Any hardcopies utilizing these data sets shall clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way they are obligated to describe the types of modifications they have performed on the hardcopy map. User specifically agrees not to misrepresent these data sets, nor to imply that changes they made were approved by the U.S. Geological Survey. Attribute accuracy was verified by manual comparison of the source with hard copy printouts and plots. Polygons intersecting the neatline are closed along the border.
Line segments are a set of sequentially numbered coordinate pairs.
No duplicate features exist nor duplicate points in a data string. Intersecting lines are separated into individual line segments at the point of intersection. Point data are represented by two sets of coordinate pairs, each with the same coordinate values. All nodes are represented by a single coordinate pair which indicates the beginning or end of a line segment. Some small units and those obscured by dense forest cover may not be included in this dataset.