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Digital Geologic Map of the Beaumont Unit, Big Thicket National Preserve and Vicinity, Texas (NPS, GRD, GRI, BITH, BMNT digital map)

Published by National Park Service | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: June 26, 2025 | Last Modified: 2009-06-23
The Digital Geologic Map of the Beaumont Unit, Big Thicket National Preserve and Vicinity, Texas is composed of GIS data layers complete with ArcMap 9.3 layer (.LYR) files, two ancillary GIS tables, a Map PDF document with ancillary map text, figures and tables, a FGDC metadata record and a 9.3 ArcMap (.MXD) Document that displays the digital map in 9.3 ArcGIS. The data were completed as a component of the Geologic Resources Inventory (GRI) program, a National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) funded program that is administered by the NPS Geologic Resources Division (GRD). Source geologic maps and data used to complete this GRI digital dataset were provided by the following: Big Thicket NPres staff and Texas Bureau of Economic Geology staff. Detailed information concerning the sources used and their contribution the GRI product are listed in the Source Citation sections(s) of this metadata record (bmnt_metadata.txt; available at http://nrdata.nps.gov/bith/nrdata/geology/gis/bmnt_metadata.xml). All GIS and ancillary tables were produced as per the NPS GRI Geology-GIS Geodatabase Data Model v. 2.1. (available at: http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/inventory/geology/GeologyGISDataModel.cfm). The GIS data is available as a 9.3 personal geodatabase (bmnt_geology.mdb), and as shapefile (.SHP) and DBASEIV (.DBF) table files. The GIS data projection is NAD83, UTM Zone 15N. That data is within the area of interest of Big Thicket National Preserve.

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