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    • Series Information for 2020 Census Urban Growth Area (UGA) State-based TIGER/Line Shapefiles, Current

    Metadata Updated: December 14, 2023

    This is a series-level metadata record. The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.

    Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) are legally defined entities in Oregon and Washington that the Census Bureau includes in the MTDB in agreement with each State. UGAs, which are defined around incorporated places, are used to regulate urban growth. UGA boundaries, which need not follow visible features, are delineated cooperatively by State and local officials in Oregon and Washington. Each UGA is identified by a 5-digit numeric census code, usually associated with the incorporated place for which the UGA is named. The UGAs for the 2020 Census were those in effect as of January 1, 2020.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date October 26, 2022
    Metadata Created Date December 14, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 14, 2023
    Reference Date(s) 2020 (publication), 2020-05 (creation), 2020-05 (lastUpdate)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Current NGDA Standalones

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    URL for the TIGERWeb Mapping Service

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Series
    Metadata Date October 26, 2022
    Metadata Created Date December 14, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 14, 2023
    Reference Date(s) 2020 (publication), 2020-05 (creation), 2020-05 (lastUpdate)
    Responsible Party U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid series_tl_2020_uga20.shp.iso.xml
    Access Constraints Access constraints: None, Use Constraints: The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles are for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions. Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.
    Bbox East Long 146.154418
    Bbox North Lat 71.439786
    Bbox South Lat -14.601813
    Bbox West Long -178.443593
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Graphic Preview Description URL for the TIGERWeb Mapping Service
    Graphic Preview File https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/services/TIGERweb/tigerWMS_Census2020/MapServer/WmsServer?REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3.0&LAYERS=Urban_Growth_Areas59666,Urban_Growth_Areas_Labels47199&STYLES=default,default&FORMAT=image/png+xml&BGCOLOR=0xFFFFFF&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&CRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=+47.7026,-117.5373,+47.7726,-117.3509&WIDTH=256&HEIGHT=256
    Graphic Preview Type URL
    Harvest Object Id feadd48d-b2cc-4787-b264-905e5e059eef
    Harvest Source Id 02d50b34-1cc0-456c-9791-b503aacfa729
    Harvest Source Title Current NGDA Standalones
    Licence
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-178.443593, -14.601813], [146.154418, -14.601813], [146.154418, 71.439786], [-178.443593, 71.439786], [-178.443593, -14.601813]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2019-06
    Temporal Extent End 2020-05

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