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  <idinfo>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>Federal Emergency Management Agency</origin>
        <pubdate>20160414</pubdate>
        <title>Layered Flood Theme for Jefferson COUNTY, West Virginia</title>
        <geoform>FEMA-DFIRM-Floodplain</geoform>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>Washington, DC</pubplace>
          <publish>Federal Emergency Management Agency</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <onlink>https://hazards.fema.gov</onlink>
        <lworkcit>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Federal Emergency Management Agency</origin>
            <pubdate>Unknown</pubdate>
            <title>FEMA CASE 12-03-0413S</title>
          </citeinfo>
        </lworkcit>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>The Floodplain Mapping study deliverables depict and quantify the flood risks for the study area. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The Floodplain Mapping flood risk boundaries are derived from the engineering information Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).</abstract>
      <purpose>The objective of the Floodplain Mapping data submission is to archive the flood boundary and redelineation data for a study in a database such that it can be revised and used with minimum effort in future flood insurance studies or map revisions. This digital data is produced for the purposes of updating/creating a DFIRM database.</purpose>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <sngdate>
          <caldate>20160414</caldate>
        </sngdate>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>MIP Submission Date</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>In work</progress>
      <update>Unknown</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-80.560</westbc>
        <eastbc>-79.795</eastbc>
        <northbc>39.800</northbc>
        <southbc>39.331</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>
        <themekey>hydrology</themekey>
        <themekey>environment</themekey>
        <themekey>inlandWaters</themekey>
        <themekey>elevation</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>FEMA NFIP Topic Category</themekt>
        <themekey>Floodplain Mapping</themekey>
        <themekey>Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map</themekey>
        <themekey>DFIRM</themekey>
        <themekey>FEMA Flood Hazard Zone</themekey>
        <themekey>Special Flood Hazard Area</themekey>
        <themekey>Riverine Flooding</themekey>
        <themekey>NFIP</themekey>
        <themekey>SFHA</themekey>
        <themekey>Flood Insurance Rate Map</themekey>
      </theme>
      	<place>
          <placekt>None</placekt>
          <placekey>REGION 03</placekey>
          <placekey>STATE VA</placekey>
          <placekey>COUNTY JEFFERSON</placekey>
          <placekey>COUNTY-FIPS 037</placekey>
	 <placekey>COMMUNITY JEFFERSON COUNTY UNINCORPORATED AREAS</placekey>
 	 <placekey>FEMA-CID 54037C</placekey>
      	</place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>Acknowledgement of FEMA would be appreciated in products derived from these data.  These digital data are produced for the purposes of updating/creating a FIRM Database.</useconst>
    <native>Original data development environment may vary.  Finishing of the data is done using Esri's ArcGIS software.  The submitted personal geodatabase was created using ArcGIS version 10.0.</native>
  </idinfo>
  <dataqual>
    <attracc>
      <attraccr>The FIRM Database consists of vector files and associated attributes produced in conjunction with the hardcopy FEMA FIRM. The published effective FIRM and FIRM Database are issued as the official designation of the SFHAs. As such they are adopted by local communities and form the basis for administration of the NFIP. For these purposes they are authoritative. Provisions exist in the regulations for public review, appeals and corrections of the flood risk information shown to better match real world conditions. As with any engineering analysis of this type, variation from the estimated flood heights and floodplain boundaries is possible. Details of FEMA's requirements for the FISs and flood mapping process that produces these data are available in the Guidelines and Standards for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping. Attribute accuracy was tested by manual comparison of source graphics with hardcopy plots and a symbolized display on an interactive computer graphic system. Independent quality control testing of the FIRM Database was also performed.
      </attraccr>
    </attracc>
    <logic>When FEMA revises a FIS, adjacent studies are checked to ensure agreement between flood elevations at the boundaries. Likewise flood elevations at the confluence of streams studied independently are checked to ensure agreement at the confluence. The FIRM and the FIS are developed together and care is taken to ensure that the elevations and other features shown on the flood profiles in the FIS agree with the information shown on the FIRM. However, the elevations as shown on the FIRM are rounded whole-foot elevations. They must be shown so that a profile recreated from the elevations on the FIRM will match the FIS profiles within one half of one foot.</logic>
    <complete>Data contained in the Floodplain Mapping and Redelineation files reflect the content of the source materials. Features may have been eliminated or generalized on the source graphic, due to scale and legibility constraints. With new mapping, FEMA plans to maintain full detail in the spatial data it produces. However, older information is often transferred from existing maps where some generalization has taken place. Flood risk data are developed for communities participating in the NFIP for use in insurance rating and for floodplain management. Flood hazard areas are determined using statistical analyses of records of river flow, storm tides, and rainfall; information obtained through consultation with the communities; floodplain topographic surveys; and hydrological and hydraulic analysis. Both detailed and approximate analyses are employed. Generally, detailed analyses are used to generate flood risk data only for developed or developing areas of communities. For areas where little or no development is expected to occur, FEMA uses approximate analyses to generate flood risk data. Typically, only drainage areas that are greater than one square mile are studied.</complete>
<posacc>
			<horizpa>
				<horizpar>The FIRM Database consists of vector files and associated
attributes produced in conjunction with the hardcopy FEMA FIRM. The published
effective FIRM and FIRM Database are issued as the official designation of the
SFHAs. As such they are adopted by local communities and form the basis for
administration of the NFIP. For these purposes they are authoritative. Provisions exist
in the regulations for public review, appeals and corrections of the flood risk
information shown to better match real world conditions. As with any engineering
analysis of this type, variation from the estimated flood heights and floodplain
boundaries is possible. Details of FEMA requirements for the FISs and flood
mapping process that produces these data are available in the Guidelines and
Standards for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping. Horizontal accuracy was tested by
manual comparison of source graphics with hardcopy plots and a symbolized display
on an interactive computer graphic system. Independent quality control testing of the
FIRM Database was also performed</horizpar>
				<qhorizpa>
					<horizpav>3.14159265358979</horizpav>
					<horizpae>Horizontal Positional Accuracy</horizpae>
				</qhorizpa>
							</horizpa>
			<vertacc>
				<vertaccr>The FIRM Database consists of vector files and associated
attributes produced in conjunction with the hardcopy FEMA FIRM. The published
effective FIRM and FIRM Database are issued as the official designation of the
SFHAs. As such they are adopted by local communities and form the basis for
administration of the NFIP. For these purposes they are authoritative. Provisions exist
in the regulations for public review, appeals and corrections of the flood risk
information shown to better match real world conditions. As with any engineering
analysis of this type, variation from the estimated flood heights and floodplain
boundaries is possible. Details of FEMA requirements for the FISs and flood
mapping process that produces these data are available in the Guidelines and
Standards for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping.
The reliability of the floodplain boundary delineation is quantified by comparing the
computed flood elevation to the ground elevation at the mapped floodplain boundary.
The tolerance for how precisely the flood elevation and the ground elevation must
match varies based on the flood risk class, which is a function of population,
population density, and/or anticipated growth in floodplain areas. A horizontal
accuracy of +/- 38 feet is used to determine the compliance with the vertical tolerances
defined for each risk class. The range of differences between the ground elevation
(defined from the topographic data used for the Flood Risk Project) and the computed
flood elevation is between +/- 1.0 foot at the 95% confidence interval for areas with
high population within the floodplain, and/or high anticipated growth, and Special
Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) with high flood risk to +/- one-half the contour interval
at the 85% confidence interval for areas with low population and densities within the
floodplain, and small or no anticipated growth, and SFHAs with low flood risk.
Independent quality control testing of the FIRM Database was also performed.</vertaccr>
				<qvertpa>
					<vertaccv>3.14159265358979</vertaccv>
					<vertacce>Vertical Positional Accuracy</vertacce>
				</qvertpa>
				</vertacc>
		</posacc>
    <lineage>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>RAMPP</origin>
            <pubdate>2016</pubdate>
            <title>Hydraulic Analysis, Jefferson County, WV </title>
			    </citeinfo>
			  </srccite>
        <srcscale>24000</srcscale>
        			<typesrc>Digital</typesrc>
        			<srctime>
          		<timeinfo>
            		<sngdate>
              		<caldate>20160414</caldate>
            		</sngdate>
          		</timeinfo>
          		<srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
        			</srctime>
        		<srccitea>STUDY1</srccitea>
        		<srccontr>S_Fld_Haz_Ar, S_Wtr_Ln, S_XS. Spatial and Attribute information for Flood Hazard Areas, Stream Lines, and Cross Sections for Jefferson County.</srccontr>
     	 </srcinfo>
       <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Federal Emergency Management Agency</origin>
            <pubdate>20160414</pubdate> 
            <title>The National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL)</title>
            <geoform>FEMA-NFHL</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Washington, D.C.</pubplace>
              <publish>Federal Emergency Management Agency</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>http://www.msc.fema.gov</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
         </srccite>
        <srcscale>24000</srcscale>
            <typesrc>Digital</typesrc> 
             <srctime>
           <timeinfo>
         <sngdate>
         <caldate>20160414</caldate> 
         </sngdate>
         </timeinfo>
         <srccurr>publication date</srccurr> 
         </srctime>
         <srccitea>FIRM1</srccitea> 
        <srccontr>S_Fld_Haz_Ar, S_Wtr_Ln, S_XS. Spatial and Attribute information for Flood Hazard Areas, Stream Lines, and Cross Sections for Jefferson County.</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Floodplain Mapping datasets are compiled</procdesc>
        <procdate>20160414</procdate>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <spref>
	<horizsys>
			<planar>
				<gridsys>
					<gridsysn>State Plane Coordinate System 1983</gridsysn>
					<utm>
					<utmzone>11</utmzone>					
						<transmer>
							<sfctrmer>0.999600</sfctrmer>
							<longcm>-81.000000</longcm>
							<latprjo>0.000000</latprjo>
							<feast>500000.000000</feast>
							<fnorth>0.000000</fnorth>
						</transmer>
					</utm>
				</gridsys>
				<planci>
					<plance>coordinate pair</plance>
					<coordrep>
						<absres>0.000001</absres>
						<ordres>0.000001</ordres>
					</coordrep>
					<plandu>Foot_US</plandu>
				</planci>
			</planar>
			<geodetic>
				<horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn>
				<ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips>
				<semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis>
				<denflat>298.257222</denflat>
			</geodetic>
		</horizsys>
	</spref>
  <eainfo>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>S_Fld_Haz_Ar</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Location and attributes flood insurance risk zones on the DFIRM</enttypd>
        <enttypds>FEMA FIRM Database Technical Reference (available on the FEMA Risk MAP Knowledge Sharing Site).</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
    </detailed>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>S_Wtr_Ln</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Location and attributes for hydrography features shown on DFIRM</enttypd>
        <enttypds>FEMA FIRM Database Technical Reference (available on the FEMA Risk MAP Knowledge Sharing Site).</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
    </detailed>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>S_XS</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Location and attributes for boundaries of flood insurance risk zones on the DFIRM</enttypd>
        <enttypds>FEMA FIRM Database Technical Reference (available on the FEMA Risk MAP Knowledge Sharing Site).</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
    </detailed>
    	<overview>
      <eaover>The Floodplain Mapping dataset contain both spatial and attribute information.  The data represent the current flood risk for the subject area as identified by FEMA. The attribute tables may include SFHA locations, flood zone designations, political entities, cross-section locations, other data</eaover>
      <eadetcit>The following tables are included in this data set: S_FLD_HAZ_AR, S_Wtr_Ln, S_XS.</eadetcit>
    </overview>
  </eainfo>
  <distinfo>
    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>FEMA, Map Service Center</cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
          <address>P.O. Box 3617</address>
          <city>Oakton</city>
          <state>Virginia</state>
          <postal>22124-9617</postal>
          <country>USA</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>1-877-336-2627</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>miphelp@riskmapcds.com</cntemail>
        <cntinst>Data requests must include the full name of the community or county and the FIRM panel number(s) or the 7.5- minute series quadrangle sheet area(s) covered by the request.</cntinst>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <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>
    <stdorder>
      <digform>
        <digtinfo>
          <formname>ESRI Shapefile</formname>
        </digtinfo>
        <digtopt>
          <onlinopt>
            <computer>
              <networka>
                <networkr>https://hazards.fema.gov</networkr>
              </networka>
            </computer>
          </onlinopt>
        </digtopt>
		 </digform>
      <fees>Contact Distributor</fees>
    </stdorder>
  </distinfo>
  <metainfo>
    <metd>20160414</metd>
    <metc>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>RAMPP</cntper>
          <cntorg>RAMPP</cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
					<address>12420 Milestone Center Drive</address>
					<city>Germantown</city>
					<state>Maryland</state>
					<postal>20876</postal>
					<country>USA</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>1-877-336-2627</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>miphelp@riskmapcds.com</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </metc>
    <metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
    <metextns>
      <onlink>https://hazards.fema.gov</onlink>
      <onlink>http://www.epsg.org</onlink>
      <metprof>FEMA NFIP Metadata Content and Format Standard</metprof>
    </metextns>
  </metainfo>
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