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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This polygon feature class is an aggregation of information the WI DNR obtained from Wisconsin counties, municipalities, and Regional Planning Commissions, supplemented by data from ESRI Streetmap local parks data, intersected with V4 Statewide Parcels to obtain property owner type codes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Because this dataset varies greatly in accuracy from county to county, it is not recommended for boundary display in public-facing maps that display ownership. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>State lands and Federal lands are not included in this dataset, and should be displayed using other recommended DNR datasets. For information on recommended GIS data sources at DNR, see </SPAN><A href="https://intranet.dnr.state.wi.us/technology/GIS/data/access/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://intranet.dnr.state.wi.us/technology/GIS/data/access/</SPAN></A><SPAN>or contact the BTS-GIS Section.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>This dataset was originally created in 2012 using data largely from counties and Regional Planning Commissions.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This data was last updated in January 2026 using the following sources:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN>Park polygons for several counties have been updated using data submitted by counties to the University of Wisconsin - Madison geospatial data repository, GeoData@Wisconsin: Those counties include Adams ('17), Ashland ('20), Brown ('21), Burnett ('21), Calumet ('20), Chippewa ('21), Columbia ('19), Dane ('25), Dodge ('18), Door ('21), Dunn ('19), Eau Claire ('20), Fond du Lac ('21), Green ('18), Jefferson ('16), Juneau ('16), Kenosha ('21), La Crosse ('16), Lafayette ('19), Lincoln ('21), Marathon ('21), Marinette ('21), Milwaukee ('23), Ozaukee ('17), Pierce ('17), Polk ('21), Portage ('21), Racine ('21), Rock ('18), Saint Croix ('21), Sauk ('21), Trempealeau ('21), Vernon ('21), Vilas ('20), Washington ('21), Waukesha ('21), Waupaca ('20), Waushara ('20), Winnebago ('19), and Wood ('20).</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN>Counties that continue to display 2012 data because new data were not available for them include Eau Claire, Menominee, Outagamie, Racine, Walworth, and Waushara. Local parks information for those counties will be updated as new data is submitted to GeoData@Wisconsin, or made publicly available another way.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN>This dataset is supplemented by Esri Streetmap Local Parks data for several counties where no other data was available. While these data are rather course and are only of approximately 2009 vintage, they can provide a general picture on a small scale until more current data is submitted to GeoData@Wisconsin, or made publicly available another way. The counties supplemented by Esri data include Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Clark, Douglas, Florence, Forest, Grant, Green Lake, Iron, Jackson, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Pepin, Price, Richland, Rusk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, and Washburn.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-indent:20;margin:1 1 1 0;"><SPAN>*some Esri data was later edited as needed using other online resources as a reference.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN>The City of Madison was updated using the city parks dataset download from their open data page: </SPAN><A href="https://data-cityofmadison.opendata.arcgis.com/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://data-cityofmadison.opendata.arcgis.com</SPAN></A><SPAN>on May 29, 2018.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="text-indent:20;margin:1 1 1 0;"><SPAN>Dane County was updated using the county parks dataset downloaded from their open data page </SPAN><A href="https://gis-countyofdane.opendata.arcgis.com/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://gis-countyofdane.opendata.arcgis.com/ </SPAN></A><SPAN>on December 29, 2021.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN>Some parcels were added in Douglas and Iron Counties from county tax parcels, at the request of DNR Recreation Management staff.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN>Counties with no data: Crawford, Iowa, Langlade, Marquette, and Taylor.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN>An AUXCLASS (Property Owner Type) field was added and populated by intersecting polygon centerpoints with the V4 Statewide Parcels feature class, and calculating local park polygons' AUXCLASS to the corresponding parcel's AUXCLASS (auxiliary class of property), only for parcels containing an X* value (tax exempt).</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN>From that intersection, all federal and state property (X1 and X2) polygons were deleted. Also deleted were records whose PROP_NAME were like school, academy, college, golf, private, club, church, or started with saint (or st), and those where both the PROP_NAME and AUXCLASS were null.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 20;"><SPAN>Finally, a search was performed where AUXCLASS was null and the Property Name was similar to County Park or Municipal Park, and those AUXCLASS values were calculated accordingly based on the name.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:1 1 1 0;"><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>BTS-GIS plans to revisit GeoData@Wisconsin during mid 2020 to check for further updated data, but will update this dataset before that time if new information is discovered. For more information, contact </SPAN><A href="mailto:Antoinette.rihn@wisconsin.gov" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Nina Rihn</SPAN></A><SPAN>, DNR/BTS.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |