- Status of SHELDUS™
- Selected Major Events in SHELDUS™
- Download of FIPS code/county name information
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution_Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Download of Metadata
NCDC Storm Data Preparation
1. Status of SHELDUS™
SHELDUS™ is constantly updated and improved. Below are files in .pdf format that
document running changes to a version.
About SHELDUS™ Version 10.1 (launched 03/2013):
New loss events were added that occurred between January 1, 2012
and December 31, 2012. Use of the most recent version for any analysis is highly recommended.
About SHELDUS™ Version 10.0 (launched 08/2012):
New loss events were added that occurred between January 1, 2011
and December 31, 2011. Additionally events causing less than $50,000 between 1985 through 1989
were added to the database as well. As a result, SHELDUS™ 10.0 contains every loss causing event between 1960 and 1989 and from 1995 onward as reported by SHELDUS™ data sources. Between 1990 and 1995, SHELDUS™ contains only events that caused at least one fatality or more than $50,000 in property or crop damages.
Additionally, QAQC on the entire database continues through each version release. During the past year we added or modified more than 50,000 records. Use of the most recent version for any analysis is highly recommended.
About SHELDUS™ Version 9.0 (launched 11/2011):
New loss events were added that occurred between January 1, 2010
and December 31, 2010. Additionally events causing less than $50,000 between 1980 through 1984
were added to the database as well. As a result, SHELDUS™ 9.0 contains every loss causing event between 1960 and 1984 and from 1995 onward as reported by SHELDUS™ data sources. Between 1985 and 1995, SHELDUS™ contains only events that caused at least one fatality or more than $50,000 in property or crop damages.
Additionally, QAQC on the entire database continues through each version release. During the past year we added or modified more than 43,000 records. Use of the most recent version for any analysis is highly recommended.
About SHELDUS™ Version 8.0 (launched 09/2010):
New loss events were added that occurred between January 1, 2009
and December 31, 2009. Additionally events causing less than $50,000 between 1975 through 1979
were added to the database as well. As a result, SHELDUS™ 8.0 contains every loss causing event
between 1960 and 1979 and from 1995 onward as reported by SHELDUS™ data sources. Between 1980 and 1995,
SHELDUS™ contains only events that caused at least one fatality or more than $50,000 in property or crop damages.
Additionally, QAQC on the entire database continues through each version release. During the past year we added
or modified nearly 30,000 records. Use of the most recent version for any analysis is highly recommended.
About SHELDUS™ Version 7.0 (launched 08/2009):
New loss events were added that occurred between January 1,
2008 and December 31, 2008. Additionally events causing less than $50,000 between 1960
through 1975 were added to the database as well. As a result, SHELDUS™ 7.0 contains every
loss causing event between 1960 and 1975 and from 1995 onward as reported by SHELDUS™ data
sources. Between 1976 and 1995, SHELDUS™ contains only events that caused at least one
fatality or more than $50,000 in property or crop damages.
About SHELDUS™ v6.2 (launched 8/2008):
New loss events were added that occurred between January 1,
2006 and December 31, 2007. Additionally, we added events between 1960 and 1995 that
were below our monetary threshold of $50,000 but caused one or more fatalities.
About SHELDUS™ v5.1 (launched 2/2007):
New data were added ranging from June 1, 2005 through
December 31, 2005. Additionally, the entire year of 1990 was revised due to data
errors. Version 5.1 is the first version to include information on presidential
disaster declarations, GLIDE numbers and event-specific loss information on selected
major events.
Running changes are documented
here.
About SHELDUS™ v4.1 (launched 02/2006):
New data were added ranging from
August 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005.
Running changes are documented here.
About SHELDUS™ v3.1 (launched 03/2005):
New data were added ranging from
January 1, 2001 through July 31, 2004.
Running changes are documented here.
About SHELDUS™ v2.1 (launched 10/2004):
The tornado dataset from 1960 through
1993 and 1995 was revised. Version 2.0 contained incorrect damage
figures for those years meaning property damages were overestimated
tenfold whereas crop damages were underestimated. This new and
updated version matches tornado information put forth by NCDC.
About SHELDUS™ (general):
For events that occurred between 1990
and 1995, a loss threshold of $50,000 or higher in either property
or crop losses was applied. This threshold equals NCDC's logarithmic
category 1 = $5,000 to $50,000). From 1995 onwards, SHELDUS™
includes all property or crop damage-causing events reported in
NCDC's Storm Data publications.
This change in methodology was necessary,
since the main source of raw data - the National Climate Date Center (NCDC)
- changed its reporting procedures in 1995. During this year both
categorical as well as exact dollar losses were reported by NCDC. Thus, the
majority of records from 1995 onwards are exact damage figures that have
been reported as such by NCDC and that have not undergone any
post-processing by SHELDUS™ (exemption loss distribution of events affecting
multiple counties).
Additionally, NCDC also improved its spatial
reporting system. Instead of reporting affected regions and distributing
losses across the affected counties, NCDC moved to reporting losses on a
county basis. Thus from 1995-2011, SHELDUS™ includes EVERY event that caused
property or crop damages as reported by NCDC. Consequently, the database
contains many small damage figures like $500, $1000, etc.
With the release of SHELDUS™ v6.2, the documentation of fatalities was significantly
improved. SHELDUS™ now contains every event that caused one or more fatality (according
to NCDC Storm Data) since 1960.
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2.
Selected Major Events in SHELDUS™
For selected hazard events accumulated losses are
available (since SHELDUS™ v5.1).
It is important to note that loss totals are
based on SHELDUS™ records. As a result, economic and human losses are often under-reported (e.g. Hurricane Katrina) due to lack of information in
the data sources from which SHELDUS™ data are compiled.
Detailed information on event and SHELDUS™
record selection are documented here.
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3. Download of FIPS code/county name information
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) provides the names and codes that represent the counties and equivalent areas (census areas, boroughs, etc.) as statistical subdivisions of the 50 States and the District of Columbia. The last three digits of the FIPS code refer to the county whereas the preceding one or two digits identify the state.
Changes of FIPS codes are published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) after approval by the Secretary of Commerce. Questions concerning the list of entities and their assigned codes are to be addressed to the Maintenance Agency: Office of the Chief, Geography Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233.
Please note that for ease of use, FIPS code changes are
updated decadal, i.e. county changes are only represented in the following
decade. For instance, the creation of Bloomfield County, CO in 2002 is not
yet reflected in SHELDUS™ and will only become available in 2010. Thus, to
query for Bloomfield County, the user is asked to query the database for
Adams, Boulder, Jefferson, and Weld counties.
Overview of FIPS code changes from 1960-2000 (.xls)
Quick access to FIPS codes and corresponding county
names can be downloaded as shapefiles from the
SHELDUS products website.
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- 4. Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute, University of South Carolina
- Publication_Date: XXXXXX 2012
- Title: SHELDUS™ Version 10.0
- Edition: Version 8.0
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
- Online_Linkage: www.sheldus.org
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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SHELDUS™ is a county-level data set for the U.S. on 18 different natural hazard event types along with property and crop losses, injuries, and fatalities for the period January 1960 through December 2011.
- Purpose:
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The database was compiled to examine spatial and temporal variability in historical hazard events and associated losses.
- Supplemental_Information:
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About SHELDUS™ (general):
SHELDUS™ is a county-level data set for the U.S. on 18 different natural hazard event types along with property and crop losses,
injuries, and fatalities for the period January 1960 through December 2011. For events that occurred between 1990 and 1995, a loss threshold
of $50,000 or higher in either property or crop losses was applied (this threshold equals NCDC's logarithmic category 5 = $50,000 to $500,000).
With the release of SHELDUS™ 6.2, the database includes every fatal event since 1960 independent of a monetary threshold. Prior to 1990
and from 1995 onwards, thresholding has been eliminated, i.e. every loss-causing (monetary and/or human) is included.
Changes in the data entry methodology were necessary, since the main source of raw data - the National Climate Date Center (NCDC) - changed its reporting procedures in 1995. Please be advised that during 1995, NCDC reported both categorical (logarithmic) as well as exact dollar losses. Thus, the majority of records from 1995 onwards are exact damage figures as reported by NCDC and have not undergone any post-processing by SHELDUS™ with the exemption of loss distribution of events affecting multiple counties. Additionally, NCDC also improved its spatial reporting system. Instead of reporting affected regions and distributing losses across the affected counties, NCDC moved to reporting losses on a county basis where applicable.
Thus from 1995 to present, SHELDUS™ includes EVERY event that caused property or crop damages and EVERY event that caused one or more fatalities or injuries. Consequently, the database contains many small damage figures like $500, $1000, etc.
Please note that SHELDUS™ exhibits a conservative approach to loss estimation. SHELDUS™ will always use the lower boundary of loss categories and will always use the lowest loss figure where multiple estimates exist.
The Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute is currently working on eliminating all thresholding in the database. It is anticipated that future releases of SHELDUS™ will contain additional events that caused less than $50,000 in damages or only injuries for the time period between 1990 through 1995. Anticipate incremental updates with future releases of SHELDUS.
In regard to the spatial coverage of SHELDUS™, it should be noted that U.S. county boundaries are adjusted to 2010 designations. The data set does not include Puerto Rico, Guam, or other U.S. territories.
About SHELDUS™ Version 10.0 (launched XX/2012): New loss events were added that occurred between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011. Additionally all thresholding was removed for events that occurred between 1985 through 1989 by adding events causing less than $50,000 in damages or injuries.
About SHELDUS™ Version 9.0 (launched 11/2011): New loss events were added that occurred between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010. Additionally all thresholding was removed for events that occurred between 1980 through 1984 by adding events causing less than $50,000 in damages or injuries.
About SHELDUS™ Version 8.0 (launched 09/2010): New loss events were added that occurred between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. Additionally all thresholding was removed for events that occurred between 1975 through 1979 by adding events causing less than $50,000 in damages or injuries.
About SHELDUS™ Version 7.0 (launched 08/2009): New loss events were added that occurred between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008. Additionally all thresholding was removed for events that occurred between 1960 through 1975 by adding events causing less than $50,000 in damages or injuries.
About SHELDUS™ Version 6.2 (launched 8/2008): New loss events were added that occurred between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2007. Additional events from 1960 until 1995 were added that caused one or more fatalities and were below our threshold of $50,000 in property or crop losses.
About SHELDUS™ Version 5.1 (launched 02/2007) : New data were added ranging from June 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005. Additionally, the entire year of 1990 was revised due to data errors. Version 5.1 is the first version to include information on presidential disaster declarations, GLIDE numbers and event-specific loss information of selected major events.
About SHELDUS™ Version 4.1 (launched 02/2006): New data were added ranging from August 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005.
About SHELDUS™ Version 3.1 (launched 03/2005): New data were added ranging from January 1, 2001 through July 31, 2004.
About SHELDUS™ Version 2.1 (launched 10/2004): The tornado datasets from 1960 through 1993 and 1995 were revised. Version 2.0 contained incorrect damage figures for those years meaning property damages were overestimated tenfold whereas crop damages were underestimated. This new and updated version matches tornado information put forth by NCDC.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Range_of_Dates/Times:
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- Beginning_Date: January 1, 1960
- Ending_Date: December 31, 2011
- Currentness_Reference: January 1960 - December 2011
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -178.217598
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.969271
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.406235
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.924782
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
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REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
- Theme_Keyword: Natural Hazards
- Theme_Keyword: Property Losses
- Theme_Keyword: Crop Losses
- Theme_Keyword: Fatalities
- Theme_Keyword: Injuries
- Theme_Keyword: Damages
- Theme_Keyword: Presidential Disaster Declaration
- Theme_Keyword: GLIDE
- Theme_Keyword: Billion Dollar Events
- Theme_Keyword: Peril Classes
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword: USA
- Place_Keyword: County
- Temporal:
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- Temporal_Keyword: January 1960 - December 2011
- Access_Constraints: Size of download is limited.
- Use_Constraints: Copyright 2010 Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute, University of South Carolina
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: Department of Geography
- Address: 303 Callcott Social Sciences Building
- City: Columbia
- State_or_Province: South Carolina
- Postal_Code: 29208
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1-(803)-777-1699
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1-(803)-777-4972
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cogeoghvri@mailbox.sc.edu
- Hours_of_Service: M-F, 9am - 4pm (ET)
- Data_Set_Credit:
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Hazard & Vulnerability Research Institute, University of South Carolina
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
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Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC
- Publication_Date: 1960 - present
- Title: Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
- Other_Citation_Details:
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Used to derive weather-related damage information (property, crop, injuries, fatalities, location, date, duration, intensity).
NCDC reported monetary losses in categorical (logarithmic) losses prior to 1995. SHELDUS™ uses only the lower boundary of these categories. The categories are as following: 1 (under $50), 2 ($50-$500), 3 ($500-$5,000), 4 ($5,000-50,000), 5 ($50,000-$500,000), 6 ($500,000-$5 Million), 7 ($5-$50 Million), 8 ($50-$500 Million), 9 ($500 Million-$5 Billion), 10 ($5-50 Billion)
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html>
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Council of National Seismic Systems
- Publication_Date: 1970 - 2004
- Title: Earthquakes (Epicenters)
- Other_Citation_Details: Used only in initial SHELDUS™ database (v2.1).
- Online_Linkage: <http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss>
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: National Geophysical Data Center
- Originator: Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Originator: Stover, C. W. and J. L. Coffman (1993)
- Publication_Date: 1960 - present
- Title: Signficant Earthquake Database
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
- Other_Citation_Details:
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Used to derive earthquake-related damage information (magnitude, intensity, damages, deaths, injuries, location, date, duration).
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1>
- Online_Linkage: http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng/eri
- Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/pp/pp1527>
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: National Hurricane Center
- Publication_Date: 1958- present
- Title: Hurricane (supplementary)
- Online_Linkage: www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.html
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO
- Publication_Date: 1960 - present
- Title: Tsunami Event Database
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
- Other_Citation_Details: Used to derive tsunami-related damage information
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=7&d=7>
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institute
- Originator: Alaskan Volcano Observatory
- Originator:
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Vocanic Hazards: A Source Book on the Effects of Eruptions by R.J. Blong
- Publication_Date: 1960 - 2004
- Title: Volcano (Event)
- Other_Citation_Details: Used only in initial SHELDUS™ database (v2.1).
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.volcano.si.edu/>
- Online_Linkage: www.avo.alaska.edu/avo4/products/products.htm (no longer operable)
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
- Publication_Date: 1960 - present
- Title: Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
- Other_Citation_Details:
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Used to derive earthquake-related damage information (magnitude, location, date, duration, damages)
- Online_Linkage:
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<http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/servlet/ShowDatasets?dataset=102557&search_look=50&display_look=50>
- Cross_Reference:
-
- Citation_Information:
-
- Originator: U.S. Fire Administration
- Title: Wildfire (supplementary)
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/>
- Cross_Reference:
-
- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: FEMA
- Originator: PERI/University of Delaware
- Publication_Date: 1960 - present
- Title: Presidential Disaster Declarations
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.peripresdecusa.org/mainframe.htm>
- Cross_Reference:
-
- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: www.GLIDEnumber.net
- Publication_Date: 1965 - present
- Title: GLIDE
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
- Cross_Reference:
-
- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Stover, Carl W. and Jerry L. Coffman
- Publication_Date: 1993
- Title: Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (revised)
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
- Other_Citation_Details:
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Used to supplement earthquake information.
Full citation: Stover, Carl W. and Jerry L. Coffman, 1993. Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (revised). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 418 p.
- Cross_Reference:
-
- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: John Mutter (The Earth Institute, Columbia University)
- Publication_Date: Status as of June 18, 2009
- Title: Hurricane Katrina Decease-Victims List
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
- Other_Citation_Details:
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Used to supplement fatality data related to Hurricane Katrina (future release of Version 7.1)
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.katrinalist.columbia.edu/index.php>
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Technical Reports
- Title: Volcano (supplementary)
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- 5. Data_Quality_Information:
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- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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Changes in County Boundaries:
Alaska has census areas and boroughs instead of counties. The names, boundaries, and FIPS code designations have changed considerably over the decades, especially from 1960-1969 when the assigned FIPS codes follow election districts instead of census areas. For more detailed information on the changes in Alaska consult our metadata website at <http://www.cla.sc.edu/geog/hrl/sheldus_metadata.htm>
As of 1960: There were 3,125 counties and equivalent areas (incl. 30 independent cities in Virginia and the independent cities of Baltimore and St. Louis).
As of 1970: There were 3,139 counties and equivalent areas (incl.37 independent cities in Virginia and the independent cities of Baltimore, St. Louis, and Carson City). Changes from 1960-1969: Princess Ann County, VA was absorbed by Virginia Beach city in 1963; Menominee County, WI was carved out of Shawano County, WI in 1961; Salem, VA/51775 became independent of Roanoke, VA/51161 in 1968; Bedford City, VA/51515 became independent of Bedford County, VA/51019 in 1968; Emporia,VA/51595 became independent of Greensville County, VA/51081 in 1967; Lexington, VA/51678 became independent of Rockbridge County, VA/51153 in 1965; Fairfax, VA/51600 became independent of Fairfax County/51059 in 1961; Franklin City, VA/51620 became indedependent of Southampton County/51175 in 1961; Arlington, VA was a county in 1960 but changed status to an independent city in 1970; Ormsby, NV was consolidated with Carson City/32510 in 1969).
As of 1980: There were 3,136 counties and equivalent areas (incl. 41 independent cities in Virginia and the independent cities of Baltimore, St. Louis, and Carson City). Changes from 1970-1979: Washabaugh, SD/46131 merged with Jackson, SD/46071 in 1979; City of Nansemond, VA became Nansemond County in 1972, then merged with the City of Suffolk, VA in 1974; Manassas City, VA/51683 became independent of Prince William County/51153 in 1975; Manassas Park City, VA/51685 became independent of Prince William County/51153 in 1975; Poquoson, VA/51735 became in dependent of York County, VA/51199 in 1976.
As of 1990: There were 3,140 counties and equivalent areas (incl. 41 independent cities in Virginia and the independent cities of Baltimore, St. Louis, and Carson City). Changes from 1980-1989: La Paz, AZ/04012 was formed from part of Yuma County, AZ in 1982; Cibola, NM/35006 was formed from part of the western portion of Valencia County, NM in 1981.
As of 2000: There were 3,141 counties and equivalent areas (incl.40 independent cities in Viriginia and the independent cities of Baltimore, St. Louis, and Carson City). Changes from 1990-1999: Yakutat Borough, AK/2282 was formed from part of Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon/2231 in 1992; Skagway-Yakutat-Angoon, AK/2231 was renamed into Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon/2232 in 1992; South Boston, VA/51780 merged with Halifax County/51083 in 1995; Yellowstone National Park, MT/30113 was removed in 1999; Dade, FL/12025 was renamed to Miami-Dade County/12086 in 1999.
- Completeness_Report:
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Event and Loss Data Sources:
The data were derived from several existing national data sources, of which National Climatic Data Center's monthly Storm Data publications are the major data source. From 1990 to 1995, only those events that generated more than $50,000 in damages were included in SHELDUS™. With the release of SHELDUS™ 6.2, every fatal event since 1960 is included independent of a monetary threshold. For events prior to 1990 and for event from 1995 onwards, SHELDUS™ eliminated its monetary threshold and includes every loss-causing (monetary or human) event. Prior to 2001, property and crop losses occuring on the same day within the same geography (i.e. county) are aggregated by hazard type.
For events that covered multiple counties, the dollar losses, deaths, and injuries were equally divided among the affected counties. For example, if 4 counties were affected, then each was given 1/4 of the dollar loss, injuries and deaths. Where dollar loss estimates were provided in ranges (e.g. $50,000 - 100,000) - such as in NCDC Storm data until 1995 - the lowest value in the range of the category was used. This results in the most conservative estimate of losses during the time period of 1990-1995. Since 1995 all events with a specific dollar amount or human losses (injuries, fatalities) are included in the database.
The Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute is working on eliminating thresholding throughout the entire database. It is anticipated that future releases of SHELDUS will include decadal updates with no thresholding.
- Lineage:
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- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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Manual data entry using raw data from NCDC, USGS, and other organizations.
1. Record hazard begin date, end date, location, hazard type and losses.
2. Assign one or more of SHELDUS™-specific hazard categories (1-18).
3. Geocode loss-causing events based on decadal FIPS code.
4. Geocode loss-causing events reported by NWS climate zones based on the equivalent County-Zone correlation file available from <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/pubzone.htm>.
5. Distribute monetary losses evenly across multiple counties where necessary. Loss distribution is mostly required for losses reported by climate zones.
6. Distribute human losses (fatalities and injuries) evenly across multiple counties where necessary. The splitting of fatalities should be avoided and fatalities should be assigned to the specific county where they occurred.
7. Assign GLIDE number where available.
8. Assign Major Disaster designation where available.
9. Assign Presidential Disaster Declaration ID where available.
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: sheldus_v6-2_metadata.xml
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description: Metadata imported.
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
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G:\Current Projects\SHELDUS\sheldus_v10\sheldus_v10-0_metadata.xml
- Process_Date: 20090618
- Process_Time: 14233400
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- 6. Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: SHELDUS_v80
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Hazard_Begin_Date
- Attribute_Definition: Begin Date of Hazard Event
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Hazard_End_Date
- Attribute_Definition: End Date of Hazard Event
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Hazard_Type_Combo
- Attribute_Definition: Classified as one or more of the 18 hazard categories
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Name
- Attribute_Definition: County where hazard event occurred.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Postal_Code
- Attribute_Definition: State where hazard event occurred.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: FIPS_Code
- Attribute_Definition: FIPS
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Injuries
- Attribute_Definition: Number of injuries associated with event.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Fatalities
- Attribute_Definition: Number of fatalities associated with event.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Property_Damage
- Attribute_Definition: Dollar amount of property damage associated with event.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Crop_Damage
- Attribute_Definition: Dollar amount of crop losses associated with event.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Remarks
- Attribute_Definition:
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Original hazard type description as reported by the data source.
- Overview_Description:
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
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Eventtypes:
1 - Avalanche
2 - Coastal
3 - Drought
4 - Earthquake
5 - Flooding
6 - Fog
7 - Hail
8 - Heat
9 - Hurricane/Tropical Storm
10 - Landslide
11 - Lightning
12 - Severe Storm/Thunder Storm
13 - Tornado
14 - Tsunami/Seiche
15 - Volcano
16 - Wildfire
17 - Wind
18 - Winter Weather
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Avalanches:
Source: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena". Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Coastal: Source: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and
Unusual Weather Phenomena". Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in
losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Drought: Source: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and
Unusual Weather Phenomena". Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in
losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Earthquake:
Source: a) Epicenter data were obtained from the Council of National Seismic Systems (1970-2004) at <http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss>, b) Magnitude, intensity, damages, deaths, and injury data were obtained from the National Geophysical Data Center at <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1> and the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan at <http://www.eic.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/catalog>, c) Information on earthquakes not listed in NGDC's database was gathered from Stover, Carl W. and Jerry L. Coffman, 1993. Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (revised). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 418p. (see <http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/pp/pp1527>), and d) as a last resort, damage information was completed with information from major newspaper.
Between 1960 and1975 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database. Between 1976 and 1995 only events that caused more than $50,000 were manually entered.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Flooding: Source: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and
Unusual Weather Phenomena". Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in
losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Fog: Source: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and
Unusual Weather Phenomena". Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in
losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Hail: Source: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and
Unusual Weather Phenomena". Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in
losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Heat: Source: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and
Unusual Weather Phenomena". Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in
losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Hurricane/Tropical Storm:
Source: a) National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena".
Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database. b) Supplementary information was received from the National Hurricane Center at <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.html> and "Monthly Weather Review".
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Tornado:
Source: a) National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena".
Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database. b) Supplementary information was received from the Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK (1960-1995) at <http://www.spc.noaa.gov/archive/index.html>.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Wind:
Source: a) National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena".
Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database. b) Supplementary information was received from the Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK (1960-1995) at <http://www.spc.noaa.gov/archive/index.html>.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Landslide:
Source: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena".
Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database. Supplementary information was received from Highland, L.M., R.L. Schuster and M.L. Johnson: "Signficant Landslide Events in the United States". Report. USGS National Landslide Information Center.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Lightning: Source: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and
Unusual Weather Phenomena". Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in
losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Severe Storm/Thunderstorm: Source: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC,
"Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena". Every natural hazard event with more
than $50,000 in losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Tsunami/Seiche: Source: National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO, "Tsunami
Event Database". Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in losses
(1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Volcano:
Source: a) Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institute at <http://www.volcano.si.edu/> for volcano name, location, elevation, type, statys, and last eruption, b) NGDC Significant Volcanic Eruptions database for deaths, injuries, and damages, c) Alaskan Volcano Observatory at <http://www.avo.alaska.edu/>, d) Volcano World at the University of North Dakota at <http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vw_hyperexchange/CostVolc.html> and e) "Volcanic Hazards: A Source Book on the Effects of Eruptions" by R.J. Blong (1984, Academic Press: Orlando) for data on specific events.
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Winter Weather: Source: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm
Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena". Every natural hazard event with more than
$50,000 in losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Wildfire:
Source: a) National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, "Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena".
Every natural hazard event with more than $50,000 in losses (1990-1995) and every fatal event were manually entered into the database. Between 1960 and1989 and since 1995 all loss-causing events (no thresholding) were manually entered into the database. b) Supplementary data was received from The U.S. Fire Administration at <http://www.usfa.fema.gov/inside-usfa/nfdc-data.cfm>.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Presidential disaster declarations:
FEMA issues numbers for presidential disaster declarations by state. For every state, FEMA lists so-called designated counties affected by the event. SHELDUS™ does not include all PDDs. SHELDUS™ includes only PDDs for selected major events.
For more information on presidential disaster declarations see <http://www.fema.gov/news/disasters.fema> or the PERI Presidential Disaster Declarations website at <http://www.peripresdecusa.org>.
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GLIDE number:
The GLIDE number is a internationally recognized global identifier for large-scale events. The GLIDE number is fairly young initiative. Between 2002 and 2003, GLIDE numbers were issued for events that are included in the international hazard database (EM-DAT) maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) of the University of Louvain in Brussels (Belgium). Since 2004, GLIDE numbers are issued by members of the GLIDE initiative and upon request. SHELDUS™ does not include all U.S.-related GLIDE numbers nor is there a GLIDE number for every large-scale U.S. event. SHELDUS™ includes only GLIDE numbers for selected major events, given a GLIDE number exists.
For more information see www.glidenumber.net
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Major events:
The major events included in SHELDUS™ are a subjective choice by the authors of SHELDUS™. This list includes not every billion dollar in the U.S. Re-aggregating SHELDUS™ into major events (e.g. hurricanes can consist of wind, tornado, and flood events) is also subjectively done by the authors based on location and time period since NCDC Storm Data does generally not identify larger systems producing smaller events (e.g. tornado spawned by a hurricane).
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- 7. Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: University of South Carolina
- Contact_Person: Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute
- Contact_Instructions: www.sheldus.org
- Resource_Description: Downloadable Data (www.sheldus.org)
- Standard_Order_Process:
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- Digital_Form:
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- Digital_Transfer_Information:
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- Transfer_Size: 0.468
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- 8. Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20090819
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute
- Contact_Person: Susan Cutter
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: University of South Carolina
- Address: Department of Geography
- Address: Callcott Social Sciences Building
- City: Columbia
- State_or_Province: South Carolina
- Postal_Code: 29208
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (803)777-1699
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
- Metadata_Extensions:
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- Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
- Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
- Metadata_Extensions:
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- Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
- Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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9. Download of Metadata
The metadata was generated using ArcCatalog 9.3. The downloadable metadata files can be imported into ArcCatalog. The file information does not differ from the above information.
Please download important metadata information in
text or
html format.
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