{"action":"create","ckan_id":null,"date_created":"Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:51:57 GMT","date_finished":null,"harvest_job_id":"57bd946f-9090-4070-9c1c-346d1ce3ce91","harvest_source_id":"4c62556f-0fa3-402d-90f6-6a46cd80a117","id":"ea6bb80b-1188-40d4-8975-07fd4a6c99c0","identifier":"https://hazards.fema.gov/filedownload/metadata/R10/631070-PerformFieldSurvey.xml","parent_identifier":null,"source_hash":"77080f40a0f846600d810652fa6af1a6b1cb8bf0320d0c95020796b846060789","source_raw":"<metadata>\r\n  <idinfo>\r\n    <citation>\r\n      <citeinfo>\r\n        <origin>Federal Emergency Management Agency</origin>\r\n        <pubdate>20090713</pubdate>\r\n        <title>DCS Survey Submission for WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON</title>\r\n        <geoform>FEMA-DCS-Survey</geoform>\r\n        <pubinfo>\r\n          <pubplace>Washington, DC</pubplace>\r\n          <publish>Federal Emergency Management Agency</publish>\r\n        </pubinfo>\r\n        <othercit>Metadata_File_Name: 53073C_Survey_metadata.xml</othercit>\r\n        <onlink>http://hazards.fema.gov</onlink>\r\n        <lworkcit>\r\n          <citeinfo>\r\n            <origin>Federal Emergency Management Agency</origin>\r\n            <pubdate>Unknown</pubdate>\r\n            <title>FEMA CASE 09-10-0167S</title>\r\n          </citeinfo>\r\n        </lworkcit>\r\n      </citeinfo>\r\n    </citation>\r\n    <descript>\r\n      <abstract>Survey data includes spatial datasets and data tables necessary to digitally represent data collected in the survey phase of the study.  (Source: FEMA Guidelines and Specifications, Appendix N)</abstract>\r\n      <purpose>The survey phase has traditionally been one of the most expensive portions of the study; survey data is often submitted for features such as dams, culverts, bridges, and channels.</purpose>\r\n    </descript>\r\n    <timeperd>\r\n      <timeinfo>\r\n        <sngdate>\r\n          <caldate>20090713</caldate>\r\n        </sngdate>\r\n      </timeinfo>\r\n      <current>MIP Submission Date</current>\r\n    </timeperd>\r\n    <status>\r\n      <progress>In work</progress>\r\n      <update>Unknown</update>\r\n    </status>\r\n    <spdom>\r\n      <bounding>\r\n        <westbc>-123.333982</westbc>\r\n        <eastbc>-120.654797</eastbc>\r\n        <northbc>49.026626</northbc>\r\n        <southbc>48.612493</southbc>\r\n      </bounding>\r\n    </spdom>\r\n    <keywords>\r\n      <theme>\r\n        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>\r\n        <themekey>Structure</themekey>\r\n        <themekey>Location</themekey>\r\n        <themekey>Elevation</themekey>\r\n        <themekey>Transportation</themekey>\r\n      </theme>\r\n      <theme>\r\n        <themekt>FEMA NFIP Topic Category</themekt>\r\n        <themekey>Survey</themekey>\r\n        <themekey>Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map</themekey>\r\n        <themekey>DFIRM</themekey>\r\n        <themekey>Flood Hazard Data</themekey>\r\n        <themekey>Bridges</themekey>\r\n        <themekey>Culverts</themekey>\r\n        <themekey>Cross Sections</themekey>\r\n        <themekey>Cross Section Lines</themekey>\r\n        <themekey>Streams</themekey>\r\n        <themekey>Water body</themekey>\r\n      </theme>\r\n      <place>\r\n        <placekt>Geographic Names Information System</placekt>\r\n        <placekey>REGION 10</placekey>\r\n        <placekey>STATE WA</placekey>\r\n        <placekey>COUNTY WHATCOM</placekey>\r\n        <placekey>COUNTY-FIPS 53073</placekey>\r\n        <placekey>COMMUNITY WHATCOM COUNTY AND INCORPORATED AREAS</placekey>\r\n        <placekey>FEMA-CID 53073C</placekey>\r\n      </place>\r\n    </keywords>\r\n    <accconst>None</accconst>\r\n    <useconst>Acknowledgement of FEMA would be appreciated in products derived from these data. This digital data is produced for the purposes of updating/creating a DFIRM database.</useconst>\r\n    <ptcontac>\r\n      <cntinfo>\r\n        <cntorgp>\r\n          <cntorg>Federal Emergency Management Agency</cntorg>\r\n        </cntorgp>\r\n        <cntpos>Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration</cntpos>\r\n        <cntaddr>\r\n          <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>\r\n          <address>500 C Street, S.W.</address>\r\n          <city>Washington</city>\r\n          <state>District of Columbia</state>\r\n          <postal>20472</postal>\r\n          <country>USA</country>\r\n        </cntaddr>\r\n        <cntvoice>1-800-358-9616</cntvoice>\r\n        <cntemail>http://www.fema.gov/msc</cntemail>\r\n      </cntinfo>\r\n    </ptcontac>\r\n    <native>Original data development environment varies.  Finishing of the data is done using ESRI's ARC/INFO software.</native>\r\n  </idinfo>\r\n  <dataqual>\r\n    <logic>Survey data is the most important input to hydraulic analysis that determines water surface elevations.  Surveyed cross-sections cross the entire 0.2 percent-annual-chance floodplain.  Survey data development conforms to the GUidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners, Appendix L.</logic>\r\n    <complete>Survey data includes channel and floodplain cross sections, elevation reference marks (ERMs), physical dimensions of hydraulic and flood control structures, and photographs at hydraulic structures.  The FEMA guidelines and standards are followed in the development of Survey data.</complete>\r\n    <posacc>\r\n      <horizpa>\r\n\t<horizpar>The Static GPS survey data was post-processed using Trimble Geomatics Office Version 1.62 and the horizontal accuracy determined based on referencing Washington State Department of Transportation GPS and Benchmark Monuments.</horizpar>\r\n      </horizpa>\r\n      <vertacc>\r\n        <vertaccr>Additionally, LSA performed differential leveling using a Leica DNA10 Digital Geodetic level from Washington State DOT Vertical Benchmarks to 10 of their GPS Control Points to verify their elevations from the Network Adjustment.</vertaccr>\r\n      </vertacc>\r\n    </posacc>\r\n    <lineage>\r\n      <srcinfo>\r\n        <srccite>\r\n          <citeinfo>\r\n            <origin>Larry Steele and Associates, Inc.</origin>\r\n            <pubdate>2008</pubdate>\r\n            <title>All_points Shapefile</title>\r\n          </citeinfo>\r\n        </srccite>\r\n        <srcscale>4000</srcscale>\r\n        <typesrc>online</typesrc>\r\n        <srctime>\r\n          <timeinfo>\r\n            <sngdate>\r\n              <caldate>2008</caldate>\r\n            </sngdate>\r\n          </timeinfo>\r\n          <srccurr>ground condition</srccurr>\r\n        </srctime>\r\n        <srccitea>SPATIAL-FILES1</srccitea>\r\n        <srccontr>Spatially-referenced ground survey data points containing elevation and ground description attribute information.</srccontr>\r\n      </srcinfo>\r\n      <srcinfo>\r\n        <srccite>\r\n          <citeinfo>\r\n            <origin>Larry Steele and Associates, Inc.</origin>\r\n            <pubdate>2008</pubdate>\r\n            <title>LSA Field Survey Notes</title>\r\n          </citeinfo>\r\n        </srccite>\r\n        <srcscale>4000</srcscale>\r\n        <typesrc>online</typesrc>\r\n        <srctime>\r\n          <timeinfo>\r\n            <sngdate>\r\n              <caldate>2008</caldate>\r\n            </sngdate>\r\n          </timeinfo>\r\n          <srccurr>ground condition</srccurr>\r\n        </srctime>\r\n        <srccitea>SKETCHES1</srccitea>\r\n        <srccontr>Field survey notes and sketches of hydraulic structures within the project area.</srccontr>\r\n      </srcinfo>\r\n      <srcinfo>\r\n        <srccite>\r\n          <citeinfo>\r\n            <origin>Larry Steele and Associates, Inc.</origin>\r\n            <pubdate>2008</pubdate>\r\n            <title>FIS Stream Channel Survey Report, Whatcom County, Washington</title>\r\n          </citeinfo>\r\n        </srccite>\r\n        <srcscale>4000</srcscale>\r\n        <typesrc>online</typesrc>\r\n        <srctime>\r\n          <timeinfo>\r\n            <sngdate>\r\n              <caldate>2008</caldate>\r\n            </sngdate>\r\n          </timeinfo>\r\n          <srccurr>ground condition</srccurr>\r\n        </srctime>\r\n        <srccitea>SURVEY-FILES1</srccitea>\r\n        <srccontr>A report on the equipment and methodology used in obtaining the current survey information.</srccontr>\r\n      </srcinfo>\r\n      <procstep>\r\n        <procdesc>Survey data collection steps include field reconnaissance, historical flooding research, setting Elevation Reference Marks (ERMs) and conducting field survey of cross-sections and hydraulic structures.</procdesc>\r\n        <procdate>20090713</procdate>\r\n      </procstep>\r\n    </lineage>\r\n  </dataqual>\r\n  <spref>\r\n    <horizsys>\r\n      <planar>\r\n        <gridsys>\r\n          <gridsysn>State Plane Coordinate System 1983</gridsysn>\r\n          <spcs>\r\n            <spcszone>4601</spcszone>\r\n            <lambertc>\r\n              <stdparll>47.500000</stdparll>\r\n              <longcm>-120.833333</longcm>\r\n              <latprjo>47.000000</latprjo>\r\n              <feast>1640416.666667</feast>\r\n              <fnorth>0.000000</fnorth>\r\n            </lambertc>\r\n          </spcs>\r\n        </gridsys>\r\n        <planci>\r\n          <plance>coordinate pair</plance>\r\n          <coordrep>\r\n            <absres>0.000220</absres>\r\n            <ordres>0.000220</ordres>\r\n          </coordrep>\r\n          <plandu>survey feet</plandu>\r\n        </planci>\r\n      </planar>\r\n      <geodetic>\r\n        <horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn>\r\n        <ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips>\r\n        <semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis>\r\n        <denflat>298.257222</denflat>\r\n      </geodetic>\r\n    </horizsys>\r\n    <vertdef>\r\n      <altsys>\r\n        <altdatum>North American Vertical Datum of 1988</altdatum>\r\n        <altres>0.03</altres>\r\n        <altunits>Feet</altunits>\r\n        <altenc>Attribute values</altenc>\r\n      </altsys>\r\n    </vertdef>\r\n  </spref>\r\n  <eainfo>\r\n    <detailed>\r\n      <enttyp>\r\n        <enttypl>CROSSSECTION</enttypl>\r\n        <enttypd>A point spatial file used to represent the survey shots or points of the cross sections.</enttypd>\r\n        <enttypds>FEMA Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners, Appendix N: Data Capture Standards and Data Capture Guidelines (available at http://www.fema.gov/fhm/dl_cgs.shtm).</enttypds>\r\n      </enttyp>\r\n    </detailed>\r\n    <overview>\r\n      <eaover>The Survey data contains both spatial and attribute information.  These data provide ground elevations at stream over bank areas, channel geometry, information about physical obstructions to conveyance, and channel roughness.\r\nFEMA Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners, Appendix N: Data Capture Guidelines  provides detailed descriptions of the data themes and attribute information.</eaover>\r\n      <eadetcit>Appendix N of FEMA Guidelines and Specifications for FEMA Flood Hazard Mapping Partners contains a detailed description of the data themes and references to other relevant information.</eadetcit>\r\n    </overview>\r\n  </eainfo>\r\n  <distinfo>\r\n    <distrib>\r\n      <cntinfo>\r\n        <cntorgp>\r\n          <cntorg>Federal Emergency Management Agency</cntorg>\r\n        </cntorgp>\r\n        <cntaddr>\r\n          <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>\r\n          <address>500 C Street, S.W.</address>\r\n          <city>Washington</city>\r\n          <state>District of Columbia</state>\r\n          <postal>20472</postal>\r\n          <country>USA</country>\r\n        </cntaddr>\r\n        <cntvoice>1-877-336-2627</cntvoice>\r\n        <cntemail>miphelp@mapmodteam.com</cntemail>\r\n      </cntinfo>\r\n    </distrib>\r\n    <distliab>No warranty expressed or implied is made by FEMA regarding the utility of the data on any other system nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.</distliab>\r\n    <stdorder>\r\n      <digform>\r\n        <digtinfo>\r\n          <formname>FEMA-DCS-Survey</formname>\r\n        </digtinfo>\r\n        <digtopt>\r\n          <onlinopt>\r\n            <computer>\r\n              <networka>\r\n                <networkr>http://hazards.fema.gov</networkr>\r\n              </networka>\r\n            </computer>\r\n          </onlinopt>\r\n        </digtopt>\r\n      </digform>\r\n      <fees>Contact Distributor</fees>\r\n    </stdorder>\r\n  </distinfo>\r\n  <metainfo>\r\n    <metd>20090713</metd>\r\n    <metc>\r\n      <cntinfo>\r\n        <cntperp>\r\n          <cntper>Sarah Bengtson</cntper>\r\n          <cntorg>WEST Consultants, Inc.</cntorg>\r\n        </cntperp>\r\n        <cntaddr>\r\n          <addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>\r\n          <address>12509 Bel-Red Rd, Ste. 100</address>\r\n          <city>Bellevue</city>\r\n          <state>Washington</state>\r\n          <postal>98005-2535</postal>\r\n          <country>USA</country>\r\n        </cntaddr>\r\n        <cntvoice>1-425-646-8806</cntvoice>\r\n        <cntemail>sbengtson@westconsultants.com</cntemail>\r\n      </cntinfo>\r\n    </metc>\r\n    <metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>\r\n    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>\r\n    <mettc>local time</mettc>\r\n    <metextns>\r\n      <onlink>http://hazards.fema.gov</onlink>\r\n      <onlink>http://www.epsg.org</onlink>\r\n      <metprof>FEMA NFIP Metadata Content and Format Standard</metprof>\r\n    </metextns>\r\n  </metainfo>\r\n</metadata>\r\n\r\n","source_transform":null,"status":"error"}
