Sanitation Districts: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015

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Abstract
This polygon shapefile depicts boundaries for the Health and Sanitation Districts in the County of Santa Cruz, California: Santa Cruz, Salsipuedes, Freedom and Davenport. County Service Areas 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 20 and 54 (unincorporated) are also included in this coverage. According to the California Special Districts Association, Sanitation Districts are Special Districts that oversee all aspects of waste management systems, including construction, operation, collection and treatment of garbage. It is governed by an elected Board of Directors. Health and Sanitation Districts were established as revenue source for administration, maintenance and improvement to sanitary sewer facilities in Districts. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data created for Santa Cruz County, California.
Purpose
The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Unit falls under the purview of the County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. The GIS Unit serves all County departments and external customers and provides data on land, features and people of Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz County encompasses 4 cities and approximately 265,000 people. This coverage can be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analyses of geospatial data.

Description

Type of resource cartographic, software, multimedia
Form Shapefile
Extent 4.516
Place Santa Cruz, California, US
Publisher County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department
Date valid 2015
Publication date 2015
Language English
Digital origin born digital
Map data Scale not given. ; EPSG::2227 W 122°19ʹ10ʺ--W 121°34ʹ53ʺ/N 37°17ʹ34ʺ--N 36°50ʹ32ʺW 122°19ʹ2ʺ--W 121°34ʹ56ʺ/N 37°17ʹ10ʺ--N 36°50ʹ56ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator Garcia, Paul
Creator Price, Matt

Subjects

Subject Sanitary districts
Subject Sewer districts
Subject Refuse disposal industry
Subject Santa Cruz County (Calif.)
Subject 2015
Subject Utilities and Communication
Genre Geospatial data
Genre Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

Supplemental information GIS Layer Number = 7D/ Boundaries were provided by the Sanitation Engineering Division of Santa Cruz County Public Works Department on paper maps. Boundaries were converted to AutoCAD drawing files by the GIS staff. These boundaries were plotted and then reviewed by the Sanitation Engineering Division of Santa Cruz County Public Works Department.
Use limitation These data were compiled from many different sources; therefore, the accuracy of the individual layers varies significantly, and some layers do not align exactly with others. In the urban areas, data are generally accurate within five to ten feet of their true geographic coordinates, but in the rural areas, data may be accurate to only within three hundred feet. With these limitations, the County of Santa Cruz disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy or correctness of this data. This disclaimer is exclusive and in lieu of any warranties, fitness for particular purpose, and/or any other type of warranty, whether expressed or implied.
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/gp968zk6717

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Use and reproduction
This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
Copyright
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Preferred citation

Preferred citation
County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. (2015). Sanitation Districts: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015. Santa Cruz County, California. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/gp968zk6717.

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Santa Cruz County, California GIS Maps & Data

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