THEME:  Park Boundaries

COVER:  akparks
SCALE:  1:63,360
SOURCE: National Park Service
DATE:   Work performed late 1989 to mid 1991
LAST UPDATE:  10/25/94 J. Piercy(NPS)

Project:  Administrative Boundaries


PARKS DATABASE: 
	Parks is a statewide summary of all park, preserve, monument
and current wilderness boundaries. Data used
in preparation of the maps were obtained from USGS 1:250,000
topographic maps depicting the ANILCA boundaries compiled in 1980
by the Interior Alaska Planning Group. These boundaries were
transferred to 1:63360 mylar base maps and were reviewed for
accuracy by ARO Division of Lands. Base maps at 1:250,000 were
used for some areas of GAAR, KOVA and NOAT because 1:63360 scale
maps were unavailable at that time.
     	Digital coastline files for LACL, KEFJ and KATM were
obtained from the State of Alaska through USFWS (Roger
Slothower). These were converted to GRASS format and patched into
the boundary files.
     	Coastline follows mean high tide as shown on USGS
quadrangles and therefore does not exclude state-owned tidally
influenced land.

BASE MAP PREPARATION:
     	Mylar sheets were taped over mylar USGS topographic
quadrangle base maps. Lines to be digitized were drawn with .00
Rapidograph pens. Black was used for existing boundaries, red for
proposed boundaries, and yellow for reference lines. Red pencil
was used by Div. of Lands to indicate corrections. WRST and DENA
had been prepared by the Denver Service Center for the Mining EIS
Project, and the lines were drawn directly on the base maps.

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME, TYPE, OR NAME :
               Items = park, code
               
               Park
     
               ania: Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
               bela: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
               cakr: Cape Krusenstern National Monument
               dena: Denali National Park and Preserve
               gaar: Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
               glba: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
               katm: Katmai National Park and Preserve
               kefj: Kenai Fjords National
               klgo: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
               kova: Kobuk Valley National Park
               lacl: Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
               noat: Noatak National Preserve
               sitk: Sitka National Historical Park
               wrst: Wrangell-St.Elias National Park and Preserve
               yuch: Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

               Code
               1         Park
               2         Preserve
               3         Monument
               4         Park and Wilderness
               5         Preserve and WIlderness
               7         Historical Park
               8         Park and Wilderness - Water
               9         Park - Water
               20        Navigable Rivers - State owned