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GIS Data Dictionary
Hydrography - Lakes and Reservoirs
Last Updated: May 2002

hydro_lakes

hydro_lakes was created and is maintained by the Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department.

Copyright 2001

County of Boulder, Colorado. All rights reserved. All data must be identified and labeled as copyrighted by the County of Boulder, Colorado. Sale or redistribution of these shapefiles is not permitted without separate agreements with Boulder County. For information concerning such an agreement, contact the Parks and Open Space GIS Manager at: (303) 441-3950 or jbellis@co.boulder.co.us.

Disclaimer

All efforts have been made to make these data as accurate as possible, however, arcs are not accurate to surveying standards. Boulder County will not assume liability for the data contained in this website. GIS shapefiles, available for general distribution, are in Boulder County's standard projection and coordinate system. They include existing attribution, data dictionaries, descriptions and other supporting documentation.

Conversions, projections, consultation and support will not be provided. If you find errors in this shapefile, please contact the Parks and Open Space GIS Manager.

Data Format

Format:

ArcView Shapefile

Map Projection:

Lambert Conformal Secant Cone

Coordinate System:

Colorado State Plane, North Zone 3451, grid feet

Horizontal Datum:

HPGN-NAD 83/92

Units:

feet

Spatial Representation:

vector

Source:

U.S. Geologic Survey SDTS and Colorado State University CORRC digital mapping converted from UTM to State Plane. Updated to Boulder County Digital Ortho Photos.

Source Scale:

1:24,000

Status:

Ongoing updates


Coding

Data Type:

Polygon Shapefile

Description:

Lakes, Reservoirs, and Other Water Bodies

Data Source:

U.S. Geologic Survey SDTS and Colorado State University CORC digital mapping converted from UTM to State Plane. Updated to Boulder County Digital Ortho Photos.

Polygon Attributes:

Area:

polygon area in square feet

Perimeter:

polygon perimeter in feet

Hydro24k_:

internal polygon ID

Hydro24k_i:

internal polygon ID

Entity_lab:

internal polygon code

Cff_code:

Cartographic Feature Code

410 = Perennial Lake or Pond

412 = Intermittent Lake or Pond

413 = Reservoir or Gravel Pit Lake

415 = Sewage Lagoon

428 = Snowfield

431 = Wetland or Marsh

Cff_word:

Name of Cartographic Feature Code

Name:

Name of Water Feature


Legend

hydro_lakes.avl

unique symbol for each cff_code


Long's Peak.

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