METADATA FOR RIVER_MILE
Upper Mississippi/Missouri River Basin River Miles
ARC/INFO point coverage of river miles of the main channels of Upper
Mississippi/Missouri River
Citation_Information:
Originator: Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team (SAST)
Publication_Date: 19950501
Title: RIVER_MILE ARC/INFO Coverage
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Online_Linkage: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/sast-home.html
Description:
The SAST ARC/INFO database is a comprehensive vector basemap of the Upper
Mississippi/Missouri River Basin and contains attribute data suitable for
performing a wide range of analyses and for generating thematic maps for
counties and states throughout the flood area.
Abstract:
On January 10, 1994, the Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team (SAST)
joined in the effort to provide scientific advice and assistance to
officials responsible for making decisions with respect to the flood
recovery in the Upper Mississippi River Basin.
This data cover provides river-mile markers and estimates of water
elevations for the 10, 50, 100, and 500 year flood events for the
mainstreams of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. The cover also
includes 1993 flood levels by river mile. This data set was created from
a point coverage provided to the SAST from the Environmental Management
Technical Center (EMTC) and ancillary data from the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. The area includes the Upper Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois,
Minnesota, and St. Croix Rivers. Generally, one point is displayed at
one river mile, however, some points on the Missouri River has points
every tenth of a mile.
Several missing points were amended from data received by the US Army Corp
of Engineers(Rock Island). When the data was compared to the 1:100,000
scale Digital Line Graph (DLG)hydrology layer many of the points were off
the river Locations for about 700 points, mostly on the Missouri. These
points were adjusted by the EROS Data Center to conform to the 1:100,000 DLG
locations.
Purpose:
The objectives in SAST were to develop a database of readily available
data to support map production, scientific analysis, and decision making;
to produce maps showing base information and vulnerability to flooding;
and to prepare reports documenting the products of SAST and the
methodology and analysis used to produce them, and identifying the ongoing
monitoring, research, modeling, data management and distribution
requirements needed to support integrated river basin management.
This data set has been plotted with various data layers to better identify
locations along the respective rivers. River-mile locations have also been
used to identify approximate locations for wildlife species and structures
built along the river.
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates: Geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude)
in decimal degrees
West_Bounding_Coordinate: 44.9716 -96.4775
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.1631 -87.2458
South_Bounding_Coordinate:37.1631 -96.4775
North_Bounding_Coordinate:44.9716 -87.2458
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None.
Theme_Keyword: river miles
Theme_Keyword: flooding
Theme_Keyword: flood elevations
Theme_Keyword: point
Theme_Keyword: Coverage
Theme_Keyword: ARC/INFO
Theme_Keyword: Topology
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Upper Mississippi/Missouri River Basin
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Scientific
Assessment and Strategy Team would be appreciated in products
derived from these data.
Contact_Information:
Point_of_Contact: Jacqueline Klaver
Contact_Position: Senior Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:
Address: SAST
U.S. Geological Survey
EROS Data Center
City: Sioux Falls
State: SD
Postal_Code: 57198
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605 594 6961
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605 594 6589
Contact_Electronic_Mail: jklaver@edcserver1.cr.usgs.gov
Hours_of-Service: 0730-1615
Data_Set_Credit:
Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team
U.S. Geological Survey
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
UNIX ARC/INFO
Cross_Reference:
Upper Mississippi/Missouri River Basin ARC/INFO coverages in the Scientific
Assessment and Strategy Team (SAST) database.
During ARC/INFO coverage development several modifications were made to the
source data in order to generate a database with a common scale, uniform level
of resolution, consistent coding scheme, and comparable (standardized)
measurement data.
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
When the river mile points were shifted the location was tagged with LAT_OLD
and LONG_OLD. The relocated points are now attribute items LAT and LONG.
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
River mile data was tagged with attributes related to pool and flood
elevations. These data were derived from channel maps. The values
were estimated from the maps to the nearest foot, typed into a file, and
then joined with the coverage. Attribute accuracy is described, where
present, with each attribute defined in the Entity and Attribute Section.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
River mile locations were compared against 1:100,000 Digital Line Graph
linework with differences up to 2 miles. Approximately 700 points, mostly
along the Missouri, were adjusted by EROS Data Center in order to get
the river mile points to fall inside the 1:100,000 hydro channel.
Completeness_Report:
Data completeness reflects the content of the data received on the floppy from
the US Army Corp of Engineers. Since there were gaps along the Missouri
two other covers containing river mile data were incorporated to fill in
these missing points.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The accuracy of the database components, specifically the latitude and
longitude, that originated from the US Army Corps of Engineers and the
Environmental Management Technical Center will reflect on the accuracy of
this data set. The accuracy of the relocated points by EROS is based on
the accuracy of the 1:100,000 DLG and placement to the new locations within
the channel.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
This coverage was derived from a point coverage supplied by the Environmental
Management Technical Center. Missing points were appended by data from
US Army Corps of Engineers and relocation of inaccurate points performed
by the EROS Data Center.
Source_Citation:
Environmental Management Technical Center Spatial Data Library.
Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS).
Type_of_Source_Media: export files
Originator: Environmental Management Technical Center
Source_Citation:
US Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha-Rock Island , River Navigation Charts
Type_of_Source_Media: paper maps
Originator: US Army Corps of Engineers
Source_Scale_Denominator: unknown
Source_Citation:
USGS 1:100,000 scale Digital Line Graphs (DLGs); used for background.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
Type_of_Source_Media: digital files
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The SAST acquired the river mile point data from the Environmental
Management Technical Center. The point cover was received on floppy
and downloaded to the SAST data base. The other files that were received
from the Corps of Engineers contained river miles on the Missouri River with
one point every tenth of a mile. These two covers from the COE were used to
fill in gaps.
This revised cover was used for the shifting of points along the
Missouri River. Locations of approximately 700 points, mostly along the
Missouri, were found to have discrepancies by comparing locations
against the 1:100,000 Digital Line Graph linework (up to 2 miles
differences). EROS shifted these points to fall at good locations
inside the 1:100,000 hydro channel.
In a separate effort, river elevation graphs were read, and tables of
elevations were keyed in for each river-mile. The elevation estimates
for the flood levels were derived from COE River Navigation Maps.
Values were taken from the maps to the nearest foot, and typed into a
file, which was ultimately joined with the coverage.
The ARC command BUILD was used to recreate coverage topology.
BUILD creates or updates a feature attribute table for a
coverage. Point features and their attributes are
created with the POINT option.
Process_Date:
In 1994 the river mile data were appended into an ARC/INFO coverage.
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Point_of_Contact: Jacqueline Klaver
Contact_Position: Senior Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:
Address: SAST
U.S. Geological Survey
EROS Data Center
City: Sioux Falls
State: SD
Postal_Code: 57198
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605 594 6961
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605 594 6589
Contact_Electronic_Mail: jklaver@edcserver1.cr.usgs.gov
The Upper Mississippi/Missouri river basin represented by ARC/INFO cover,
RIVER_MILE, locating river mile points along the Upper Mississippi, Missouri,
Illinois, Minnesota, and St. Croix Rivers.
Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
Digital data represented in ARC/INFO that locate the river miles and identifies
attributes or codes for river miles and data items which provide estimates of
water elevations for the 10, 50, 100, and 500 year floods along with the 1993
flood levels.
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:
Point and Vector
Point/Vector_Object_Information:
Number of Points: 1995
Number of lines: 0
Number of line segments: 0
Number of Polygons: 0
Point_Object_Information:
Number of control points: 4
SDTS_Terms_Description:
Point is defined as a single x,y coordinate pair. It has no length or
area.
Common basemap information, measurement attributes, and code attributes.
Horizontal_Coordinate_System:
ARC/INFO command PROJECT
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name:
ALBERS
Map_Projection_Parameters:
1st_Standard_Parallel: 29 30 00
2nd_Standard_Parallel: 45 30 00
Central_Meridian: -96 00 00
Latitude_Of_Projection_Origin: 23 00 00
False_Easting: 0.0
False_Northing: 0.0
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name:
Universal Transverse Mercator
UTM_Zone_Number: 15
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clark 1866
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_Datum_Name:
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 1929).
The attributes (or items) in the ARC/INFO feature attribute tables contain
original items.
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type: An ARC/INFO point coverage
Entity_Type_Label: RIVER_MILE.PAT
Entity_Type_Definition: Point attribute table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ARC/INFO-generated attributes and
items
DATAFILE NAME: RIVER_MILE.PAT
18 ITEMS: STARTING IN POSITION 1
COL ITEM NAME WDTH OPUT TYP N.DEC ALTERNATE NAME
1 AREA 8 18 F 5
9 PERIMETER 8 18 F 5
17 RIVER_MILE# 4 5 B -
21 RIVER_MILE-ID 4 5 B -
25 RIVER-NAME 20 20 C -
45 RMILE 4 6 F 1
49 MILE 5 5 I -
54 LAT 6 6 C -
60 LONG 7 7 C -
67 LAT_OLD 6 6 C -
73 LONG_OLD 7 7 C -
80 PLTSYM 3 3 I -
83 ELEV-POOL 4 8 F 1
87 ELEV-10YR 4 8 F 1
91 ELEV-50YR 4 8 F 1
95 ELEV-100YR 4 8 F 1
99 ELEV-500YR 4 8 F 1
103 ELEV-1993 4 8 F 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: Area of polygon in square coverage units
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive real numbers
Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of polygon in coverage units
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive real numbers
Attribute_Label: RIVER_MILE#
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values: Sequential unique positive integer
Attribute_Label: RIVER_MILE-ID
Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined
Attribute _Domain_Values: Integer
Attribute_Label: RIVER-NAME
Attribute_Definition: name of river locating river mile
Attribute_Definition_Source: EMTC
Attribute_Domain_Values: text
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Code attributes
Codeset_Source: EMTC
RIVER-NAME
Upper Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
Minnesota
St. Croix
Attribute_Label: RMILE
Attribute_Definition: river mile location on river
Attribute_Definition_Source: EMTC
Attribute_Domain_Values: Integer
Attribute_Label: MILE
Attribute_Definition: river mile location on river
Attribute_Definition_Source: EMTC
Attribute_Domain_Values: Integer
Attribute_Label: LAT
Attribute_Definition: revised latitude of river mile point
Attribute_Definition_Source: EROS
Attribute_Domain_Values: degrees minutes seconds
Attribute_Label: LONG
Attribute_Definition: revised longitude of river mile point
Attribute_Definition_Source: EROS
Attribute_Domain_Values: degrees minutes seconds
Attribute_Label: LAT_OLD
Attribute_Definition: original latitude of relocated river mile point
Attribute_Definition_Source: EMTC
Attribute_Domain_Values: degrees minutes seconds
Attribute_Label: LONG_OLD
Attribute_Definition: original longitude of relocated river mile point
Attribute_Definition_Source: EMTC
Attribute_Domain_Values: degrees minutes seconds
Attribute_Label: PLTSYM
Attribute_Definition: plotting symbol
Attribute_Definition_Source: EROS
Attribute_Domain_Values: integer, 1-5
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Code attributes
Codeset_Source: EROS
PLTSYM RIVER-NAME
1 Upper Mississippi
2 Missouri
3 Illinois
4 Minnesota
5 St. Croix
Attribute_Label: ELEV-POOL
Attribute_Definition: elevation of pool
Attribute_Definition_Source: COE
Attribute_Domain_Values: integer (in feet)
Attribute_Label: ELEV-10YR
Attribute_Definition: estimate of water elevation for 10-year flood
Attribute_Definition_Source: COE
Attribute_Domain_Values: integer (in feet)
Attribute_Label: ELEV-50YR
Attribute_Definition: estimate of water elevation for 50-year flood
Attribute_Definition_Source: COE
Attribute_Domain_Values: integer (in feet)
Attribute_Label: ELEV-100YR
Attribute_Definition: estimate of water elevation for 100-year flood
Attribute_Definition_Source: COE
Attribute_Domain_Values: integer (in feet)
Attribute_Label: ELEV-500YR
Attribute_Definition: estimate of water elevation for 500-year flood
Attribute_Definition_Source: COE
Attribute_Domain_Values: integer (in feet)
Attribute_Label: ELEV-1993
Attribute_Definition: 1993 flood levels
Attribute_Definition_Source: EMTC
Attribute_Domain_Values: integer (in feet)
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
The Scientific Assessment Strategy Team (SAST), U.S. Geological
Survey, EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD.
Environmental Management Technical Center (EMTC).
Distributor: SAST
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person: Jacqueline Klaver
Contact_Position: Senior Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:
Address: SAST
U.S. Geological Survey
EROS Data Center
City: Sioux Falls
State: SD
Postal_Code: 57198
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605 594 6961
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605 594 6589
Contact_Electronic_Mail: jklaver@edcserver1.cr.usgs.gov
Hours_of-Service: 0730-1615
Resource_Description:
Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team (SAST) Upper Mississippi River
Basin ARC/INFO coverage of river miles in the main channels.
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer
system at the EROS Data Center, no warranty expressed or implied is made
by the SAST or USGS regarding the utility of the data on any other
system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
The Geological Survey will warrant the delivery of this product in
computer-readable format, and will offer appropriate adjustment of
credit when the product is determined unreadable by correctly adjusted
computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in
damaged condition. Requests for adjustment of credit must be made
within 90 days from the date of this shipment from the ordering site.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ARCE (ARC Export)
Format_Version_Number: ARC6.1
Format_Version_Date:
Format_Specification: Point coverage data set or layer
Format_Information_Content: river miles along main channels
File_Decompression_Technique: ARC6.1 import (compressed)
Transfer_Size:
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
ftp edcftp.cr.usgs.gov
Enter "anonymous" at name prompt
Enter complete e-mail address at the Password prompt
cd (change) pub/data/sast (subdirectory)
Type: binary (set the file transfer mode to binary)
Type: get (to download one file) or
Type: mget (to download more than one file)
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: PC ARC (Export)
Format_Version_Number: ARC6.1
Format_Version_Date:
Format_Specification: Point coverage data set or layer
Format_Information_Content: river miles along main channels
File_Decompression_Technique: ARC6.1 import (uncompressed)
Transfer_Size:
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information
ftp edcftp.cr.usgs.gov
Enter "anonymous" at name prompt
Enter complete e-mail address at the Password prompt
cd (change) pub/data/sast (subdirectory)
Type: binary (set the file transfer mode to binary)
Type: get (to download one file) or
Type: mget (to download more than one file)
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: SDTS
Format_Version_Number:
Format_Version_Date:
Format_Specification: Point coverage data set or layer
Format_Information_Content: river miles along main channels
File_Decompression_Technique:
Transfer_Size:
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
ftp edcftp.cr.usgs.gov
Enter "anonymous" at name prompt
Enter complete e-mail address at the Password prompt
cd (change) pub/data/sast (subdirectory)
Type: binary (set the file transfer mode to binary)
Type: get (to download one file) or
Type: mget (to download more than one file)
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Compatibility_Information:
This CD-ROM can be used with all computer operating systems that
support CD-ROM as a logical storage device. All text files on
the disc are in ASCII format. Data files are in ASCII or binary
format.
Fees:
CD-ROM = $70
Ordering_Instructions:
Point_of Contact: Ron Risty
Contact_Position: Senior Information Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:
Address: U.S. Geological Survey
EROS Data Center
City: Sioux Falls
State: SD
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605 594 6969
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605 594 6589
Contact_Electronic_Mail: risty@edcserver1.cr.usgs.gov
Hours_of_ Service: 7:30am - 4:15pm
Metadata_Date: 19961023
Metadata_Contact_Information:
Metadata_Contact_Person: Sharon M. Ivens
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Contact_Address:
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EROS Data Center
City: Sioux Falls
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Postal_Code: 57198
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1 605 594 6035
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605 594 6589
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