Actual ownership of any land should be verified using legal documents such as contracts. leases, etc. and/or Master Title Plats (federal land), Status Plats (state land), or municipal/borough plats.
Land ownership and status records used to create this coverage are extracted from two major sources:
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources (ADNR).
This coverage uses data extracted from BLM's records, stored in Alaska Land Information System (ALIS) on March 12, 2003; and ADNR's land records stored in the Land Administration System (LAS) on October 10, 2003.
Any hardcopies or published datasets utilizing these data sets shall clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way they are obligated to describe the types of modifications they have performed. User specifically agrees not to misrepresent these data sets, nor to imply that changes they made were approved by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
All LAS and ALIS records have been used statewide.
Hierarchy:
1. State Municipal Entitlements or Land Exchanges
and Other Land Disposals.
2. Patented Disposed Federal Lands (Native Allotments
or Private Parcels).
3. State Patented, Tentatively Approved or Other
State Acquired Lands
(includes casetypes 101-114, 116-117, 128-129).
4. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)
Patented or Interim Conveyed.
5. Major Military.
6. National Wildlife Refuges, National Park System
Units.
7. National Wild & Scenic Rivers outside National
Park System Units and National Wildlife Refuges.
8. National Forests and Monuments, National Petroleum
Reserve-Alaska, National Recreation Areas and
National Conservation Areas.
9. Bureau of Land Management Public Lands.
Following is the basic aml (ARC Macro Language) used to create a general
land status map using the LSOWN generalization. This is listed in the order
in which it is performed. (.mape_alb is a variable set to the state wide
map extent)
Major Military Land
res AKSTAT_C63 poly box %.mape_alb% pass
res AKSTAT_C63 poly lsown = 1600
polygonshades [pathname AKSTAT_C63] 91
clearselect AKSTAT_C63 poly
Native Pat/IC lands
res AKSTAT_C63 poly box %.mape_alb% pass
res AKSTAT_C63 poly lsown = 2101
asel AKSTAT_C63 poly lsown = 2102
asel AKSTAT_C63 poly lsown = 2111
asel AKSTAT_C63 poly lsown = 2112
polygonshades [pathname AKSTAT_C63] 111
clearselect AKSTAT_C63 poly
State Owned Land
res AKSTAT_C63 poly box %.mape_alb% pass
res AKSTAT_C63 poly lsown = 3101
asel AKSTAT_C63 poly lsown = 3102
polygonshades [pathname AKSTAT_C63] 522
clearselect AKSTAT_C63 poly
State and Native Owned land in same section
res AKSTAT_C63 poly box %.mape_alb% pass
res AKSTAT_C63 poly lsown = 4100
polygonshades [pathname AKSTAT_C63] 419
clearselect AKSTAT_C63 poly
Private Owned
res AKSTAT_C63 poly box %.mape_alb% pass
res AKSTAT_C63 poly lsown = 5101
asel AKSTAT_C63 poly lsown = 5102
asel AKSTAT_C63 poly lsown = 5103
polygonshades [pathname AKSTAT_C63] 32
clearselect AKSTAT_C63 poly
State Selections (hatched)
resel AKSTAT_C63 poly box %.mape_alb% pass
resel AKSTAT_C63 poly fflag > 1 or sflag > 1
polygonshades [pathname AKSTAT_C63] 151
clearselect AKSTAT_C63 poly
Native Selections (hatched)
clearselect AKSTAT_C63 poly
res AKSTAT_C63 poly box %.mape_alb% pass
res AKSTAT_C63 poly natsel <> 0
asel AKSTAT_C63 poly cirisel <> 0
polygonshade [pathname AKSTAT_C63] 36
clearselect AKSTAT_C63 poly
Native Patented Allotments Only
(Will display as small circles with black outlines)
clearselect
reselect $AKSTAT_C63 polygon nalotpat ne 0
markerdelete all
markerset $cart_sym/dnr61.mrk
markersymbol 297
markercolor black
markerput 297
markerscale .28
labelmarkers [pathname $AKSTAT_C63] 297
markersymbol 297
markercolor %color%
markerput 297
markerscale .22
labelmarkers [pathname $AKSTATC63] 297
markerscale 1
clearsel $AKSTAT_C63 poly