Shapefile Type: Polygon
Data source: Derived from Census TIGER 2000
Naming convention: c_ddmmyy where ddmmyy = day-month-year
Description: Partial Counties of the U.S. Used for NWR and EAS reporting purposes.
Additional Info: This county data set differs from other county datasets in that certain counties although having the same FIPS code comprise of more than one polygon, each polygon having a different name in the countyname field. This was done in order to allow the forecasters at the sites to issue warnings to these separate parts of the counties. In addition a number of counties along various waterways contain two records with the same FIPS code and name. This is to allow NWS forecasters to visualize these inlets but at the same time to issue a land based product (opposed to a marine based product) for those entities.
| Description | Valid date | Data Download | MD5SUM | Documentation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial Counties | 08 March 2023 | cs08mr23.zip | 1f3475a6b32af80a69c5ee5dab24b093 Date last upload: 28-FEB-23 |
Change History | Metadata |
| 19 September 2023 | cs19se23.zip | 909993de0a167d9a85da531bb76531bd Date last upload: 30-JUN-23 |
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Shapefile Attributes:
| Field Name | Ttype | width,dec | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| STATE | character | 2 | [ss] State abbreviation (standard US Postal) |
| CWA | character | 9 | [wfowfowfo] County Warning Area (WFO Identifier) |
| COUNTYNAME | character | 24 | County name |
| FIPS | character | 5 | [ssccc] FIPS Code |
| TIME_ZONE | character | 2 | [tt] Time zone assignment |
| FE_AREA | character | 2 | [aa] Feature Area (location in STATE) |
| LON | numeric | 10,5 | Longitude of Centroid [decimal degrees] |
| LAT | numeric | 9,5 | Latitude of Centroid [decimal degrees] |
| ENTIRESAME | character | 6 | NWR SAME Location Code for entire county or county equivalent |
| AREA_SAME | character | 6 | NWR SAME Location Code for partial county area |
| AREA_NAME | charcters | 50 | Directional name for partial county area |
