Abstract: An administrative unit of forest land designated by the Minister, as authorized under Section 14(1) of the Forests Act.
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ABC8A8CD-F25A-498E-899C-11B7B98D9558
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Organisation name:
Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Forest Resource Analysis Section, Forest Management Branch
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Phone:
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780-427-8474
Facsimile:
780-427-0085
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
8th Floor, Great West Life Building
Delivery point:
9920 - 108 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2M4
Country:
Country:
CA
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AF.FMB-GIS@gov.ab.ca
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Date stamp:
2022-01-26
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NAP - Metadata
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1.2
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complex
Geometric object count:
97
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3400
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EPSG
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Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Forest Management Unit
Alternate title:
FMU
Date:
Date:
Date:
2022-01-06
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Forest Resource Analysis Section, Forest Management Branch
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
780-427-8474
Facsimile:
780-427-0085
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
8th Floor, Great West Life Building
Delivery point:
9920 - 108 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2M4
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AF.FMB-GIS@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
0815 to 1630 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
originator
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804277374
Facsimile:
7804220712
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
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AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca
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custodian
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mapDigital
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Previous update occured 2014-05-01.
Abstract:
An administrative unit of forest land designated by the Minister, as authorized under Section 14(1) of the
Forests Act.
Purpose:
The Forest Management Unit (FMU) dataset consists of units of forest land managed for wood fibre production
and other renewable resources.
Status:
Progress code:
completed
Point of contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Forest Resource Analysis Section, Forest Management Branch
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
780-427-8474
Facsimile:
780-427-0085
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
8th Floor, Great West Life Building
Delivery point:
9920 - 108 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2M4
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AF.FMB-GIS@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
0815 to 1630 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
pointOfContact
Resource maintenance:
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Alberta, Canada
Type:
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place
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Geo-administrative boundary
Keyword:
Forestry
Keyword:
Forest Management
Type:
Keyword type code:
theme
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Live Data and Maps
Thesaurus name: uuidref: 723f6998-058e-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66
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Classification:
Classification code:
unclassified
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Public/Unrestricted
Classification system:
Government of Alberta Data and Information Security Classification
Handling description:
https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/pdf/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification-Standard.pdf
Spatial representation type:
Spatial representation type code:
vector
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Topic category:
Topic category code:
boundaries
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic element:
Geographic bounding box:
West bound longitude:
-120.850117
East bound longitude:
-109.078651
South bound latitude:
48.917351
North bound latitude:
60.095171
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Distribution:
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Format:
Name:
ESRI File Geodatabase
Version:
10.7.1
Specification:
FGDB
File decompression technique:
ZIP
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Name:
ESRI Shapefile
Version:
10.7.1
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SHP
File decompression technique:
ZIP
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Distributor:
Distributor contact:
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Organisation name:
Altalis Ltd.
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
403-716-3490
Facsimile:
403-716-3494
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Suite 1550, 635 - 8 Avenue SW
City:
Calgary
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T2P 3M3
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
support@altalis.com
Hours of service:
08:00 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Contact instructions:
The layer is a part of the Base Features product which can be accessed and downloaded via the Open
Data option from Altalis: http://www.altalis.com/
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Distribution Order Process:
Standard order process:
Fees:
This layer is included in the Base Features product for free under the Open Government Licence -
Alberta.
Ordering instructions:
The layer is a part of the Base Features product which can be accessed and downloaded via the Open
Data option from Altalis: http://www.altalis.com/
Turnaround:
Direct download
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/boundary/asrd_administrative_area/MapServer
Protocol:
REST
Name:
ASRD_Administrative_Area/Latest
Description:
Map service for seven Alberta Sustainable Resource Development Geoadministrative Areas including
Forest Management Unit
Function:
Online function code:
webService
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
The Forest Management Unit boundary is built by selecting and putting available Source Data (described
below) into an edit environment of the layer, to assemble the Geoadministrative Areas (GA) boundary. The
GA boundary built uses Base Features (BF) Source Data which includes arc layers of Alberta Township
System (ATS), Hydrography, Hypsography, Access, and other Geo-Administrative boundaries such as National
or Provincial Parks. In cases where BF Source Data does not exist, Spatial Data Warehouse (SDW)
Cadastral Source Data including block, lot, plan, ownership and right-of-way are used.
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Initial compilation
Date and time:
2000-03-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Update
Date and time:
2003-09-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Revised data structures.
Date and time:
2004-10-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Boundary correction of NE10-56-15-W5 taken out of E2 and added to EO1. Boundary modification to match
Green/White Area in 72-23-W5, 75-5-W6, 77-2-W6, 78-9-W6, 78-13-W6, 79-10-W6. Boundary correction in
Twp 24-11-W5 to match National Park boundary. Land taken out from FMU GO1 and added to G12 including
NW17, all 20, N1/2 of 75-10-W6; NW1/2 23 & 24, S1/2 25, all 26, NE27, NE & W1/2 28, all 29, NE30,
S1/2 32, S1/2 & NE33, all 34, 35 & 3 of 74-12-W6; All 11 & 12 of 75-13-W6; All 7 of 75-12-W6.
Date and time:
2005-11-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Boundary change of B10 and B11 to match Spray Lake FMA boundary. S9 becomes part of S19 stated by
Executive Memo of 2004.11.29. Change of H1 and E9 from O.C. 251/2004 (June 21, 2004). Cache Percott
Forest change. Boundary correction to coincide with White Goat and Siffleur Wilderness Area with
Base Features master height of Land and digitized file.
Date and time:
2005-11-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Change to the boundary between S16 and S21, due to changes in the latest hydrography according to AVI
interpretation.
Date and time:
2006-03-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Correction: PO3 & P10: NE 36-100-24-W5 changed from P10 to PO3. Update E7: partial goes to W15 New
G16: Amalgamation of G1, G3, G4, G6 & G7. W15: Amalgamation of partial of E7, total W1, W8 & W10.
Date and time:
2008-04-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Reconciled to ATS v4.1. Conformed to 2007 Provincial Boundary & National Park. P15 was dissolved &
split to P17 & P18. P17 & P18 are new units created from portions of P15.
Date and time:
2009-05-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Correction of boundary error in two areas in Twp 90 & Twp 91-Rge 21-W5 that follows the Peace River
and not the Daishowa FMA.
Date and time:
2010-04-21T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Correction of boundary error in Sec 26 & 35-Twp102-Rge 19-W5. 2010.09 New FMU P19: Amalgamation of
FMU's P10, P13 and P17. Void 2011.01 Adjust boundary with the Hydro update of Smoky, Simonette,
Kakwa & Latornell River, based on 2009 SPOT imagery provided by Data Acquisition: E8, G12, G13, G14,
G15, G16, GO1, GO2, GO3, PO1 & S19. Correction of boundary between E1 &E5. 2011.02 Boundary
reconciled to AVI boundary in twp 57 & 58 Rge. 7 & 8 W6 i.e. boundary between E8 & E10. Amalgamation
of FMU P16 & P18 to new P20.
Date and time:
2010-05-03T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Reconciled and conformed to ATS V4.1 Alberta Provincial Boundary which was compiled by Spatial Data
Warehouse Ltd. (SDW) on behalf of the Government of Alberta (GOA). The ATS V4.1 Alberta Provincial
Boundary is considered definitive for GOA use which supersedes all previous versions. The ATS V4.1
Alberta Provincial Boundary was compiled in 8th decimal place geographic coordinates
(GCS_North_American_1983) and which was geoprocessed to NAD 1983 10 TM AEP Forest coordinate system,
using ESRI ArcGIS application.
Date and time:
2011-09-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
a. Existing FMU's voided: E1, E3, E4, E5, E6, E7 & E11 b. New FMU's created: E13, E14 & E15 c.
Boundary update - Between S7 and SO1 to match Green/White Area boundary - Between BO1 & BO2 to match
City of Airdrie & Calgary - Between RO1 & WO2 to match City of Edmonton & St. Albert - RO1 to match
City of Leduc, Wetaskiwin & Red Deer
Date and time:
2012-03-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Update: To align FMU boundary with City of Airdrie, mostly within FMU BO2.
Date and time:
2012-07-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
• Existing FMUs F1, P3, P4, P5, S15 merged to create new FMU P21. • Existing FMU S7 broken into FMU’s
S23, S24, S25. • Parts of existing FMU F11 surrounded by White Area merged into FMU FO1. • Boundary
update: FMU R10 updated to match FMA boundary.
Date and time:
2014-04-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
• Existing FMUs PO1 and PO3 merged to create new White Area FMU PO5 and new Green Area FMUs S26 and
P22. • FMU R11 boundary updated to match White Goat Wilderness Area. • Exclusion of FMU B9 area
overlapping with Stoney No. 142B Indian Reservation polygon. • FMUs GO3, PO5, E14, E15, R12, R13,
W14, W15, and G15 boundaries updated to align with base feature hydro updates. • FMUs W13, W14, E8,
and G15 boundaries updated to align with base feature access updates. • Correction of FMU boundaries
to match Crown Ownership source data along FMU EO1. • SW 15-65-14-W5 historical adjustment as per
FMA correction.
Date and time:
2016-11-01T00:00:00
Processor:
Responsible party:
Individual name:
Forest Resource Analysis Section, Forest Management Branch
Organisation name:
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Senior Resource Analyst
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
(780) 427-8474
Facsimile:
(780) 427-0085
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
8th Floor, Great West Life Building, 9920 - 108 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
AB
Postal code:
T5K 2M4
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AF.FMB-GIS@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
0815 to 1630 Monday to Friday
Contact instructions:
Email anytime or phone during hours of operation.
Role:
Role code:
processor
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
2017.03.01 Jasper National Park adjusted to the height-of-land as defined in “Canada National Parks
Act, Statues of Canada 2000, Chapter 32, Bill C-27, Assented to 20th October, 2000”. Removal of RO1
portion to adjust for City of Leduc 2014.01.01 annexation of eight quarter townships from Leduc
County (O.C. 258/2014). FMUs W13, W14, W15, WO1, and WO2 boundaries updated to align with
re-interpretation of Athabasca River. FMUs W13 and W14 boundaries updated to align with
re-interpretation of Sakwatamau River. FMUs W14, G15 and W15 boundaries updated to align with
re-interpretation of Smoky River (amendment to previous 2016-11-01 BF_HYDRO update).
Date and time:
2017-03-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
2018.06 Amendment of FMU boundaries M3 and S19 to align with 1989 municipal land survey plan of Gift
Lake Metis Settlement No. 3E within SEC-4 TWP-079 RGE-10 MER-5. Minor updates of FMU boundaries WO2
and LO2 within the municipalities of Edmonton and St. Albert near Big Lake and Sturgeon River.
Coincident vertice realignment with FMA boundary.
Date and time:
2018-06-06T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
FMU Amalgamation -new FMU B12 - FMU B9 and B10 merged. -new FMU R15 - FMU E2, E15, W5, W6, and R12
merged.
Date and time:
2018-12-20T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Summary of changes to Forest Management Units. -Creation of Forest Management Unit W16 – amalgamation
of FMU W11 and W13. -Updates to river boundaries: Berland River, Athabasca River, and Little Smoky
River. -Update to Alberta Boundary in FMU C5 along Alberta-British Columbia border. -Modifed
existing field: FMU_CODE - changed to list FMU designation according to previous inventory (Phase 3)
and used for Coniferous Timber Quotas and Deciduous Timber Allocations. -Added new field: APPROVAL –
date that creation of new Forest Management Unit was approved through amalgamation of previous
units. -Added new field: EFFECTIVE - date that new Forest Management Unit designation is available
to be applied to Forest Management and Tenure processes. The following are details of changes
according to Forest Management Unit, Legal location (Township and Range), overall boundary change
with details. Boundary reductions C5 TWP-008 RGE-05 MER-5 - CHANGES TO ALBERTA BOUNDARY (AB-BC
BORDER) TWP-009 RGE-05 MER-5 - CHANGES TO ALBERTA BOUNDARY (AB-BC BORDER) E14 TWP-056 RGE-01 MER-6 -
HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-057 RGE-01 MER-6 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River)
TWP-057 RGE-21 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-057 RGE-26 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY
UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-057 RGE-27 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-20
MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Athabasca River) TWP-058 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE
(Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-21 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-22 MER-5 -
HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-23 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River)
TWP-058 RGE-24 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-25 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY
UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-26 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) W14 TWP-059
RGE-19 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Athabasca River) TWP-060 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE
(Little Smoky River) TWP-061 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Little Smoky River) TWP-062
RGE-21 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Little Smoky River) TWP-063 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY
UPDATE (Little Smoky River) W15 TWP-056 RGE-01 MER-6 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-057
RGE-01 MER-6 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-057 RGE-21 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE
(Berland River) TWP-057 RGE-26 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-057 RGE-27 MER-5 -
HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Athabasca River)
TWP-058 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-21 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY
UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-22 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-23
MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-24 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland
River) TWP-058 RGE-25 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-26 MER-5 - HYDRO
BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-060 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Little Smoky River)
TWP-061 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Little Smoky River) TWP-062 RGE-21 MER-5 - HYDRO
BOUNDARY UPDATE (Little Smoky River) Boundary Increases C5 TWP-009 RGE-05 MER-5 - CHANGES TO ALBERTA
BOUNDARY (AB-BC BORDER) E14 TWP-056 RGE-01 MER-6 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-057
RGE-01 MER-6 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-057 RGE-21 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE
(Berland River) TWP-057 RGE-26 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-057 RGE-27 MER-5 -
HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Athabasca River)
TWP-058 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-21 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY
UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-22 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-23
MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-24 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland
River) TWP-058 RGE-25 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-26 MER-5 - HYDRO
BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) W14 TWP-060 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Little Smoky
River) TWP-061 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Little Smoky River) TWP-062 RGE-21 MER-5 -
HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Little Smoky River) W15 TWP-056 RGE-01 MER-6 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland
River) TWP-057 RGE-01 MER-6 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-057 RGE-21 MER-5 - HYDRO
BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-057 RGE-26 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-057
RGE-27 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE
(Athabasca River) TWP-058 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-21 MER-5
- HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-22 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River)
TWP-058 RGE-23 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-24 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY
UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-25 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-058 RGE-26
MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Berland River) TWP-059 RGE-19 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE
(Athabasca River) TWP-060 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Little Smoky River) TWP-061 RGE-20
MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Little Smoky River) TWP-062 RGE-21 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE
(Little Smoky River) TWP-063 RGE-20 MER-5 - HYDRO BOUNDARY UPDATE (Little Smoky River
Date and time:
2020-05-04T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Hydro Boundary update -FMU E8 and FMU G16 – Smoky River TWP-059 RGE-05 MER-6, TWP-058 RGE-07 MER-6,
TWP-060 RGE-05 MER-6, TWP-059 RGE-06 MER-6, TWP-059 RGE-07 MER-6 -FMU E8 and FMU G15 – Simonette
River TWP-060 RGE-03 MER-6 FMU Amalgamation -FMU A14 and A15 amalgamated, replaced with new FMU A16.
Boundary Source Data re-alignment -FMU WO2 / W52 TWP-054 RGE-25 MER-4 Realignment with source data
CADASTRAL / CROWN_OWNERSHIP: LINC 0021013719
Date and time:
2021-03-08T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
FMU UPDATE - boundary changes along Green and White Area FMUs. Changes to FMUs and the location (found
in the Township). Noted change does not refer to the entire township, just the general geographic
location. FROM FMU F11 TO FMU FO1 (TWP.103 - RGE.19 - MER.5) FROM FMU F23 TO FMU FO1 (TWP.108 -
RGE.7 - MER.5) FROM FMU F23 TO FMU FO1 (TWP.109 - RGE.7 - MER.5) FROM FMU F23 TO FMU FO1 (TWP.110 -
RGE.7 - MER.5) FROM FMU F23 TO FMU FO1 (TWP.109 - RGE.8 - MER.5) FROM FMU F26 TO FMU FO1 (TWP.111 -
RGE.19 - MER.5) FROM FMU G12 TO FMU GO1 (TWP.74 - RGE.14 - MER.6) FROM FMU G14 TO FMU GO4 (TWP.69 -
RGE.24 - MER.5) FROM FMU G14 TO FMU GO4 (TWP.70 - RGE.24 - MER.5) FROM FMU G9 TO FMU GO3 (TWP.80 -
RGE.8 - MER.6) FROM FMU P14 TO FMU PO5 (TWP.96 - RGE.21 - MER.5) FROM FMU R10 TO FMU RO1 (TWP.38 -
RGE.9 - MER.5) FROM FMU S16 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.77 - RGE.17 - MER.5) FROM FMU S23 TO FMU SO1 (TWP.69 -
RGE.25 - MER.4) FROM FMU S24 TO FMU SO1 (TWP.71 - RGE.1 - MER.5) FROM FMU W16 TO FMU WO2 (TWP.63 -
RGE.4 - MER.5) FROM FMU W16 TO FMU WO2 (TWP.62 - RGE.4 - MER.5) FROM FMU W16 TO FMU WO1 (TWP.59 -
RGE.12 - MER.5) FROM FMU W16 TO FMU WO1 (TWP.59 - RGE.13 - MER.5) FROM FMU W16 TO FMU WO1 (TWP.59 -
RGE.11 - MER.5) FROM FMU B12 TO FMU BO2 (TWP.31 - RGE.6 - MER.5) FROM FMU B12 TO FMU BO2 (TWP.29 -
RGE.6 - MER.5) FROM FMU C5 TO FMU CO2 (TWP.11 - RGE.2 - MER.5) FROM FMU C5 TO FMU CO2 (TWP.12 -
RGE.2 - MER.5) FROM FMU C5 TO FMU CO1 (TWP.8 - RGE.6 - MER.5) FROM FMU G13 TO FMU GO2 (TWP.70 -
RGE.27 - MER.5) FROM FMU G13 TO FMU GO2 (TWP.70 - RGE.1 - MER.6) FROM FMU G16 TO FMU GO3 (TWP.78 -
RGE.13 - MER.6) FROM FMU G16 TO FMU GO3 (TWP.77 - RGE.7 - MER.6) FROM FMU P21 TO FMU PO5 (TWP.91 -
RGE.21 - MER.5) FROM FMU P21 TO FMU PO5 (TWP.90 - RGE.21 - MER.5) FROM FMU R13 TO FMU EO1 (TWP.52 -
RGE.18 - MER.5) FROM FMU R13 TO FMU EO1 (TWP.52 - RGE.17 - MER.5) FROM FMU R15 TO FMU EO1 (TWP.55 -
RGE.15 - MER.5) FROM FMU R15 TO FMU EO1 (TWP.53 - RGE.17 - MER.5) FROM FMU S17 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.75 -
RGE.6 - MER.5) FROM FMU S17 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.75 - RGE.9 - MER.5) FROM FMU S17 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.75 -
RGE.10 - MER.5) FROM FMU S17 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.73 - RGE.6 - MER.5) FROM FMU S17 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.74 -
RGE.6 - MER.5) FROM FMU S17 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.73 - RGE.5 - MER.5) FROM FMU S19 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.75 -
RGE.14 - MER.5) FROM FMU S19 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.76 - RGE.14 - MER.5) FROM FMU S19 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.75 -
RGE.13 - MER.5) FROM FMU S20 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.73 - RGE.7 - MER.5) FROM FMU S20 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.73 -
RGE.6 - MER.5) FROM FMU S20 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.73 - RGE.5 - MER.5) FROM FMU S20 TO FMU SO2 (TWP.72 -
RGE.5 - MER.5) FROM FMU S25 TO FMU SO1 (TWP.63 - RGE.2 - MER.5) FROM FMU S25 TO FMU SO1 (TWP.63 -
RGE.3 - MER.5)
Date and time:
2021-12-02T00:00:00
Source:
Source:
Description:
The Forest Management Unit boundary is built by selecting and putting available Source Data (described
below) into an edit environment of the layer, to assemble the Geoadministrative Areas (GA) boundary.
The GA boundary built uses Base Features (BF) Source Data which includes arc layers of Alberta
Township System (ATS), Hydrography, Hypsography, Access, and other Geo-Administrative boundaries
such as National or Provincial Parks. In cases where BF Source Data does not exist, Spatial Data
Warehouse (SDW) Cadastral Source Data including block, lot, plan, ownership and right-of-way are
used. ATS data layer is considered to be the foundation by which all other Source Data should be
registered with when the GA boundary layer is compiled. The Cadastral Source Data maintained by SDW
is used in the hierarchy order of block, lot, plan and right-of-way; regardless which version it is.
The SDW cadastral representation of ATS and Hydrography is not used. The SDW LSD arcs are used for
boundary segments that are interpreted as aligning with legal subdivision lines according to the
defining document, but the representation of Section, Quarter Section and Road Allowance are not
allowed to be used as these lines should be derived from the BF ATS Source Data. If none of the
above Source Data is available and the defining document refers a specific elevation or contour,
Hypsography contour data is used. If no source arc for the particular contour or elevation exists,
interpolation of the contours or elevation graphically is obtained by averaging between successive
contours on either side of the range of elevation values. If the defining document describes a
mountain peak, interpretation of the contours to determine the highest point of the peak is
determined or in certain cases a spot height point in the Hypsography cartographic layer is used to
identify the peak. If the defining document describes a boundary segment as Height-of-Land (HOL),
HOL data is captured by digitization or graphical construction. In cases if the GA boundary is
described, but no Source Data is available except from a digital reference file provided by data
authority, with data authority's expressed permission, arcs are copied from the digital reference
file. Segments of the boundary which adjoin to Provincial Boundary or National Park, arcs are copied
from these 2 layers to define the GA boundary so that the layer does conform to these 2 key layers.
Once all the Source Data has been copied and put into the edit environment, Constructed arcs are
used to close polygon in cases where a gap between 2 Source Data arcs exceeds 0.001 meters. If a gap
is less than 0.001 meters, one of the Source Data is extended to close the polygon, in accordance
with the Source Data edit hierarchy i.e. with the highest order of importance to the least
importance which is in the order of ATS, Hydrography, Hypsography, SDW data, Access, Height-of-Land
or digitized arcs and digital reference file. Spatial relationship of the boundary layer compiled is
maintained with the Base Features (BF) Source data and other Source Data with the geometry of all
the Source Data remains unaltered throughout the editing process. Edit tolerance is set to zero for
node snap and arc snap. The GA polygons compiled have all the linework precisely closed. Attribute
tables are created according to item definition, with only one label point exists per GA polygon.
Clean processes on the Source Data beyond the tolerances specified above is prohibited. Source Data
is edited manually in order to maintain polygon topology using BUILD processes. After polygons are
built, they are attributed according to the Base Features GA Specification table standard i.e. CODE
and NAME.
Source citation:
Citation:
Title:
Base Features Access
Alternate title:
Base Features Access
Date:
missing
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Government of Alberta
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Edmonton, Alberta
Role:
Role code:
publisher
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
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