Boundaries

FEATURE_TYPE: BD

This category of data consists of:

  • political boundaries that identify States, counties, cities, and other municipalities, and
  • administrative boundaries that identify areas such as national and State forests.

Political and administrative boundaries are always collected as a single data set. There are several attributes specific to Boundaries features.

Field Name

Description

state

The full name of the American state or the state equivalent.

Range: “ALABAMA” to “VIRGIN ISLANDS”

county

The full name of an American county or a county equivalent for all states.

Range: “Abbeville” to “Ziebach”

township

The full name of an American civil township or a civil township equivalent for all states.

Range: “Aasu” to “Zwolle”

population1990

The 1990 complete-count population of the American county or the county equivalent.

monument

The alphanumeric monument number of the feature.