Abstract: Data consists of septic tank information within the Regional Geographic Initiative area of concern. The septic tank information source is the Idaho Health District Septic Permit Database. The Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) related the septic tank information to Public Land Survey System (PLSS) data.
Theme Keyword: Contaminants
Place Keyword: Idaho
Bounding Coordinates: -112.737, 42.565; -111.963, 43.253; North American Datum 1983
Purpose: Identification the number of septic tanks within a given PLSS Section.
Native data set environment: Shapefile
Cross reference: Regional Geographic Initiative
Time period of content:
Calendar Date: Unknown
Currentness reference: Unknown
Progress: Complete pending review
Maintenance and update frequency: As requested
II. Projection Information:
Map projection name: Transverse Mercator
III. Spatial Data Organization:
Indirect spatial reference: Lower Portneuf River valley
IV. Contact Information:
Contact organization (primary): GIS Training and Research Center, Idaho State University
V. Data dictionary:
Entity and attribute overview: Polygon attribute table with PLSS information and the number of septic tanks located within a specific Section.
Attribute (field) no.: 2
Attribute (field) no.: 3
Attribute (field) no.: 4
Attribute (field) no.: 5
Attribute (field) no.: 6
VI. Source information:
Source citation:
VII. Processing steps:
Process description: Prior processing was performed by DEQ. Processing done by the ISU-GIS Center was performed in August, 2000. In ArcView, the data was projected from Idaho Transverse Mercator to Transverse Mercate State Plane Idaho East NAD 1983. The data was then imported into ArcInfo (SHAPEARC). The topology was built (ArcClean), attribute information retained (RegionPoly), and the coverage was checked for nodeerrors. The coverage was then clipped to the RGI boundary and exported as an ARC Interchange file (E00).
VIII. Data quality:
Horizontal positional accuracy value: Unknown
Coordinate System: State Plane Coordinate System Idaho East
Horizontal datum name: North American Datum 1983
Ellipsoid name: Geodetic Reference System 1980
Altitude datum name: National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
Planar distance units: Feet
Altitude distance units: Feet
UTM Zone number: 12
SPCS Zone identifier: 1101
Longitude of central meridian: -112 10 00
Latitude of projection origin: 41 40 00
False easting: 200,000 meters
False northing: 0
Coordinate precision: Single
Direct spatial reference: Vector
SDTS Point and vector object type: GT-Polygon (polygon)
Contact address:
Address: Campus box 8130
City: Pocatello
State: Idaho
Postal Code: 83209-8130
Contact voice telephone: (208) 282-3606
Contact fax number: (208) 282-5802
Hours of service: 8:00am to 5:00pm MST Monday through Friday
Entity and attribute detail citation:
Entity (table) elements: Entity type label: septic_tnks.pat
Entity type definition: Polygon attribute table for septic tanks. Note: Arc software generated files are not described.
Attribute elements:
Attribute (field) no.: 1
Attribute label: T
Attribute definition: PLSS Township
Attribute definition source:
Attribute domain: 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 10
Attribute format type: Character
Attribute format length: 2
Attribute label: R
Attribute definition: PLSS Range
Attribute definition source:
Attribute domain: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
Attribute format type: Character
Attribute format length: 2
Attribute label: S
Attribute definition: PLSS Section
Attribute definition source:
Attribute domain: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
35, 36
Attribute format type: Character
Attribute format length: 2
Attribute label: TR
Attribute definition: PLSS Township and Range
Attribute definition source:
Attribute domain: 02S36E, 02S37E, 02S38E, 03S34E, 03S35E, 03S36E, 03S37E, 04S33E, 04S34E, 04S35E, 04S36E, 04S37E, 04S38E, 05S32E, 05S33E, 05S34E, 05S35E
05S36E, 06S32E, 06S33E, 06S34E, 06S35E, 06S36E, 06S38E, 07S32E, 07S33E, 07S34E, 07S35E, 07S36E, 08S35E, 08S36E, 10S33E, 10S34E
Attribute format type: Character
Attribute format length: 6
Attribute label: TRS
Attribute definition: PLSS Township, Range and Section
Attribute definition source:
Attribute domain: 02S36E24, 02S36E26, 02S36E34, 02S37E18, 02S37E24, 02S38E17, 03S34E22, 03S34E23, 03S34E24, 03S34E26, 03S34E27, 03S34E29, 03S34E30,
03S34E31, 03S34E34, 03S35E08, 03S35E09, 03S35E10, 03S35E11, 03S35E16, 03S35E17, 03S35E18, 03S35E19, 03S36E03, 03S37E03, 04S33E27, 04S33E28, 04S34E02, 04S34E11, 04S34E26, 04S35E29, 04S35E30, 04S35E31, 04S36E03, 04S37E28, 04S38E07, 05S32E36, 05S33E06, 05S33E25, 05S33E36, 05S34E01, 05S34E02, 05S34E08, 05S34E09, 05S34E10, 05S34E11, 05S34E12, 05S34E14, 05S34E15, 05S34E16, 05S34E17, 05S34E19, 05S34E20, 05S34E21, 05S34E22, 05S34E24, 05S34E25, 05S34E26, 05S34E27, 05S34E28, 05S34E29, 05S34E30, 05S34E31, 05S34E32, 05S34E33, 05S34E34, 05S34E35, 05S35E28, 05S35E30, 05S36E29, 06S32E32, 06S33E02, 06S33E06, 06S33E07, 06S33E10, 06S33E12, 06S33E14, 06S33E15, 06S33E18, 06S33E19, 06S33E20, 06S33E22, 06S33E23, 06S33E31, 06S34E02, 06S34E03, 06S34E04, 06S34E05, 06S34E06, 06S34E07, 06S34E08, 06S34E09, 06S34E10, 06S34E11, 06S34E12, 06S34E14, 06S34E16, 06S34E17, 06S34E21, 06S34E22, 06S34E23, 06S34E24, 06S34E27, 06S34E28, 06S34E33, 06S34E34, 06S34E35, 06S35E06, 06S35E11, 06S35E13, 06S35E14, 06S35E15, 06S35E16, 06S35E17, 06S35E18, 06S35E19, 06S35E20, 06S35E21, 06S35E22, 06S35E23, 06S35E24, 06S35E26, 06S35E27, 06S35E28, 06S35E29, 06S35E30, 06S35E31, 06S35E32, 06S36E15, 06S38E02, 07S32E02, 07S32E08, 07S33E12, 07S34E01, 07S34E12, 07S34E13, 07S34E15, 07S34E24, 07S35E06, 07S35E07, 07S35E08, 07S35E09, 07S35E11, 07S35E16, 07S35E17, 07S35E18, 07S35E19, 07S35E20, 07S35E21, 07S35E22, 07S35E23, 07S35E24, 07S35E25, 07S35E28, 07S35E30, 07S35E31, 07S35E32, 07S36E07, 07S36E19, 07S36E21, 07S36E28, 07S36E29, 07S36E30, 07S36E33, 08S35E08, 08S35E27, 08S36E05, 10S33E11, 10S33E12, 10S34E07
Attribute format type: Character
Attribute format length: 8
Attribute label: NUM_SEPTIC
Attribute definition: Number of Septic Tanks located within PLSS Section
Attribute definition source: Health District
Attribute domain: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 35
Attribute format type: Numeric
Attribute format length: 8
Title: Unknown
Originator: Health District, Idaho
Publication date: Unknown
Source contribution: Unknown
Source scale denominator: 1:100,000
Type of source media: Digital
Process contact: GIS Training and Research Center - Idaho State University.
Prior data processor: Derek Young, Division of Environmental Quality, Phone: (208)373-0567.
Horizontal positional accuracy explanation: Unknown
Vertical positional accuracy statement: Unknown
Vertical positional accuracy explanation: Not applicable
Attribute accuracy value: Unknown
Attribute accuracy explanation: Unknown
Logical consistency report: The polygon topology is present
Completeness report: Complete pending review