@mailwoman/tiger 10.3.0 → 10.4.0

package/out/class-code.d.ts

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  * @author Teffen Ellis, et al.
  */
 /**
- * Defines the current class of a geographic entity.
+ * The MAF/TIGER Feature Class Code (MTFCC) of a geographic entity, as printed in
+ * TIGER/Line files, gazetteer files and other Census Bureau products.
  *
- * These codes can be found in the tiger/Line products, gazetteer files and other products.
+ * The definition on each member paraphrases the Census Bureau's MTFCC table
+ * at `https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/mt-feature-class-codes.html`.
+ * Read that table for the authoritative wording.
  *
- * @title MAF/tiger Feature Class Code
+ * @title MAF/TIGER Feature Class Code
  */
 export declare const TIGERClassCode: {
     /**
-     * A prominent elevation rising above the surrounding level of the Earth's surface.
+     * A high point of land standing above the terrain around it.
      */
     readonly MountainPeakOrSummit: "C3022";
     /**
-     * An area of dry or relatively dry land surrounded by water or low wetland.
+     * Dry or mostly dry land with water or low wetland on every side.
      *
-     * (including archipelago, atoll, cay, hammock, hummock, isla, isle, key, moku and rock)
+     * Covers archipelagos, atolls, cays, hammocks, hummocks, islas, isles, keys, mokus and rocks.
      */
     readonly Island: "C3023";
     /**
-     * An embankment flanking a stream or other flowing water feature to prevent overflow.
+     * A raised bank along a stream or other flowing water that keeps it from overflowing.
      */
     readonly Levee: "C3024";
     /**
-     * A durable, permanent structure, extending into a body of water, built to guard a shoreline from
-     * erosion, to form a guarded coastal marina/harbor, or to create stable channels for navigation.
+     * A permanent structure built out into a body of water to keep a shore from eroding,
+     * to enclose a sheltered marina or harbor, or to hold a navigation channel in place.
      *
-     * Unlike piers and docks, water does not flow under it.
-     * Alternatively referred to as a groyne, groin, seawall, or bulwark.
+     * Water does not pass beneath it.
+     * Water does pass beneath a pier or dock.
+     *
+     * Groins, seawalls and bulwarks belong to this class.
      */
     readonly JettyBreakwater: "C3025";
     /**
-     * An area from which commercial minerals are or were removed from the Earth.
-     * Not including an oilfield or gas field.
+     * A site where commercial minerals are or were extracted.
+     * Oil and gas fields are excluded.
      */
     readonly QuarryOpenPitMine: "C3026";
     /**
-     * A barrier built across the course of a stream to impound water and/or control water flow.
+     * A barrier across a stream that holds back water or regulates its flow.
      */
     readonly Dam: "C3027";
     /**
-     * An expanded paved area at the end of a street used by vehicles for turning around.
+     * A widened paved turnaround at the end of a street.
      *
-     * The placement of addressed structures located along the street may wrap
-     * around the end of the cul-de-sac.
+     * Addressed structures along the street can continue around the turnaround.
      */
     readonly CulDeSac: "C3061";
     /**
-     * A circular intersection allowing for continuous movement of traffic at the meeting
-     * of roadways, when the circle is represented as a point.
+     * A circular junction of roads with continuous traffic flow, recorded as a point.
      */
     readonly TrafficCircle: "C3062";
     /**
-     * A movable barrier across a road.
+     * A barrier across a road that can be opened and closed.
      */
     readonly Check: "C3066";
     /**
-     * A structure or barrier where a fee is collected for using a road.
+     * A structure or barrier at which drivers pay a fee to use a road.
      */
     readonly TollBooth: "C3067";
     /**
-     * A manmade structure, higher than its diameter, generally used for observation,
-     * storage, or electronic transmission.
+     * A built structure taller than its diameter, used for observation, storage or electronic transmission.
      */
     readonly Tower: "C3071";
     /**
-     * A manmade structure, higher than its diameter, used to transmit light
-     * and possibly sound generally to aid in navigation.
+     * A built structure taller than its diameter that emits light, and sometimes sound, as a navigation aid.
      */
     readonly LighthouseBeacon: "C3074";
     /**
-     * One or more manmade structures, used for liquid or gas storage or for distribution activities.
+     * One or more built structures for storing or distributing liquid or gas.
      */
     readonly TankFarm: "C3075";
     /**
-     * A facility where power is generated from the wind.
+     * A wind-power generating facility.
      */
     readonly WindmillFarm: "C3076";
     /**
-     * A facility where power is generated from the sun.
+     * A solar-power generating facility.
      */
     readonly SolarFarm: "C3077";
     /**
-     * A manmade structure to educate, commemorate, or memorialize an event, person, or feature.
+     * A built structure that commemorates an event, person or feature, or educates visitors about one.
      */
     readonly MonumentMemorial: "C3078";
     /**
-     * A locational marker or monument placed on or near a boundary line to preserve
-     * and identify the location of the boundary line on the ground.
+     * A marker placed on or beside a boundary line to fix and identify its position on the ground.
      */
     readonly BoundaryMonumentPoint: "C3079";
     /**
-     * A point on the ground whose position (horizontal or vertical) is known
-     * and can be used as a base for additional survey work.
+     * A ground point with a known horizontal or vertical position that further surveys can start from.
      */
     readonly SurveyControlPoint: "C3080";
     /**
-     * A point that identifies the location and name of a locality (e.g., crossroad, community,
-     * populated place or locale) that usually does not have a formally established boundary.
+     * A point giving the position and name of a locality, such as a crossroad,
+     * community, populated place or locale.
+     *
+     * The locality has no formally established boundary in the general case.
      */
     readonly LocalityPoint: "C3081";
     /**
-     * A point that serves as the core of an Alaska Native village and is used in
-     * defining Alaska Native village statistical areas.
+     * The point at the center of an Alaska Native village, used to delineate
+     * Alaska Native village statistical areas.
      */
     readonly AlaskaNativeVillageOfficialPoint: "C3085";
     /**
-     * This feature represents sovereign states recognized by the U.S. Department of State.
-     *
-     * For Census Bureau purposes, decennial census covers the United States,
-     * Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.
-     * These areas include American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern
-     * Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
+     * A sovereign state recognized by the U.S. Department of State.
      *
-     * The feature may also include other sovereign states such as Canada and Mexico,
-     * but currently does not do so.
+     * The decennial census covers the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas: American Samoa,
+     * Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
+     * The class could hold other sovereign states such as Canada and Mexico, and at present holds neither.
      */
     readonly Nation: "G1000";
     /**
-     * A grouping of states and the District of Columbia for the presentation of census data.
+     * A group of states plus the District of Columbia used to present census data.
      *
-     * The United States is subdivided into four Census Regions—Northeast, South, Midwest and West.
+     * There are four Census Regions: Northeast, South, Midwest and West.
      */
     readonly CensusRegion: "G1100";
     /**
-     * A grouping of states and the District of Columbia that is a subdivision of the four Census Regions.
+     * A group of states plus the District of Columbia that subdivides one of the four Census Regions.
      */
     readonly CensusDivision: "G1200";
     /**
-     * A legally defined state- or federally recognized reservation and/or off-reservation
-     * trust land entity (excluding statistical American Indian and Alaska Native areas).
+     * A legally defined reservation or off-reservation trust land recognized by a state
+     * or the federal government.
+     *
+     * Statistical American Indian and Alaska Native areas are excluded.
      */
     readonly AmericanIndianArea: "G2100";
     /**
-     * A legal area held in trust for the benefit of Native Hawaiians by the state of Hawaii,
-     * pursuant to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended.
+     * Land the state of Hawaii holds in trust for Native Hawaiians under the Hawaiian
+     * Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended.
      */
     readonly HawaiianHomeLand: "G2120";
     /**
-     * A statistical area that represents the more densely settled portion of Alaska Native villages
-     * (ANVs), which constitute associations, bands, clans, communities, groups, tribes, or villages
-     * recognized pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (Public Law 92-203).
+     * A statistical area covering the densely settled part of an Alaska Native village (ANV).
+     *
+     * An ANV is an association, band, clan, community, group, tribe or village recognized
+     * under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (Public Law 92-203).
      */
     readonly AlaskaNativeVillageStatisticalArea: "G2130";
     /**
-     * A statistical entity identified and delineated by the Census Bureau in consultation
-     * with federally recognized American Indian tribes that have no current reservation,
-     * but had a former reservation in Oklahoma.
+     * A statistical area the Census Bureau delineates with a federally recognized American
+     * Indian tribe that has no reservation today and had a former reservation in Oklahoma.
      */
     readonly OklahomaTribalStatisticalArea: "G2140";
     /**
-     * A statistical geographic entity identified and delineated for the Census Bureau
-     * by a state-appointed liaison for a state-recognized American Indian tribe that
-     * does not currently have a reservation and/or lands in trust.
+     * A statistical area delineated for the Census Bureau by a state-appointed liaison for
+     * a state-recognized American Indian tribe that has no reservation or trust land today.
      */
     readonly StateDesignatedTribalStatisticalArea: "G2150";
     /**
-     * A statistical geographic entity identified and delineated for the Census Bureau
-     * by a federally recognized American Indian tribe that does not currently have
-     * a reservation and/or off-reservation trust land.
+     * A statistical area delineated for the Census Bureau by a federally recognized American
+     * Indian tribe that has no reservation or off-reservation trust land today.
      */
     readonly TribalDesignatedStatisticalArea: "G2160";
     /**
-     * An area administered jointly and/or claimed by two or more American Indian tribes.
+     * An area that two or more American Indian tribes administer jointly or both claim.
      */
     readonly AmericanIndianJointUseArea: "G2170";
     /**
-     * Corporate entities with legal boundaries established to conduct both business
-     * and nonprofit affairs of Alaska Natives pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
-     * Settlement Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-203).
+     * A corporation with legal boundaries, set up under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
+     * (Public Law 92-203), that conducts business and nonprofit affairs for Alaska Natives.
      *
-     * There are twelve geographically defined ANRCs and they are all within and cover most of the State
-     * of Alaska (the Annette Island Reserve—an American Indian reservation—is excluded from any anrc).
+     * The twelve geographically defined ANRCs lie inside Alaska and together cover most of the state.
+     * The Annette Island Reserve, an American Indian reservation, belongs to no ANRC.
      */
     readonly AlaskaNativeRegionalCorporation: "G2200";
     /**
-     * Administrative subdivisions of federally recognized American Indian reservations,
-     * off-reservation trust lands, or Oklahoma tribal statistical areas (OTSAs).
+     * An administrative subdivision of a federally recognized American Indian reservation,
+     * off-reservation trust land or Oklahoma tribal statistical area (OTSA).
      *
-     * These entities are internal units of self-government or administration that serve social,
-     * cultural and/or economic purposes for the American Indians on the reservations,
-     * off-reservation trust lands, or OTSAs.
+     * Each is an internal unit of self-government or administration serving social,
+     * cultural or economic purposes for the American Indians living in that area.
      */
     readonly TribalSubdivision: "G2300";
     /**
-     * A relatively small and permanent statistical subdivision of a federally recognized American
-     * Indian reservation and/or off-reservation trust land, delineated by American Indian
-     * tribal participants or the Census Bureau for the purpose of presenting demographic data.
+     * A small, stable statistical subdivision of a federally recognized American Indian
+     * reservation or off-reservation trust land, delineated by tribal participants
+     * or the Census Bureau to present demographic data.
      */
     readonly TribalCensusTract: "G2400";
     /**
-     * A cluster of census blocks within a single tribal census tract delineated by American Indian
-     * tribal participants or the Census Bureau for the purpose of presenting demographic data.
+     * A cluster of census blocks inside one tribal census tract, delineated by tribal
+     * participants or the Census Bureau to present demographic data.
      */
     readonly TribalBlockGroup: "G2410";
     /**
-     * A grouping of adjacent metropolitan and/or micropolitan statistical areas that have
-     * a degree of economic and social integration, as measured by commuting.
+     * A group of adjacent metropolitan or micropolitan statistical areas whose economic
+     * and social ties are measured by commuting.
      */
     readonly CombinedStatisticalArea: "G3100";
     /**
-     * An area containing a substantial population nucleus together with adjacent communities having
-     * a high degree of economic and social integration with that core, as measured by commuting.
+     * A population core plus the adjacent communities tied to it economically
+     * and socially, with the ties measured by commuting.
      *
-     * Each area is defined using whole counties and equivalents.
+     * Each area is built from whole counties and county equivalents.
      */
     readonly MetropolitanMicropolitanStatisticalArea: "G3110";
     /**
-     * A county or grouping of counties that is a subdivision of a Metropolitan Statistical
-     * Area containing an urbanized area with a population of 2.5 million or more.
+     * A county or group of counties that subdivides a Metropolitan Statistical Area
+     * whose urbanized area has 2.5 million or more people.
      */
     readonly MetropolitanDivision: "G3120";
     /**
-     * A grouping of adjacent New England city and town areas that have a degree of economic
-     * and social integration, as measured by commuting.
+     * A group of adjacent New England city and town areas whose economic
+     * and social ties are measured by commuting.
      */
     readonly CombinedNewEnglandCityTownArea: "G3200";
     /**
-     * An area containing a substantial population nucleus together with adjacent communities having
-     * a high degree of economic and social integration with that core, as measured by commuting.
+     * A population core plus the adjacent communities tied to it economically
+     * and socially, with the ties measured by commuting.
      *
-     * Each area is defined using Minor Civil Divisions (MCDs) in New England.
+     * Each area is built from New England Minor Civil Divisions (MCDs).
      */
     readonly NewEnglandCityTownMetropolitanMicropolitanStatisticalArea: "G3210";
     /**
-     * A grouping of cities and towns in New England that is a subdivision of a New England City
-     * and Town Area containing an urbanized area with a population of 2.5 million or more.
+     * A group of New England cities and towns that subdivides a New England City
+     * and Town Area whose urbanized area has 2.5 million or more people.
      */
     readonly NewEnglandCityTownDivision: "G3220";
     /**
-     * For the 2020 Census, an urban area will comprise a densely developed core of census
-     * blocks that meet minimum housing unit density requirements, along with adjacent territory
-     * containing non-residential urban land uses as well as other lower density territory
-     * included to link outlying densely settled territory with the densely settled core.
+     * For the 2020 Census, a dense core of census blocks that meet a minimum housing-unit
+     * density, plus adjacent non-residential urban land and lower-density land that
+     * links outlying dense settlement to the core.
      *
-     * To qualify as an urban area, the territory identified according to the criteria
-     * must encompass at least 2,000 housing units or at least 5,000 persons.
+     * The territory qualifies as an urban area when it holds at least 2,000 housing units
+     * or at least 5,000 people.
      */
     readonly UrbanArea: "G3500";
     /**
-     * The primary governmental divisions of the United States.
+     * A primary governmental division of the United States.
      *
-     * The District of Columbia is treated as a statistical equivalent of a state for
-     * census purposes, as are Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of
-     * the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
+     * For census purposes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa,
+     * Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin
+     * Islands are each treated as equivalent to a state.
      */
     readonly StateEquivalentFeature: "G4000";
     /**
-     * The primary division of a state or state equivalent area.
+     * A primary division of a state or state equivalent.
+     *
+     * In 48 states the division is a county.
+     * Alaska uses boroughs, Louisiana uses parishes and Puerto Rico uses municipios.
      *
-     * The primary divisions of 48 states are termed County, but other terms are used such
-     * as Borough in Alaska, Parish in Louisiana and Municipio in Puerto Rico.
-     * This feature includes independent cities.
-     * They are incorporated places outside any county.
+     * Independent cities belong to this class.
+     * An independent city is an incorporated place outside every county.
      */
     readonly CountyEquivalentFeature: "G4020";
     /**
-     * The primary divisions of counties and equivalent features for the reporting of Census Bureau data.
+     * A primary division of a county or county equivalent, used to report Census Bureau data.
      *
-     * The subtypes of this feature are Minor Civil Division, Census County
-     * Division/Census Subarea and Unorganized Territory.
-     * This feature includes independent places.
+     * Its subtypes are Minor Civil Division, Census County Division/Census Subarea and Unorganized Territory.
+     * Independent places belong to this class.
      *
-     * They are incorporated places that are not part of any county subdivision.
+     * An independent place is an incorporated place outside every county subdivision.
      */
     readonly CountySubdivision: "G4040";
     /**
-     * A subdivision of the three major islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands (usvi).
+     * A subdivision of the three main islands of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI).
      *
-     * The estates have legally defined boundaries and are much smaller in area than the Census
-     * Subdistricts (usvi county subdivisions), but do not necessarily nest within these districts.
+     * Estates have legal boundaries and are much smaller than the Census Subdistricts
+     * (the USVI county subdivisions), and an estate does not always fall inside a single subdistrict.
      */
     readonly Estate: "G4050";
     /**
-     * Legally defined divisions (subbarrios) of minor civil divisions
-     * (barrios-pueblo and barrios) in Puerto Rico.
+     * A legally defined subdivision (subbarrio) of a Puerto Rico minor civil
+     * division (barrio-pueblo or barrio).
      */
     readonly SubMinorCivilDivision: "G4060";
     /**
-     * A legal entity incorporated under state law to provide general-purpose
-     * governmental services to a concentration of population.
+     * A legal entity incorporated under state law that provides general-purpose
+     * government services to a population center.
      *
-     * Incorporated places are generally designated as a city, borough, municipality, town,
-     * village, or, in a few instances, have a different legal description.
+     * Most are designated a city, borough, municipality, town or village.
+     * A small number have another legal description.
      */
     readonly IncorporatedPlace: "G4110";
     /**
-     * An incorporated place that has merged governmentally with a county or minor civil division,
-     * but one or more of the incorporated places continues to function within the consolidation.
+     * An incorporated place that merged its government with a county or minor civil division
+     * while one or more incorporated places inside it keep functioning.
      *
-     * It is a place that contains additional separately incorporated places.
+     * It contains other separately incorporated places.
      */
     readonly ConsolidatedCity: "G4120";
     /**
-     * A statistical area defined around a concentration of population and is the
-     * statistical counterpart of an incorporated place.
+     * A statistical area drawn around a population center, the statistical
+     * counterpart of an incorporated place.
      */
     readonly CensusDesignatedPlace: "G4210";
     /**
-     * The lowest level of geographic area for presentation of some types of Economic Census data.
+     * The smallest geography at which the Economic Census presents certain data.
      *
-     * It includes incorporated places, consolidated cities, census designated places (CDPs),
-     * minor civil divisions (MCDs) in selected states and balances of MCDs or counties.
-     * An incorporated place, CDP, MCD, or balance of MCD qualifies as an economic
-     * census place if it contains 2,500 or more residents, or 2,500 or more jobs,
-     * according to the most current data available.
+     * It covers incorporated places, consolidated cities, census designated places (CDPs),
+     * minor civil divisions (MCDs) in selected states, and the remainders of MCDs or counties.
+     * One of these qualifies when the most recent data show at least 2,500 residents or at least 2,500 jobs.
      */
     readonly EconomicCensusPlace: "G4300";
     /**
-     * Relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a County or equivalent feature delineated
-     * by local participants as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program.
+     * A stable statistical subdivision of a county or county equivalent, delineated by
+     * local participants in the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program.
      */
     readonly CensusTract: "G5020";
     /**
-     * A cluster of census blocks having the same first digit of their four-digit
-     * identifying numbers within a Census Tract.
+     * The census blocks in one census tract whose four-digit block numbers share a first digit.
      *
-     * For example, block group 3 (BG 3) within a Census Tract includes all blocks numbered from 3000 to 3999.
+     * Block group 3 (BG 3) of a tract, for example, holds blocks 3000 through 3999.
      */
     readonly BlockGroup: "G5030";
     /**
-     * The lowest-order census defined statistical area.
+     * The smallest statistical area the census defines.
      *
-     * It is an area, such as a city block, bounded primarily by physical features
-     * but sometimes by invisible city or property boundaries.
-     * A tabulation block boundary does not cross the boundary of any other geographic
-     * area for which the Census Bureau tabulates data.
+     * A block, such as a city block, is bounded mostly by physical features
+     * and in some cases by invisible city or property lines.
+     * Its boundary never crosses the boundary of any other area the Census Bureau tabulates.
      *
-     * The subtypes of this feature are Count Question Resolution (CQR), current and tabulation census.
+     * Its subtypes are Count Question Resolution (CQR), current and tabulation census.
      */
     readonly TabulationBlock: "G5040";
     /**
-     * The 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
+     * One of the 435 districts that elect members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
      *
-     * Additional equivalent features exist for state equivalents with nonvoting
-     * delegates or no representative.
-     * The subtypes of this feature are 111th, 113th, 114th, 115th, 116th, 117th
-     * and 118th Congressional Districts, plus subsequent Congresses.
+     * Equivalent features exist for state equivalents that have a nonvoting delegate or no representative.
+     * The subtypes are the 111th and 113th through 118th Congressional Districts and each later Congress.
      */
     readonly CongressionalDistrict: "G5200";
     /**
-     * Areas established by a state or equivalent government from which members are elected
-     * to the upper or unicameral chamber of a state governing body.
+     * A district, set by a state or equivalent government, that elects members to the upper
+     * chamber of a bicameral legislature (the senate) or to a unicameral legislature (Nebraska).
      *
-     * The upper chamber is the senate in a bicameral legislature.
-     * The unicameral case is a single house legislature (Nebraska).
-     *
-     * The subtypes of this feature are legislative session year, such as 2010, 2012, 2014,
-     * 2016, 2017, 2018 and later years, with the year indicating the district's vintage.
+     * The subtypes are legislative session years, such as 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and later.
+     * The year gives the district's vintage.
      */
     readonly StateLegislativeDistrictUpperChamber: "G5210";
     /**
-     * Areas established by a state or equivalent government from which members are
-     * elected to the lower chamber of a state governing body.
+     * A district, set by a state or equivalent government, that elects members to the
+     * lower chamber of a bicameral legislature (the House of Representatives).
      *
-     * The lower chamber is the House of Representatives in a bicameral legislature.
-     * The subtypes of this feature are legislative session year, such as 2010, 2012, 2014,
-     * 2016, 2017, 2018 and later years, with the year indicating the district's vintage.
+     * The subtypes are legislative session years, such as 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and later.
+     * The year gives the district's vintage.
      */
     readonly StateLegislativeDistrictLowerChamber: "G5220";
     /**
-     * The generic name for geographic features established by state, local
-     * and tribal governments to conduct elections.
-     * Examples include precincts, wards and election districts.
+     * Any area a state, local or tribal government sets up to run elections,
+     * such as a precinct, ward or election district.
      */
     readonly VotingDistrict: "G5240";
     /**
-     * A geographic area within which officials provide public elementary grade-level
-     * educational services for residents.
+     * An area whose officials provide public elementary-grade education to its residents.
      */
     readonly ElementarySchoolDistrict: "G5400";
     /**
-     * A geographic area within which officials provide public secondary grade-level
-     * educational services for residents.
+     * An area whose officials provide public secondary-grade education to its residents.
      */
     readonly SecondarySchoolDistrict: "G5410";
     /**
-     * A geographic area within which officials provide public educational services
-     * for all grade levels for residents.
+     * An area whose officials provide public education at every grade level to its residents.
      */
     readonly UnifiedSchoolDistrict: "G5420";
     /**
-     * Statistical geographic areas defined for the tabulation and dissemination of American
-     * Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey, Public Use Microdata
-     * Sample (pums) data, ACS period estimates and decennial census data.
+     * A statistical area for tabulating and publishing American Community Survey (ACS)
+     * and Puerto Rico Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data,
+     * ACS period estimates and decennial census data.
      *
-     * PUMAs nest within states or equivalent entities and cover the entirety of the
-     * United States, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
+     * PUMAs nest inside states or state equivalents and together cover the United States,
+     * Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
      */
     readonly PublicUseMicrodataArea: "G6120";
     /**
-     * An area defined under state authority to manage urbanization that the U.S. Census
-     * Bureau includes in its products in agreement with an individual state.
+     * An area a state defines under its own authority to manage urban growth.
+     *
+     * The Census Bureau publishes it by agreement with that state.
      */
     readonly UrbanGrowthArea: "G6330";
     /**
-     * An approximate statistical-area representation of a U.S. Postal Service
-     * (USPS) 5-digit ZIP Code service area.
+     * A statistical approximation of the area a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) five-digit ZIP Code serves.
      */
     readonly ZIPCodeTabulationArea: "G6350";
     /**
-     * A grouping of municipios (county equivalents) defined by Puerto Rico officials
-     * for the purpose of presenting economic census statistical data.
+     * A group of municipios (county equivalents) that Puerto Rico officials define
+     * to present economic census data.
      */
     readonly PlanningRegion: "G6400";
     /**
-     * A known, but nonspecific, hydrographic connection between two nonadjacent water features.
+     * A hydrographic link between two non-adjacent water features whose exact course is unknown.
      */
     readonly Connector: "H1100";
     /**
-     * A standing body of water that is surrounded by land.
+     * A still body of water with land on every side.
      */
     readonly LakePond: "H2030";
     /**
-     * An artificially impounded body of water.
+     * Water held back by a built structure.
      */
     readonly Reservoir: "H2040";
     /**
-     * An artificial body of water built to treat fouled water.
+     * A built body of water for treating polluted water.
      */
     readonly TreatmentPond: "H2041";
     /**
-     * A body of water partly surrounded by land.
+     * Water with land on part of its perimeter.
      *
-     * [includes arm, bight, cove and inlet]
+     * Covers arms, bights, coves and inlets.
      */
     readonly BayEstuaryGulfSound: "H2051";
     /**
-     * The great body of salt water that covers much of the Earth.
+     * The body of salt water that covers most of the Earth's surface.
      */
     readonly OceanSea: "H2053";
     /**
-     * A body of ice moving outward and down slope from an area of accumulation.
-     *
-     * An area of relatively permanent snow or ice on the top or side of a mountain or mountainous area.
+     * Ice flowing outward and downhill from where it accumulates, or permanent snow
+     * or ice on a mountain's top or side.
      *
-     * [includes ice field and ice patch]
+     * Covers ice fields and ice patches.
      */
     readonly Glacier: "H2081";
     /**
-     * A natural flowing waterway.
+     * A natural waterway with flowing water.
      *
-     * [includes anabranch, awawa, branch, brook, creek, distributary, fork, kill, pup, rio and run]
+     * Covers anabranches, awawas, branches, brooks, creeks, distributaries,
+     * forks, kills, pups, rios and runs.
      */
     readonly StreamRiver: "H3010";
     /**
-     * A natural flowing waterway with an intricate network of interlacing channels.
+     * A natural waterway that flows through a web of interlaced channels.
      */
     readonly BraidedStream: "H3013";
     /**
-     * An artificial waterway constructed to transport water, to irrigate or drain land,
-     * to connect two or more bodies of water, or to serve as a waterway for watercraft.
+     * A built waterway that moves water, irrigates or drains land, joins bodies of water,
+     * or serves as a route for boats.
      *
-     * [includes lateral]
+     * Covers laterals.
      */
     readonly CanalDitchAqueduct: "H3020";
     /**
-     * A building complex that contains multiple living quarters generally for which rent is paid.
+     * A complex of buildings holding several rented living quarters.
      */
     readonly ApartmentBuildingComplex: "K1121";
     /**
-     * An area in which parking space for house trailers is rented, usually providing utilities and services.
+     * A site that rents parking spaces for house trailers, with utilities and services in most cases.
      */
     readonly TrailerCourtMobileHomePark: "K1223";
     /**
-     * A point or area in which the population of military or merchant marine vessels at
-     * sea are assigned, usually being at or near the home port pier.
+     * A point or area to which the crews of military or merchant marine vessels at sea
+     * are assigned, located at or beside the home port pier in most cases.
      */
     readonly CrewOfVesselLocation: "K1225";
     /**
-     * A facility providing housing for a number of persons employed as semi-permanent or seasonal laborers.
+     * A facility that houses people employed as semi-permanent or seasonal workers.
      */
     readonly HousingFacilityDormitoryForWorkers: "K1226";
     /**
-     * A facility providing transient lodging or living quarters, generally for some payment.
+     * A facility offering short-stay lodging or living quarters, paid for in most cases.
      */
     readonly HotelMotelResortSpaHostelYMCAOrYWCA: "K1227";
     /**
-     * An area used for setting up mobile temporary living quarters (camp) or holding a
-     * camp meeting, sometimes providing utilities and other amenities.
+     * An area for setting up temporary mobile living quarters or for holding a camp meeting,
+     * in some cases with utilities and other amenities.
      */
     readonly Campground: "K1228";
     /**
-     * A facility providing low-cost or free living quarters established by a welfare
-     * or educational organization for the needy people of a district.
+     * A facility set up by a welfare or educational organization that offers free
+     * or low-cost living quarters to people in need in its district.
      */
     readonly ShelterMission: "K1229";
     /**
-     * A facility where the sick or injured may receive medical or surgical attention.
+     * A facility where sick or injured people receive medical or surgical care.
      *
-     * [including infirmary]
+     * Covers infirmaries.
      */
     readonly HospitalHospiceUrgentCareFacility: "K1231";
     /**
-     * A facility to house and provide care for the elderly.
+     * A facility that houses and cares for elderly people.
      */
     readonly NursingHomeRetirementHomeHomeForTheAged: "K1233";
     /**
-     * A facility (correctional or non-correctional) where groups of juveniles reside.
+     * A correctional or non-correctional facility where groups of juveniles live.
      *
-     * This includes training schools, detention centers, residential treatment centers and orphanages.
+     * Covers training schools, detention centers, residential treatment centers and orphanages.
      */
     readonly JuvenileInstitution: "K1235";
     /**
-     * A facility that serves as a place for the confinement of adult persons in lawful detention,
-     * administered by a local (tribal, county, municipal, etc.) government.
+     * A facility for the lawful detention of adults, run by a local
+     * (tribal, county, municipal or similar) government.
      */
     readonly LocalJailDetentionCenter: "K1236";
     /**
-     * A facility that serves as a place for the confinement of adult persons in lawful
-     * detention, administered by the federal government or a state government.
+     * A facility for the lawful detention of adults, run by the federal government or a state government.
      */
     readonly FederalPenitentiaryStatePrisonPrisonFarm: "K1237";
     /**
-     * A facility that serves as a place for the confinement of adult persons in lawful detention
-     * rather than elsewhere classified or administered by a government of unknown jurisdiction.
+     * A facility for the lawful detention of adults that fits no other class
+     * or whose administering government is unknown.
      */
     readonly OtherCorrectionalInstitution: "K1238";
     /**
-     * An institution intended for residential use by those having a religious vocation.
+     * An institution where people with a religious vocation live.
      */
     readonly ConventMonasteryRectoryOtherReligiousGroupQuarters: "K1239";
     /**
-     * A place where employees are employed in federal, state, local, or tribal government.
+     * A workplace of a federal, state, local or tribal government.
      */
     readonly GovernmentalWorkplaces: "K2100";
     /**
-     * An area owned and/or occupied by the Department of Defense for use by a branch of
-     * the armed forces (such as the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard),
-     * or a state owned area for the use of the National Guard.
+     * An area the Department of Defense owns or occupies for a branch of the armed forces
+     * (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard), or a state-owned area used by the National Guard.
      */
     readonly MilitaryInstallation: "K2110";
     /**
-     * A meeting place used by members of a community for social, cultural, or recreational purposes.
+     * A place where community members meet for social, cultural or recreational purposes.
      */
     readonly CommunityCenter: "K2146";
     /**
-     * A place used by members of government (either federal, state, local, or tribal)
-     * for administration and public business.
+     * A place where a federal, state, local or tribal government conducts administration and public business.
      */
     readonly GovernmentCenter: "K2165";
     /**
-     * An exhibition hall or conference center with enough open space to host public
+     * An exhibition hall or conference center with open space for public
      * and private business and social events.
      */
     readonly ConventionCenter: "K2167";
     /**
-     * A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural or natural resource.
+     * A place reserved for recreation or for preserving a cultural or natural resource.
      */
     readonly Park: "K2180";
     /**
-     * Land under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, including National Parks,
-     * most National Monuments and certain other lands.
+     * Land the National Park Service administers, including National Parks,
+     * most National Monuments and certain other land.
      */
     readonly NationalParkServiceLand: "K2181";
     /**
-     * Land under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service or other federal agency,
-     * excluding National Park Service land.
+     * Land the U.S. Forest Service or another federal agency administers,
+     * other than National Park Service land.
      */
     readonly NationalForestOtherFederalLand: "K2182";
     /**
-     * A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural or natural
-     * resource and under the administration of an American Indian tribe.
+     * A place reserved for recreation or for preserving a cultural or natural resource,
+     * administered by an American Indian tribe.
      */
     readonly TribalParkForestRecreationArea: "K2183";
     /**
-     * A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural
-     * or natural resource and under the administration of a state government.
+     * A place reserved for recreation or for preserving a cultural or natural resource,
+     * administered by a state government.
      */
     readonly StateParkForestRecreationArea: "K2184";
     /**
-     * A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural
-     * or natural resource and under the administration of a regional government.
+     * A place reserved for recreation or for preserving a cultural or natural resource,
+     * administered by a regional government.
      */
     readonly RegionalParkForestRecreationArea: "K2185";
     /**
-     * A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural
-     * or natural resource and under the administration of a county government.
+     * A place reserved for recreation or for preserving a cultural or natural resource,
+     * administered by a county government.
      */
     readonly CountyParkForestRecreationArea: "K2186";
     /**
-     * A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural or natural resource
-     * and under the administration of a minor civil division (town/township) government.
+     * A place reserved for recreation or for preserving a cultural or natural resource,
+     * administered by a minor civil division (town or township) government.
      */
     readonly CountySubdivisionParkForestRecreationArea: "K2187";
     /**
-     * A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural
-     * or natural resource and under the administration of a municipal government.
+     * A place reserved for recreation or for preserving a cultural or natural resource,
+     * administered by a municipal government.
      */
     readonly IncorporatedPlaceParkForestRecreationArea: "K2188";
     /**
-     * A privately owned place or area set aside for recreation or preservation
-     * of a cultural or natural resource.
+     * A privately owned place reserved for recreation or for preserving a cultural or natural resource.
      */
     readonly PrivateParkForestRecreationArea: "K2189";
     /**
-     * A place or area set aside for recreation or preservation of a cultural
-     * or natural resource and under the administration of some other type of government
-     * or agency such as an independent park authority or commission.
+     * A place reserved for recreation or for preserving a cultural or natural resource, administered by
+     * another kind of government or agency, such as an independent park authority or commission.
      */
     readonly OtherParkForestRecreationArea: "K2190";
     /**
-     * An official facility of the U.S. Postal Service used for processing
-     * and distributing mail and other postal material.
+     * A U.S. Postal Service facility that processes and distributes mail and other postal material.
      */
     readonly PostOffice: "K2191";
     /**
-     * A facility that houses equipment and personnel to fight fires and provide other assistance.
+     * A facility housing the equipment and staff that fight fires and provide other emergency help.
      */
     readonly FireDepartment: "K2193";
     /**
-     * A facility that is the headquarters for law enforcement officers.
+     * A facility that serves as headquarters for law enforcement officers.
      */
     readonly PoliceStation: "K2194";
     /**
-     * A facility in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials are kept for public use.
+     * A facility that keeps literary, musical, artistic or reference material for public use.
      */
     readonly Library: "K2195";
     /**
-     * A facility that houses the chief administrative offices of a local municipal government.
+     * A facility housing the main administrative offices of a local municipal government.
      */
     readonly CityTownHall: "K2196";
     /**
-     * A place of employment for wholesale, retail, or other trade.
+     * A workplace for wholesale, retail or other trade.
      */
     readonly CommercialWorkplace: "K2300";
     /**
-     * A group of retail establishments within a planned subdivision sharing a common parking area.
+     * A group of retail businesses in a planned development that share one parking area.
      */
     readonly ShoppingCenterMajorRetailCenter: "K2361";
     /**
-     * One or more manufacturing establishments within an area zoned for fabrication,
-     * construction, or other similar trades.
+     * One or more manufacturing businesses in an area zoned for fabrication, construction or similar trades.
      */
     readonly IndustrialBuildingIndustrialPark: "K2362";
     /**
-     * One or more structures containing employees performing business, clerical, or professional services.
+     * One or more structures where employees perform business, clerical or professional services.
      */
     readonly OfficeBuildingOfficePark: "K2363";
     /**
-     * An agricultural establishment where crops are grown and/or animals are raised.
+     * An agricultural business that grows crops or raises animals.
      */
     readonly FarmVineyardWineryOrchard: "K2364";
     /**
-     * A place of employment not elsewhere classified or of unknown type.
+     * A workplace that fits no other class or whose type is unknown.
      */
     readonly OtherEmploymentCenter: "K2366";
     /**
-     * A facility where one or more modes of transportation can be accessed by people
-     * or for the shipment of goods.
+     * A facility where people board one or more modes of transportation or where goods are shipped.
      *
-     * Examples of such a facility include marine terminal, bus station, train station,
-     * airport and truck warehouse.
+     * Marine terminals, bus stations, train stations, airports and truck warehouses are examples.
      */
     readonly TransportationTerminal: "K2400";
     /**
-     * A place where privately owned, light-watercraft and/or houseboats are moored.
+     * A place where privately owned light watercraft or houseboats are moored.
      */
     readonly Marina: "K2424";
     /**
-     * A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
+     * A platform on piles that extends from the shore over the water.
      *
-     * This platform may provide access to ships and boats, or it may be used for recreational purposes.
+     * It gives ships and boats access to the shore or serves recreation.
      */
     readonly PierDock: "K2432";
     /**
-     * A manmade facility maintained for the use of aircraft.
+     * A built facility maintained for aircraft.
      *
-     * [including airstrip, landing field and landing strip]
+     * Covers airstrips, landing fields and landing strips.
      */
     readonly AirportAirfield: "K2451";
     /**
-     * A place where travelers can board and exit rail transit lines, including
-     * associated ticketing, freight and other commercial offices.
+     * A place where passengers board and leave rail transit, together with its ticketing,
+     * freight and other commercial offices.
      */
     readonly TrainStationTrolleyMassTransitRailStation: "K2452";
     /**
-     * A place where travelers can board and exit mass motor vehicle transit,
-     * including associated ticketing, freight and other commercial offices.
+     * A place where passengers board and leave motor-vehicle mass transit,
+     * together with its ticketing, freight and other commercial offices.
      */
     readonly BusTerminal: "K2453";
     /**
-     * A place where travelers can board and exit water transit or where cargo is handled,
-     * including associated ticketing, freight and other commercial offices.
+     * A place where passengers board and leave water transit or cargo is handled,
+     * together with its ticketing, freight and other commercial offices.
      */
     readonly MarineTerminal: "K2454";
     /**
-     * A place where an airplane equipped with floats for landing on or taking off
-     * from a body of water can debark and load.
+     * A place where a floatplane, an airplane that lands on and takes off from water, unloads and loads.
      */
     readonly SeaplaneAnchorage: "K2455";
     /**
-     * The area of an airport adjusted to include whole tabulation blocks used
-     * for the delineation of urban areas.
+     * An airport's area, adjusted to whole tabulation blocks, used to delineate urban areas.
      */
     readonly AirportStatisticalRepresentation: "K2457";
     /**
-     * A fairly level and usually paved expanse used by airplanes for taking off and landing at an airport.
+     * A level, paved in most cases, surface at an airport where airplanes take off and land.
      */
     readonly RunwayTaxiway: "K2459";
     /**
-     * A fairly level and usually paved expanse used by helicopters for taking off and landing.
+     * A level, paved in most cases, surface where helicopters take off and land.
      */
     readonly HelicopterLandingPad: "K2460";
     /**
-     * An institution for post-secondary study, teaching and learning.
+     * An institution for post-secondary study and teaching.
      *
-     * [including seminary]
+     * Covers seminaries.
      */
     readonly UniversityCollege: "K2540";
     /**
-     * An institution for preschool, elementary or secondary study, teaching and learning.
+     * An institution for preschool, elementary or secondary study and teaching.
      */
     readonly SchoolAcademy: "K2543";
     /**
      * An attraction of historical, cultural, educational or other interest that
-     * provides information or displays artifacts.
+     * presents information or displays artifacts.
      */
     readonly MuseumVisitorCenterCulturalCenterTouristAttraction: "K2545";
     /**
-     * A public or private facility designed for playing golf.
+     * A public or private facility for playing golf.
      */
     readonly GolfCourse: "K2561";
     /**
-     * A facility that offers entertainment, performances or sporting events.
+     * A facility for entertainment, performances or sporting events.
      *
-     * Examples include arena, auditorium, theater, stadium, coliseum, race course,
-     * theme park, fairgrounds and shooting range.
+     * Arenas, auditoriums, theaters, stadiums, coliseums, race courses, theme parks,
+     * fairgrounds and shooting ranges are examples.
      */
     readonly AmusementCenter: "K2564";
     /**
-     * A place or area for burying the dead.
+     * A place where the dead are buried.
      *
-     * [including burying ground and memorial garden]
+     * Covers burying grounds and memorial gardens.
      */
     readonly Cemetery: "K2582";
     /**
-     * A facility in which terrestrial and/or marine animals are confined within enclosures
-     * and displayed to the public for educational, preservation and research purposes.
+     * A facility that keeps land or marine animals in enclosures and shows them to
+     * the public for education, preservation and research.
      */
     readonly Zoo: "K2586";
     /**
-     * A sanctified place or structure where people gather for religious worship.
-     * Examples include church, synagogue, temple and mosque.
+     * A consecrated place or structure where people gather to worship, such as a church,
+     * synagogue, temple or mosque.
      */
     readonly PlaceOfWorship: "K3544";
     /**
-     * A long tubular conduit or series of pipes, often underground, with pumps and valves for flow
-     * control, used to transport fluid (e.g., crude oil, natural gas), especially over great distances.
+     * A long conduit or chain of pipes, underground in most cases, with pumps and valves to regulate
+     * flow, that moves fluid such as crude oil or natural gas, in most cases over long distances.
      */
     readonly Pipeline: "L4010";
     /**
-     * One or more wires, often on elevated towers, used for conducting high-voltage electric power.
+     * One or more wires, on elevated towers in most cases, that conduct high-voltage electric power.
      */
     readonly Powerline: "L4020";
     /**
-     * A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables
-     * and supported by a series of towers.
+     * A system that moves passengers or freight in carriers hung from cables held up by towers.
      */
     readonly AerialTramwaySkiLift: "L4031";
     /**
-     * A man-made barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts
-     * and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
+     * A built barrier around or along a field, yard or similar area, made of posts with wire
+     * or wood in most cases, that keeps people or animals out or in, or marks a boundary.
      */
     readonly FenceLine: "L4110";
     /**
-     * The line of highest elevation along a ridge.
+     * The line along the highest ground of a ridge.
      */
     readonly RidgeLine: "L4121";
     /**
      * A very steep or vertical slope.
      *
-     * [including bluff, crag, head, headland, nose, palisades, precipice, promontory, rim and rimrock]
+     * Covers bluffs, crags, heads, headlands, noses, palisades, precipices, promontories, rims and rimrock.
      */
     readonly CliffEscarpment: "L4125";
     /**
-     * A line defined as beginning at one location point and ending at another, where each of these
-     * points is usually in sight of the other and no structures are in proximity to the line.
+     * A line from one located point to another, where the two points are in sight of
+     * each other in most cases and no structure stands close to the line.
      *
-     * This includes straight-line, nonvisible, 180-degree extensions off the
-     * ends of a terminating linear feature.
+     * Straight, invisible 180-degree extensions from the ends of a terminating
+     * linear feature belong to this class.
      */
     readonly PointToPointLine: "L4130";
     /**
-     * A cadastral boundary line separating two distinct real property parcels
-     * or a Public Land Survey System or equivalent survey line.
+     * A cadastral line between two separate real-property parcels, or a Public
+     * Land Survey System or equivalent survey line.
      */
     readonly PropertyParcelLine: "L4140";
     /**
-     * The line that separates either land or Inland water from Coastal, Territorial or Great Lakes water.
+     * The line between land or inland water on one side and coastal, territorial
+     * or Great Lakes water on the other.
      *
-     * Where land directly borders Coastal, Territorial or Great Lakes water,
-     * the shoreline represents the Coastline.
-     * Where Inland water (such as a river) flows into Coastal, Territorial or Great Lakes water,
-     * the closure line separating the Inland water from the other class of water represents the Coastline.
+     * Where land meets coastal, territorial or Great Lakes water, the shoreline is the coastline.
+     * Where inland water such as a river enters one of those waters, the closure
+     * line between the two is the coastline.
      */
     readonly Coastline: "L4150";
     /**
-     * A nonvisible feature defining the route used to transport people or cargo back
-     * and forth over a waterbody in a boat.
+     * An invisible feature tracing the route a boat takes to move people
+     * or cargo across a body of water and back.
      */
     readonly FerryCrossing: "L4165";
     /**
-     * A legal/statistical boundary line that does not correspond to a shoreline
-     * or other visible feature on the ground.
+     * A legal or statistical boundary line that follows no shoreline or other visible ground feature.
      */
     readonly NonvisibleLinearLegalStatisticalBoundary: "P0001";
     /**
-     * The more-or-less permanent boundary between land and water for a water feature that exists year-round.
+     * The stable boundary between land and water for a water feature present all year.
      */
     readonly PerennialShoreline: "P0002";
     /**
-     * The boundary between land and water (when water is present) for a water
-     * feature that does not exist year-round.
+     * The boundary between land and water, while water is present, for a water
+     * feature that is not present all year.
      */
     readonly IntermittentShoreline: "P0003";
     /**
-     * An edge that does not represent a legal/statistical boundary and does not correspond
-     * to a shoreline or other visible feature on the ground.
+     * An edge that is neither a legal or statistical boundary nor a shoreline
+     * or other visible ground feature.
      *
-     * Many such edges bound area landmarks, while many others separate water features
-     * from each other (e.g., where a bay meets the ocean).
+     * Such edges bound area landmarks or separate one water feature from another,
+     * as where a bay meets the ocean.
      */
     readonly OtherNonVisibleEdge: "P0004";
     /**
-     * A fixed rail line is generally visible from the surface.
+     * A fixed rail line, visible from the surface in most cases.
      *
-     * It transports any type of rail vehicle, including railroad, off-street transit
-     * and mountain rail systems.
+     * It serves every kind of rail vehicle, including railroads, off-street transit and mountain rail.
      */
     readonly RailFeature: "R1011";
     /**
-     * Primary roads are limited-access highways that connect to other roads only at
-     * interchanges and not at at-grade intersections.
+     * A limited-access highway that joins other roads only at interchanges, never at at-grade intersections.
      *
-     * This category includes Interstate highways, as well as all other highways with
-     * limited access (some of which are toll roads).
-     * Limited-access highways with only one lane in each direction, as well as those
-     * that are undivided, are also included under S1100.
+     * Interstate highways and every other limited-access highway, toll roads among them, belong here.
+     * S1100 also covers limited-access highways that have one lane in each direction or no divider.
      */
     readonly PrimaryRoad: "S1100";
     /**
-     * Secondary roads are main arteries that are not limited access, usually in the
-     * U.S. Highway, state highway, or county highway systems.
+     * A main artery without limited access, part of the U.S. Highway, state highway
+     * or county highway system in most cases.
      *
-     * These roads have one or more lanes of traffic in each direction.
-     * They may or may not be divided.
-     *
-     * They usually have at-grade intersections with many other roads and driveways.
-     * They often have both a local name and a route number.
+     * These roads have one or more lanes in each direction and may or may not be divided.
+     * They meet other roads and driveways at at-grade intersections, and they have
+     * both a local name and a route number in most cases.
      */
     readonly SecondaryRoad: "S1200";
     /**
-     * Generally a paved non-arterial street, road, or byway that usually has a
-     * single lane of traffic in each direction.
+     * A non-arterial street, road or byway, paved and with one lane in each direction in most cases.
      *
-     * Roads in this feature class may be privately or publicly maintained.
-     * Scenic park roads would be included in this feature class, as would
-     * (depending on the region of the country) some unpaved roads.
+     * Private and public maintenance both qualify.
+     * Scenic park roads belong here, as do some unpaved roads depending on the region.
      */
     readonly LocalNeighborhoodRoadRuralRoadCityStreet: "S1400";
     /**
-     * An unpaved dirt trail where a four-wheel drive vehicle is required.
+     * An unpaved dirt trail that requires a four-wheel-drive vehicle.
      *
-     * These vehicular trails are found almost exclusively in very rural areas.
-     * Minor, unpaved roads usable by ordinary cars and trucks belong in the S1400 category.
+     * These trails occur almost only in very rural areas.
+     * Minor unpaved roads that ordinary cars and trucks can use belong to S1400.
      */
     readonly VehicularTrail4WD: "S1500";
     /**
-     * A road that allows controlled access from adjacent roads onto a limited access highway,
-     * often in the form of a cloverleaf interchange.
+     * A road that gives controlled access from adjacent roads onto a limited-access highway,
+     * in a cloverleaf interchange or other layout.
      */
     readonly Ramp: "S1630";
     /**
-     * A road, usually paralleling a limited access highway, that provides access to
-     * structures and/or service facilities along the highway.
+     * A road, parallel to a limited-access highway in most cases, that reaches structures
+     * or service facilities along the highway.
      *
-     * These roads can have names and may intersect with other roads.
+     * These roads can have names and can intersect other roads.
      */
     readonly ServiceDrive: "S1640";
     /**
-     * A path that is used for walking, being either too narrow for or legally
-     * restricted from vehicular traffic.
+     * A walking path that is too narrow for vehicles or closed to them by law.
      */
     readonly WalkwayPedestrianTrail: "S1710";
     /**
-     * A pedestrian passageway from one level to another by a series of steps.
+     * A pedestrian passage of steps between two levels.
      */
     readonly Stairway: "S1720";
     /**
-     * A service road that does not generally have associated addressed structures and is usually unnamed.
-     *
-     * It is located at the rear of buildings and properties and is used for deliveries.
+     * A service road behind buildings and properties, used for deliveries,
+     * without addressed structures and without a name in most cases.
      */
     readonly Alley: "S1730";
     /**
-     * A road within private property that is privately maintained for service, extractive, or other purposes.
+     * A privately maintained road on private property, used for service, extraction or other purposes.
      *
-     * These roads are often unnamed.
+     * Most of these roads have no name.
      */
     readonly PrivateRoadForServiceVehicles: "S1740";
     /**
-     * Internal U.S. Census Bureau use.
+     * Reserved for the U.S. Census Bureau's internal use.
      */
     readonly InternalUSCensusBureauUse: "S1750";
     /**
-     * The main travel route for vehicles through a paved parking area.
+     * The main vehicle route through a paved parking area.
      *
-     * This may include unnamed roads through apartment/condominium/office complexes
+     * Can include roads without a name through apartment, condominium or office complexes
      * where pull-in parking spaces line the road.
      */
     readonly ParkingLotRoad: "S1780";
     /**
-     * This is a seasonal trail type created and marked in snow.
+     * A seasonal trail made and marked in snow.
      *
-     * Travelers use snowmobiles and dog sleds to reach housing units and connect communities.
+     * Travelers use snowmobiles and dog sleds on it to reach housing units and link communities.
      */
     readonly WinterTrail: "S1810";
     /**
-     * A path that is used for manual or small, motorized bicycles, being either too
-     * narrow for or legally restricted from vehicular traffic.
+     * A path for pedal or small motorized bicycles that is too narrow for vehicles or closed to them by law.
      */
     readonly BikePathOrTrail: "S1820";
     /**
-     * A path that is used for horses, being either too narrow for or legally
-     * restricted from vehicular traffic.
+     * A path for horses that is too narrow for vehicles or closed to them by law.
      */
     readonly BridlePath: "S1830";
 };