This dataset is known as Surface Management Agency (SMA) and was originally derived from the LAND dataset produced by the Arizona State Land Dept., Arizona Land Resource Information System (ALRIS). The LAND dataset was first started in 1984 and updated in the spring 1988 by the State Land Department Forestry Division and ALRIS. The original PLSS data is from the Department of Transportation (ADOT) and was digitized at 1:100,000 scale. The data was then projected into ARC/INFO format and edited using the procedures from the ASLD 'Land Status Map Digitizing Procedure' guide. The dataset covers the entire State of Arizona. Changes in federal agencies are done through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). BLM incorporates the federal land changes such as the BLM, Forest Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Fish & Wildlife Service, National Park Service, etc. BLM and State of Arizona surface management is updated approximately every six months in a cooperative effort with the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD). In 2011, the BLM contracted with Premier Data Services to conflate the SMA with the latest and more accurate PLSS known as the Cadastral National Spatial Data Infrastructure (CadNSDI) which is the most accurate PLSS available. This procedure has greatly improved the locational accuracy of the SMA. For purposes of simplicity, the BLM has also reduced the complexity of the dataset by removing all data except for the surface management information.

This data set is known as Surface Management Agency (SMA) and was originally derived from the LAND data set produced by the Arizona State Land Dept., Arizona Land Resource Information System (ALRIS). The LAND data set was first started in 1984 and updated in the spring 1988 by the State Land Department Forestry Division and ALRIS. The original PLSS data is from the Department of Transportation (ADOT) and was digitized at 1:100,000 scale. The data was then projected into ARC/INFO format and edited using the procedures from the ASLD 'Land Status Map Digitizing Procedure' guide. The data set covers the entire State of Arizona and includes surface management, the original plss, and county and state boundaries. Changes in federal agencies are done through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). BLM incorporates the federal land changes such as the BLM, Forest Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Fish & Wildlife Service, National Park Service, etc. BLM and State of Arizona surface management is updated approximately every six months in a cooperative effort with the Arizona State Land Department (ASLDIn 2011, the BLM contracted with Premier Data Services to conflate the SMA with the latest and more accurate PLSS know as the Cadastral National Spatial Data Infrastructure (CadNSDI) which is the most accurate PLSS available. This procedure has greatly improved the locational accuracy of the SMA. For purposes of simplicity, the BLM has also reduced the complexity of the data set by removing all data except for the surface management information.

The purpose of this dataset is to fulfill the public and Government’s need to know which agency is managing Federal land in a given area. For example, there may be a need to know what agency is managing a certain tract of land for the purpose of paying permit fees, obtaining licenses, or becoming informed about current laws, regulations, and restrictions governing access to and use of the land. This dataset serves as a tool to determine and illustrate the boundaries of a particular Federal agency’s “managing” area and to quantify these areas in terms of geographic acreage. These data are public information and may be used by various organizations, agencies, units of government (i.e., Federal, state, county, and city), and other entities. The geographic acreages contained in this dataset are not derived from legal documents associated with title documents or survey records. Rather, they are computed by mathematical programs and are described in detail in the supplemental section of the definition document referenced at the end of this section.The data can be used for small scale (1:24,000 and smaller) analysis and cartographic products.SMA was originally derived from the land dataset produced by the Arizona State Land Dept (ASLD), and the Arizona Land Resource Information System (ALRIS). The land dataset was initiated in 1984 and updated in the spring of 1988 by the State Land Department Forestry Division and ALRIS. The data was then projected into ARC/INFO format and edited using the procedures from the ASLD Land Status Map Digitizing Procedure guide. The land dataset covers the entire State of Arizona and includes surface management, public land survey system (PLSS) provided by the Department of Transportation (ADOT), and county and state boundaries.

This map depicts existing and future land use conditions for Maricopa County, Arizona. The Existing Land Use data are derived from Maricopa County Assessor parcels, public land data from Arizona State Land Department, and numerous other sources.

This data set is known as Surface Management Agency (SMA) and was originally derived from the LAND data set produced by the Arizona State Land Dept., Arizona Land Resource Information System (ALRIS). The LAND data set was first started in 1984 and updated in the spring 1988 by the State Land Department Forestry Division and ALRIS. The original PLSS data is from the Department of Transportation (ADOT) and was digitized at 1:100,000 scale. The data was then projected into ARC/INFO format and edited using the procedures from the ASLD 'Land Status Map Digitizing Procedure' guide. The data set covers the entire State of Arizona and includes surface management, the original plss, and county and state boundaries. Changes in federal agencies are done through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). BLM incorporates the federal land changes such as the BLM, Forest Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Fish & Wildlife Service, National Park Service, etc. BLM and State of Arizona surface management is updated approximately every six months in a cooperative effort with the Arizona State Land Department (ASLDIn 2011, the BLM contracted with Premier Data Services to conflate the SMA with the latest and more accurate PLSS know as the Cadastral National Spatial Data Infrastructure (CadNSDI) which is the most accurate PLSS available. This procedure has greatly improved the locational accuracy of the SMA. For purposes of simplicity, the BLM has also reduced the complexity of the data set by removing all data except for the surface management information.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the New River Community Park site, comprised of a Hohokam habitation with accompanying terrace, trails, masonry structure footings, and artifact scatter. The site is located on Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Land Department, and privately owned land.

The file consists of a site data form, Arizona Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resource Site Record, site environment form, and map of the site location.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Olsen Wash, comprised of a Hohokam sherd scatter and habitation site, located on State Trust land.

The file consists of a Site Steward Program resource nomination form, an Arizona State Museum archaeological survey form, and a map of the site location. The earliest dated document is from 1982.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Valencia Site, comprised of a Hohokam pit house village with accompanying lithic and ceramic artifacts, located on State Trust land.

The file consists of a Site Steward Program resource nomination form, Arizona State Museum archaeological survey form, and map of the site location. The earliest dated document is from 1976.

Natural Resource Conservation Districts (NRCDs) serve a critical role in conserving natural resources on all land within the State of Arizona. They are the experts are conservation needs and practices in their regions and many operate education centers, which serve their respective communities. Additionally, the NRCDs are essential partners of the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD), helping to steer federal, state, and non-profit grant funding to conservation projects on State Land, keeping the land productive for grazing and agriculture. Further, they provide technical assistance to ASLD staff, assisting in land management planning, initiating educational outreach and consulting with ASLD staff on a wide variety of natural resource management issues. NRCDs are locally controlled and governed by elected Boards of Supervisors and are supported financially and administratively through the Arizona State Land Department.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Jackrabbit Ruin, comprised of a 40- to 50-room proto-Hopi pueblo with accompanying burial area and possible kiva depressions, located on State Trust land.

The file consists of two site data forms, an Arizona State Inventory of Historic Places form, The Archaeological Conservancy site planning study, a cultural resource vandalism report, a map of the site location, and five color photographs depicting site vandalism. The earliest dated document is from 1983.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Casa de Piedras, located on State Trust land. The site is comprised of a Hohokam masonry compound, artifact scatter, and possible cremation. However, this file also contains information for sites throughout the Beardsley Canal Recharge Project area and in the Calderwood District. The metadata reflects the Casa de Piedras site specific documents.

The file consists of a site steward program resource nomination form, site map, letter regarding Calderwood District archaeological sites, 29 Arizona State Museum archaeological survey cards, three cultural resource vandalism reports with 10 accompanying color photographs, and additional hand drawn site maps for approximately half of the Arizona State Museum archaeological survey cards. The earliest dated document is from 1960.

The USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) is the nation's inventory of protected areas, including public open space and voluntarily provided, private protected areas, identified as an A-16 National Geospatial Data Asset in the Cadastral Theme (http://www.fgdc.gov/ngda-reports/NGDA_Datasets.html). PAD-US is an ongoing project with several published versions of a spatial database of areas dedicated to the preservation of biological diversity, and other natural, recreational or cultural uses, managed for these purposes through legal or other effective means. The geodatabase maps and describes public open space and other protected areas. Most areas are public lands owned in fee; however, long-term easements, leases, and agreements or administrative designations documented in agency management plans may be included. The PAD-US database strives to be a complete “best available” inventory of protected areas (lands and waters) including data provided by managing agencies and organizations. The dataset is built in collaboration with several partners and data providers (http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/padus/stewards/). See Supplemental Information Section of this metadata record for more information on partnerships and links to major partner organizations. As this dataset is a compilation of many data sets; data completeness, accuracy, and scale may vary. Federal and state data are generally complete, while local government and private protected area coverage is about 50% complete, and depends on data management capacity in the state. For completeness estimates by state: http://www.protectedlands.net/partners. As the federal and state data are reasonably complete; focus is shifting to completing the inventory of local gov and voluntarily provided, private protected areas. The PAD-US geodatabase contains over twenty-five attributes and four feature classes to support data management, queries, web mapping services and analyses: Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Fee, Easements and Combined. The data contained in the MPA Feature class are provided directly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Protected Areas Center (MPA, http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov ) tracking the National Marine Protected Areas System. The Easements feature class contains data provided directly from the National Conservation Easement Database (NCED, http://conservationeasement.us ) The MPA and Easement feature classes contain some attributes unique to the sole source databases tracking them (e.g. Easement Holder Name from NCED, Protection Level from NOAA MPA Inventory). The "Combined" feature class integrates all fee, easement and MPA features as the best available national inventory of protected areas in the standard PAD-US framework. In addition to geographic boundaries, PAD-US describes the protection mechanism category (e.g. fee, easement, designation, other), owner and managing agency, designation type, unit name, area, public access and state name in a suite of standardized fields. An informative set of references (i.e. Aggregator Source, GIS Source, GIS Source Date) and "local" or source data fields provide a transparent link between standardized PAD-US fields and information from authoritative data sources. The areas in PAD-US are also assigned conservation measures that assess management intent to permanently protect biological diversity: the nationally relevant "GAP Status Code" and global "IUCN Category" standard. A wealth of attributes facilitates a wide variety of data analyses and creates a context for data to be used at local, regional, state, national and international scales. More information about specific updates and changes to this PAD-US version can be found in the Data Quality Information section of this metadata record as well as on the PAD-US website, http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/padus/data/history/.) Due to the completeness and complexity of these data, it is highly recommended to review the Supplemental Information Section of the metadata record as well as the Data Use Constraints, to better understand data partnerships as well as see tips and ideas of appropriate uses of the data and how to parse out the data that you are looking for. For more information regarding the PAD-US dataset please visit, http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/padus/. To find more data resources as well as view example analysis performed using PAD-US data visit, http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/padus/resources/. The PAD-US dataset and data standard are compiled and maintained by the USGS Gap Analysis Program, http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/ . For more information about data standards and how the data are aggregated please review the “Standards and Methods Manual for PAD-US,” http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/padus/data/standards/ .

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Dripping Springs Pueblo site, comprised of a multi-room structure and petroglyphs, located on Bureau of Land Management land.

The file consists of two site data forms, a site steward heritage inventory record form, a hand drawn site map, three maps of site access routes, and a list of petroglyph sites. The earliest dated document is from 1999.

The AZGeo Data Hub is an initiative of the Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC) and was developed in partnership with the Arizona State Land Department. AZGeo provides access to online map services, FGDC compliant metadata, geospatial data downloads, and applications which are utilized by municipal, regional state and tribal governments, private companies and the public to support the needs of Arizona’s citizens.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Jagged Tooth Ruin, comprised of a pueblo and pit houses, located on State Trust land.

The file consists of an Arizona State Land Department memorandum, four maps of the site location, a steward service report form, a report of unauthorized use form, seven cultural resource vandalism report forms, a hand drawn site map, correspondence related to site vandalism, 12 black and white figures depicting the site, and 38 color photographs of the site. The earliest dated document is from 1991.

This dataset represents point locations of cities and towns in Arizona. The data contains point locations for incorporated cities, Census Designated Places and populated places. Several data sets were used as inputs to construct this data set. A subset of the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) national dataset for the state of Arizona was used for the base location of most of the points. Polygon files of the Census Designated Places (CDP), from the U.S. Census Bureau and an incorporated city boundary database developed and maintained by the Arizona State Land Department were also used for reference during development. Every incorporated city is represented by a point, originally derived from GNIS. Some of these points were moved based on local knowledge of the GIS Analyst constructing the data set. Some of the CDP points were also moved and while most CDP's of the Census Bureau have one point location in this data set, some inconsistencies were allowed in order to facilitate the use of the data for mapping purposes. Population estimates were derived from data collected during the 2010 Census. During development, an additional attribute field was added to provide additional functionality to the users of this data. This field, named 'DEF_CAT', implies definition category, and will allow users to easily view, and create custom layers or datasets from this file. For example, new layers may created to include only incorporated cities (DEF_CAT = Incorporated), Census designated places (DEF_CAT = Incorporated OR DEF_CAT = CDP), or all cities that are neither CDP's or incorporated (DEF_CAT= Other). This data is current as of February 2012. At this time, there is no planned maintenance or update process for this dataset.This data is created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning, reference, and analysis purposes. This data does not represent a legal record.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file that consists of Camp Date Creek, located on State Trust Land. The site is comprised of a prehistoric hearth, military parade ground, artifact scatter, and structures from multiple phases of use. The area served as an U. S. Army outpost beginning in 1867 and an Indian reservation between 1871 and 1873.

The file consists of a site data form, cultural resource vandalism report, correspondence concerning site vandalism, site map, a synopsis of observed illegal activity, a page of financial information, 19 color thumbnail photographs of site damage, and four pages of a longer report containing evidence of site disruption. The earliest dated document is from 1996.

This data set depicts federal lands having restrictions on access or activities -- that is, lands mangaed by the National Park Service, Defense Department, or Energy Department -- in western North America. The data set was created by reformatting and merging state- and province-based ownership data layers originally acquired from diverse sources (including state GAP programs, USBLM state offices and other sources). For each original dataset 3 additional fields, "Pub_Pvt", "CA_OWN", and "SOURCE" were added and populated based on the specific ownership information contained in the source data. The original coverages were then merged based on the "CA_OWN" field. Finally, NPS, DOD, and DOE lands were selected out of the ownership layer. All work was completed in AcMap 8.3. This product and all source data are available online from SAGEMAP: http://sagemap.wr.usgs.gov.

Sec. 368 Corridor Label: Depicts names of designated Section 368 Energy CorridorsSec. 368 Corridor Milepost: This layer depicts milepost point locations along the designated (per the requirements of Section 368 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) as West-wide energy corridor centerlines in Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service Records of Decision in connection with the final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Designation of Energy Corridors on Federal Land in the 11 Western States, November 2008. It is intended only as a means to describe locations along the designated corridors. Gaps in the corridor centerlines exist where federal land is not present and there are no designated corridors in these locations, however the gap distances are accounted for in the mileposting, and some mileposts exist in the gaps for continuity in the referencing system.Sec. 368 Designated Corridor - Current: This layer depicts areas which have been designated (per the requirements of Section 368 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) as West-wide energy corridors in Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service management plans in connection with the final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Designation of Energy Corridors on Federal Land in the 11Western States, November 2008 and the subsequent Records of Decision.Sec. 368 Designated Corridor - Historic: This layer depicts areas which have been Prohibited from Designation or Revised (per the requirements of Section 368 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) as West-wide energy corridors in Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service management plans in connection with the final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Designation of Energy Corridors on Federal Land in the 11Western States, November 2008 and the subsequent Records of Decision.Sec. 368 Designated Corridor Centerline: This layer depicts lines which have been designated (per the requirements of Section 368 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) as West-wide energy corridor centerlines in Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service management plans in connection with the final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Designation of Energy Corridors on Federal Land in the 11Western States, November 2008, and the subsequent Records of Decision. Each segment is also attributed with starting and ending mileposts.Regional Review Boundary: Regional review boundaries for Section 368 Energy Corridor reviews.Transmission Line (Wyoming BLM): This feature class contains existing above-ground transmission line geometry across the state of Wyoming. It was digitized from the 2015 NAIP aerial imagery dataset, and was checked for content against the Wyoming Infrastructure Authority data (via NREX) and Platts database data supplied by the BLM National Operations Center. This feature class will continue to be updated on an annual basis in correlation with the BLM's aviation hazards map products revision schedule.Legacy Locally Designated Corridor Area: The dataset consists of locally designated corridors. The dataset was created by combining corridors from multiple BLM sources. Datasets:Existing utility corridors on Kingman Field Office lands (received 9/3/14) Utah corridors (received 9/11/14)Designated BLM utility corridors in Montana (received 9/3/14)Utility corridors as identified by the Resource Management Plan on land managed by the USDOI Bureau of Land Management in the San Luis Valley in SouthCentral Colorado (received 5/14/09)Utility Corridors for the BLM California Desert District (received 7/10/09)Utility corridors in Nevada identified in various land use plans (received 9/3/14) Corridors in Nevada (received 11/3/08)Corridors in the Southern Nevada District Office (received 10/26/16) ROW Corridor designated in Gunnison RMP (received 10/20/2017)Text and map-based descriptions of corridors to remove in Arizona (received 11/8/2017)Legacy Locally Designated Corridor Centerline: This map is designed to display the utility corridors identified in various land use plans. It is a line coverage where lines are assigned labels of existing (some utility in the corridor) corridor, a designated (no utility using the corridor yet) corridor.BLM Solar Energy Zone: This dataset represents Solar Energy Zones available for utility-grade solar energy development under the Bureau of Land Management's Solar Energy Program Western Solar Plan. For details and definitions, see the website at http://blmsolar.anl.gov/sez/.BLM Solar Energy Zone Labels: This feature class was developed to represent Solar Energy Zones as part of the Bureau of Land Management's Solar Energy Program Western Solar Plan.BLM AZ Renewable Energy Dev. Areas: BLM RDEP ROD data. Restoration Design Energy Project Record of Decision, January 2013. This represents the REDA data based upon known resources listed in the ROD Table 2-1, Areas with Known Sensitive Resources (Eliminated from REDA Consideration), known at the time of January 2013. The REDAs may be changed in the future based upon changes in sensitive resources or further analysis and site specific analysis and new baseline data. RDEP decisions are only BLM-administered lands.Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, in conjunction with Environmental Management and Planning Solutions, Incorporated (EMPSi).BLM DRECP Development Focus Area (DFA): This feature class represents Development Focus Areas (DFAs) in the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) Region.BLM DRECP Variance Land: This feature class represents Variance Process Lands in the DRECP.WGA Western Renewable Energy Zone: Depicts renewable energy zone points centered in "geographic areas with at least 1,500 MW of high quality renewable energy within a 100 mile radius", as developed by the Western Governors'Association and U.S. Department of Energy in June 2009. Methodology used to create the dataare described in the WGA report: "Western Renewable Energy Zones - Phase 1Report: Mapping concentrated, high quality resources to meet demand in the WesternInterconnection's distant markets." June 2009.