Field Descriptions

 
This page describes the database fields displayed in the model list, and provides descriptions of the values entered in the "Media" field of the database.

Each inventory record represents a particular run, or vintage of a set of runs, modeling a particular stream reach. That is, a record in the model list typically represents part, not all, of a modeled stream or river. Your reach of interest may have been modeled in separate runs. The subject model is essentially identified by the following combination: STREAM + COMMUNITY + RUNDATE + NOTES.


ISWS Floodplain Model Data Inventory - Field Descriptions
Field Name Type Field Length Description
RECORD Number NNNN Record number (uncoded sequential serial number)
BASIN Text 63 Stream basin (ISWS Floodplain Information file room names)
STREAM Text 63 Stream modeled, including stream and tributary name
COMMUNITY Text 31 NFIP community or other geographic area of the model run, usually as labeled on model
RUNDATE Number YYYY Year of model run, or estimated vintage of data if run date is unavailable
MODEL Text 7 Model program abbreviation; e.g., HEC2. (Note: Some, but not all, floodway runs are listed as a separate record from the profile run.)
COUNTY Text 3 County location of modeled reach (or most of the modeled reach)
MEDIA Text 7 Storage media/format of ISWS copy of the data identified in this record (See table below.)
NOTES Text 63 Brief notes may include: reach limits, location of files, past review, or identified revisions superseding all or part of the listed model.

Note: Comments are updated as models are requested, not automatically with each restudy or FIS revision. Any model or comment may be superseded by information not available at ISWS.


ISWS Floodplain Model Data Inventory - Media Types
MEDIA code Description of Storage Media at ISWS Floodplain Information Services
CDIMG* Scanned image (.tif) on ESDP CD
CDTXT Unformatted text files, or binary files (FEQ, HECRAS), on CD
DISK Unformatted text files on 3.5-inch floppy disk
DISK5 Unformatted text files on 5.25-inch floppy disk
FICHE* FEMA ESDP microfiche
FILM* Microfilm
MEMO* Documentation describing model parameters only, (actual input/output is not on file)
NONE No model in ISWS files (used to identify certain models frequently requested but not on file)
PAPER* Computer run printout or other hard copy thereof

* Note: The ISWS delivers materials from these sources in printed version only.
 


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