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Floodplains - Base Flood Elevation

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This metadata information is subject to our disclaimer. Metadata information presented here is maintained manually. Therefore, date-sensitive fields such as date of last update may not be up-to-date. All metadata is subject to errors inherent in a manual process.


Descriptive nameFloodplains - Base Flood Elevation
File namefp_bfe
Spatial domainPima County
Abstractfp_bfe displays the flood hazard elevation contours that indicate the water surface elevation resulting from a flood that has a 1% chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year (100-year flood). See more information.
Known errors/qualifications12/2013: While this layer is maintained as a Shapefile, the coverage format is still required for certain nightly processing. See Steve Whitney. - FEMA floodplain data extraction process
Feature typeline
Feature count 4,032
Thumbnail Map fp_bfe.pdf PDF file format   (439,138 bytes, PDF created 04/23/2024 )
ProjectionNAD83 HPGN (Parameters)
Rectificationquads
Field/value metadata Field metadata
Source organizationMichael Baker Jr. Corp.
Source contactMichael Garner 703.960.8800 x3031
Source document or file name
Source date20030731
Source scale
Source formatGeodatabase
Second source nameFEMA
Second source contactDLGs
Second source document or file name
Second source date1999
Second source scale
Second source formatUnknown
Date of last data update
(This date may not be current.)
20120202
Last data update byMary Beth Clark
Date/time last touched - Meaning? 2024-04-22  02:26 PM - Enterprise GDB - Library input format
  2024-04-22  06:23 PM - Shapefile
  See coverage files, if any, for date.
Lineage
On maintenance?Yes
Maintenance organizationPC ITD GIS
Maintenance frequencyVaries
Maintenance descriptionDigital files are received from FEMA, Baker or from other firms, by case number, and are then incorporated into the layer.
Original conversion byFEMA
Pima County ITD GIS contactMary Beth Clark
Alternate Pima County ITD GIS contacte-mail address
On  Pima County Geospatial Data Portal? Yes

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