NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
2006
TIDESTATIONS - Pacific Northwest Water-Level Stations and Tidal Datum Distributions
1
vector digital data
Data Series
236
Western Coastal and Marine Geology, Menlo Park, California
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/download/tidestations.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/catalog.shtml
Florence L. Wong
Angie J. Venturato
Eric L. Geist
2006
Seaside, Oregon Tsunami Pilot Study -- Modernization of FEMA Flood Hazard Maps: GIS Data
vector digital data
Data Series
236
Western Coastal and Marine Geology, Menlo Park, California
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/
This geospatial data set depicts the locations of National Ocean Service water-level stations to determine tidal datum distributions with the Seaside, Oregon, region.
This data set is one of a collection of spatially referenced digital files in a geographic information system 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 the FEMA 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 region. 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.
2004
publication date
None planned
-124.616670
-123.766666
48.368330
40.766670
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:ef3c6af3-ac5c-4147-b334-9142b0f13b77
None
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Center for Tsunami Research
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
Western Coastal and Marine Geology
WCMG
point shapefile
NOS water-level Stations
tidal datum distribution
station locations
point shapefile
USGS Thesaurus
tsunamis
geospatial datasets
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
environment
geoscientificInformation
Geographic Names Information System
Seaside
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
United States
USA
North America
none
1983
2001
None.
These data were created for the sole purpose of the Seaside, Oregon, Tsunami Pilot Study. It is not meant for navigational means. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration makes no expressed or implied warranty regarding the accuracy of these data.
The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data on any other system.
Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as the originator of the dataset.
NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
Angie J. Venturato
mailing address
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
Washington
98115
USA
206-526-6556
Angie.J.Venturato@noaa.gov
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/metadata/tidestations.gif
Map of the central Cascadia region showing the locations of Seaside and relevant tide stations
GIF
NOAA National Ocean Service, NOAA National Geodetic Survey, NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group
2006
Seaside, Oregon Tsunami Pilot Study -- Modernization of FEMA Flood Hazard Maps
1
document
Open-File Report
2006-1234
Menlo Park, California
U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1234/
Venturato, A.J.
2005
A digital elevation model for Seaside, Oregon: Procedures, data sources, and analyses
document
Seattle, Washington
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
NOAA Tech Memo 2812
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pubs/PDF/vent2812/vent2812.pdf
H.O. Mofjeld, A.J. Venturato, F.I. Gonzalez, and V.V. Titov
2004
Background tides and sea level variations at Seaside, Oregon
document
Seattle, Washington
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
NOAA Tech Memo 2736
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pubs/PDF/mofj2736/mofj2736.pdf
NOAA National Ocean Service
2004
Water Level Station Benchmarks
document
Silver Spring, Maryland
NOAA National Ocean Service
Benchmark information was obtained for 13 stations: Neah Bay, Toke Point, South Bend, Astoria, Hammond, Seaside, Garibaldi, Depoe Bay, South Beach, Charleston, Port Orford, Crescent City, and North Spit
http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/
NOAA National Geodetic Survey
2004
Vertical geodetic control data
vector digital data
Silver Spring, Maryland
NOAA National Geodetic Survey
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/
These data contain attributes automatically generated by ESRI ArcGIS software and two user-defined attributes that were developed by NOAA National Ocean Service, National Geodetic Survey, and NOAA Center for Tsunami Research. Refer to cross references for more information.
Refer to cross references
Complete.
Refer to cross references.
Refer to cross references.
NOAA National Ocean Service
2004
Water Level Station Benchmarks
document
http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/
online
2004
publication date
nostides
tidal datum information and associated attributes
National Geodetic Survey
2004
Vertical Geodetic Control Data
vector digital data
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/
online
2004
publication date
ngscontrol
geodetic datum information and associated attributes
Source data were used to create a table of coordinates and associated attributes. The table was imported to create a point shapefile. The data are discussed further in:
Mofjeld, H.O., et al. (2004): Background tides and sea level variations at Seaside, Oregon, NOAA Tech. Memo. 2736, 1-19.
nostides
ngscontrol
2004
tidestations
Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed.
20201019
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Edited metadata for minor typos and to bring it up to PCMSC standards, including adding USGS Thesaurus keyword terms. No data were changed.
20211008
U.S. Geological Survey
Susan Cochran
Geologist
Mailing and Physical
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz
CA
95060
831-460-7545
scochran@usgs.gov
Vector
Entity point
15
1.000000
1.000000
Decimal degrees
North American Datum of 1983
Geodetic Reference System 80
6378137.000000
298.257222
tidestations
name of shapefile
none
FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
ID
user-defined identification number
none
number
user-defined identification value
none
NAME
Water-level station name
NOS
Feature defined by NOS
STATIONID
Water-level station identification number
NOS
Feature defined by NOS
STATE
State in which station exists
none
Feature defined by NOS
LATITUDE
Latitude of water-level station
NOS
Feature defined by NOS
LONGITUDE
Longitude of water-level station
NOS
Feature defined by NOS
DIST_KM
Distance in kilometers from Seaside, Oregon
NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
0
583
MAXOBS
Maximum observed water-level
NOS
Feature defined by NOS
MHHW
Mean Higher High Water
NOS
Feature defined by NOS
MHW
Mean High Water
NOS
Feature defined by NOS
MTL
Mean Tide Level
NOS
Feature defined by NOS
MSL
Mean Sea Level
NOS
Feature defined by NOS
MLW
Mean Low Water
NOS
Feature defined by NOS
NAVD88
North American Vertical Datum of 1988
NGS
Feature defined by NGS
NGVD29
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
NGS
Feature defined by NGS
MLLW
Mean Lower Low Water
NOS
Feature defined by NOS
MINOBS
Minimum Observed Water Level
NOS
Feature defined by NOS
SOURCE
source of datum distributions
user-defined
observed
Datums based on observed water-level data
NOS
interpolated
datum values based on values interpolated between other water-level stations
user-defined
U.S. Geological Survey
mailing address
Information Services Box 25286
Denver
Colorado
80225-0286
USA
1-888-275-8747
infoservices@usgs.gov
Downloadable Data: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 236
Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 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.
shapefile
9.1
ArcGIS shapefile
no compression applied
0.020
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/download/tidestations.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/catalog.shtml
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/236/
Data may be downloaded via the World Wide Web (WWW).
None.
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.
20211008
NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
Angie J. Venturato
mailing address
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
Washington
98115
USA
206-526-6556
Angie.J.Venturato@noaa.gov
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time
None
None