PROBZONES - Generalized 100- and 500-year flood zones for Seaside, Oregon, determined by probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Florence L. Wong
Originator: Eric L. Geist
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:

PROBZONES - Generalized 100- and 500-year flood zones for Seaside, Oregon, determined by probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis

Edition: 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Data Series
Issue_Identification: 236

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Western Coastal and Marine Geology, Menlo Park, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/download/probzones.zip
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/catalog.shtml
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Florence L. Wong
Originator: Angie J. Venturato
Originator: Eric L. Geist
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:

Seaside, Oregon Tsunami Pilot Study - Modernization of FEMA Flood Hazard Maps: GIS Data

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Data Series
Issue_Identification: 236

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Western Coastal and Marine Geology, Menlo Park, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/

Description:

Abstract:

PROBZONES is a generalized polygon layer outlining areas in the Seaside-Gearhart, Oregon, area subject to the 100-year and 500-year flood as determined by probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis (PTHA).

Purpose:

This data set is one of a collection of digital files of a geographic information system of spatially referenced data related to the Seaside, Oregon, Tsunami Pilot Study.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) guidelines do not currently exist for conducting and incorporating tsunami hazard assessments that reflect the substantial advances in tsunami research achieved in the last two decades (Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group, 2006). Therefore, as part of FEMAs Modernization Program, a Tsunami Pilot Study was carried out in the Seaside/Gearhart, Oregon, area to provide information from which tsunami mapping guidelines could be developed. This area was chosen because it is typical of coastal communities in the section of the Pacific Coast from Cape Mendocino to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. There was also considerable interest shown by state agencies and local stakeholders in mapping the tsunami threat to this area. The study was an interagency effort by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the University of Southern California, and the Middle East Technical University. We present the GIS data from that report in this publication.
These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2005

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.970020
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.904470
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.060000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.965441

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:97ba1aa3-d817-4599-a36b-dc47d87492be

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Western Coastal and Marine Geology
Theme_Keyword: WCMG
Theme_Keyword: probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis
Theme_Keyword: coastal geology
Theme_Keyword: PTHA
Theme_Keyword: tsunami probability
Theme_Keyword: tsunami hazard
Theme_Keyword: FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: tsunamis
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: Seaside, Oregon
Place_Keyword: Gearhart, Oregon
Place_Keyword: Oregon
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: North America

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GEOnet Names Server
Place_Keyword: north Pacific Ocean

Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:

The data, digital results, GIS layers, and map products in this database have been created specifically as part of a pilot study for FEMA's modernization of Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) project. The results of the pilot study are intended to help FEMA draft new guidelines related to tsunami flooding for Coastal Flood Hazard Analysis and Mapping for the Pacific Coast of the United States. The results are intrinsically probabilistic and designed according to FEMA flood zone specifications: annual probabilities of exceedance of 1% and 0.2%. The data, digital results, GIS layers, and map products are not intended for other uses. In particular, the 1% and 0.2% annual exceedance probability tsunami flood maps are not to be used for emergency planning, evacuation, or other insurance purposes. Please refer to the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program tsunami inundation maps for use in emergency planning.
Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Florence L. Wong
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 345 Middlefield Road, MS 999
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 94025
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 650-329-5327
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 650-329-5190
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fwong@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/metadata/probzones.jpg
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

100- and 500-year flood zones as determined by probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:

Seaside, Oregon Tsunami Pilot Study - Modernization of FEMA Flood Hazard Maps

Edition: 1
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1234

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Western Coastal and Marine Geology, Menlo Park, California
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1234/

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Mofjeld, H.O., Venturato, A.J., Gonz\341lez, F.I., and Titov, V.V.

Publication_Date: 2004
Title: Background tides and sea level variations at Seaside, Oregon
Other_Citation_Details: NOAA, Technical Memorandum; OAR PMEL-126; 15 pages
Online_Linkage: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pubs/PDF/mofj2736/mofj2736.pdf

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Eric L. Geist
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:

Local Tsunami Hazards in the Pacific Northwest from Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Professional Paper
Issue_Identification: 1661-B

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Menlo Park, California
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Other_Citation_Details: 21 pages
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1661b/

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The polygon attribute for this data set is either the 100- or 500-year flood area as determined by the probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis. The accuracy of one or the other value assignment is tied to the model accuracy, the discussion of which is copied here.
The maximum wave heights presented here were modeled by probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis techniques and approximate the magnitudes of a 1% annual probability flood. Accuracy with these estimates can be associated with uncertainty in the model results. Sources of aleatory uncertainty from fault rupture complexity and tidal stage at tsunami arrival time. For the former, the coefficient of variation is typically 20% (Geist, 2005). For the latter, the coefficient of variation is typically 7% (Mofjeld and others, 2004). A comprehensive analysis for other sources of aleatory and epistemic uncertainty has not been conducted for this pilot study.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon topology is intact.
Completeness_Report: Complete.
Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The model raster from which this data set was derived was defined on a 2-second grid spacing (approximately 60 meters north-south) which was maintained through all calculations.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Angie J. Venturato
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:

A digital elevation model for Seaside, Oregon: Procedures, data sources, and analyses

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Other_Citation_Details: NOAA, Technical Memorandum OAR; PMEL-129
Online_Linkage: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pubs/PDF/vent2812/vent2812.pdf

Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2005

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Venturato, 2005
Source_Contribution: mean lower low water line

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The extents of the 100- and 500-year maps from the Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis (Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group, 2006) were combined with the mean lower low water line (Venturato, 2005) to define these polygons.

Process_Date: 2005

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed.

Process_Date: 20201019
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edited metadata for minor typos and to bring it up to PCMSC standards, including adding USGS Thesaurus keyword terms. No data were changed.

Process_Date: 20211008
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Susan Cochran

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7545
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.0006
Longitude_Resolution: 0.0006
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: probzones
Entity_Type_Definition: polygon shapefile
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: area from polygon coverage
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Feature area

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition: perimeter from polygon coverage
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Feature perimeter

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NEWZONE_
Attribute_Definition: feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: ESRI internal number

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NEWZONE_ID
Attribute_Definition: user feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: author
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: user-assigned feature number

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PTYPE
Attribute_Definition: polygon label
Attribute_Definition_Source: author
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: A
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 100-year flood polygon
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: B
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 500-year flood polygon
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: Information Services
Address: Box 25286
City: Denver
State_or_Province: Colorado
Postal_Code: 80225-0286
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: infoservices@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

Downloadable Data: probzones; U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 236

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: shapefile
Format_Version_Number: 9.1
Format_Specification: ESRI polygon shapefile
Transfer_Size: 0.093

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/download/probzones.zip
Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/catalog.shtml

Access_Instructions: Data may be downloaded via the World Wide Web (WWW).

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20211008
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Florence L. Wong

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 345 Middlefield Road, MS 999
City: Menlo Park
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 94025
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 650-329-5327
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 650-329-5190
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fwong@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

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