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Surficial Geology (1:24,000) Status Index - December 2007

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OVERVIEW

Surficial Geology (1:24,000) Status Index
 
This layer stores the status of the Surficial Geology (1:24,000) data development project. Tiles, named "A" through "J", comprise U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle sheets and represent the units by which USGS develops and distributes the data.

The layer is named SURFGEO24KSTATUS_POLY.
See the Surficial Geology (1:24,000) Status Map.
METHODOLOGY
A polygon layer was created by coding the Quadrangle Template and dissolving it by tile name ("A" through "J").
ATTRIBUTES
The layer's polygon attribute table has the following items:

Item Name  
Description
SG_AREA
Tile name, "A" through "J"
SG_AVAIL
Availability of 1:24,000 surficial geology data for this tile.
"Y" for yes, "N" for no
MAINTENANCE
MassGIS maintains this layer and will update the SG_AVAIL field as new geology data become available from the USGS.

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