<descriptor thcode="1"><thesaurus thcode="1" name="Common geographic areas" scope="Names and identifiers of commonly-known geographic areas including oceans, continents, countries, states and provinces in North America, counties in the United States, USGS map quadrangles, and hydrologic units, nested and cross-referenced by overlap." creator="U.S. Geological Survey" rights="Public domain" edition="1.0" date="2002-03-21" codetype="alpha" prefix="geo" uri="http://www.usgs.gov/science/CommonGeographicAreas" tblname="geo" nonpref="geonp" relterm="geort" root_code="root" contact="pschweitzer"><category><term thcode="25" code="13" name="transitive" parent="12" scope="Narrower terms have an &quot;is a&quot; relationship with their broader terms, and generally can be described as part-of, type-of, or instance-of the broader term."/><term thcode="25" code="30" name="ambiguous labels" parent="26" scope="A given preferred label may be used for more than one concept in the thesaurus. A concept must be specified using its unique identifier (code). This may occur in the names of places or people."/><term thcode="25" code="4" name="place" parent="2" scope="Terms indicate extent in space, typically by reference as the names of geographic areas known from information that is stored elsewhere."/><term thcode="25" code="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/><term thcode="25" code="13" name="transitive" parent="12" scope="Narrower terms have an &quot;is a&quot; relationship with their broader terms, and generally can be described as part-of, type-of, or instance-of the broader term."/><term thcode="25" code="30" name="ambiguous labels" parent="26" scope="A given preferred label may be used for more than one concept in the thesaurus. A concept must be specified using its unique identifier (code). This may occur in the names of places or people."/><term thcode="25" code="4" name="place" parent="2" scope="Terms indicate extent in space, typically by reference as the names of geographic areas known from information that is stored elsewhere."/><term thcode="25" code="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/></category><altlabel><altlabel>Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4</altlabel><altlabel>Augmented FIPS 10-4 and FIPS 6-4</altlabel><altlabel>CommonGeographicAreas</altlabel><altlabel>CommonGeographicAreas</altlabel></altlabel></thesaurus><term thcode="1" code="q45102SW" name="Philip" parent="q45102" scope="quadrangle 1:100,000 scale"/><bt><term thcode="1" code="q45102" name="Pierre" parent="qroot" scope="quadrangle 1:250,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="qroot" name="USGS Quadrangles" parent="fUS" scope="quadrangle"/><term thcode="1" code="fUS" name="United States" parent="fLD10" scope="country"/><term thcode="1" code="fLD10" name="North America" parent="fLD" scope="continent"/><term thcode="1" code="fLD" name="Land" parent="root" scope="continent"/><term thcode="1" code="root" name="Earth" scope="Common geographic areas focused on the US"/></bt><nt><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWG1" name="Bentley Ranch" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWB4" name="Bowen Ranch" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWC2" name="Elbon" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWC3" name="Elevenmile Corner" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWA3" name="Grindstone" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWB3" name="Grindstone Butte" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWA4" name="Grindstone SW" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWB1" name="Hartley" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWH1" name="Hayes North" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWH2" name="Hayes South" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWB2" name="Hilland" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWA1" name="Hilland NW" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWF2" name="Hilltop Diamond Ring Ranch" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWD3" name="Lucerne" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWG2" name="May Ranch" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWE1" name="Middle Draw" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWG4" name="Midland" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWH3" name="Midland NE" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWG3" name="Midland NW" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWH4" name="Midland SE" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWC1" name="Milesville" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWF1" name="Moenville" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWE2" name="Mule Creek" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWD1" name="Murray Draw" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWF4" name="Nowlin" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWF3" name="Ottumwa" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWC4" name="Philip" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWD4" name="Philip SE" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWA2" name="Post Ranch" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWE4" name="Powell" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWE3" name="Powell NW" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/><term thcode="1" code="q45102SWD2" name="Tornado Ranch" parent="q45102SW" scope="quadrangle 1:24,000 scale"/></nt><rt><term thcode="1" code="h1012" name="Cheyenne" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="f46055" name="Haakon" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="f46075" name="Jones" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/><term thcode="1" code="h1013" name="Missouri-Oahe" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="h1014" name="Missouri-White" parent="h10" scope="hydrologic subregion"/><term thcode="1" code="f46117" name="Stanley" parent="fUS46" scope="county"/></rt></descriptor>