Geographic Place Names (USGS)

	CCH GIS Data Dictionary
	Geographic Place Names (USGS) - Place Names from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The GNIS is our nation's official repository of domestic geographic feature names information.

Metadata

ATTRIBUTES:

COLUMN NAME	DESCRIPTION	SAMPLE
feature_ty	feature type (list)	stream
feature_na	feature name	Ahuimanu Stream
cell_name	usgs 1:24k quad map name
county	county name	Honolulu
county_fips	county fips number that the point falls in	3
state_fip	state fips number that the point falls in	15
latitude	latitude that the point falls in	-157.89
longitude	longitude that the point falls in	21.451
source_lat	source latitude that the point falls in	-157.89
source_lon	source longitude that the point falls in	21.451
elevation	elevation that the point falls on	0
est_pop_1	(blank)

NOTES:

The GNIS is the official vehicle for geographic names use by the Federal Government and the source for applying geographic names to Federal maps & other printed and electronic products. The system supports the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a Federal body created in 1890 and established in its present form by Public Law in 1947. The Board serves the Federal Government, other government agencies, and the public as the central authority to which name inquiries, name issues, and new name proposals may be directed.

The GNIS provides names data to government agencies and to the public, provides the Geographic Names data layers to The National Map, and is the source for the gazetteer (Find Place) search in The National Map viewer. Web map and features services for names data also are available.

REFERENCES:

View the GNIS Metadata FAQ here.
View the US Board on Geographic Names site.
GNIS Names Website at the National Hydrographic Dataset site.

Query a name to verify in the GNIS Names database using this online form, or alternately, you may verify a name through The National Map viewer. Click on Find Place, Geographic Name search, and enter the feature data.
Go to the National Hydrography Dataset which integrates gnis names in it's system.
View the Hawaii Board on Geographic Names site.

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Geographic Place Names (USGS)

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Geographic Place Names (USGS) - Place Names from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The GNIS is our nation's official repository of domestic geographic feature names information.