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National Park System Boundary Dataset - Data Dictionary

Abstract: National Park Service unit boundaries.

Purpose: Service wide boundary set for display and general analysis purposes. These digital park unit boundaries should not be used for any legal boundary disputes. They are intended solely for use only in identifying the general locations of national park units throughout the U.S.

Field Number Attribute Description Data Type
0 FID Internal feature number. Long Integer representing an object identifier
1 Shape Feature geometry. Geometry
2 PARKNAME Park Name Character String
3 DESIGNATIO Designation of National Park Character String
4 ALPHACODE Four Letter code to Describe National Park Character String
5 STABBR U.S. Postal Service two letter state abbreviation for the additional states Character String
6 STFIPS State FIPS code Character String
7 VERSION The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed. Character String
8 REVISION REVISION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented individually for each record whenever a change is made to one of its fields. Character String