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Cultural Resource Management (CRM) 1 of 49 Implementation Guidelines

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IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES

February 14, 2018 Version 1.3

United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management National Operations Center

Division of Resource Services Denver Federal Center

Denver, Colorado 80225

Cultural Resource Management (CRM) 2 of 49 Implementation Guidelines

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Purpose of Implementation Guidelines

Data Standard Development Overview

Review Cycle

National Dataset Update Cycle

Records Retention

DATA STRUCTURES IMPLEMENTED

Domains Implemented

Physical Database Diagram

Topology

Design Considerations

Relational Data Structures

Common Attributes

DOMAINS

Purpose

Domain Documentation

CRM Specific Domains

DATA STANDARD IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS

A. Resource Polygons (crm_rsrce_poly)

B. Investigation Polygons (crm_invstgtn_poly)

C. Resource Investigation Table (crm_rsrce_invstgtn_tbl)

APPENDIX A: DOMAIN VALUES

APPENDIX B: ATTRIBUTE METADATA TERMINOLOGY

REVISION HISTORY

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INTRODUCTION

Purpose of Implementation Guidelines This document describes the physical design for the national data standard for the geospatial dataset. It is intended as a guideline for implementation. States may extend and expand upon this guideline in order to meet their specific needs, provided data pushed up to the national level meets the minimum requirements as set forth in the Data Standard.

Data Standard Development Overview This document describes the physical design of the national data standard for the Cultural Resource Management (CRM) geospatial dataset. The CRM standard and implementation is designed to address BLM business and reporting needs and provide more accurate and standardized analysis of cultural resources spanning state boundaries. This implementation will standardize cultural data currently residing at the state level, with various structures and identifiers. The National Heritage Solution Pilot (NHSP) project was performed to prove the proposed data standard by migrating cultural resource data from 11 State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs) and BLM state offices. Subsequent changes were made to the data standard to accommodate the incoming data. Some fields in this standard were designed to store data in a temporary state until they can be properly cleaned and transformed.

Federal standards and guidelines state that agencies should define the boundaries of surveyed areas and record the precise location of all properties identified. Having accurate boundaries of cultural resources will help track their existence, type and eligibility or status for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or as a National Historic Landmark.

This spatial data implementation includes attribute fields for tracking the status of these designations. An attribute field is also included to document the identifiers for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents that initiated cultural resource investigations.

The structure can help determine where investigations have occurred, where resources have been sought and found in a given area, and attributes of each, such as the investigation title and class or the type and condition of a resource.

High-level Planning The purpose of the national dataset is to have a set of seamless information for high-level landscape analysis. The CRM dataset will store basic information about resources and investigations to support this need. Any additional information not included in this standard that the states currently maintain will continue to be maintained at the state level.

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All the original polygon identifiers (IDs) are retained in the national dataset, but not all the related records are included. The detailed information in the source data from each state is not intended to be retained in the national dataset as users will have access to that information if required for other business needs or purposes.

The crosswalks developed from the state data to the national data standard are designed to aggregate the specific detailed information that the states maintain into a more generic or higher level classification in some cases. As a result, some of the detail of the original information is not intended to be included in the national dataset.

The original IDs from the source polygon data will be retained in the national CRM dataset. The related data may or may not be included per ID. If more detail is needed about an investigation or a resource, the original source data can be accessed from the state by using the ID to locate the record.

Implementation of the data standards will occur at the organizational levels of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as appropriate.

The standards are intended to be platform-independent.

The attributes included in this implementation have been established for this data standard and cannot be modified except through the Data Standards Maintenance process. If additional attributes or domain values are desired by individual states/offices, they may be included in the state specific database as long as core national standard attributes and domains are maintained.

Review Cycle During the next phase of developing the CRM data standard, each state dataset will be evaluated for migration into the national standard.

Extract Transform and Load (ETL) processes will be developed to transform the state data into the national standard on a regular interval.

The data representative for each state will review the dataset for completeness and accuracy initially, and then again on a regular interval.

Any new schema changes in the source data will need to be tracked in order to maintain the ETL processes.

It is recommended that the national CRM data steward review the data quality on a monthly basis. The data steward is responsible for taking action to increase the data quality that includes coaching, mentoring, or training staff. On a semi-annual basis, a review of the data structure should occur against known business requirements to determine if there are changes in the standard.

Quality checks (QCs) will be developed and run periodically at the national level to verify the quality of the data. Reports will quantify which data needs to be corrected by each state or SHPO office.

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A quality check (QC) is needed to verify that the values in CRM_DOM_RSRCE_PRMRY_CAT domain appropriately match the temporal cultural assignment for each record. For example, if the temporal cultural assignment value is “Prehistoric”, then an invalid domain value would be “Utilities”.

National Dataset Update Cycle The ETL process will be used to pull the data from each state, transform it and load it into the BLM national data standard. The frequency in which this will occur will need to be determined. Currently the suggestion from the Subject Matter Expert (SME) is to run the ETL process quarterly.

Records Retention The entire geodatabase for CRM will be archived on an annual basis, by October 15, for the previous fiscal year.

Note: Records issues will be handled according to official policy for Records Management.

DATA STRUCTURES IMPLEMENTED

The data for inclusion in this dataset shall be collected in a known datum and coordinate system. The data stored on the National Operations Center (NOC) EGIS server in Denver shall be stored in geographic coordinates for national layers using the BLM standard NAD 83 datum rather than in a specific projection. While the standard datum is NAD 83, there are multiple realizations of that datum.

The metadata for each dataset shall contain more specific labeling of the datum as appropriate. Examples of this include: NAD 83 (2007) or NAD 83 (CORS 96) (1997). Every effort should be made to be as specific as possible in delineating the appropriate datum.

Data Structures Implemented crm_rsrce_poly Represents the polygon features that show the boundaries for Resource areas.

crm_invstgtn_poly Represents the polygon features that show the boundaries for Investigation areas.

crm_rsrce_invstgtn_tbl This is the associative table that cross-references resources to investigations and vice versa. It resolves the many to many relationship between investigations and resources.

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Domains Implemented When working with datasets that are part of a national data standard, many of the attributes have domain assignments. These domains should be implemented and maintained to help ensure data integrity and to aid in the development of national datasets. Domains may be unique to a specific feature class, or common across multiple feature classes either within an enterprise environment, or within a file geodatabase. Several domains and their associated coded values require periodic updates; for example, Administrative Unit Codes are linked to the FPPS which changes regularly.

Global Domains Global domain names that are common across multiple data standards and feature classes are listed below in italics. These global domain values are located in the Access Database located on the NOC Data Management National Data Standards SharePoint site.

These are the global domains used in this data standard:

DOM_ADMIN_ST

DOM_YES_NO

DOM_YES_NO_UNDTRMND

Data Standard-Specific Domains The following domains are unique to the CRM dataset. Therefore, they are included in the geodatabase and in the XML schema.

The CRM specific domain names are indicated below, in normal text.

CRM_DOM_RSRCE_TMPRL_CLTRL_ASGNMNT

CRM_DOM_RSRCE_PRMRY_PRPRTY_CL

CRM_DOM_RSRCE_PRMRY_CAT

CRM_DOM_RSRCE_NRHP_ELGBLE_CRTRA

CRM_DOM_RSRCE_NRHP_ELGBLE_AUTH_NM

CRM_DOM_RSRCE_CNDTN_ASSMNT

CRM_DOM_RSRCE_CLCTN_PRFRM_STTS

CRM_DOM_DATA_SRCE

CRM_DOM_SPTL_CLCTN_MTHD

CRM_DOM_INVSTGTN_AUTH

CRM_DOM_INVSTGTN_CL

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The XML file is provided as a Link to Sharepoint does not contain global domains in order to avoid duplicating them in the new schema.

Please refer to the Domains Management document for instructions on adding these global domains to the geodatabase and linking them to the feature classes.

The “Global Domains” document is located on the National Data Standards SharePoint (“Standards Support Information” tab > Document Type: Reference > Subject: Domains). Shared domains are not included in the geodatabase associated with these implementation guidelines.

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Physical Database Diagram

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Topology

Geodatabase (gdb) and map topologies are often used to relate the active feature classes together, to maintain feature geometry, and to aid in the editing of features. The implementation of this data standard does not require topologies.

Design Considerations

Background

The CRM Data Standard builds on previous work conducted by the Cultural Resources Data Sharing Partnership (CRDSP) and the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC).

The implementation of this data standard was designed during the Colorado Plateau Pilot Project (CPPP) with the initial intent of importing legacy data from each of the four SHPOs: Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. During the NHSP project, a total of 11 states were migrated into the data standard as part of another pilot project.

The implementation of the geodatabase supporting this standard includes two polygon feature classes, Investigations (surveys) and Resources (sites). An intermediate table is set up between the Investigations and Resources for those states that maintain a many to many relationship between those. Not all states maintain this relationship.

The pilot phase of this implementation involved importing data from four diverse database structures. The second pilot (NHSP) involved migrating eleven diverse database structures and reporting on the results of that process. Schema changes were identified during this process and are included in this data standard. Future design considerations that were uncovered during the pilot migration process are included in Appendix E of the CRM Data Standard Report.

During the NHSP migration project there were some issues identified and some rules established as part of that effort. The following list includes descriptions of those:

a. Each individual investigation has a unique ID by the lead agency, usually an alphanumeric.

A new investigation will have a new ID, for example, sometimes a revisit of a previous investigation area will simply add a numerical suffix to the first, such as 18N355 and 18N355.1, or it may be quite different. Each investigation should also have a completion date and report name to help identify it uniquely.

b. Some, but not all state SHPO data will have predefined identifiers which relate Investigations with Resources. Going forward, these relationships should be retained by reestablishing a new relationship using the unique CRM ID (at the national level) and populating the intermediate table in this data standard.

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c. Day-forward, it is recommended that for any dates that are stored as free-form text fields will need to be converted into a date format during the transformation process and/or manually. This type of edit may need to be negotiated with each state SHPO office.

Any text-format dates that are not able to be automatically transformed into a date format will be sent back to the state as an error to correct. Negotiations need to be made to get conformance to the national standard.

There are two fields for dates in Resources and in Investigations. One field holds the free-form text date field that needs to be cleaned and transformed into the other field which is a date field.

Once all the dates are clean, the text date field can be dropped. The date formatted date field will remain going forward.

d. The detailed information in the source data from each state will not be retained in the national dataset.

The purpose of the national dataset is to have a set of seamless information for high-level planning and landscape analysis.

The CRM dataset will store basic core information about resources and investigations to support this need. Any additional information not included in this standard that the states currently maintain will continue to be maintained at the state level.

The crosswalks from the state data to the national data standard are designed to aggregate the specific detailed information that the states maintain into a more generic, higher-level classification in some cases. As a result, some of the original information will not be included in the national dataset.

The original IDs from the source polygon data will be retained in the national CRM dataset. The related data may or may not be included per ID. If more detail is needed about an investigation or a resource, the original source data can be accessed from the state by using the ID to locate the record.

e. Only one Temporal Cultural Assignment is needed for each resource polygon in the national dataset. Several states maintain resources with more than one Temporal Cultural Assignment for one polygon. As part of this data standard, it is intended that each value in the state source data will be crosswalked in combination (as part of the ETL process) to determine one primary value to use in the national dataset. For example, if a resource has both Historic and Prehistoric elements, then the resource in the national dataset will be assigned “Multi-Component” for the Temporal Cultural Assignment.

f. Some states do not maintain all of the data outlined in this data standard. This data will not be required, but negotiations will occur with each state to meet the standard as closely as possible, with the goal of 100 percent compliance. The CRM NHSP Data Migration Status Report outlines what specific data was found missing and to what degree.

g. There is some concern that the states are not maintaining a unique ID for each polygon with unique attributes. Many states that have this problem are going through a database redesign. It is assumed that this problem will not occur moving forward, but that legacy data may still have an issue. In the ETL process that will be developed, the intent is that these cases will be corrected by creating multi-part features for each unique ID. In the next phase of development, those states redesigning their data will need to have their new data structure evaluated for any remaining issues. The CRM NHSP Data Migration Status Report has more information about this.

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Relational Data Structures Ultimately, there should exist a zero or one-to-many relationship between each Investigation and its Resource polygons: each unique Investigation record could have zero to many associated Resources. Resources are expected to also have a zero or one-to-many relationship with Investigations since a single resource could be associated with zero or more investigations. This constitutes a many-to-many relationship between Investigation polygons and Resource polygons.

It is the intent of this standard to have a single record for each Investigation, even if it spans multiple polygons over a large area. If there are several polygons with the same ID, those will be dissolved into one multi-part feature.

When a many-to-many relationship exists in a database, the standard database design method is to create a ‘junction”, or “associative” table with each feature class having a one-to-many relationship with it. This table may hold only the fields necessary to create the relationship, the foreign keys, or it may include additional fields that would help describe either of the two related features. These additional fields may assist with initial editing and merging of data. The Data Standard Report shows this as the ‘CRM Resource Investigation’ table.

Relationship Classes for this Data Standard

The following describes the relationship classes included in the standard and provides a brief description of each. This implementation relates the Investigation and the Resource polygons each to the Resource Investigation table using one-to-many relationships.

A. crm_rsrce_rel: a one-to-many relationship class linking each Resource feature in crm_rsrce_poly to the associative table crm_rsrce_invstgtn_tbl.

B. crm_invstgtn_rel: a one-to-many relationship class linking each Investigation feature in crm_rsrce_poly to the associative table crm_rsrce_invstgtn_tbl.

CRM_RSRCE_

INVSTGTN_TBL

FK1: CRM_INVSTGTN_ID

FK2: CRM_RSRCE_ID

CRM_INVSTGTN_POLY

PK1: CRM_INVSTGTN_ID

A B CRM_RSRCE_POLY

PK1: CRM_RSRCE_ID

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For more information on relational data structures, please refer to the document entitled “Relational_Data_Structures” (National Data Standards SharePoint >“Standards Support Information” tab > Document Type: Instruction > Subject: Geospatial).

Common Attributes The following are attributes (data elements) that are common across feature classes. These include attributes for edit tracking and feature level metadata domains.

GIS Name Logical Name

Physical Definition & Design Consideration

ADMIN_ST State Alphabetic Code

Physical Definition: An administrative unit that identifies the state or geographic area which has administrative jurisdiction over lands and cases. The land for a case may not be physically located in the associated administrative state. Only those states that are BLM administrative states are in the domain for this entity. Example: Montana is the administrative state for public lands in the geographic states of Montana, South and North Dakota.

Attribute Domain Assignment:

DOM_ADMIN_ST

Design Consideration: Two letter, upper case abbreviation for the administrative state office. In the FPPS Organization Codes, use the second two characters (after the LL, e.g.

LLAK030900).

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GIS Name Logical Name

Physical Definition & Design Consideration

GIS_ACRES Polygon Area Measure

Physical Definition: The total number of acres within travel management areas and plans polygon.

Design Considerations: The entire acreage of the polygon regardless of land status.

This is a calculated value of area, in units of acres, based on the area field created by default within the ESRI Polygon data structure. For the purposes of a ‘national data layer’, the data are to be stored in geographic coordinates which do not correspond to ground values. This requires that there be a standard method for calculating this attribute.

The method used for these data are as follows: Project the data into a standard projection such as the ESRI default Albers equal-area projection for the continental U.S., “US Albers NAD 1983.” (Make sure the area measure of your data is square meters, as opposed to square feet.) Then use the field calculator in ArcMap with the expression: [GIS_ACRES] = [SHAPE_Area] * 0.0002471044. Please note that the figure used in this calculation is the factor for converting the U.S. Survey Foot value from the length of a meter, as opposed to the International Standard for converting meters and feet.

Default: 0.0

BLM_ACRES Not Applicable

Physical Definition: The acres within the polygon that are under BLM jurisdiction.

CREATE_DATE Not applicable

Physical Definition: The date in which the record was created.

Design Consideration: The data of the data migration. The date will be in the format of

MM/DD/YYYY.

CREATE_BY Not applicable

Physical Definition: The UserID (BLM login ID) of the person who migrated the data.

Design Consideration: This attribute will be deleted before providing the data to the public.

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GIS Name Logical Name

Physical Definition & Design Consideration

GlobalID Not Applicable

Physical Definition: A 32-character alpha-numeric code that serves as the universal and unique identifier for each feature within the feature class of a geodatabase.

Design Consideration: Software generated value. A field of type UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) in which values are automatically assigned by the geodatabase when a row is created. This field is not editable and is automatically populated when it is added for existing data.

DOMAINS

Purpose Domain values are an integral part of any data standard to ensure consistency and quality of the data captured using a data standard. This document provides the information necessary to understand those data elements (attributes) that have a set of domain values and the descriptions of the domain values to provide guidance in using the appropriate value. Reference entities and other entities that have a fairly stable list of values are included in this document for the data standard.

As this document will be used for both the data standard report and the implementation guidelines, it includes both the logical and implementation views of each of the domain sets. Standard Geospatial Domain Values (those pertaining to feature-level metadata) are not included in this document, but will be part of the Implementation Guidelines.

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Domain Documentation

CRM Specific Domains

Domain Name: CRM Resource Temporal Cultural Assignment

Physical Domain Table CRM_DOM_RSRCE_TMPRL_CLTRL_ASGNMNT

The general age category and cultural affiliation of the resource.

The domain values vary by state and region with historic post Euro American contact. Ethnohistoric refers to resources that are post Euro American influence or contact but are incorporated into traditional Native American life ways.

Geodatabase Domain Values DEFAULT VALUE: Unknown

Code Description Definition

Prehistoric Prehistoric Precontact Native American of or pertaining to the time or a period prior to recorded history.

Ethnohistoric Ethnohistoric The archaeological signature of post contact sites of indigenous or non-Western peoples.

This includes prehistoric and historic Euro American-Asian goods and signatures.

Historic Historic Historic sites are those created by Euro and Asian Americans, i.e., not Native American.

Multicomponent Multicomponent Has more than one temporal assignment which could include prehistoric, ethnohistoric and historic components.

Unknown Unknown The age of the resource cannot be determined, either because it has not been examined with regard to age or because an examination failed to find any indicators of age.

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Domain Name: CRM Resource Primary Property Class

Physical Domain Table CRM_DOM_RSRCE_PRMRY_PRPRTY_CL

The primary classification type of the property which conveys management implications.

Geodatabase Domain Values DEFAULT VALUE: Site

Code Description Definition

Building Building A building, such as a house, barn, church, hotel, or similar construction, is created principally to shelter any form of human activity. “Building” may also be used to refer to a historically and functionally related unit, such as a courthouse and jail or a house and barn.

Cultural ACEC Cultural ACEC Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) Defined by significant cultural resource values (field office/RMP/LUP defined).

District District A district possesses a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development.

Landscape Landscape Large-scale properties often comprised of multiple, linked features that form a cohesive area or place. Landscapes have cultural and historical meanings attached to them by the peoples who have traveled, used, and interwoven these places into generations of practice.

Examples: Designed Historic Landscapes (battlefield, park, garden, grounds, facilities etc.); Rural Historic Landscape (agricultural, farming structures, orchards, forest etc.).

National Landmark

National Landmark National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the U.S..

Object Object The term “object” is used to distinguish from buildings and structures, those constructions that are primarily artistic in nature or are relatively small in scale and simply constructed.

Although it may be, by nature or design, movable, an object is associated with a specific setting or environment.

Sacred Site Sacred Site Any specific, discrete, narrowly delineated location on federal land that is identified by an Indian tribe, or Indian individual determined to be an appropriately authoritative representative of an Indian religion, as sacred by virtue of its established religious.

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Sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_property_types http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places , http://www.nps.gov/nr/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site

National Register Bulletin 15 significance to, or ceremonial use by, an Indian religion (from EO 13007). Includes Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), includes re-interred Native American human remains, potential or known grave sites, cairn burials, and crevice burials.

Site Site A site is the location of a significant event, a prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether standing, ruined, or vanished, where the location itself possesses historic, cultural, or archeological value regardless of the value of any existing structure.

Structure Structure The term “structure” is used to distinguish from buildings as those functional constructions made usually for purposes other than human shelter.

Traditional Cultural Property

Traditional Cultural Property

A property that derives significance from traditional values associated with it by a social and/or cultural group such as an Indian tribe or local community. A traditional cultural property may qualify for the National Register of Historic Properties if it meets the criteria and criteria exceptions at 36 CFR 60.4. See National Register Bulletin 38.

World Heritage Site

World Heritage Site A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties. The sites are judged important to the collective interests of humanity.

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Domain Name: Resource Primary Category

Physical Domain Table CRM_DOM_RSRCE_PRMRY_CAT

The primary, most prevalent general purpose or pattern of use that created the resource may also be known as “site type”.

Refers to historic, multi-component, historic Native American sites, as well as sites with an unknown Resource General Temporal and Cultural Assignment.

Geodatabase Domain Values DEFAULT VALUE: Unknown

Code Description Definition

Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural sites include evidence of the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products.

Commercial Commercial Commercial sites include evidence of activities related to or used in the buying and selling of goods and services such as stables, general store, etc.

Communication Communication Communication resources and infrastructure such as telegraph, phone lines, cell towers and other communication resources.

Government Government Government sponsored actions such as exploration, Indian agencies, land surveys, public works related to CCC and other locations.

Industrial Industrial Industrial sites include evidence of manufacturing activities with European construction materials and methods.

Logging Logging Logging sites include evidence of activities related to cutting trees for lumber such as lumber camps, flumes, skid trails, etc.

Military Military Military sites have characteristics of or relate to soldiers or armed forces.

Mining Mining Mining sites include evidence of mineral extractive activities with European construction materials and method.

Oil and Gas Oil and Gas Oil and Gas sites include evidence of Oil and Gas extractive activities with European construction materials and methods.

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Prospecting Prospecting Prospecting sites include evidence of exploration of an area especially for mineral deposits.

Ranching Ranching Ranching sites include evidence of large farming activities especially in the U.S. where animals (such as cattle, horses, and sheep) are raised and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting cattle and sheep.

Recreation Recreation These include historic recreation sites on federal lands such as campgrounds or campsites, parks, picnic areas, interpretive sites and other historic recreational facilities or locations.

Residential Residential These prehistoric or ethnohistoric sites were occupied for periods of time and contain evidence of a wide array of activities that may include some or all of the following including tool maintenance, grinding stone use, and measurable midden development as evidenced by density and diversity of artifact classes including flaked stone debris, formal tools, projectile points, milling tools, pottery, and features such as midden deposits, hearths, house pits and rings. Sites contain three or more artifact classes and a diversity of formal tools. Occupation sites often contain high-investment residential structures such as semi-subterranean pit houses. It is inferred that sites of this type were seasonally occupied over relatively long periods of time by an extended social group consisting of men, women, and children. Due to expended length of occupation and seasonal re-use, complex occupation sites have the highest potential to contain subsurface deposits.

Settlement Settlement These historic locations contain habitation features consistent with a historic settlement.

These sites were occupied for extended periods of time and contain evidence of a wide array of activities which may include structures and structural ruins, agricultural implements, corrals, glassware, metal implements, garbage dumps, military objects, etc.

Such historic sites contain three or more artifact classes and a diversity of formal tools.

Occupation sites often contain high-investment residential structures such as sod, adobe, wooden, and masonry construction. It is inferred that sites of this type were seasonally or permanently occupied over relatively long periods of time by an extended social group consisting of men, women, and children. Due to expended length of occupation or seasonal re-use, complex occupation sites have potential to contain subsurface deposits often including outhouse deposits that may contain significant archaeological information.

These site types may often be viewed as a district from a National Register categorization.

Includes government sites such as Indian agencies where residence occurred.

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Specialty Site Specialty Site Specialty sites relate more to the symbolic or strategic realm, rather than subsistence and settlement. Some may occur in association with habitation sites, but many lack associated artifacts. Sites included in this category include, but are not limited to, rock art, caches, rock cairns, vision quest sites, trails and burials sites, exploration sites, land survey sites, line camp, etc.

Task Specific Task Specific Prehistoric or ethnohistoric site of a single task specific activity which might have included hunting/processing, lithic reduction, milling, mining or single reduction. Sites included in this category are Hunting/Processing Camps, Hunting Blinds, Lithic Reduction Stations, Granaries, Milling Stations, and Quarry/Single Reduction Stations.

Temporary Camp

Temporary Camp Prehistoric or ethnohistoric logistical or embedded procurement camps similar to residential bases, but used for short-term, task specific hunting, gathering or tool stone procurement. They may have only been utilized seasonally for a short duration or by smaller family groups. The density and diversity of the artifacts decreases with these types of occupations, exhibiting the functional traits of the type of resource procurement being conducted. Sites may lack evidence of living floors or structures. Single or separable temporal component may increase the National Register significance. The artifact assemblage may be limited in quantity but will contain a high diversity of materials (e.g., ceramics, fire-cracked rock, features/structures) representing both male and female activities. Because of their shorter duration of use, the likelihood of subsurface deposits is lower than that for complex occupation sites.

Temporary Historic Site

Temporary Historic Site

Historic site used for short-term, task specific activities such as cattle drive encampments, military battle encampment sites, harvesting camps, recreational campsites, etc. They may have only been utilized seasonally for a short duration, or by smaller groups. The density and diversity of artifacts decreases with these types of occupations, exhibiting the functional traits of the type of resource activity being conducted. Sites may have hearths but lack evidence of developed living floors or structures. Single or separable temporal component may increase the National Register significance. The artifact assemblage may be limited in quantity but will contain a high diversity of materials (e.g., ceramics, fire-cracked rock, features/structures) representing both or either male and female activities.

Because of their shorter duration of use, the likelihood of subsurface deposits is lower than that for complex occupation or settlement sites.

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Definitions sourced from “Cultural Resource Model and Class III Inventory for Owyhee Land Exchange” (pg. 25-29, 34).

Transportation Transportation Transportation sites includes evidence of a system for moving passengers or goods from one place to another.

Utilities Utilities Energy infrastructure that shows evidence of power being delivered from one place to another. Examples are: power lines, power plants and other energy structures.

Wtr Strg Cnvync Water Storage and Conveyance

Any water infrastructure that shows evidence of water control features such as dams, reservoirs, flumes, ditches, tank, pipelines, or troughs.

Unknown Unknown The primary purpose or pattern of use is unknown or cannot be determined.

Domain Name: Yes No Undetermined

Physical Domain Table DOM_YES_NO_UNDTRMND

Indicates if, during the most recent evaluation, the resource was determined to be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Geodatabase Domain Values DEFAULT VALUE: Undetermined

Code Description Definition

Yes Yes Resource is eligible for NRHP listing.

No No Resource is NOT eligible for NRHP listing.

Undetermined Undetermined No determination was made during the most recent evaluation if the resource is eligible for NRHP listing.

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Domain Name: CRM Resource National Register of Hisoric Places Eligibility Criteria

Physical Domain Table CRM_DOM_ RSRCE_NRHP_ELGBLE_CRTRA

The criteria under which the determination of NRHP eligibility was made.

Geodatabase Domain Values DEFAULT VALUE: Not Specified

Code Description Definition

Eligible A Only Eligible A Only Resource eligible due to association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.

Eligible B Only Eligible B Only Resource eligible due to association with the lives of persons significant in our past.

Eligible C Only Eligible C Only Resource eligible due to the embodiment of distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction.

Eligible D Only Eligible D Only Resources that have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

Eligible (A, B, and/or C) Eligible (A, B, and/or C) Resource is eligible under any combination of A, B or C, but not D.

Eligible ((A, B and/or C) and D) Eligible ((A, B and/or C) and D) The resource is eligible for NRHP listing under any combination of (A, B, C) and D. Examples include: Eligible under (A and D) or (A, B and D) or (B and D) or (C and D) or (B, C and D), etc. Do not use this value if the resource is eligible under D only or any combination of A, B and C but not D.

Not Specified Not Specified The criteria under which the NRHP eligibility determination is not recorded.

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NA Not Applicable The resource was determined to be not eligible for NRHP listing and there for criteria for eligibility are not applicable.

Domain Name: CRM National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Authority Name

Physical Domain Table CRM_DOM_ RSRCE_NRHP_ELGBLE_AUTH_NM

The authority or process under which the NHRP eligibility was made. Provides information about the level of authority that can be placed in the NRHP eligibility determination.

Geodatabase Domain Values DEFAULT VALUE: N/A

Code Description Definition

Consultant Consultant The eligibility status shown for the resource is based on an assessment and recommendation made by a consultant.

Managing Agency Managing Agency

The eligibility status shown for the resource is based on a determination made by the agency responsible for managing the resource following the guidelines for evaluation specified in federal law and the procedural and policy documents of the agency. The agency may, or may not, have agreed with the consultant recommendation in arriving at the determination.

SHPO SHPO The eligibility status shown for the resource is based on a determination made by the agency and concurred upon by the SHPO and/or made independently by SHPO.

Natl Register Keeper of the National Register

The eligibility status shown for the resource was determined by the Keeper of the National Register or the Keeper’s delegate.

NA Not Applicable The resource does not require an eligibility determination.

Unknown Unknown No information on who determined eligibility.

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Domain Name: CRM Resource Condition Assessment

Physical Domain Table CRM_DOM_RSRCE_CNDTN_ASSMNT

The resource condition, in terms of its natural or unnatural degradation.

Geodatabase Domain Values DEFAULT VALUE: Unknown

Code Description Definition

Stable Stable Erosion, decay or alteration by humans, forces of nature that would occur at an expected pace.

Deteriorating Deteriorating In danger of destruction, or an unacceptable rate of deterioration or damage.

Threatened Threatened Elements of eligibility and/or significance are deteriorating and may be destroyed.

Appropriate mitigation measures should to be taken.

Destroyed Destroyed Site may be completely destroyed with no physical evidence remaining or lacks any integrity to be eligible for listing on the NRHP and/or contains no “archaeological interest” pursuant to ARPA (see 43 CFR 7.3.)

Unknown Unknown The condition of the resource is not known.

NA Not Applicable The resource is not subject to degradation or destruction,(e.g., district or landmark boundary).

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Domain Name: CRM Resource Collection Performed Status

Physical Domain Table CRM_DOM_RSRCE_CLCTN_PRFRM_STTS

Indicates if a documented collection has ever been performed on this resource.

Geodatabase Domain Values DEFAULT VALUE: No

Code Description Definition

Yes Yes At least one documented collection has been performed.

No No No documented collection has been performed.

Unknown Unknown It is unknown if a collection has been performed.

NA Not Applicable Entity is a boundary or other type of resource on which a collection would never be performed, such as a district or landmark boundary. Collection would occur at specific resources and reflected in those specific entities records.

Domain Name: CRM Data Source

Physical Domain Table CRM_DOM_DATA_SRCE

The source of the digital data from which the information about the resource and/or investigation was taken.

Geodatabase Domain Values DEFAULT VALUE: Unknown

Code Description Definition

AK SHPO AK SHPO Alaska State Historic Preservation Office

AZSITE AZSITE Arizona Cultural Resource Inventory

BLM Oregon

OCRIS

BLM Oregon

OCRIS

Bureau of Land Management Oregon State Office Database

CA BLM CA BLM Bureau of Land Management California Office

CO SHPO CO SHPO Bureau of Land Management Colorado Office

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ES Eastern States Eastern States

FS FS United States Forest Service

ID BLM ID BLM Bureau of Land Management Idaho Office

ID SHPO ID SHPO Idaho State Historic Preservation Office

MT SHPO MT SHPO Montana State Historic Preservation Office

ND SHPO ND SHPO North Dakota State Historic Preservation Office

NM SHPO NM SHPO New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office

NPS NPS United States National Park Service

NV SHPO NV SHPO Nevada State Historic Preservation Office

OK SHPO OK SHPO Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office

SD SHPO SD SHPO South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office

TX SHPO TX SHPO Texas State Historic Preservation Office

UT SHPO UT SHPO Utah State Historic Preservation Office

WA SHPO WA SHPO Washington State Historic Preservation Office

WY SHPO WY SHPO Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

Domain Name: CRM Spatial Collection Method

Physical Domain Table CRM_DOM_SPTL_CLCTN_MTHD

The method or manner in which the spatial data regarding the location of the resource was collected.

Geodatabase Domain Values DEFAULT VALUE: Unknown

Code Description Definition

GPS GPS A GPS unit, of any grade, was used.

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Digitized – USGS24000 Digitized – USGS24000 Horizontal position coordinates were derived from USGS map at 1:24,000 scale. If one transfers a GPS position to a map, then digitizes from the map, the accuracy is still that of the map, not the GPS.

Digitized – USGS62500 Digitized – USGS62500 Horizontal position coordinates were derived from USGS map at 1:62,500 scale. Note: If one transfers a GPS position to a map, then digitizes from the map, the accuracy is still that of the map, not the GPS.

Digitized – USGS63560 Digitized – USGS63560 Horizontal position coordinates were derived from USGS map at 1:63,560 scale. Note: If one transfers a GPS position to a map, then digitizes from the map, the accuracy is still that of the map, not the GPS.

Digitized – USGS100000 Digitized – USGS100000 Horizontal position coordinates were derived from USGS map at 1:100,000 scale. Note: If one transfers a GPS position to a map, then digitizes from the map, the accuracy is still that of the map, not the GPS.

Digitized – USGS 250000 Digitized – USGS 250000 Horizontal position coordinates were derived from USGS map at 1:250,000 scale. Note: If one transfers a GPS position to a map, then digitizes from the map, the accuracy is still that of the map, not the GPS.

Digitized-Other Digitized-Other Examples include: Digitized land office maps, Mylar, other map scales not listed.

Aliquot Aliquot Derived from an aliquot (cadastral) location. This depends upon the size of the aliquot part relative to the entity coordinate. At best, the horizontal positional accuracy is that of the associated map.

Hand Sketch Hand Sketch Examples include: Verbal description of location which is hand drawn into a geospatial boundary.

Image Interpretation Image Interpretation Interpretation from an image which could include infrared, remote sensing, etc.

Other Other Some other source, known but not among choices listed.

Unknown Unknown Method used to collect geospatial data is not known.

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Domain Name: CRM Investigation Authority

Physical Domain Table CRM_DOM_INVSTGTN_AUTH

The authority or framework under which the investigation occurred.

Geodatabase Domain Values DEFAULT VALUE: Unknown

Code Description Definition

Section 106 Section 106 Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966.

Section 110 Section 110 Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)of 1966.

ARPA ARPA Archeological Resources Protection Act of 1979.

NAGPRA NAGPRA Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

Other Other Investigation authorized via another process not listed above.

Unknown Unknown The authorization process is not known.

Domain Name: CRM Investigation Class

Physical Domain Table CRM_DOM_INVSTGTN_CL

The type of investigation completed, indicates the level of detail/complexity of an investigation.

Geodatabase Domain Values DEFAULT VALUE: Unknown

Code Description Definition

Class II Inventory Class II Inventory An inventory that does not meet state Class III inventory standards. May include probabilistic field survey: A statistically based sample survey designed to help characterize the probable density, diversity and distribution of archeological properties in a large area by interpreting the results of surveying limited and discontinuous portions of the target area.

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Class III Inventory Class III Inventory Intensive field survey: A continuous, intensive survey of an entire target area, aimed at locating and recording all archaeological properties that have surface indications, by walking close-interval parallel transects until the area has been thoroughly examined.

Class III methods vary geographically; conforming to the prevailing standards for the region involved with transect spacing of 30 meters or less.

Class II and Class III Class II and Class III Inventory Combination of Class II and Class III survey strategies used in the investigation.

Excavation Excavation Subsurface investigation at a known resource location.

Collections Non-Field Study Collections or Non-Field Study Analysis of materials, artifacts, samples that are taken from a resource in a previous investigation.

Monitoring Monitoring A condition assessment of existing resource(s) or high probability area(s) to include site updates, ground disturbance, etc.

Ethnographic Study Ethnographic Study Ethnography or ethnographic is the systematic study of people and cultures.

Site Specific Study Site Specific Study Advanced study of a resource over and above general recordation to address specific research questions and domains.

Other Other An investigation that does not fit within previous categories (e.g., cursory, reconnaissance).

Unknown Unknown The class or type of investigation is not known.

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DATA STANDARD IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS

A. Resource Polygons (crm_rsrce_poly) The features for Resource Polygons are defined below. Domain values are used when appropriate.

A resource polygon shows the historic property constituting the smallest unit of management considered by the NRHP; it may be an individual building, structure, object or site.

Common Attributes are documented in Bold. Design considerations for common attributes can be found above in the Common Attributes section.

CRM Resource Polygon Featureclass Attributes

GIS NAME ALIAS DATA

FORMAT

ALLOW

NULLS?

DEFAULT

VALUE DOMAIN NAME DERIVED?

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