
instead of "Conejo-Tierra Rejada Volcanic". The "s" was subsequently
dropped. (basin 4-21)
8) Downloaded CALWATER shapefile from Forestry website.
9) Reprojected and converted shapefile to coverage.
10) Used the ERASE command to remove the CALWATER polygons that fell
within a groundwater basin. This created a new coverage that only
has CALWATER polygons outside of areas considered a groundwater basin.
11) Used the UNION command to merge together the newly created "erase"
coverage in step 10 with the GW_BASINS coverage created in steps 1-7.
12) Deleted 16 dangling nodes and built coverage. Clean was not used.
13) Grouped each polygon from the resulting coverage created in step 12
into hydrogeologic provinces. The grouping is outlined below
for each province: (Excerpt from Appendix B, WRIR 03-4166)
The Northern Coast Ranges hydrogeologic province includes 79 ground-water
basins and 126 watersheds. The boundary with the Klamath Mountain province
is primarily defined by watersheds that approximate the Coast Range Fault;
one watershed (Klamath Glen hydrologic subarea) extends to both sides of
the fault and was divided between the two provinces. Two other watersheds
(Platina and Ono hydrologic subareas) were also divided between the two
provinces to better approximate the contact between Cretaceous sedimentary
rocks of the Coast Ranges from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic metamorphic
rocks of the Klamath Mountains. The boundary between the Northern Coast
Ranges and Central Valley provinces is defined by the boundary of the
Sacramento ground-water basin.
The Southern Coast Ranges hydrogeologic province includes 74 ground-water
basins and 89 watersheds. The western part of the boundary with the
Transverse and selected Peninsular Ranges province is defined by
ground-water basin boundaries that approximate the Santa Ynez Fault;
the eastern part of the boundary is defined by watershed boundaries that
approximate the Santa Ynez and Big Pine Faults. The boundary with the
Central Valley province is defined by the boundary of the San Joaquin
ground-water basin.
The Klamath Mountains hydrogeologic province includes 7 ground-water
basins and 51 watersheds. The boundary with the Northern Coast Ranges
province is defined by watershed boundaries that approximate geologic
boundaries; three watersheds (Klamath Glen, Platina, and Ono hydrologic
subareas) are divided between the two provinces. The boundary with the
Modoc Plateau and Cascades province is defined by ground-water basin
and watershed boundaries that approximate geologic boundaries; three
watersheds (Hornbrook, Squaw Valley, and Big Bend hydrologic subareas)
are divided between the two provinces. The boundary with the Central
Valley province is defined by the boundary of the Sacramento ground-water
basin.
The Modoc Plateau and Cascades hydrogeologic province includes 55 ground-
water basins and 70 watersheds. The boundary with the Klamath Mountains
province is defined by ground-water basin and watershed boundaries that
approximate geologic boundaries; three watersheds (Hornbrook, Squaw
Valley, and Big Bend hydrologic subareas) are divided between the two
provinces. The boundary with the Sierra Nevada province is also defined
by ground-water basin and watershed boundaries that approximate geologic
boundaries; three watersheds (Upper Little Chico hydrologic area, West
Branch North Folk hydrologic area, and Butt Valley hydrologic subarea)
were divided between the two provinces. The boundary with the Central
Valley province is defined by the boundary of the Sacramento ground-water
basin.
The Central Valley hydrogeologic province consists of the Sacramento and
San Joaquin ground-water basins, and includes eight watersheds. These two
ground-water basins include 36 relatively large ground-water subbasins,
which for the purposes of this study are recognized as individual ground-
water basins. The boundaries of the Central Valley hydrogeologic province
are entirely defined by ground-water basin boundaries. The province
includes a few areas of relatively low permeability areas that are
surrounded by ground-water subbasins.
The Sierra Nevada hydrogeologic province includes 22 ground-water basins
and 161 watersheds. The boundary with the Central Valley Province is
defined by the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin ground-water
basins. The boundary with the Modoc Plateau and Cascades province is
defined by ground-water basin and watershed boundaries that approximate
geologic boundaries; three watersheds (Upper Little Chico hydrologic area,
West Branch North Folk hydrologic area, and Butt Valley hydrologic
subarea) were divided between the two provinces. The boundary with the
Basin and Range province is also defined by ground-water basin and
watershed boundaries that approximate geologic boundaries; one watershed
(Upper Owens hydrologic area) was divided between the two provinces. An
additional watershed (Neenach hydrologic area) was divided between the
Sierra Nevada province and Transverse and Selected Peninsular Ranges
province.
The Basin and Range hydrogeologic province includes 45 ground-water basins
and 56 watersheds. The boundary with the Sierra Nevada province is
defined by ground-water basin and watershed boundaries that approximate
geologic boundaries; only one watershed (Upper Owens hydrologic area)
was divided between the two provinces. Most of the boundary with the
Desert province is defined by ground-water basin boundaries that
approximate the Garlock Fault. The easternmost part of the boundary is
defined by ground-water basin boundaries that approximate the geomorphic
boundary between the north-south trending mountains of the Basin and
Range province and the broader, more widely-spaced mountains of the
Desert province.
The Transverse and selected Peninsular Ranges hydrogeologic province
includes 33 ground-water basins and 167 watersheds. The boundaries with
the Southern Coast Range, Sierra Nevada, and Desert provinces are defined
by ground-water basin and watershed boundaries that approximate geologic
boundaries, including the Santa Ynez, Big Pine, and San Andreas Faults.
Mountain areas along the boundaries, other than the Sierra Nevadas, are
generally included in the Transverse and selected Peninsular Ranges
province. Only one watershed (Neenach hydrologic area) was divided between
provinces. The boundary with the San Diego Drainages province is defined
by boundaries between relatively large watersheds defined as "hydrologic
units" (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 1999). The
boundaries between the large-scale watersheds (hydrologic units) also
correspond to the boundaries between ground-water basins, including the
Santa Ana, Elsinore, and San Jacinto ground-water basins, which are
included in the Transverse and selected Peninsular Ranges province.
The San Diego Drainages province includes 25 ground-water basins and 163
watersheds. The boundary with the Transverse and Selected Peninsular
Ranges to the north is defined by the boundaries of hydrologic units,
which are relatively large watersheds. The boundary with the Desert
province to the east is defined by the boundaries of hydrologic regions,
which are the largest scale watershed identified by the State Water
Resources Control Board (California Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection, 1999). No watersheds, including relatively small-scale
hydrologic subareas, were divided along any of the boundaries of the
San Diego Drainages province.
The Desert hydrogeologic province includes 96 ground-water basins and
110 watersheds. The boundary with the Transverse and Selected Peninsular
Ranges province is primarily defined by ground-water basin boundaries
that delineate the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains, which are
part of the Transverse and Selected Peninsular Ranges province, from
ground-water basins that are a part of the Desert province. Ground-water
basins along the boundary include the Antelope, Mojave, and Coachella
basins. The boundary with the Basin and Range province is defined by
ground-water basin boundaries, as noted previously. The boundary with the
San Diego Province is defined by a major watershed divide demarcating the
South Coastal and Colorado River hydrologic regions.
Southern Cal Islands: WRIR 03-4166 (Belitz and Others, 2003) did not
identify the Southern California Islands as part of any province. These
islands do not contain any identified ground-water basins or watershed
polygons. They have been grouped in this dataset to facilitate complete
graphic representation for the entire State.
</procdesc>
<procdate>00002002</procdate>
<proccont>
<cntinfo>
<cntperp>
<cntper>Tyler Johnson</cntper>
<cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey</cntorg>
</cntperp>
<cntpos>Geographer</cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
<address>5735 Kearny Villa Rd., Suite O</address>
<city>San Diego</city>
<state>CA</state>
<postal>92123</postal>
<country>USA</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>858.637.9005</cntvoice>
</cntinfo>
</proccont>
</procstep>
<procstep>
<procdesc Sync="TRUE">Metadata imported.</procdesc>
<srcused Sync="FALSE">withheld</srcused>
<date Sync="TRUE">20031215</date>
<time Sync="TRUE">13020400</time>
</procstep>
<procstep>
<procdesc Sync="TRUE">Dataset moved.</procdesc>
<srcused Sync="FALSE">withheld</srcused>
<date Sync="TRUE">20031215</date>
<time Sync="TRUE">15125900</time>
</procstep>
</lineage>
</dataqual>
<spdoinfo>
<direct>Vector</direct>
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<esriterm Name="Provinces_edited2">
<efeatyp Sync="TRUE">Simple</efeatyp>
<efeageom Sync="TRUE" code="4"/>
<esritopo Sync="TRUE">FALSE</esritopo>
<efeacnt Sync="TRUE">0</efeacnt>
<spindex Sync="TRUE">FALSE</spindex>
<linrefer Sync="TRUE">FALSE</linrefer>
</esriterm>
</ptvctinf>
</spdoinfo>
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<horizsys>
<planar>
<planci>
<plance>coordinate pair</plance>
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<ordres>0.002048</ordres>
</coordrep>
<plandu>meters</plandu>
</planci>
</planar>
<geodetic>
<horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn>
<ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips>
<semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis>
<denflat>298.257222</denflat>
</geodetic>
<cordsysn>
<geogcsn Sync="TRUE">GCS_North_American_1983</geogcsn>
<projcsn Sync="TRUE">NAD_1983_Albers</projcsn>
</cordsysn>
</horizsys>
</spref>
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<detailed Name="Provinces_edited2">
<enttyp>
<enttypl>province_map.pat</enttypl>
<enttypd>Polygon Attribute Table</enttypd>
<enttypds>ESRI</enttypds>
<enttypt Sync="TRUE">Feature Class</enttypt>
<enttypc Sync="TRUE">0</enttypc>
</enttyp>
<attr>
<attrlabl>FID</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>
Sequential unique whole numbers that are
automatically generated.
</udom>
</attrdomv>
<attalias Sync="TRUE">FID</attalias>
<attrtype Sync="TRUE">OID</attrtype>
<attwidth Sync="TRUE">4</attwidth>
<atprecis Sync="TRUE">0</atprecis>
<attscale Sync="TRUE">0</attscale>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Shape</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>Coordinates defining the features.</udom>
</attrdomv>
<attalias Sync="TRUE">Shape</attalias>
<attrtype Sync="TRUE">Geometry</attrtype>
<attwidth Sync="TRUE">0</attwidth>
<atprecis Sync="TRUE">0</atprecis>
<attscale Sync="TRUE">0</attscale>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>PROVINCE</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Provinces of California</attrdef>
<attrdefs>Authors</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>Text</udom>
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<attalias Sync="TRUE">PROVINCE</attalias>
<atprecis Sync="TRUE">0</atprecis>
<attscale Sync="TRUE">0</attscale>
</attr>
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<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>
Sequential unique whole numbers that are
automatically generated.
</udom>
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<attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>Coordinates defining the features.</udom>
</attrdomv>
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<atprecis Sync="TRUE">0</atprecis>
<attscale Sync="TRUE">0</attscale>
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<attr>
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<attrdef>Area of feature in internal units squared.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>
Positive real numbers that are automatically
generated.
</udom>
</attrdomv>
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<atoutwid Sync="TRUE">18</atoutwid>
<attrtype Sync="TRUE">String</attrtype>
</attr>
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<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>
Positive real numbers that are automatically
generated.
</udom>
</attrdomv>
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<attrtype Sync="TRUE">Float</attrtype>
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<attr>
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<attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>
Sequential unique whole numbers that are
automatically generated.
</udom>
</attrdomv>
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<attrtype Sync="TRUE">Binary</attrtype>
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<attrdef>User-defined feature number.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>
Sequential unique whole numbers that are
automatically generated.
</udom>
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<atoutwid Sync="TRUE">5</atoutwid>
<attrtype Sync="TRUE">Binary</attrtype>
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<attrdef>Provinces of California</attrdef>
<attrdefs>Authors</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom>Text</udom>
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<overview>
<eaover>
Most of the items came from CALWATER or
the Groundwater basin shapefile (GW_BASINS)
downloaded from their prospective websites.
Therefore, many items are only populated from
their respective origins. CALWATER items are
populated for original CALWATER polygons,
GW_BASIN items are populated for original
GW_BASIN polygons. No attempt has been made
to repopulate these blank entries.
</eaover>
<eadetcit>none</eadetcit>
</overview>
</eainfo>
<distinfo>
<distrib>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>U. S. Geological Survey</cntorg>
</cntorgp>
<cntpos>Water Webserver Team</cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
<address>12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. MS 440</address>
<city>Reston</city>
<state>VA</state>
<postal>20192</postal>
<country>USA</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>1.800.426.9000</cntvoice>
</cntinfo>
</distrib>
<resdesc>Downloadable Data</resdesc>
<distliab>
Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey,
U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied
is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the
data.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty,
and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in
the use of this data, software, or related materials.
</distliab>
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</networka>
</computer>
</onlinopt>
</digtopt>
</digform>
<fees>none</fees>
<ordering>Available via FTP</ordering>
</stdorder>
</distinfo>
<metainfo>
<metd>20031205</metd>
<metc>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>United States Geological Survey</cntorg>
<cntper>REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.</cntper>
</cntorgp>
<cntpos>Water Webserver Team</cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
<address>12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 440</address>
<address>Ste O</address>
<city>Reston</city>
<state>VA</state>
<postal>20192</postal>
<country>USA</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>858.637.9005</cntvoice>
</cntinfo>
</metc>
<metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
<metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
<mettc>local time</mettc>
<metac>none</metac>
<metuc>none</metuc>
<metextns>
<onlink>http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html</onlink>
<metprof>ESRI Metadata Profile</metprof>
</metextns>
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</metainfo>
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<SyncOnce>FALSE</SyncOnce>
<SyncDate>20141002</SyncDate>
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<ModDate>20170818</ModDate>
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