| Name | Type | Length/ Decimals |
Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature ID | Number | 10 | Permanent, unique feature record identifier and official feature name as defined in INCITS 446-2008, Identifying Attributes for Named Physical and Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads and Highways) of the United States, Its Territories, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile Statutory Zone. | |
| Feature Name | Character | 120 | ||
| Feature Class | Character | 50 | Definitions | |
| Census Code | Character | 5 | Formerly the FIPS55 Place Code and FIPS55 Class Code. See Census ANSI Codes, for INCITS 446-2008, Identifying Attributes for Named Physical and Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads and Highways) of the United States, Its Territories, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile Statutory Zone. Class Code Definitions | |
| Census Class Code | Character | 2 | ||
| GSA Code | Character | 4 | General Services Administration (GSA) location code. Maintained by GSA as a place reference for administrative and personnel purposes. Not otherwise used or referenced by GNIS. | |
| OPM Code | Character | 9 | Office of Personnel Management (OPM) location code. Maintained by OPM as a place reference for administrative and personnel purposes. Not otherwise used or referenced by GNIS. | |
| State Numeric | Character | 2 | The unique two number code and the unique two letter alphabetic code for a US State as specified in INCITS 38:200x, (Formerly FIPS 5-2) Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas of the United States. | |
| State Alpha | Character | 2 | ||
| County Sequence | Number | 3 | Sequence of counties containing the feature. #1 contains feature location. | |
| County Numeric | Character | 3 | The unique three number code and name for a county or county equivalent as specified in INCITS 31:200x, (Formerly FIPS 6-4) Codes for the Identification of Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, its Possessions, and Insular Areas | |
| County Name | Character | 100 | ||
| Primary Latitude | Number | 11/7 | The official feature location as defined in INCITS 446-2008, Identifying Attributes for Named Physical and Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads and Highways) of the United States, Its Territories, Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve-Mile Statutory Zone. Decimal degrees, NAD 83 |
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| Primary Longitude | Number | 12/7 | ||
| Date Created | Date | The date the feature was initially committed to the database. | ||
| Date Edited | Date | The date any attribute of an existing feature was last edited. |