Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
      Publication_Date: 20251024
      Title: GIS Date for Quaternary Geology of Richland County, Wisconsin [dataset 1]
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
        Publisher: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
      Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.54915/ptqi5841
      Larger_Work_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Carson, Eric C.
          Originator: Christensen, Aaron, M.
          Originator: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
          Publication_Date: 20251024
          Title: Quaternary Geology of Richland County, Wisconsin
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: publication
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name: Map
            Issue_Identification: 515
          Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.54915/ptqi5841
  Description:
    Abstract: This dataset (RichlandCo_Quat_M515_2025.gdb) provides a digital representation of the Quaternary material in Richland County, Wisconsin. From the original publication: In this report and accompanying map we describe the Quaternary sediments and landforms of Richland County, Wisconsin. The report provides geologists, hydrologists, engineers, regulators, planners, and others interested in the geologic resources of the county with a basic understanding of the type, origin, and distribution of Quaternary sediments, which are an important economic resource for the county.
    Purpose: This dataset represents the dataset published in 2025. This dataset is GeMS level-3 complaint.
    Supplemental_Information: For additional information, please see the map and supplemental report accompanying this dataset. This database conforms to GeMS (Geologic Map Schema)--a standard format for the digital publication of geologic maps, available at https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/standards/GeMS/. A single metadata record provides detailed descriptions of the purposes, constituent entities, and attributes for each element in the dataset. These metadata were prepared with the aid of script GeMS_FGDCMetadata.py, version of 2/27/24.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: 20251024
    Currentness_Reference: publication date
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.6717
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.1908
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.5550
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.1622
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
      Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Wisconsin
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: These data are provided by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) on an "as is" basis. WGNHS will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of these data, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, punitive, and consequential. WGNHS makes no warranties on these data, express, implied, statutory, or in any other provision of any agreement or communication, and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
      Contact_Position: Information Manager
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical
        Address: 3817 Mineral Point Road
        City: Madison
        State_or_Province: Wisconsin
        Postal_Code: 53705
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 608-262-1705
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: data@wgnhs.wisc.edu
Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Please see accompanying map and supplemental report for additional information. Confidence that a feature exists and confidence that a feature is correctly identified are described in per-feature attributes ExistenceConfidence and IdentityConfidence. Confidence that a feature exists and confidence that a feature is correctly identified are described in per-feature attributes ExistenceConfidence and IdentityConfidence.
  Logical_Consistency_Report: Topology is consistent with the requirements specified in the GeMS Schema (https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/standards/GeMS/), including the following rules: Map unit polygons have no gaps or overlaps. All map unit polygon boundaries coincide with lines in the Contacts and Faults layer. Lines have no overlaps, intersections, or dangles (except for concealed faults). Directional lines conform to the "right hand rule". GeMS attributes are complete and there are no schema errors and no content errors, as validated by the GeMS "Validate Database" tool (https://github.com/usgs/GeMS_Tools/)
  Completeness_Report: Please see accompanying map and/or supplemental report for additional information.
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Estimated accuracy of horizontal location is given on a per-feature basis by attribute LocationConfidenceMeters. Values are expected to be correct within a factor of 2. A LocationConfidenceMeters value of -9 or -9999 indicates that no value has been assigned.
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: USGS
          Publication_Date: 20060101
          Title: Federal Geographic Data Committee [prepared for the Federal Geographic Data Committee by the U.S. Geological Survey], 2006, FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization: Reston, Va., Federal Geographic Data Committee Document Number FGDC-STD-013-2006, 290 p., 2 plates.
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: publication
          Online_Linkage: https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/fgdc_gds/geolsymstd.php
      Type_of_Source_Media: Digital and/or Hardcopy
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 20060101
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FGDC-STD-013-2006
      Source_Contribution: Cartographic Standards, glossary terms
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: WGNHS
          Publication_Date: 20251024
          Title: Carson, Eric C. and Aaron M. Christensen, 2025, Quaternary Geology of Richland County, Wisconsin: Madison, WI, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Map 515, 1:100,000.
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: publication
      Type_of_Source_Media: Digital and/or Hardcopy
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 20251024
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: RichlandQuat100K2025
      Source_Contribution: Original geologic interpretations
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: AGI
          Publication_Date: 20050101
          Title: Neuendorf, Klaus; Mehl, James P., Jr; and Jackson, Julia A., eds., 2005, Glossary of geology (fifth ed.): Alexandria, VA, American Geological Institute, 779 p.
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: publication
      Type_of_Source_Media: Digital and/or Hardcopy
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 20050101
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AGI_2005
      Source_Contribution: Glossary definitions
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: USGS
          Publication_Date: 20200101
          Title: U.S. Geological Survey National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, 2020, GeMS (Geologic Map Schema), A standard format for the digital publication of geologic maps: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 11, chap. B10, 74 p., https://doi.org//10.3133/tm11B10.
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: publication
          Online_Linkage: https://doi.org//10.3133/tm11B10
      Type_of_Source_Media: Digital and/or Hardcopy
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Single_Date/Time:
            Calendar_Date: 20200101
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: GeMS_2020
      Source_Contribution: Schema structure
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description: Geologic mapping was based on the study of published and unpublished WGNHS map data, lidar-derived elevation and shaded relief models (State Cartographer's Office, 2023). Lithostratigraphic usage follows that of Syverson and others (2011). Map unit contacts were drawn in a GIS software between 2012 and 2025 and generalized to a scale of 1:100000.
      Process_Date: 20251024
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
      Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 556
Spatial_Reference_Information:
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        Map_Projection_Name: Transverse_Mercator
        Map_Projection_Parameters:
          Standard_Parallel: 0.0
          Standard_Parallel: 0.0
          Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -90.0
          Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
          False_Easting: 520000.0
          False_Northing: -4480000.0
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
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        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 0.6096
          Ordinate_Resolution: 0.6096
        Planar_Distance_Units: meters
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: NAD83_High_Accuracy_Reference_Network
      Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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      Entity_Type_Label: DescriptionOfMapUnits
      Entity_Type_Definition: Non-spatial table that captures content of the Description of Map Units (or equivalent List of Map Units and associated pamphlet text) included in a traditional paper geologic map. Has an internal hierarchy expressed by attribute HierarchyKey
      Entity_Type_Definition_Source: GeMS
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MapUnit
      Attribute_Definition: Short plain-text identifier of the map unit. Foreign key to DescriptionOfMapUnits table.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Loess on residuum
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Carson, Eric C. and Aaron M. Christensen, 2025, Quaternary Geology of Richland County, Wisconsin: Madison, WI, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Map 515, 1:100,000.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: water
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: water
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Carson, Eric C. and Aaron M. Christensen, 2025, Quaternary Geology of Richland County, Wisconsin: Madison, WI, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Map 515, 1:100,000.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value: lbu
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value: cc
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Carson, Eric C. and Aaron M. Christensen, 2025, Quaternary Geology of Richland County, Wisconsin: Madison, WI, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Map 515, 1:100,000.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Carson, Eric C. and Aaron M. Christensen, 2025, Quaternary Geology of Richland County, Wisconsin: Madison, WI, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Map 515, 1:100,000.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Carson, Eric C. and Aaron M. Christensen, 2025, Quaternary Geology of Richland County, Wisconsin: Madison, WI, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Map 515, 1:100,000.
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Carson, Eric C. and Aaron M. Christensen, 2025, Quaternary Geology of Richland County, Wisconsin: Madison, WI, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Map 515, 1:100,000.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FullName
      Attribute_Definition: Name of map unit including identification of containing higher rank unit(s), e.g., "Shnabkaib Member of Moenkopi Formation".
      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Age
      Attribute_Definition: Age of map unit as shown in Description of Map Units. Examples of values are "late Holocene", "Pliocene and Miocene", "Lower Cretaceous".
      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Description
      Attribute_Definition: Free-format text description of map unit. Commonly structured according to one or more accepted traditions (e.g., lithology, thickness, color, weathering and outcrop characteristics, distinguishing features, genesis, age constraints) and terse.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: HierarchyKey
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      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ParagraphStyle
      Attribute_Definition: Token that identifies formatting of paragraph(s) within traditional Description of Map Units that correspond to this table entry.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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      Attribute_Label: Label
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      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Symbol
      Attribute_Definition: Reference to a point marker, line symbol, or area-fill symbol that is used on the map graphic to denote the feature: perhaps a star for a K-Ar age locality, or a heavy black line for a fault.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: AreaFillRGB
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      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: AreaFillPatternDescription
      Attribute_Definition: Text description (e.g., "random small red dashes") provided as a convenience for users who must recreate symbolization.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: DescriptionSourceID
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      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: GeoMaterial
      Attribute_Definition: Categorization of map unit based on lithologic and genetic character, term selected from NGMDB standard term list defined in Appendix A of GeMS documentation, available at http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Info/standards/GeMS..
      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: GeMS
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        Enumerated_Domain:
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other materials
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: GeMS
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      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: GeMS documentation
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: GeMS documentation
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        Enumerated_Domain:
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      Attribute_Label: DescriptionOfMapUnits_ID
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      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Arbitrary string. Values should be unique within this database.
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      Entity_Type_Definition_Source: GeMS
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      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Source
      Attribute_Definition: Plain-text short description that identifies the data source.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Notes
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      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain. Free text. Values of <null> or #null indicate no entry.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: URL
      Attribute_Definition: Universal Resource Locator (URL) or Document Object Identifier (DOI), identifies a document on the World Wide Web.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: GeMS
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: DataSources_ID
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        Unrepresentable_Domain: Unrepresentable domain
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      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rock that solidified from molten or partly molten material (magma) at some depth beneath Earths surface, thereby cooling slowly enough for mineral crystals to grow large enough to be visible to naked eye. Composed mostly of light-colored minerals (for example, feldspar, quartz). Includes granitic, syenitic, and monzonitic rock.
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rock that solidified from molten or partly molten material (magma) below Earths surface.
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mostly unsorted and unstratified material, generally unconsolidated, deposited directly by and underneath or adjacent to glacier without subsequent reworking by meltwater. Consists of heterogeneous mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel, and boulders, ranging widely in size and shape. Relatively loamy (silty) in texture.
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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