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The Service's definition and classification system provides standardization of concepts and terms used to describe wetland types found in the United States

The National Vegetation Classification System (NVCS) is a widely accepted method that establishes taxonomic groupings and methodology for defining spatial extents.

Four-digit numeric code used to represent the year portion of a calendar date (YYYY) ISO 8601 standard

Unique five- or six-character codes assigned by the Geographic Area Fire Coordination Centers to identify Government organizational units responsible for managing fire-related incidents or projects and providing resources and logistical services to the wildland fire community.

A DOQ is a digital image that has the properties of an orthographic projection, derived from a digitized perspective aerial photograph or other remotely sensed image data by differential rectification so that image displacements caused by camera tilt and terrain relief are removed.

Digital ecosystem information portraying the location and boundaries of the ecosystem units in several file formats.

Digital data input by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) depicting streams, rivers, and related types of features.

Digital data containing hydrologic unit codes, the nationally accepted identifiers for watersheds.

Data representing reconnaissance level information on the location, type, and size of riparian riparian
Definition of riparian habitat or riparian areas.

Learn more about riparian and wetland habitats.

Soil information created and maintained by the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS).

Data that depicts transportation items such as roads, railroads, and pipelines

Digital wetland maps created by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Ecological Services, Branch of Geospatial Mapping and Technical Support, National Wetlands Inventory.

A core set of 15 metadata elements that can be used to describe any type of physical or electronic resource, regardless of the media format, area of specialization, or cultural origin.

Federal agencies shall document all new geospatial data they collect or produce, either directly or indirectly, using the metadata standard developed by the FGDC (Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, Version 2, FGDC-STD-001-1998).

Two-digit numeric codes that represent congressional districts and similar areas defined for the various Congresses of the United States.

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) names that represent the counties and other entities treated as equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the possessions and freely associated areas of the United States.

Unique three-digit Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) numeric codes that represent the counties and other entities treated as equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the possessions and freely associated areas of the United States.

A unique nine-digit identification sequence assigned by Dun & Bradstreet to identify each distinct physical location/address of a single business entity or organization, as well as each legal division (such as branch, division, and headquarters) that may be co-located.

Official names used by the Service to identify the ecosystem unit boundaries of the United States, which are drawn primarily along watershed boundaries.

One- and/or two-digit numbers that represent the ecosystem unit boundaries of the United States, which are drawn primarily along watershed boundaries.

The 12-month financial accounting period for which the Government plans the use of its funds.

Full names and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes for representing the basic geopolitical entities (countries, dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty) of the world and their principal administrative divisions.

A unique one- to six-character code assigned by the Washington Office, Division of Realty, to each organizational unit, area, or project site over which the Service has some type of jurisdiction.

A number assigned to a person or place for the purpose of communicating by telephone in a geographic area that is not part of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP).

A numeric description of a real geographic location on the earth's surface, defined by two coordinate values (latitude and longitude) in decimal degree format.

Unique alpha codes assigned by the Washington Office, Division of Realty, that identify the organizational units, areas, and project sites on Service-owned lands.

Format of address used by a Service organization for proper delivery of mail by the U.S. Postal Service.

Official names and acronyms used to identify Service organizations.

Administrative categories that identify Service organizations by their primary facility function, program activities, specialized duties and responsibilities, and/or operational status.

A unique consecutive number, up to a maximum of eight digits, assigned by a unit manager to each building, structure structure
Something temporarily or permanently constructed, built, or placed; and constructed of natural or manufactured parts including, but not limited to, a building, shed, cabin, porch, bridge, walkway, stair steps, sign, landing, platform, dock, rack, fence, telecommunication device, antennae, fish cleaning table, satellite dish/mount, or well head.

Learn more about structure , or facility owned or leased by the Service, or over which it has primary jurisdiction, in each State where the unit is located.

Unique one-digit number assigned to regional offices within the Service that have responsibility for program and/or administrative activities within a geographically-defined area.

Full State names and unique two-letter Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) alphabetic codes for representing the 50 States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas.

Unique two-digit Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) numeric codes for representing the 50 States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas.

A ten-digit number assigned to a person or place for the purpose of communicating by telephone in a geographic area that is part of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP).

A standard format for the direction from which the wind is blowing.

The Beaufort Wind Force Scale, a scale of wind velocity or force ranging from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane) and used to represent wind speeds for use on land.

Digital information input by the Census Bureau depicting the boundaries of the Congressional Districts.

Draft specifications and procedures to standardize the creation, maintenance, and dissemination of Endangered Species Critical Habitat spatial data by the Service.

Digital topographic maps created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Draft specifications and procedures to standardize the creation, maintenance, and dissemination of Habitat Conservation Plan spatial data by the Service.

Digital maps created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) depicting contour lines including positional accuracy (hypsography) as defined under ASPRS.

Data that depict political boundaries such as park, towns, counties or states.

Public land survey information, such as township, range and section locations, often referred to in legal land ownership descriptions in the United States.

A common set of terminology and definitions for the documentation of biological data through the creation of extended elements.

Guidance on the data format to be used when calendar date information is exchanged among information systems (MMDDYYYY)

This standard identifies and defines the required map elements when developing Web Map Applications on USFWS Internet and Intranet sites.

Discovery-level metadata allows a resource (any data assets or information resources or projects related to the use or creation of those resources) to be uniquely identified and indexed by various catalogs. Users attempting to locate a resource rely on discovery-level metadata when searching catalog entries, generally assessing if results are appropriate for their purposes, and potentially accessing more details about a resource. Discovery-level metadata may also provide 

associations between various resources, such as identifying all data that result from a project.