BLM WY Surface Management Agency

The Surface Management Agency (SMA) dataset depicts Federal land in the state of Wyoming and classifies this land by its active Federal surface managing agency within the BLM Administrative State of Wyoming. A Federal SMA agency refers to a Federal agency with administrative jurisdiction over the surface of Federal lands. Jurisdiction over the land is defined when the land is either: Withdrawn by some administrative or legislative action, or Acquired or Exchanged by a Federal Agency. The GIS contained in this dataset represents the polygon features that show the boundaries for Surface Management Agency and the surface extent of each Federal agency’s surface administrative jurisdiction. SMA data depicts current withdrawn areas for a particular agency and (when appropriate) includes land that was acquired or exchanged and is located outside of a withdrawal area for that agency. The SMA data do not illustrate land status ownership pattern boundaries or contain land ownership attribute details. This dataset is intended to represent the ownership & management information on Master Title Plats (MTPs).