Terrain data, as defined in FEMA Guidelines and Specifications, Appendix N: Data Capture Standards, describes the digital
topographic data that was used to create the elevation data representing the terrain environment of a watershed and/or floodplain.
Terrain data requirements allow for flexibility in the types of information provided as sources used to produce final terrain
deliverables. Once this type of data is provided, FEMA will be able to account for the origins of the flood study elevation
data. (Source: FEMA Guidelines and Specifications, Appendix N, Section N.1.2).
Citation
Title TERRAIN, PULASKI COUNTY, KENTUCKY, USA
publication Date
8888-08-08
presentationForm
FEMA-DCS-TERRAIN
cited responsible party
-
publisher
organisation Name
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Contact information
Address
, Washington, DC
cited responsible party
-
originator
organisation Name
Federal Emergency Management Agency
cited responsible party
-
originator
organisation Name
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Terrain data is used to represent the topography of a watershed and/or floodplain environment and to extract useful information
for hydraulic and hydrologic models. (Source: FEMA Guidelines and Specs, Appendix N)
Resource language:
eng; USA
Resource progress code:
underDevelopment
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:
asNeeded
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
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.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: 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.
source description
Source Contribution: Source dem tile indexSource Type raster digital data
source citation
Title National Elevation Dataset
publication Date
2002-06-01
cited responsible party
-
originator
organisation Name
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), EROS Data Center
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2002-06-01
source
source description
Source Contribution: Source ContoursSource Type digital raster data
source citation
Title Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
publication Date
2000-09-01
cited responsible party
-
originator
organisation Name
Kentucky Division of Geographic Information
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2000-09-01
source
source description
Source Contribution: two-foot contours for the City of SomersetSource Type CD
source citation
Title Two-foot Contours for the City of Somerset
publication Date
2002-01-01
cited responsible party
-
originator
organisation Name
City of Somerset
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
718-20-07
source
source description
Source Contribution: Output contoursSource Type vector digital data
source citation
Title A01_CNT
publication Date
2008-01-01
cited responsible party
-
originator
organisation Name
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2008-01-01
source
source description
Source Contribution: Output countours tile index and perimeter fileSource Type vector digital data
source citation
Title S_TILEINDEX
publication Date
2008-01-01
cited responsible party
-
originator
organisation Name
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2008-01-01
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description
NMAS
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy
measure Description
Unknown
Quantitative Result
result value 8888
value Units
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description
Data contained in the Terrain package highlights specific issues in the Elevation datasets. Terrain data are derived datasets
that aid automated hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, the flood hazard area boundary delineations, and quality control.
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description
Data contained in the Terrain package highlights specific issues in the Elevation datasets. Terrain data are derived datasets
that aid automated hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, the flood hazard area boundary delineations, and quality control.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description
The Terrain data are consistent with the Elevation dataset. A comparison of profile plots with the flow vector data confirms
that flow vectors are correctly drawn. Flood hazard boundaries do not extend beyond the ExternalBoundary, if exists. FIRM
panels show the flood hazard area delineations where Island data are present.
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version
FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2012-06-20T17:21:00 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
Metadata contact
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pointOfContact
individual Name Laura Algeo
organisation Name
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-770-220-5200
Address
3003 Chamblee Tucker Rd., Atlanta, Georgia, 30341
Country USA