Elk Hunt Area Boundaries - 2024 for Wyoming at 1:100,000

Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: Elk Hunt Area Boundaries - 2024 for Wyoming at 1:100,000
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Online Linkage: https://services6.arcgis.com/cWzdqIyxbijuhPLw/arcgis/rest/services/ElkHuntAreas/FeatureServer
Description:
Abstract: This data set represents the 2024 elk hunt area, herd unit, and regions boundaries for Wyoming. The layer was originally digitized at a scale of 1:100,000, using USGS 1:100,000 DRGs as a backdrop for heads up digitizing. Updates requested by Wyoming Game and Fish Biological Services were completed by selecting needed features from other layers, including roads, streams, HUCs, NAIP rasters and others. Hunt area boundary descriptions are part of hunting regulations, which are approved and published annually by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission. When needed, the 2008 edition (1st Edition) of the Wyoming Road and Recreation Atlas (Benchmark Maps) was consulted for road and other information.NOTE: A layer of herd units is derived from this hunt area layer by dissolving on the "HERDUNIT" and "HERDNAME" attributes (Dissolve_Fields), and unchecking the box "Create multipart features (optional)". All of the same metadata is used from the hunt area layer except that the citation title is modified so that "Herd Unit" replaces "Hunt Area". The "Dissolve" tool: ArcToolbox > Data Management Tools > Generalization.NOTE: A layer of nonresident regions is derived from this hunt area layer by dissolving on the "Region" attribute (Dissolve_Field), and unchecking the box "Create multipart features (optional)". All of the same metadata is used from the hunt area layer except that the citation title is modified so that "Nonresident Region" replaces "Hunt Area". The "Dissolve" tool: ArcToolbox > Data Management Tools > Generalization.
Purpose: This data set was developed in order to produce small scale hunt area boundary maps, published in brochure form, for individuals with an interest hunting in Wyoming. It is also designed for statewide and regional overview use. By dissolving on the herd unit attribute, a herd unit boundary coverage can be produced (and similarly for a regions boundary coverage; see Description for more details).
Status:
Maintenance and Update Frequency: As needed
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -111.284754
East Bounding Coordinate: -103.823214
North Bounding Coordinate: 45.047516
South Bounding Coordinate: 40.945577
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
Theme Keyword: Elk
Theme Keyword: 2024
Theme Keyword: Hunt areas
Theme Keyword: Herd units
Theme Keyword: Regions
Theme Keyword: Wyoming
Access Constraints: Other Constraints
Use Constraints: The State of Wyoming and Wyoming Game and Fish Department provide this data and any related materials "as is", without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including the utility of the data on non-State of Wyoming computer systems. The State of Wyoming and Wyoming Game and Fish Department shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. The State of Wyoming and Wyoming Game and Fish Department give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data be directly acquired from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and not indirectly through other sources, which may have changed the data in some way. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data.This data set should never be used at a scale larger than 1:100,000. When applicable, published written boundary descriptions maintained by and available from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department should be referenced for detailed boundary information and take precedence in resolving locational disputes. These data and related graphics (i.e. "PDF or JPG" format files) are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Any related graphics are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not appropriate to use the related graphics as data.
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: 5400 Bishop Blvd
City: Cheyenne
State or Province: Wyoming
Postal Code: 82006
Country: US
Data Set Credit: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, State of Wyoming
Native Data Set Environment: Esri ArcGIS 13.2.2.49743
Data Quality Information:
Lineage:
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Data automation: Using USGS 1:100,000 scale DRGs, written huntarea boundary descriptions developed by personnel in the Wildlife Division were digitized. Boundaries follow roads, streams, and occassionally hydrologic divides. To faciliate road indentification, the Wyoming Atlas and Gazetterr (DeLorme, 1998) was consulted.
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Data attribution: Two user-defined attributes were created (huntarea and herdunit). Polygons were attributed with the huntarea and herdunit codes determined by the Wildlife Division. Island polygons which serve as neither a huntarea or herdunit are attributed as "0".
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update Boundary modification between Hunt Areas 55 and 56; added Hunt Area 129 (linework copied from elk02ha). A third user-defined attribute was added (herdname).
Process Date: 20040601
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update New hunt area added (#130). Revised HA3 boundary.
Process Date: 20050601
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update Correction to boundary made between Huntareas 7 and 19 at Glenrock.
Process Date: 20060501
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update Huntareas 13 and 14, together comprising a portion of ELK425 (Sierra Madre), were combined together to form HA13.
Process Date: 20060701
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update Hunt Area 77 was revised.
Process Date: 20070301
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Kirk Nordyke
Contact Position: GIS Coordinator
Contact Address:
Address Type: unknown
Address: 5400 Bishop Blvd
City: Cheyenne
State or Province: Wyoming
Postal Code: 82006
Country: US
Contact Voice Telephone: (307) 777-4595
Contact Electronic Mail Address: Kirk.Nordyke@wgf.state.wy.us
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update Hunt area boundary modification for HA5; boundary modification between HA93, HA95 and HA96; boundary modification for HA113; merge of HA126 into HA129; boundary modification for HA116 and HA117; boundary modification between HA48 & HA120; correction to HA13 to eliminate sliver polygons resulting between HA13 and HA15 upon dissolving on herdunit boundaries.
Process Date: 20070701
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Kirk Nordyke
Contact Position: GIS Coordinator
Contact Address:
Address Type: unknown
Address: 5400 Bishop Blvd
City: Cheyenne
State or Province: Wyoming
Postal Code: 82006
Country: US
Contact Voice Telephone: (307) 777-4595
Contact Electronic Mail Address: Kirk.Nordyke@wgf.state.wy.us
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update A boundary change was made between HA7 and HA16. Island polygons were deleted.
Process Date: 20080701
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Kirk Nordyke
Contact Position: GIS Coordinator
Contact Address:
Address Type: unknown
Address: 5400 Bishop Blvd
City: Cheyenne
State or Province: Wyoming
Postal Code: 82006
Country: US
Contact Voice Telephone: (307) 777-4595
Contact Electronic Mail Address: Kirk.Nordyke@wgf.state.wy.us
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update HAs 108, 118 and 130 were modified where they meet at the town of Rawlins.
Process Date: 20090401
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update Expansion of HA49. Creation of HA126 out of HA129. Correction to boundary between HA22 and HA111; correction to boundary between HA21 and HA108; correction to boundary between HA24 and HA100; correction to boundary between HA25 and HA100.
Process Date: 20090701
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update Boundary correction between Hunt Areas 83 & 95.
Process Date: 20100301
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update Boundary change between HAs 21/108; combination of HA46 into HAs 45 and 49; boundary change between HAs 73/78; combination of HA74/81 into HA81; boundary corrections to HA77; corrections to HA84; and boundary changes to HAs 98/100/102.
Process Date: 20100701
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Kirk Nordyke
Contact Position: GIS Coordinator
Contact Address:
Address Type: unknown
Address: 5400 Bishop Blvd
City: Cheyenne
State or Province: Wyoming
Postal Code: 82006
Country: US
Contact Voice Telephone: (307) 777-4595
Contact Electronic Mail Address: Kirk.Nordyke@wgf.state.wy.us
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update One user-defined attribute was created (huntname).
Process Date: 20110623
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update Hunt area boundary modification between HAs 25 & 128.
Process Date: 20110718
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update Boundary change between HAs 48/120.  HA 120 renamed North Natrona from Buffalo Creek.
Process Date: 20110719
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Re-digitization of the boundaries to achieve a consistency between shared Big Game Hunt Area boundaries.  Spot corrections where differences occurred between the boundaries and the boundary descriptions.
Process Date: 20111110
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Boundary changes between HA7/19
Process Date: 20120403
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Update to HA3 (expanded to include the extreme souteast corner of Wyoming) and HA5 (that part east of I-25 added to HA3).
Process Date: 20120626
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Boundary updates included modifications to hunt areas 48/120 (48 boundary contracted, 120 boundary expanded), 116/126/129 (116 expanded, 129 contracted, 126 expanded), 7/16 (7 boundary contracted, 16 boundary expanded), and 41/42 (combined into 41).
Process Date: 20121030
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Shay Davis
Contact Position: GIS Technician
Contact Address:
Address Type: unknown
Address: 5400 Bishop Blvd
City: Cheyenne
State or Province: Wyoming
Postal Code: 82006
Country: UNITED STATES
Contact Voice Telephone: (307)777-4651
Contact Electronic Mail Address: Shay.Davis@wyo.gov
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Changes between hunt areas 75 and 77  in the Jackson region were completed along with changes to hunt areas 80 and 84. In the Cody Region, half of hunt area 50 was added to hunt area 51 and the other half of hunt area 54. Hunt area 50 was eliminated. Almost all of hunt area 52 was added to hunt area 51. Hunt area 52 was elimiated. Half of hunt area 121 was added to hunt area 53 and the other half to hunt area 54. Hunt area 121 was elimiated. Hunt area 65 was added to hunt area 54. Hunt area 65 was eliminated. Areas 51, 53 and 54 are now named the Clark's Fork elk herd. In the Laramie region, hunt areas 11 and 12 were updated to reflect the current Chapter 7 regulation boundary descriptions. In addition, hunt areas 5 and 6 within the Laramie Region were combined into new hunt areas 6. This will be the Iron Mountain Elk herd.
Process Date: 20130930
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Hunt areas 24 and 25 now expand south.
Process Date: 20150204
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Grant Frost
Contact Position: Senior Wildlife Biologist
Process Step:
Process Description: 
The boundary between Hunt Areas 11 and 12 have been adjusted to better fit  Forest Service Road 261.
Process Date: 20151029
Process Step:
Process Description: 
The boundary between hunt areas 25 and 28 was adjusted to align with Highway 28.

The boundary between hunt areas 128 and 23 was adjusted to align with Dry Creek Road.
Process Date: 20160524
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: WGFD
Contact Person: Drew Pearson
Contact Position: GIS Technician
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Comments were solicited from field personnel statewide via an online web map.  Based on these comments, hunt area boundaries were adjusted to better coincide with the road, stream, divide and administrative boundaries identified in the hunt area descriptions.
Process Date: 20170724
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Drew Pearson
Contact Position: GIS Technician
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Comprehensive metadata content review completed.
Process Date: 20180508
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Troy Gerhardt
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Moved the western boundary of Hunt Area 123 east to Highlight Road from Highway 59.  

The same change resulted in an increase in acreage for Hunt Area 129, but no change in boundary description as Hunt Area 129 includes all lands within Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Natrona and Sheridan counties that aren't within other described and numbered Hunt Areas.
Process Date: 20181128
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Erica Cirigliano
Contact Position: GIS Technician
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Realigned the boundary between hunt areas 87 and 84 to HUC 12 data provided by DEQ and BLM as part of the Wyoming Watershed Boundary Dataset.  The boundary is described as following the hydrographic divide between Shoal Creek and Dell Creek drainages but had been drawn following Shoal Creek.

This discrepancy was discovered in the course of correcting Moose Hunt Area Boundaries.
Process Date: 20190418
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Erica Cirigliano
Contact Position: GIS Technician
Process Step:
Process Description: 
A minor correction was made between HA10 and HA11, near Sand Lake.  The error was submitted by a member of the public, and the proposed correction approved by Wildlife Division personnel (Ryan Kenneda).
Process Date: 20190827
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Kirk Nordyke
Contact Position: Geospatial Technology Supervisor
Process Step:
Process Description: 
Relocated the eastern boundary of Hunt Area 34 to be that of Interstate 24 between Johnson County Road 13 and Wyoming Highway 196.
Process Date: 20191023
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Thomas Koenig
Contact Position: GIS Technician
Process Step:
Process Description: 
A correction was made between H88 and HA89, near Alpine.  The error was submitted by a member of the public, and the proposed correction approved by Wildlife Division personnel (Gary Fralick). Additionally, Hunt Area 114 was split into Hunt Areas 10 and 11, the new boundary being that of Dutton Creek and the Laramie River Canal between Interstate 80 and Highway 30.
Process Date: 20201013
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Thomas Koenig
Contact Position: GIS Technician
Process Step:
Process Description: 
A minor correction was made between HA88 and HA91, near Alpine.  The error was submitted by Wildlife Division personnel (Doug McWhirter).
Process Date: 20210107
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Thomas Koenig
Contact Position: GIS Technician
Process Step:
Process Description: 
The boundary between HA87 and HA92 was moved to the north to follow Hwy191.  The boundary between HA86 and HA87 was changed to also follow Hwy191.  A small portion of the boundary between HA84 and HA86 was changed to follow Hwy191.  The Hoback herd unit was eliminated by adding HA86 to the Piney herd unit and HA87 to the Upper Green River herd unit.
Process Date: 20211005
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Thomas Koenig
Contact Position: GIS Technician
Process Step:
Process Description: 
HA51, HA53, and HA54 were edited such that HA53 was split using a line segment from the Absaroka Wilderness Area boundary, with a portion of HA53 going to HA51 and the rest of HA53 going to HA54 (eliminating HA53).  In addition, HA54 was split along Highway 120 to create HA65 to the east of this highway.

An attribute was added to the table, named "Region". Hunt areas were assigned to one of three regions (Eastern, Western, or Southern).
Process Date: 20231108
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Contact Person: Kirk Nordyke
Contact Position: Geospatial Technology Supervisor
Spatial Data Organization Information:
Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector
Point and Vector Object Information:
SDTS Terms Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point and Vector Object Count: 105
Entity and Attribute Information:
Detailed Description:
Entity Type:
Entity Type Label: ElkHuntAreas
Attribute:
Attribute Label: FID
Attribute Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute Definition Source: Esri
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Shape
Attribute Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: HERDUNIT
Attribute Definition: A three-digit number, as assigned
Attribute Definition Source: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Whole numbers as assigned.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: HERDNAME
Attribute Definition: Name assigned to a given herdunit.
Attribute Definition Source: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Names as assigned
Attribute:
Attribute Label: HUNTAREA
Attribute Definition: A one-, two-, or three-digit number, as assigned.
Attribute Definition Source: Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Whole numbers as assigned.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Shape_Area
Attribute Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SqMiles
Attribute Definition: Area of feature in miles squared.
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: HUNTNAME
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Shape_Leng
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Region
Overview Description:
Entity and Attribute Overview: 
There are three items of interest in the polygon attribute table, HUNTAREA,  HERDUNIT and HERDNAME.  Values for all are determined by the Wildlife Division.  HUNTAREA is a one-, two-, or three-digit number; HERDUNIT is a three-digit number.
Distribution Information:
Resource Description: Downloadable Data
Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date: 20240507
Metadata Contact:
Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time