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Wards - City of Tucson

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Descriptive nameWards - City of Tucson
File nameward_cot
Spatial domainCity of Tucson
Abstractward_cot APPROXIMATELY shows the existing political boundaries for the wards in the City of Tucson.
Known errors/qualificationsThe layer has not been rubbersheeted to PAREGION. Interior boundary lines appear to be inconsistent with parcel boundaries.

10/2013: While this layer is maintained as a Shapefile, the coverage format is still required for certain nightly processing. See Steve Whitney.
Feature typepolygon
Feature count 6
Thumbnail Map ward_cot.pdf PDF file format   (385,170 bytes, PDF created 04/16/2024 )
ProjectionNAD83 HPGN (Parameters)
Rectificationunknown
Field/value metadata Field metadata
Source organizationCity of Tucson Open Data Portal
Source contact
Source document or file name
Source date20230215
Source scale
Source formatGeodatabase
Date of last data update
(This date may not be current.)
20230215
Last data update byPauline Loftus
Date/time last touched - Meaning? 2024-04-15  02:36 AM - Enterprise GDB - Library input format
  2024-04-15  06:43 PM - Shapefile
  See coverage files, if any, for date.
LineageCity Clerk hired consultant to draw redistrict boundaries using Census 2000 data. Arizona Attorney General approved redistricting Dec 2002. NOT RUBBERSHEETED AND ERRORS EXIST WITH INTERNAL BOUNDARIES AS RELATED TO THE PARCEL LANDBASE (PAREGION).
20230215 - Downloaded updated layer from the City's Open Data portal and updated this layer in the GIS Library.
On maintenance?Yes
Maintenance organizationCOT/Real Estate
Maintenance frequencyVaries
Maintenance descriptionWhen there are annexations or redistricting, City extends the wards. Refer to City Ord 9785 for instructions to extend boundaries with new annexations.
Original conversion byCity Clerk Consultant
Pima County ITD GIS contactSteve Whitney
Alternate Pima County ITD GIS contacte-mail address
On  Pima County Geospatial Data Portal? Yes

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