Abstract: These GIS files represent geographic boundaries for lands that are under the protection of NYS Agricultural District Law, administered by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. The boundaries are derived from county tax parcel data and represent a tax parcel list of agricultural district properties. The data are digitized from 1:24,000 scale maps of individual districts showing boundaries that correspond to tax parcel data. District data is joined into a file representing an entire county. Note that 2003 legislation allows lands to be added to districts on an annual basis. Electronic data provided here may predate those additions. Tax parcel detail and secondary rights-of-way are not included in this dataset. Rights-of-way for state and federal highways, railroads and utilities are only included when they are delineated on the original 1:24,000 scale maps. The data files are in ArcInfo 9.1 export file format.
Purpose: A Geographical Information System (ArcInfo) file of lands within an agricultural district corresponding to a list of tax parcels. Please note that boundaries may be generalizations; precise information can be obtained from the county or town tax parcel information.
Supplemental Information: The Agricultural District boundaries are for use in conjunction with NYS geographical data (ex. NYS Department of Transportation (DOT) 7.5'planimetric data)

Progress: Complete
Update Frequency: Periodically

Theme Keywords: None, New York State Agricultural District boundaries, Agriculture and Markets, Agricultural Districts Mapping Program, Cornell Institute for Resource Information Systems (Cornell IRIS), ISO 19115 Topic Category, Farming, PlanningCadastre, Environment, ISO 19115 Topic Category, farming, planningCadastre
Place Keywords: Schoharie County (N.Y.), New York (State)

Access Constraints: none
Usage Constraints: 1) Refer to county tax parcel list of agricultural district properties and current tax maps for confirmation of precise boundaries. 2) Please acknowledge New York State Agricultural Districts Mapping Program as the source of the data. 3) It is important to check the certification date, found in the attribute table field called "Certfied". The district data may have changed since the publication of this digital version. 4) These data are not to be resold in any form.