Agricultural Districts

Tags
Agriculture, land use, boundaries, farming, Economy, Environment, land cover


Summary

Westchester County's Agricultural District contains 106 farms comprised of 262 parcels as of October 2013. New York State Agricultural Districts help to protect and preserve land under active agricultural production or which could be used for agricultural production. New York State’s Agricultural Districts Law seeks to create economic and regulatory incentives which encourage farmers to continue farming.

Description

This coverage was compiled at a scale of 1:24,000. The coverage is intended for general planning purposes only, and may not be appropriate for site specific analysis.

Data to be used for identifying locations of Agricultural District Properties within Westchester County.

More information on the Westchester County Agricultural District and other agricultural programs may be found at www.westchestergov.com/agriculture.

Credits

Westchester County, NY Department of Planning

Use limitations

Extent

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata 

Topics and Keywords 

*Content type  Downloadable Data


Citation 

Title Agricultural Districts


Presentation formats* digital map


Resource Details 

Dataset languages* English (UNITED STATES)


Spatial representation type* vector


Credits
Westchester County, NY Department of Planning

Spatial Reference 

ArcGIS coordinate system
*Type Projected
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*Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
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M scale 1
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Z tolerance 0.001
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High precision true
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Reference system identifier
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Spatial Data Properties 

Vector
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Geometric objects
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ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
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Distribution 

Distribution format
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Fields 

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Field Shape
 
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Metadata Details 

*Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)


Scope of the data described by the metadata* dataset
Scope name* dataset


*Last update 2014-01-21


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata ItemDescription


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2013-11-12 11:09:21
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2014-01-21 14:47:01


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2014-01-21 14:47:01


Entities and Attributes