Riverside County's GIS web viewer that supplies various datasets containing parcel, transportation, environmental, and boundary layers and more.

Vector polygon map data of property parcels from Riverside County, California containing 846, 890 features.

Property parcel GIS map data consists of detailed information about individual land parcels, including their boundaries, ownership details, and geographic coordinates.

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Property parcel data can be used to analyze and visualize land-related information for purposes such as real estate assessment, urban planning, or environmental management.

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Available for viewing and sharing as a map in a Koordinates map viewer. This data is also available for export to DWG for CAD, PDF, KML, CSV, and GIS data formats, including Shapefile, MapInfo, and Geodatabase.

APN refers to Assessor's Parcel Number FLAG refers to a special designation for the parcel

City of Riverside Open Data for use in the city.

Polygon Feature Class identifying the location of all recorded tract and parcel maps within the City of Temecula.This layer was originally created in 1999.This layer should be recreated at the time the City updates its parcel based data that it receives from the County of Riverside which occurs on a quarterly basis.This layer was updated/recreated in September of 2017.

The California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) contracted with the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) and Aerial Information Systems (AIS) to produce an alliance-level, vegetation classification and map of Western Riverside County, California. The resulting classification and map products will be used to help establish a monitoring basis for the vegetation and habitats of the Western Riverside County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP). The plan aims to conserve over 500,000 acres of land out of the 1.26 million acre total. This area is the largest MSHCP ever attempted and is an integral piece of the network of Southern California Habitat Conservation Plans and Natural Community Conservation Planning (Dudek 2001, Dudek 2003). Riverside County is one of the fastest growing counties in California, as well as one of the most biodiverse counties in the United States. A wide array of habitats are found within the non-developed lands in Western Riverside County, including coastal sage scrub, vernal pools, montane coniferous forest, chaparral, foothill woodland, annual grassland, and desert. In the CNPS contract, vegetation resources were assessed quantitatively through field surveys, data analysis, and final vegetation classification. Field survey data were analyzed statistically to come up with a floristically-based classification. Each vegetation type sampled was classified according to the National Vegetation Classification System to the alliance level (and association level if possible). The vegetation alliances were described floristically and environmentally in standard descriptions, and a final key was produced to differentiate among 101 alliances, 169 associations, and 3 unique stands (for final report, see https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=18245). In a parallel but separate effort by AIS (as reported in this dataset), vegetation mapping was undertaken through interpretation of ortho-rectified, aerial photographs for vegetation signatures in color infrared (CIR) and in natural color (imagery flown in winter or summer). A detailed map has been produced through the following process: 1) hand-delineation of polygons on base CIR imagery, 2) digitization of polygons, and 3) attribution of the vegetation types and overstory cover values. The map was created in a Geographic Information System (GIS) digital format, as was the database of field surveys. The dataset was produced through an on-screen photo interpretation procedure using three sets of geo-referenced imagery. The data is classified to a floristic classification derived through clustering analysis procedures based on species dominance and significance. The classification is based on the MCV (Manual of California Vegetation) in which 103 alliances and 169 floristic associations have been defined for the study area. Over 3300 full plot and reconnaissance points have been used in helping classify the mapped polygons. Mapped polygons are classified to either an association, alliance or mapping unit which may be an aggregation of associations or alliances. The dataset encompasses the western portions of Riverside County from the county boundary on the west eastward to the summit of the San Jacinto Mountains and Anza valley.

This Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) was created using scanned U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute 1 to 24,000 scale maps georeferenced in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid. DRGs can be acquired with or without collar information for use in Geographic Information System (GIS) environment. Collarless DRGs can be edge matched creating a continuous collection of topographic maps.

Tax rate area boundaries and related data based on changes filed with the Board of Equalization per Government Code 54900 for the specified assessment roll year. The data included in this map is maintained by the California State Board of Equalization and may differ slightly from the data published by other agencies. BOE_TRA layer = tax rate area boundaries and the assigned TRA number for the specified assessment roll year; BOE_Changes layer = boundary changes filed with the Board of Equalization for the specified assessment roll year; Data Table (C##_YYYY) = tax rate area numbers and related districts for the specified assessment roll year

This ownership dataset utilizes a methodology that results in a federal ownership extent that matches the Federal Responsibility Areas (FRA) footprint from CAL FIRE's State Responsibility Areas for Fire Protection (SRA) data. FRA lands are snapped to county parcel data, thus federal ownership areas will also be snapped. Since SRA Fees were first implemented in 2011, CAL FIRE has devoted significant resources to improve the quality of SRA data. This includes comparing SRA data to data from other federal, state, and local agencies, an annual comparison to county assessor roll files, and a formal SRA review process that includes input from CAL FIRE Units. As a result, FRA lands provide a solid basis as the footprint for federal lands in California (except in the southeastern desert area). The methodology for federal lands involves:

This data set of line features represent Riverside County's recorded street centerlines.This data set was designed to carry out functions of the Transportation department and is not a true street network layer. Centerlines do not have complete "connectivity" due to the fact that this layer is primarily roads that have been recorded but does not necessarily contain all roads. OBJECTID - Internal feature number. STNAME - Recorded name of the centerline. TYPE - Used to classify roads, primarily by surface type. Description of the codes found in the attribute "TYPE" TYPE DESCRIPTION C01 Federal Aid Interstate C02 State Highways C03 F.A.U. Maintained C04 F.A.S. Maintained C05 Paved Surface Maintained C06 Paved Surface (Traveled) C07 Graveled Surface Maintained C08 Graveled Surface (Traveled) C09 Dirt Surface Maintained C10 Dirt Surface (Traveled) C11 Accepted For Public Use C12 Non-County/Accepted for P.U. C13 Non-County road C14 Vacated C15 Abandon C16 Maintained F.A.U./Non-County C17 Maintained F.A.S./Non-County C18 Maintained Paved/Accepted C19 Maintained Paved/Non-County C20 Maintained Paved/Vacated C21 Maintained Gravel/Accepted C22 Maintained Gravel/Non-County C23 Maintained Gravel/Vacated C24 Maintained Dirt/Accepted C25 Maintained Dirt/Non-County C26 Maintained Dirt/Vacated C27 Accepted/Vacated C28 Maintained Under Contract C29 City Road C30 Paved Maintained/Dirt Maintained C31 Dedicated and Accepted/CFD Maintained W01 Maintained for City W02 Maintained for City/Non-County W03 Maintained for City/Non-County (Reversed) W04 Maintained for City/Accepted W05 F.A.U. Maintained/Maintained for City W06 Dirt Surface Maintained/Maintained for City W07 Paved Surface Maintained/Maintained for City W08 Graveled Surface Maintained/Maintained for City Z01 Traffic Division Modeling Connectivity Use Only (The "W" series within the TYPE field were initially created for the City of Wildomar, but have had their application expanded to include any Centerline where the County maintains the road for a City - typically for a limited period after a City's incorporation. The "W" will continue as a convention to make it easy to distinguish such roads from roads normally maintained by the County, even though it is understood that the "W" will lose its initial association with the City of Wildomar over time.). GENPLANTYPE - General Plan Classification of the Road. Not corrected for the RCLIS 2003 updated at thsi time. Description of the codes found in the attribute "GENPLANTYPE" GENPLANTYPE SYMBOL DESCRIPTION 01 101 FREEWAY 02 201 EXPRESSWAY 03 301 URBAN ARTERIAL 04 304 URBAN ARTERIAL (PROPOSED) 05 401 ARTERIAL 06 404 ARTERIAL (PROPOSED) 07 501 MOUNTAIN ARTERIAL 08 504 MOUNTAIN ARTERIAL (PROPOSED) 09 13 MAJOR 10 16 MAJOR (PROPOSED) 11 21 SECONDARY 12 24 SECONDARY (PROPOSED) 13 801 SPECIFIC PLAN ROAD 14 804 SPECIFIC PLAN ROAD (PROPOSED) 15 25 SCENIC ROUTE 16 28 SCENIC ROUTE (PROPOSED) 17 0 COLLECTOR(PROPOSED) indicates that the road is part of the "General PLan Alignment" but does not currently exist as a legal centerline. This type of centerline will be stored in the CENTERLINEREF data set. DIRECTION - Represents the direction of traffic flow. Presently not supported. NAMEID - Numerical representation of the recorded street name. Unique STNAME and NAMEID values are tracked in the STNMS table. RDNUMBER - Used by the Transportation Department to identify county maintained roads. Used for accounting purposes. SEGNUMBER - Used in combination with the RDNUMBER to uniquely identify an individual centerline, segment, or length. No longer supported. FLAG - Indicates whether or not an arc will be used in a street network data set. Presently not used because there is no street network data set. L_F_ADD - The starting address for the left side of the street. L_T_ADD - The ending address for the left side of the street. R_F_ADD - The starting address for the right side of the street. R_T_ADD - The ending address for the right side of the street. PRE_DIR - The street direction prefix. Example: 'E' for east. STREET_NAME - The base legal street name of the centerline. Example: "MAIN". STREET_TYPE - The Street Name Type abbreviation. Example: 'ST' for street. Valid values for the STREET_TYPE field are: ' ' - ' ' (No Type is a space) AVE - AVENUE BLVD - BOULEVARD CIR - CIRCLE CT - COURT CV - COVE DR - DRIVE EXPY - EXPRESSWAY FWY - FREEWAY HWY - HIGHWAY LN - LANE LOOP - LOOP PATH - PATH PKWY - PARKWAY PL - PLACE PT - POINT RD - ROAD SQ - SQUARE ST- STREET TER - TERRACE TRL - TRAIL WALK - WALK WAY - WAY SUF_DIR - The street direction suffix. Example: "N' for north. TRACT - The tract map number in which the centerline can be found. MODIFIED - Modified Date CREATED - Created Date SOURCE_NOTES - References to legal documentation related to the Centerline found during research, including such things as recordation histroy, name change history, and acceptance for or termination of maintenance information, FULL_NAME - Name used to construct ROUTE_NAME field values. Used to detect changes in the STNAME value. AREA_PLAN_ABBREVIATION - Abbreviated Area Plan Name used to create ROUTE_NAME Valid values for AREA_PLAN_ABBREVIATION are: DESCN - Desert Center ECDES - East County/Desert ECVAP - Eastern Coachella Valley Plan ELSIN - Lake Elsinore EVALE - Eastvale HIGHG - Highgrove HVWIN - Harvest Valley/Winchester JURUP - Jurupa LAKEV - Lakeview/Nuevo LMATH - Lake Mathews MARCH - March MEADV - Mead Valley PASS - Pass Area PVERD - Palo Verde Valley RECHE - Reche Canyon REMAP - REMAP (Riverside Extended Mountain Area Plan) RIVER - Riverside/Corona/Norco SANJA - San Jacinto Valley SBCO - San Bernardino County SUNCI - Sun City/Menifee Valley SWAP - Southwest Area Plan TEMES - Temescal Valley WCVAP - Western Coachella Valley Area Plan SUBROUTE - Optional Identifier used to build ROUTE_NAME to separate branches or distiguish discontinuous portions of a street within an area plan that are unlikely to ever form a continuous route. ROUTE_NAME - Primary field used to construct a Linear Referencing derivative of the Centerlines layer. THis values is a component of ROUTE_ALT1 and ROUTE_ALT2 and is overriden by those fields when they have values. ROUTE_DIR1 - Used with ROUTE_NAME to build values for ROUTE_ALT1 when there is a value assigned. ROUTE_ALT1 - First Alternative ROUTE_NAME value. Typically used for one-way streets that are oriented Norh or East. ROUTE_DIR2 - Used with ROUTE_NAME to build values for ROUTE_ALT2 when there is a value assigned. ROUTE_ALT2 - Second Alternative ROUTE_NAME value. Typically used for one-way streets that are oriented Souh or West. BUILD_PRIORITY - Used to create Linear Referenced Routes. Sets the corner from which to build routes. Valuid values for BUILD_PRIORITY are: UL - Upper Left (Default) LL - Lower Left UR - Upper Right LR - Lower Right LINE_LINK - Geometric ID of Centerline arc. Made up of the From X/Y coordinate, the To X/Y coordinate and the Length. Used to detect geometric changes to an existing Centerline. CL_ID - Duplicate of OBJECTID. USed for detecting newly added segments to the network each week or to relate and join exported versions of CENTERLINES back to the original CENTERLINE feature class.FROM_X_COORDINATE, FROM_Y_COORDINATE, TO_X_COORDINATE and TO_Y_COORDINATE: The coordinate data for the end points of the line in numeric format.ROUTE_ORIENTED: Indicates if the line is drawn in the direction that corresponds to the Routes created based on the ROUTE_NAME fields.TRAVEL_DIRECTIONS: Indicates whether the road can be driven and in what directions. Values include "Both Ways", "From-To", "To-From" and "No Ways".CA_ROAD_SYSTEM_PAGE: The map page location of the California Roadway System (CRS) Maps containing the Centerline: See http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hseb/crs_maps/CA_ROAD_SYSTEM_INDEX: The map index grid location of the California Roadway System (CRS) Maps containing the Centerline: See http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hseb/crs_maps/CA_FUNCTIONAL_CLASS: The California Functional Classification of the Roadway per the CRS maps. Only classifications between 1 and 5 may qualify for state and federal funds. Classifications include:1 - Interstate2 - Other Freeway or Expressway3 - Other Principal Arterial4 - Minor Arterial5 - Major Collector6 - Minor Collector7 - LocalFEDERAL_ROUTE and FEDERAL_ROUTE_TYPE: The number of the Federal Interstate or U.S. Highway and the operational type of the facility, where applicable.STATE_ROUTE and STATE_ROUTE_TYPE: The number of the State Route or Highway and the operational type of the facility, where applicable.COUNTY_ROUTE: The number of a County Route.CITY_LEFT or CITY_RIGHT: The City or Community name to the left or right of the Centerline. Used for address geolocators.STATE: CA for Califonia. For geolocators that use the State field.ZIP_LEFT or ZIP_RIGHT: The ZIP code to the left or right of the Centerline. Used for address geolocators.FULL_NAME_MIXED_CASE: The full street name in mixed Upper and Lower case letters, sometimes also called Title case. May be used for labeling and geolocators.

Cook County GIS Dept map of Proviso, River Forest and Riverside Townships in a pdf format. Includes streets and municipalities.

Point feature class to indicate all addresses contained within a parcel within the City of Temecula. This data is a supplement to the Riverside County Assessor data.Locations of every address in the City in light of the fact the assessor parcel data includes only one address per parcel, it is necessary to supplement this information by including all addresses that may be located within a parcel. The most effective way to accomplish this is by indicating multiple addresses on one parcel with a point feature.This data layer is updated at the time that new addresses are assigned or addresses are changed or modified.

This polygon feature class represents the Riverside County Assessor Map Book-page Boundaries. It is created by extracting information from the Assessor's AOI feature class.AttributesAOI - Assessor book and page numbers combinedBOOK - Book numberPAGE - Page number

The Geologic Map of the Perris 7.5? Quadrangle, Riverside County, California contains a digital geologic map database of the Perris 7.5? quadrangle, Riverside County, California that includes: 1. ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute, "http://www.esri.com") version 7.2.1 coverages of the various elements of the geologic map.

The Correlation of Map Units and Description of Map Units is in the editorial format of USGS Geologic Investigations Series (I-series) maps but has not been edited to comply with I-map standards. Within the geologic map data package, map units are identified by standard geologic map criteria such as formationname, age, and lithology. Where known, grain size is indicated on the map by a subscripted letter or letters following the unit symbols as follows: lg, large boulders; b, boulder; g, gravel; a, arenaceous; s, silt; c, clay; e.g. Qyfa is a predominantly young alluvial fan deposit that is arenaceous. Multiple letters are used for more specific identification or for mixed units, e.g., Qfysa is a silty sand. In some cases, mixed units are indicated by a compound symbol; e.g., Qyf2sc.

[Summary provided by the USGS.]

The data set for the Corona North 7.5' quadrangle was prepared under the U.S. Geological Survey Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP) as part of an ongoing effort to develop a regional geologic framework of southern California, and to utilize a Geographic Information System (GIS) format to create regional digital geologic databases. These regional databases are being developed as contributions to the National Geologic Map Database of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program of the USGS.

This data set maps and describes the geology of the Corona North 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California. Created using Environmental Systems Research Institute's ARC/INFO software, the data base consists of the following items: (1) a map coverage containing geologic contacts and units, (2) a coverage containing structural data, (3) a coverage containing geologic unit annotation and leaders, and (4) attribute tables for geologic units (polygons), contacts (arcs), and site-specific data (points). In addition, the data set includes the following graphic and text products: (1) a postscript graphic plot-file containing the geologic map, topography, cultural data, a Correlation of Map Units (CMU) diagram, a Description of Map Units (DMU), and a key for point and line symbols, and (2) PDF files of the Readme (including the metadata file as an appendix), and the graphic produced by the Postscript plot file.

The Corona North quadrangle is located near the northern end of the Peninsular Ranges Province. All but the southeastern tip of the quadrangle is within the Perris block, a relatively stable, rectangular in plan area located between the Elsinore and San Jacinto fault zones. The southeastern tip of the quadrangle is barely within the Elsinore fault zone.

The quadrangle is underlain by Cretaceous plutonic rocks that are part of the composite Peninsular Ranges batholith. These rocks are exposed in a triangular-shaped area bounded on the north by the Santa Ana River and on the south by Temescal Wash, a major tributary of the Santa Ana River. A variety of mostly silicic granitic rocks occur in the quadrangle, and are mainly of monzogranite and granodioritic composition, but range in composition from micropegmatitic granite to gabbro. Most rock units are massive and contain varying amounts of meso- and melanocratic equant-shaped inclusions. The most widespread granitic rock is monzogranite of the Cajalco pluton, a large pluton that extends some distance south of the quadrangle. North of Corona is a body of micropegmatite that appears to be unique in the batholith rocks.

Diagonally bisecting the quadrangle is the Santa Ana River. North of the Santa Ana River alluvial deposits are dominated by the distal parts of alluvial fans emanating from the San Gabriel Mountains north of the quadrangle. Widespread areas of the fan deposits are covered by a thin layer of wind blown sand.

Alluvial deposits in the triangular-shaped area between the Santa Ana River and Temescal Wash are quite varied, but consist principally of locally derived older alluvial fan deposits. These deposits rest on remnants of older, early Quaternary or late Tertiary age, nonmarine sedimentary deposits that were derived from both local sources and sources as far away as the San Bernardino Mountains. These deposits in part were deposited by an ancestral Santa Ana River. Older are a few scattered remnants of late Tertiary (Pliocene) marine sandstone that include some conglomerate lenses. Clasts in the conglomerate include siliceous volcanic rocks exotic to this part of southern California. This sandstone was deposited as the southeastern-most part of the Los Angeles sedimentary marine basin and was deposited along a rocky shoreline developed in the granitic rocks, much like the present day shoreline at Monterey, California. Most of the sandstone and granitic paleoshoreline features have been removed by quarrying and grading in the area of Porphyry north to Highway 91. Excellent exposures in highway road cuts still remain on the north side of Highway 91 just east of the 91-15 interchange and on the east side of U.S. 15 just north of the interchange.

South of Temescal Wash is a series of both younger and older alluvial fan deposits emanating from the Santa Ana Mountains to the southeast. In the immediate southwest corner of the quadrangle is a small exposure of sandstone and pebble conglomerate of the Sycamore Canyon member of the Puente Formation of early Pliocene and Miocene age and sandstone and conglomerate of undivided Sespe and Vaqueros Formations of early Miocene, Oligocene, and late Eocene age.

The geologic map data base contains original U.S. Geological Survey data generated by detailed field observation recorded on 1:24,000 scale aerial photographs. The map was created by transferring lines from the aerial photographs to a 1:24,000 scale topographic base. The map was digitized and lines, points, and polygons were subsequently edited using standard ARC/INFO commands. Digitizing and editing artifacts significant enough to display at a scale of 1:24,000 were corrected. Within the database, geologic contacts are represented as lines (arcs), geologic units are polygons, and site-specific data as points. Polygon, arc, and point attribute tables (.pat, .aat, and .pat, respectively) uniquely identify each geologic datum.

Tax rate area boundaries and related data based on changes filed with the Board of Equalization per Government Code 54900 for the specified assessment roll year. The data included in this map is maintained by the California State Board of Equalization and may differ slightly from the data published by other agencies. BOE_TRA layer = tax rate area boundaries and the assigned TRA number for the specified assessment roll year; BOE_Changes layer = boundary changes filed with the Board of Equalization for the specified assessment roll year; Data Table (C##_YYYY) = tax rate area numbers and related districts for the specified assessment roll year

This data set was developed to provide geologic map GIS of the Coeur d'Alene 1:100,000 quadrangle for use in future spatial analysis by a variety of users. These data can be printed in a variety of ways to display various geologic features or used for digital analysis and modeling. This database is not meant to be used or displayed at any scale larger than 1:100,000 (e.g. 1:62,500 or 1:24,000).

The digital geologic map of the Coeur d'Alene 1:100,000 quadrangle was compiled from preliminary digital datasets [Athol, Coeur d'Alene, Kellogg, Kingston, Lakeview, Lane, and Spirit Lake 15-minute quadrangles] prepared by the Idaho Geological Survey from A. B. Griggs (unpublished field maps), supplemented by Griggs (1973) and by digital data from Bookstrom and others (1999) and Derkey and others (1996). The digital geologic map database can be queried in many ways to produce a variety of derivative geologic maps.

This GIS consists of two major Arc/Info data sets: one line and polygon file (cda100k) containing geologic contacts and structures (lines) and geologic map rock units (polygons), and one point file (cda100kp) containing structural data.

The data set for the Porcupine Wash quadrangle has been prepared by the Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP), a cooperative project sponsored jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and the California Division of Mines and Geology. The Porcupine Wash data set represents part of an ongoing effort to create a regional GIS geologic database for southern California. This regional digital database, in turn, is being developed as a contribution to the National Geologic Map Database of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program of the USGS. The Porcupine Wash database has been prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service as part of an ongoing project to provide Joshua Tree National Park with a geologic map base for use in managing Park resources and developing interpretive materials.

The digital geologic map database for the Porcupine Wash quadrangle has been created as a general-purpose data set that is applicable to land-related investigations in the earth and biological sciences. Along with geologic map databases in preparation for adjoining quadrangles, the Porcupine Wash database has been generated to further our understanding of bedrock and surficial processes at work in the region and to document evidence for seismotectonic activity in the eastern Transverse Ranges. The database is designed to serve as a base layer suitable for ecosystem and mineral resource assessment and for building a hydrogeologic framework for Pinto Basin.

This data set maps and describes the geology of the Porcupine Wash 7.5 minute quadrangle, Riverside County, southern California. The quadrangle, situated in Joshua Tree National Park in the eastern Transverse Ranges physiographic and structural province, encompasses parts of the Hexie Mountains, Cottonwood Mountains, northern Eagle Mountains, and south flank of Pinto Basin. It is underlain by a basement terrane comprising Proterozoic metamorphic rocks, Mesozoic plutonic rocks, and Mesozoic and Mesozoic or Cenozoic hypabyssal dikes. The basement terrane is capped by a widespread Tertiary erosion surface preserved in remnants in the Eagle and Cottonwood Mountains and buried beneath Cenozoic deposits in Pinto Basin. Locally, Miocene basalt overlies the erosion surface. A sequence of at least three Quaternary pediments is planed into the north piedmont of the Eagle and Hexie Mountains, each in turn overlain by successively younger residual and alluvial deposits.

The Tertiary erosion surface is deformed and broken by north-northwest-trending, high-angle, dip-slip faults and an east-west trending system of high-angle dip- and left-slip faults. East-west trending faults are younger than and perhaps in part coeval with faults of the northwest-trending set.

The Porcupine Wash database was created using ARCVIEW and ARC/INFO, which are geographical information system (GIS) software products of Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). The database consists of the following items: (1) a map coverage showing faults and geologic contacts and units, (2) a separate coverage showing dikes, (3) a coverage showing structural data, (4) a scanned topographic base at a scale of 1:24,000, and (5) attribute tables for geologic units (polygons and regions), contacts (arcs), and site-specific data (points). The database, accompanied by a pamphlet file and this metadata file, also includes the following graphic and text products: (1) A portable document file (.pdf) containing a navigable graphic of the geologic map on a 1:24,000 topographic base. The map is accompanied by a marginal explanation consisting of a Description of Map and Database Units (DMU), a Correlation of Map and Database Units (CMU), and a key to point-and line-symbols. (2) Separate .pdf files of the DMU and CMU, individually. (3) A PostScript graphic-file containing the geologic map on a 1:24,000 topographic base accompanied by the marginal explanation. (4) A pamphlet that describes the database and how to access it. Within the database, geologic contacts , faults, and dikes are represented as lines (arcs), geologic units as polygons and regions, and site-specific data as points. Polygon, arc, and point attribute tables (.pat, .aat, and .pat, respectively) uniquely identify each geologic datum and link it to other tables (.rel) that provide more detailed geologic information.

Map nomenclature and symbols

Within the geologic map database, map units are identified by standard geologic map criteria such as formation-name, age, and lithology. The authors have attempted to adhere to the stratigraphic nomenclature of the U.S. Geological Survey and the North American Stratigraphic Code, but the database has not received a formal editorial review of geologic names.

Special symbols are associated with some map units. Question marks have been added to the unit symbol (e.g., QTs?, Prpgd?) and unit name where unit assignment based on interpretation of aerial photographs is uncertain. Question marks are plotted as part of the map unit symbol for those polygons to which they apply, but they are not shown in the CMU or DMU unless all polygons of a given unit are queried. To locate queried map-unit polygons in a search of database, the question mark must be included as part of the unit symbol.

Geologic map unit labels entered in database items LABL and PLABL contain substitute characters for conventional stratigraphic age symbols: Proterozoic appears as 'Pr' in LABL and as '<' in PLABL, Triassic appears as 'Tr' in LABL and as '^' in PLABL. The substitute characters in PLABL invoke their corresponding symbols from the GeoAge font group to generate map unit labels with conventional stratigraphic symbols.

This polygon shapefile contains areas of important farmland in Riverside County, California for 2010. Important Farmland Maps show the relationship between the quality of soils for agricultural production and the land's use for agricultural, urban, or other purposes. A biennial map update cycle and notation system employed by FMMP captures conversion to urban land while accommodating rotational cycles in agricultural use. The minimum land use mapping unit is 10 acres unless specified. Smaller units of land are incorporated into the surrounding map classifications. In order to most accurately represent the NRCS digital soil survey, soil units of one acre or larger are depicted in Important Farmland Maps. For environmental review purposes, the categories of Prime Farmland, Farmland of Statewide Importance, Unique Farmland, Farmland of Local Importance, and Grazing Land constitute 'agricultural land' (Public Resources Code Section 21060.1). The remaining categories are used for reporting changes in land use as required for FMMP's biennial farmland conversion report. This layer is part of the 2010 California Farmland Mapping and Montoring Project.

The data set for the Butler Peak quadrangle has been prepared by the Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP), a cooperative project sponsored jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and the California Division of Mines and Geology, as part of an ongoing effort to utilize a Geographical Information System (GIS) format to create a regional digital geologic database for southern California. This regional database is being developed as a contribution to the National Geologic Map Data Base of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program of the USGS. Development of the data set for the Butler Peak quadrangle has also been supported by the U.S. Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest.

The digital geologic map database for the Butler Peak quadrangle has been created as a general-purpose data set that is applicable to other land-related investigations in the earth and biological sciences. For example, the U.S. Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest, is using the database as part of a study of an endangered plant species that shows preference for particular rock type environments. The Butler Peak database is not suitable for site-specific geologic evaluations at scales greater than 1:24,000 (1 in = 2,000 ft).

This data set maps and describes the geology of the Butler Peak 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California. Created using Environmental Systems Research Institute's ARC/INFO software, the data base consists of the following items: (1) a map coverage showing geologic contacts and units,(2) a scanned topographic base at a scale of 1:24,000, and (3) attribute tables for geologic units (polygons), contacts (arcs), and site-specific data (points). In addition, the data set includes the following graphic and text products: (1) A PostScript graphic plot-file containing the geologic map on a 1:24,000 topographic base accompanied by a Description of Map Units (DMU), a Correlation of Map Units (CMU), and a key to point and line symbols; (2) PDF files of the DMU and CMU, and of this Readme, and (3) this metadata file.

The geologic map data base contains original U.S. Geological Survey data generated by detailed field observation and by interpretation of aerial photographs. The map was created by transferring lines from the aerial photographs to a 1:24,000 mylar orthophoto-quadrangle and then to a base-stable topographic map. This map was then scribed, and a .007 mil, right-reading, black line clear film made by contact photographic processes.The black line was scanned and auto-vectorized by Optronics Specialty Company, Northridge, CA. The non-attributed scan was imported into ARC/INFO, where the database was built. Within the database, geologic contacts are represented as lines (arcs), geologic units as polygons, and site-specific data as points. Polygon, arc, and point attribute tables (.pat, .aat, and .pat, respectively) uniquely identify each geologic datum and link it to other tables (.rel) that provide more detailed geologic information.