Census Hydrographic Features, 2000 - San Francisco Bay Area, California

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Abstract
This polygon shapefile displays the hydrographic features throughout the San Francisco Bay Area of California. This category includes shorelines of all water regardless of the classification of the water itself. Predominant features which may be represented in this layer have Census Feature Class Code Major and Minor Descriptor (CFCC2 ) values of: H0 (Water feature, classification unknown or not elsewhere classified) H1 (Naturally Flowing Water Features: streams, rivers) H2 (Man-Made Channel to Transport Water or features used for purposes such as transportation, irrigation, or navigation: canals, ditches, or aqueducts) H3 (Inland Body of Water: lake or pond) H4 (Man-Made Body of Water: reservoir) H5 (Seaward Body of Water: Bay, estuary, gulf, sound, sea, or ocean) H6 (Body of Water in a Man-Made Excavation: flooded gravel pit) H7 (Nonvisible Definition Between Water Bodies. The Census Bureau digitizes nonvisible definition boundaries to separate named water areas; for instance, an artificial boundary is drawn to separate a named river from the connecting bay) H8 (Special Water Feature: Includes area covered by glaciers or snow fields) The Feature Name attribute further identifies water bodies as rivers, reservoirs, creeks, branches, forks, etc. This layer is part of the Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) GIS Maps and Data collection.
Purpose
This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.

Description

Type of resource cartographic, software, multimedia
Form Shapefile
Extent 0.223
Place Oakland, California, US
Publisher California. Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Date valid 2000
Publication date 2002
Language English
Digital origin born digital
Map data Scale not given. ; Custom projection W 123°38ʹ1ʺ--W 121°32ʹ15ʺ/N 38°46ʹ10ʺ--N 37°2ʹ49ʺW 123°38ʹ1ʺ--W 121°33ʹ22ʺ/N 38°46ʹ6ʺ--N 37°3ʹ14ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator California. Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Subjects

Subject Census
Subject Hydrography
Subject Hydrology
Subject Rivers
Subject Reservoirs
Subject Shorelines
Subject Water
Subject San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Subject San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject Contra Costa County (Calif.)
Subject Napa County (Calif.)
Subject San Mateo County (Calif.)
Subject San Mateo County (Calif.)
Subject Solano County (Calif.)
Subject Sonoma County (Calif.)
Subject Marin County (Calif.)
Subject Alameda County (Calif.)
Subject 2000
Subject Inland Waters
Subject Oceans
Genre Geospatial data
Genre Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

WGS84 Cartographics This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/ws441bn8045

Access conditions

Use and reproduction
This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
Copyright
This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.

Preferred citation

California, Metropolitan Transportation Commission. (2002). Census Hydrographic Features, 2000 - San Francisco Bay Area, MTC. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/ws441bn8045.

Collection

Metropolitan Transportation Commission GIS Maps & Data

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