# Population_Centers

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Summary

Primary useage for CAL FIRE is for identifying incorporated areas, which are not eligible for State Responsibility Area (SRA) designation. City data is maintained as part of the SRA data maintenance process. Secondary useages are for cartographic purposes, e.g. adding city names and city limits to maps, and for creating contact lists for which cities fall within a certain designation. For CAL FIRE, this was especially relevant for notification of cities with Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones.

Description

Complete accounting of all incorporated cities, including the boundary and name of each individual city. Since 2009, this process includes digital capture of every annexation as they are sent to CAL FIRE from the state Board of Equalization.

Credits

Numerous county and cities contributed data, BOE provided notices for every new annexation.

Use limitations

see Citation section for additional constraints

Extent

West | -124.269528 | East | -114.514110
North | 41.974383 | South | 32.534033

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Place keywordscalifornia

Theme keywordsurban, city, incorporated

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TitleFRAP custom

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## Citation ▼►

TitlePopulation_Centers
Edition10_3
Presentation formatsdigital map
FGDC geospatial presentation formatvector digital data
Other citation detailsThe user will cite the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as the original source of the data, but will clearly denote cases where the original data have been altered, updated, or in any way changed from the original condition.
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Responsible party

Organization's nameCAL FIRE - FRAP merge data from various sources
Contact's roleoriginator

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## Resource Details ▼►

Dataset languagesEnglish (UNITED STATES)
Statuscompleted
Spatial representation typevector
Graphic overview

File name http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/browsegraphic/incorp.gif
File typeGIF

Supplemental information

      V10_3 notes (by county): Alameda: updated Livermore, Union City, Pleasanton city boundary using city's online parcel viewer. Obtained new boundary for cities of Dublin and Fremont. Annexation to Dublin added 11/2010. Amador: replaced all city boundaries using data from county website, except I had to request a map from City of Sutter Creek, which did not include a large area on the SW the county data called incorporated. Contra Costa: obtained new city boundaries from county GIS website, resulted in annexed areas for San Ramon, Antioch, Pittsburg, and Oakley. Humboldt: minor edits to adjust cities to parcels, using county parcel viewer Inyo: edited Bishop city boundary to match parcels, using Inyo online parcel viewer Kern: replaced entire county using data from county website Kings: replaced all city boundaries using data downloaded from county website Lassen: boundary of small annexed island southwest of Susanville changed to be a single parcel Marin: replaced all city boundaries using data downloaded form county website, used coast instead of city bounds that extended into Bay Modoc: replaced Alturas boundary, using tax rate area 001000 from parcel data Monterey: edited King City, Soledad, Carmel, and Pacific Grove using online GIS viewer Orange: annexations to San Jaun Capistrano and San Clemente. Obtained updated countywide city boundaries (7/2010), which resulted in numerous unincorporated islands within cities being annexed. Also, numerous isolated parcels within the unincorporated area east of Tustin were apparatnly annexed by that city. Updated countywide city boundaries once again from data received 1/3/2011. This dataset seemed to fix some registration problems for a few cities. Riverside: annexations were derived from a countywide dataset (10/6/10) which included the new city of Eastvale, plus annexations to Corona, Desert Hot Springs, Indio, Palm Desert, Coachella, and Cathedral City. 11/10 4,500 acre annexation to Temecula. Sacramento: 860 acre annexation to Rancho Cordova San Bernardino: City of Big Bear boundary extended into lake, probably sphere of influence, corrected it to follow lakeshore. 10/28/10 Updated all city boundaries using data from the county. 11/10 Yucaipa annexation. San Joaquin: 4 annexations to City of Manteca San Luis Obispo: replaced all city boundaries, some of new city lines don't exactly line up with parcels Santa Barbara: reshaped small incorporated island south of Lompoc, based on new parcel data. Single parcel annexed to City of Santa Barbara south of Las Canoas road. Santa Clara: Los Gatos Arnerich Road 64 acre annexation eliminated SRA, created a 126 acre SRA island. Santa Cruz: 1 acre single parcel nanexation to Scotts Valley Sierra: edited Loyalton using TRA field in parcel data Tehama: single parcel annexed to Red Bluff Tulare: annexations to cities of Tulare, Visalia, and Porterville (3) V10_2 notes (by county): Butte: obtained city boundaries from County, used them to replace all Butte County city boundaries. The new city boundaries are a MAJOR improvement, they line up perfectly with county parcel data Nevada: minor updates to correct data from previous releases; 1) Nevada City: 2 parcels annexed that were SRA; Truckee: adjusted alignment of northern obundary to match parcels Placer: minor updates to correct data from previous releases; 1) Colfax: 1 parcel annexed that was SRA; 2) Auburn: 1 parcel annexed that was SRA, minor changes not affecting SRA, unincorporated island added 3) replaced boundaries for Rocklin/Roseville/Loomis, using updated data from county with better parcel alignment San Bernardino: significant annexation to city of San Bernardino, minor annexation to Fontana Santa Clara: obtained city boundaries from County, used them to replace all Santa Clara County city boundaries. The new city boundaries are a MAJOR improvement, they line up perfectly with county parcel data. Siskiyou: minor annexation to Mount shasta Ventura: annexation to Simi Valley Yuba: updates to correct data from previous releases; 1) Wheatland boundary replaced, significantly different 2) minor change to Marysville V10_1 notes: data versions will now be named for the sequential release number within that calendar year, e.g. 10_1 refers to the first release in 2010. Numerous annexations occurred in 2009, those affecting SRA lands by CAL FIRE Unit include (acres in parentheses); AEU: Placerville (4,5) BTU - Paradise (11) HUU: Rio Dell (300) KRN: Techachapi (7) LAC: Diamond Bar (116, small portion of this was SRA) LMU: Susanville (9) LNU: Healdsburg (258, 5) NEU: Nevada City (61, 2) ORC: San Clemente (11, 12) RRU: Lake Elsinore (246) SBC: Slvang (9) SCU - Dublin (187), San Ramon (289), Los Gatos (79), Saratoga (20), Los Altos (13), Morgan Hill (20) TGU: Red Bluff (49, 3) TUU: Replaced city boundaries with more accurate data, minor changes for Porterville and Woodlake V07_4 notes: El Dorado: minor change to the South Lake Tahoe city boundary - small area annexation or error fix. Lake: new Lakeport boundary consolidates the two former city polygons into a single larger city polygon Los Angeles: updated boundary for Palmdale Nevada: updated city boundaries align better with parcels, includes annexations for Grass Valley. Riverside: updated incorporated city resulted in significant changes, including 2 new cities (Menifee and Wildomar). Significant annexations occurred in the cities of Riverside, Beaumont, Lake Elsinore, Cathedral City, and Indio. Additional annexations occurred in Corona, Moreno Valley, Rancho Mirage, Desert Hot Springs, Coachella, Blythe, and La Quinta. Lake Elsinore 590 acre annexation dated 2/25/09 recevied from BOE. Santa Clara: new city boundary for Cupertino. Note: the boundary provided by the city did not line up with our county parcels along the western part of the city - city parcels are different than the county parcels in this area. Tuolumne: finally resolved issues related to City of Sonora boundary. The city boundary does NOT follow parcel lines along the Southwest and Southern boundary. These are CALTRANS parcels and the city follows the road rather than the parcel lines. Siskiyou: Refined boundary for Weed to better conform to county parcel data Ventura: updated boundaries for entire county's cities obtained. Resulted in minor annexations for Fillmore, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, Camarillo, and Ventura. The new boundaries align better with parcels for the other cities. v07_3 notes: Extensive changes were made as part of the FHSZ mapping project. Specifically, by county; Alameda: Pleasanton boundary was alligned with parcels based on a 2008 map showing residential projects obtained from the city's web site. This included a new annexation. Butte: received updated boundary for Chico and Oroville, includes new incorporations and lines up much better with parcels Monterey: replaced city of Monterey boundary with data from city website dated 3/2006, still doesnt seem to completely line up with parcels Orange: Laguna Woods had 175 acre Laurel annexation. Brea had a small annexation of lands that were once in LA County. Placer: updated Colfax boundary Plumas: new boundary for Portola, includes annexations San Luis Obispo: Updated boundary for Paso Robles. Updated Atascadero boundary resulted in removing a large area from incorporation in the southwest vicinty of the city. Pismo Beach had a minor change that resulted in merging the two distinct polygons into one. We obtained and included the official boundary for Morro Bay, even though it does not line up well with parcels. San Bernardino: numerous boundaries adjusted based on new countywide data. Mostly sliver fixes, small annexations for Highland and Rancho Cucamonga. Santa Clara County: city boundaries were alligned with parcels based on online maps/GIS viewers for Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill, and Gilroy. Also, a new annexation was captured from 4/18/07 in the Evergreen area of San Jose. Shasta: new boundary for Redding and Anderson, includes new annexation in Redding Tuolumne County: There is still an issue with City of Sonora boundary. The boundary obtained from the county was snapped to parcel lines, except in the south where the city indicated that the city follows the road and splits parcels. This boundary may require further adjustment for the next release. Yolo: numerous boundaries adjusted based on new data from the county Minor changes were made to snap portions of city limits to parcels in the following cities: La Canada Flintridge, Sierra Madre, South Lake Tahoe, La Mesa v07_2 notes: this version fixes errors found in three counties, no other changes occurred; 1) Alameda: v07_1 included erroneously had identified 4 cities that are not incorporated - Castro Valley, Fairview, Ashland, and San Lorenzo. These were removed. 2) v07_1 showed a small piece of the City of La Habra extending north from Orange County into Los Angeles County. This small extension is actually unincorporated, the Los Angeles County GIS viewer labels it as La Habra Heights Islands . It was changed to unicnroporated in v07_2. 3) New annexations were fixed in Brea, Orange, Irvine, San Juan Capistrano, and San Clemente. v07_1: first version that included individual cities, not just the outer extent of incorporated areas. This required a major workload to locate and include all these internal boundaries.

Processing environmentMicrosoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.1.3143
Credits

      Numerous county and cities contributed data, BOE provided notices for every new annexation.

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## Extents ▼►

Extent

Description

      ground condition

Extent

Geographic extent

Bounding rectangle

West longitude-124.34996
East longitude-113.881253
South latitude32.440116
North latitude41.988837

Extent

Geographic extent

Bounding rectangle

Extent typeExtent used for searching
West longitude-124.269528
East longitude-114.514110
North latitude41.974383
South latitude32.534033
Extent contains the resourceYes

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Point of contact

Individual's nameCAL FIRE SRA Data Manager
Organization's nameCAL FIRE
Contact's positionCAL FIRE SRA Data Manager
Contact's rolepoint of contact

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Phone

Voice916-327-3939
Fax916-324-1180

Address

Typephysical
Delivery point1300 U St.
CitySacramento
Administrative areaCA
Postal code95814
CountryUS
e-mail address Frapdatacontact@fire.ca.gov

Hours of serviceM-F 8-5

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## Resource Maintenance ▼►

Resource maintenance

Update frequencyas needed

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## Resource Constraints ▼►

Legal constraints

Limitations of use

      DISCLAIMER The State of California and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy of data or maps. The user will not seek to hold the State or the Department liable under any circumstances for any damages with respect to any claim by the user or any third party on account of or arising from the use of data or maps. There are no restrictions on distribution of the data by users. However, users are encouraged to refer others to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to acquire the data, in case updated data become available.

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Limitations of use

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## Spatial Reference ▼►

Reference system identifier

Value3857
CodespaceEPSG
Version7.11.2

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## Spatial Data Properties ▼►

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Level of topology for this datasetgeometry only
Geometric objects

Object typecomposite
Object count764

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## Data Quality ▼►

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Measure descriptionV07_4: City boundaries that follow the coast or follow county boundaries were replaced using the CMCC standard data layer, currently cnty100k07_1. This ensures the city data will be registered to other FRAP data. Unfortunately, it was not possible to distinguish city boundaries that extend to the coast versus those that leave a small strip of beach - these were all extended to the standard coastline. There are several small "satellite" polygons midway between 2 or more cities, and it could not be determined which city they ar a part of. These are coded as incorporated areas, with name = 'UNKNOWN'.

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Measure descriptionThe state Controllers office provided an updated list of all cities by county. This data matches that list exactly.

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Dimensionhorizontal
Measure descriptionSince almost all the city boundaries are derived from parcel data, accuracy will vary for different counties. There are Known problem areas: - Counties where we had no access to parcel data: Colusa, Del Norte, Imperial

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## Distribution ▼►

Distributor ▼►

Contact information

Individual's nameFRAP Data Librarian
Organization's nameCAL FIRE - FRAP
Contact's positionFRAP Data Librarian
Contact's roledistributor

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Phone

Voice916-327-3939
Fax916-324-1180

Address

Typephysical
Delivery point1300 U St.
CitySacramento
Administrative areaCA
Postal code95814
CountryUS
e-mail address FRAPDatacontact@fire.ca.gov

Hours of serviceM-F 8-5

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Ordering process

Transfer options

Online source

Descriptionincorp10_3

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NameShapefile

Transfer options

Transfer size7.045
Online source

LocationCDF: http://fphqfp/fpweb/CDFStaticDataDownloads.aspx

Online source

LocationPUBLIC: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/frapgisdata/select.asp

Online source

Location\\Molib01\GIS_Library\Cultural\City_Polygons\incorp10_3.gdb

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## Fields ▼►

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Definition

      Incorporated city polygons, bounded by city limits

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Field description

      Internal feature number.

Description source

      Esri

Description of valuesSequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

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Field description

      Feature geometry.

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      ESRI

Description of valuesCoordinates defining the features.

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Field description

      polygon type

List of values

Descriptionnot an incorporated city

ValueCITY
DescriptionIncorporated city

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Field description

      Integer code for polygon type

List of values

Value0
Descriptionnot an incorporated city

Value1
Descriptionincorporated city

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      City name

Description of valuesName of city

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Metadata languageEnglish (UNITED STATES)
Metadata character setutf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format
Scope of the data described by the metadatadataset
Scope namedataset
Last update2014-10-23
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Metadata contact

Individual's nameCAL FIRE SRA Coordinator
Organization's nameCAL FIRE - FRAP
Contact's positionCAL FIRE SRA Coordinator
Contact's rolepoint of contact

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Phone

Voice916-327-3939
Fax916-324-1180

Address

e-mail address FRAPDatacontact@fire.ca.gov

Hours of serviceM-F 8-5

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  Citation
    Citation Information
      Originator CAL FIRE - FRAP merge data from various sources
      Publication Date 12/2010
      Title
        Incorporated Cities (incorp10_3)
      Edition 10_3
      Geospatial Data Presentation Form vector digital data
      Other Citation Details
        The user will cite the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as the original source of the data, but will clearly denote cases where the original data have been altered, updated, or in any way changed from the original condition.
      Online Linkage \\Molib01\GIS_Library\Cultural\City_Polygons\incorp10_3.gdb
      Online Linkage CDF: http://fphqfp/fpweb/CDFStaticDataDownloads.aspx
      Online Linkage PUBLIC: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/frapgisdata/select.asp
  Description
    Abstract

                                      Complete accounting of all incorporated cities, including the boundary and name of each individual city. Since 2009, this process includes digital capture of every annexation as they are sent to CAL FIRE from the state Board of Equalization.

    Purpose

                                      Primary useage for CAL FIRE is for identifying incorporated areas, which are not eligible for State Responsibility Area (SRA) designation. City data is maintained as part of the SRA data maintenance process.

          Secondary useages are for cartographic purposes, e.g. adding city names and city limits to maps, and for creating contact lists for which cities fall within a certain designation. For CAL FIRE, this was especially relevant for notification of cities with Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones.

    Supplemental Information

                                      V10_3 notes (by county):

          Alameda: updated Livermore, Union City, Pleasanton city boundary using city's online parcel viewer. Obtained new boundary for cities of Dublin and Fremont. Annexation to Dublin added 11/2010.

          Amador: replaced all city boundaries using data from county website, except I had to request a map from City of Sutter Creek, which did not include a large area on the SW the county data called incorporated.

          Contra Costa: obtained new city boundaries from county GIS website, resulted in annexed areas for San Ramon, Antioch, Pittsburg, and Oakley.

          Humboldt: minor edits to adjust cities to parcels, using county parcel viewer

          Inyo: edited Bishop city boundary to match parcels, using Inyo online parcel viewer

          Kern: replaced entire county using data from county website

          Kings: replaced all city boundaries using data downloaded from county website

          Lassen: boundary of small annexed island southwest of Susanville changed to be a single parcel

          Marin: replaced all city boundaries using data downloaded form county website, used coast instead of city bounds that extended into Bay

          Modoc: replaced Alturas boundary, using tax rate area 001000 from parcel data

          Monterey: edited King City, Soledad, Carmel, and Pacific Grove using online GIS viewer

          Orange: annexations to San Jaun Capistrano and San Clemente. Obtained updated countywide city boundaries (7/2010), which resulted in numerous unincorporated islands within cities being annexed. Also, numerous isolated parcels within the unincorporated area east of Tustin were apparatnly annexed by that city. Updated countywide city boundaries once again from data received 1/3/2011. This dataset seemed to fix some registration problems for a few cities.

          Riverside: annexations were derived from a countywide dataset (10/6/10) which included the new city of Eastvale, plus annexations to Corona, Desert Hot Springs, Indio, Palm Desert, Coachella, and Cathedral City. 11/10 4,500 acre annexation to Temecula.

          Sacramento: 860 acre annexation to Rancho Cordova

          San Bernardino: City of Big Bear boundary extended into lake, probably sphere of influence, corrected it to follow lakeshore. 10/28/10 Updated all city boundaries using data from the county. 11/10 Yucaipa annexation.

          San Joaquin: 4 annexations to City of Manteca

          San Luis Obispo: replaced all city boundaries, some of new city lines don't exactly line up with parcels

          Santa Barbara: reshaped small incorporated island south of Lompoc, based on new parcel data. Single parcel annexed to City of Santa Barbara south of Las Canoas road.

          Santa Clara: Los Gatos Arnerich Road 64 acre annexation eliminated SRA, created a 126 acre SRA island.

          Santa Cruz: 1 acre single parcel nanexation to Scotts Valley

          Sierra: edited Loyalton using TRA field in parcel data

          Tehama: single parcel annexed to Red Bluff

          Tulare: annexations to cities of Tulare, Visalia, and Porterville (3)

          V10_2 notes (by county):

          Butte: obtained city boundaries from County, used them to replace all Butte County city boundaries. The new city boundaries are a MAJOR improvement, they line up perfectly with county parcel data

          Nevada: minor updates to correct data from previous releases; 1) Nevada City: 2 parcels annexed that were SRA; Truckee: adjusted alignment of northern obundary to match parcels

          Placer: minor updates to correct data from previous releases; 1) Colfax: 1 parcel annexed that was SRA; 2) Auburn: 1 parcel annexed that was SRA, minor changes not affecting SRA, unincorporated island added 3) replaced boundaries for Rocklin/Roseville/Loomis, using updated data from county with better parcel alignment

          San Bernardino: significant annexation to city of San Bernardino, minor annexation to Fontana

          Santa Clara: obtained city boundaries from County, used them to replace all Santa Clara County city boundaries. The new city boundaries are a MAJOR improvement, they line up perfectly with county parcel data.

          Siskiyou: minor annexation to Mount shasta

          Ventura: annexation to Simi Valley

          Yuba:  updates to correct data from previous releases; 1) Wheatland boundary replaced, significantly different 2) minor change to Marysville

          V10_1 notes: data versions will now be named for the sequential release number within that calendar year, e.g. 10_1 refers to the first release in 2010. Numerous annexations occurred in 2009, those affecting SRA lands by CAL FIRE Unit include (acres in parentheses);
          AEU: Placerville (4,5)
          BTU - Paradise (11)
          HUU: Rio Dell (300)
          KRN: Techachapi (7)
          LAC: Diamond Bar (116, small portion of this was SRA)
          LMU: Susanville (9)
          LNU: Healdsburg (258, 5)
          NEU: Nevada City (61, 2)
          ORC: San Clemente (11, 12)
          RRU: Lake Elsinore (246)
          SBC: Slvang (9)
          SCU - Dublin (187), San Ramon (289), Los Gatos (79), Saratoga (20), Los Altos (13), Morgan Hill (20)
          TGU: Red Bluff (49, 3)
          TUU: Replaced city boundaries with more accurate data, minor changes for Porterville and Woodlake

          V07_4 notes:

          El Dorado: minor change to the South Lake Tahoe city boundary - small area annexation or error fix.
          Lake: new Lakeport boundary consolidates the two former city polygons into a single larger city polygon
          Los Angeles: updated boundary for Palmdale
          Nevada: updated city boundaries align better with parcels, includes annexations for Grass Valley.
          Riverside: updated incorporated city resulted in significant changes, including 2 new cities (Menifee and Wildomar). Significant annexations occurred in the cities of Riverside, Beaumont, Lake Elsinore, Cathedral City, and Indio. Additional annexations occurred in Corona, Moreno Valley, Rancho Mirage, Desert Hot Springs, Coachella, Blythe, and La Quinta. Lake Elsinore 590 acre annexation dated 2/25/09 recevied from BOE.
          Santa Clara: new city boundary for Cupertino. Note: the boundary provided by the city did not line up with our county parcels along the western part of the city - city parcels are different than the county parcels in this area.
          Tuolumne: finally resolved issues related to City of Sonora boundary. The city boundary does NOT follow parcel lines along the Southwest and Southern boundary. These are CALTRANS parcels and the city follows the road rather than the parcel lines.
          Siskiyou: Refined boundary for Weed to better conform to county parcel data
          Ventura: updated boundaries for entire county's cities obtained. Resulted in minor annexations for Fillmore, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, Camarillo, and Ventura. The new boundaries align better with parcels for the other cities.

          v07_3 notes:

          Extensive changes were made as part of the FHSZ mapping project. Specifically, by county;

          Alameda: Pleasanton boundary was alligned with parcels based on a 2008 map showing residential projects obtained from the city's web site. This included a new annexation.
          Butte: received updated boundary for Chico and Oroville, includes new incorporations and lines up much better with parcels
          Monterey: replaced city of Monterey boundary with data from city website dated 3/2006, still doesnt seem to completely line up with parcels
          Orange: Laguna Woods had 175 acre Laurel annexation. Brea had a small annexation of lands that were once in LA County.
          Placer: updated Colfax boundary
          Plumas: new boundary for Portola, includes annexations
          San Luis Obispo: Updated boundary for Paso Robles. Updated Atascadero boundary resulted in removing a large area from incorporation in the southwest vicinty of the city. Pismo Beach had a minor change that resulted in merging the two distinct polygons into one. We obtained and included the official boundary for Morro Bay, even though it does not line up well with parcels.
          San Bernardino: numerous boundaries adjusted based on new countywide data. Mostly sliver fixes, small annexations for Highland and Rancho Cucamonga.
          Santa Clara County: city boundaries were alligned with parcels based on online maps/GIS viewers for Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill, and Gilroy.  Also, a new annexation was captured from 4/18/07 in the Evergreen area of San Jose.
          Shasta: new boundary for Redding and Anderson, includes new annexation in Redding
          Tuolumne County: There is still an issue with City of Sonora boundary. The boundary obtained from the county was snapped to parcel lines, except in the south where the city indicated that the city follows the road and splits parcels. This boundary may require further adjustment for the next release.
          Yolo: numerous boundaries adjusted based on new data from the county

          Minor changes were made to snap portions of city limits to parcels in the following cities:
          La Canada Flintridge, Sierra Madre, South Lake Tahoe, La Mesa

          v07_2 notes: this version fixes errors found in three counties, no other changes occurred;
          1) Alameda: v07_1 included erroneously had identified 4 cities that are not incorporated - Castro Valley, Fairview, Ashland, and San Lorenzo. These were removed.
          2) v07_1 showed a small piece of the City of La Habra extending north from Orange County into Los Angeles County. This small extension is actually unincorporated, the Los Angeles County GIS viewer labels it as La Habra Heights Islands . It was changed to unicnroporated in v07_2.
          3) New annexations were fixed in Brea, Orange, Irvine, San Juan Capistrano, and San Clemente.

          v07_1: first version that included individual cities, not just the outer extent of incorporated areas. This required a major workload to locate and include all these internal boundaries.

  Time Period of Content
    Time Period Information
      Single Date/Time
        Calendar Date 12/2010
    Currentness Reference

                                      ground condition

  Status
    Progress Complete
    Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed
  Spatial Domain
    Bounding Coordinates
      West Bounding Coordinate -124.349960
      East Bounding Coordinate -113.881253
      North Bounding Coordinate 41.988837
      South Bounding Coordinate 32.440116
  Keywords
    Theme
      Theme Keyword Thesaurus FRAP custom
      Theme Keyword city
      Theme Keyword incorporated
      Theme Keyword urban
    Place
      Place Keyword california
  Access Constraints

                                None

  Use Constraints

                                see Citation section for additional constraints

  Point of Contact
    Contact Information
      Contact Person Primary
        Contact Person CAL FIRE SRA Data Manager
        Contact Organization CAL FIRE
      Contact Position CAL FIRE SRA Data Manager
      Contact Address
        Address Type physical address
        Address 1300 U St.
        City Sacramento
        State or Province CA
        Postal Code 95814
        Country UNITED STATES
      Contact Voice Telephone 916-327-3939
      Contact Facsimile Telephone 916-324-1180
      Contact Electronic Mail Address Frapdatacontact@fire.ca.gov
      Hours of Service M-F 8-5
  Browse Graphic
    Browse Graphic File Name http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/browsegraphic/incorp.gif
    Browse Graphic File Type GIF
  Data Set Credit

                                Numerous county and cities contributed data, BOE provided notices for every new annexation.

  Native Data Set Environment
    Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500

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## Data Quality ▼►

  Logical Consistency Report

                                V07_4: City boundaries that follow the coast or follow county boundaries were replaced using the CMCC standard data layer, currently cnty100k07_1. This ensures the city data will be registered to other FRAP data. Unfortunately, it was not possible to distinguish city boundaries that extend to the coast versus those that leave a small strip of beach - these were all extended to the standard coastline.

        There are several small "satellite" polygons midway between 2 or more cities, and it could not be determined which city they ar a part of. These are coded as incorporated areas, with name = 'UNKNOWN'.

  Completeness Report

                                The state Controllers office provided an updated list of all cities by county. This data matches that list exactly.

  Positional Accuracy
    Horizontal Positional Accuracy
      Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report

                                            Since almost all the city boundaries are derived from parcel data, accuracy will vary for different counties. There are Known problem areas:

            - Counties where we had no access to parcel data: Colusa, Del Norte, Imperial

  Lineage

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## Spatial Reference ▼►

  Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
    Planar
      Planar Coordinate Information
        Planar Coordinate Encoding Method coordinate pair
        Coordinate Representation
          Abscissa Resolution 0.000100
          Ordinate Resolution 0.000100
        Planar Distance Units meters
    Geodetic Model
      Horizontal Datum Name North American Datum of 1983
      Ellipsoid Name Geodetic Reference System 80
      Semi-major Axis 6378137.000000
      Denominator of Flattening Ratio 298.257222
  Vertical Coordinate System Definition
    Altitude System Definition
      Altitude Resolution 0.000100
      Altitude Encoding Method Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

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## Entities and Attributes ▼►

  Detailed Description
    Entity Type
      Entity Type Label Population_Centers
      Entity Type Definition
        Incorporated city polygons, bounded by city limits
    Attribute
      Attribute Label FID
      Attribute Definition
        Internal feature number.
      Attribute Definition Source Esri
      Attribute Domain Values
        Unrepresentable Domain
          Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute
      Attribute Label Shape
      Attribute Definition
        Feature geometry.
      Attribute Definition Source ESRI
      Attribute Domain Values
        Unrepresentable Domain
          Coordinates defining the features.
    Attribute
      Attribute Label TYPE
      Attribute Definition
        polygon type
      Attribute Domain Values
        Enumerated Domain
          Enumerated Domain Value Definition
            not an incorporated city
        Enumerated Domain
          Enumerated Domain Value CITY
          Enumerated Domain Value Definition
            Incorporated city
    Attribute
      Attribute Label TYPE_CODE
      Attribute Definition
        Integer code for polygon type
      Attribute Domain Values
        Enumerated Domain
          Enumerated Domain Value 0
          Enumerated Domain Value Definition
            not an incorporated city
        Enumerated Domain
          Enumerated Domain Value 1
          Enumerated Domain Value Definition
            incorporated city
    Attribute
      Attribute Label NAME
      Attribute Definition
        City name
      Attribute Domain Values
        Unrepresentable Domain
          Name of city

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## Distribution Information ▼►

  Distributor
    Contact Information
      Contact Person Primary
        Contact Person FRAP Data Librarian
        Contact Organization CAL FIRE - FRAP
      Contact Position FRAP Data Librarian
      Contact Address
        Address Type physical address
        Address 1300 U St.
        City Sacramento
        State or Province CA
        Postal Code 95814
        Country UNITED STATES
      Contact Voice Telephone 916-327-3939
      Contact Facsimile Telephone 916-324-1180
      Contact Electronic Mail Address FRAPDatacontact@fire.ca.gov
      Hours of Service M-F 8-5
  Resource Description incorp10_3
  Distribution Liability

        DISCLAIMER
        The State of California and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy of data or maps.  The user will not seek to hold the State or the Department liable under any circumstances for any damages with respect to any claim by the user or any third party on account of or arising from the use of data or maps.
        There are no restrictions on distribution of the data by users. However, users are encouraged to refer others to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to acquire the data, in case updated data become available.

  Standard Order Process
    Digital Form
      Digital Transfer Information
        Transfer Size 6.054
  Custom Order Process
    none

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## Metadata Reference ▼►

  Metadata Date 2012-02-16
  Metadata Contact
    Contact Information
      Contact Person Primary
        Contact Person CAL FIRE SRA Coordinator
        Contact Organization CAL FIRE - FRAP
      Contact Position CAL FIRE SRA Coordinator
      Contact Address
        Address Type REQUIRED: The mailing and/or physical address for the organization or individual.
        City REQUIRED: The city of the address.
        State or Province REQUIRED: The state or province of the address.
        Postal Code REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.
      Contact Voice Telephone 916-327-3939
      Contact Facsimile Telephone 916-324-1180
      Contact Electronic Mail Address FRAPDatacontact@fire.ca.gov
      Hours of Service M-F 8-5
  Metadata Standard Name FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata Standard Version FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata Time Convention local time
  Metadata Access Constraints none
  Metadata Use Constraints
    none

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