Road Network Shapefile for Pennington County, South Dakota (2021)

The U.S. Census Bureau provides a TIGER/Line shapefile containing all road and path features for Pennington County, South Dakota, extracted from the 2021 MAF/TIGER Database. This dataset includes primary roads, secondary roads, local streets, vehicular trails, ramps, bike paths, walkways, and other related features. It is designed as a standalone geographic dataset that can also be combined with other county files to create a seamless national road network.

Use Cases

• Perform spatial analysis on road density and network connectivity using the feature geometry for urban planning in Pennington County.
• Create a basemap layer for GIS applications by styling features based on their MAF/TIGER Feature Classification Code (MTFCC).
• Analyze the distribution of different road types, such as bike paths, pedestrian trails, and private service roads, using the MTFCC attribute.
• Combine this county file with other TIGER/Line road shapefiles to model regional or national transportation networks.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative U.S. Census Bureau MAF/TIGER Database, ensuring national consistency.
• Comprehensive coverage of all road and path feature types as defined by the MTDB Super Class 'Road/Path Features'.
• The dataset is topologically integrated, representing a seamless file with no overlaps or gaps when combined nationally.

Limitations

• The dataset is specific to a single county (Pennington) and year (2021), limiting temporal and geographic scope for broader analyses.
• Attribute details and column structure are unspecified, which may complicate specific analytical workflows without further documentation.
• As a snapshot from 2021, the data may not reflect recent road construction, closures, or changes.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Extracted from the Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database.

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Data reflects the 2021 TIGER/Line release, last updated in the catalog on November 1, 2022.

Geography

Pennington County, South Dakota, United States