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Wash Network

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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 nameWash Network
File namewashes
Spatial domainPima County
Abstractwashes displays the natural drainage of the area. This data theme contains multiple regulatory classifications, the correct current classification is stored in the CFS_CODE2, CFS_NUM2, and CFS_SHORT2 fields.
Known errors/qualificationsOrthophoto washes are more detailed and are not edgematched to DLG washes. In the current regulatory scheme all washes between 2,000 CFS and 10,000 CFS are stored in the 5,000 to 10,000 category pending review.
Feature typeline
Feature count 36,159
Thumbnail Map washes.pdf PDF file format   (9,945,336 bytes, PDF created 03/22/2024 )
ProjectionNAD83 HPGN (Parameters)
Rectificationunknown
Field/value metadata Field metadata
Source organizationPC
Source contact
Source document or file nameOrthophotos
Source date1990
Source scale 1:12,000
Source formatUnknown
Second source nameUSGS
Second source contact
Second source document or file nameTransportation DLG
Second source date1988
Second source scale 1:100,000
Second source formatUnknown
Date of last data update
(This date may not be current.)
20091008
Last data update byMary Beth Clark
Date/time last touched - Meaning? 2024-03-21  06:05 PM - Enterprise GDB - Library input format
  2024-03-21  06:51 PM - Shapefile
  See coverage files, if any, for date.
LineageFuture plans to merge this layer with layer Wash_02K and the City's layer wash_ci, then rectify.
On maintenance?No
Maintenance organization
Maintenance descriptionThe washes feature class is exported from the geodatabase on a nightly basis. The washes annotation is in a separate cover: washanno

Naming unknown/unnamed washes from USGS quad....04/14/08
Original conversion byIMAGIN
Pima County ITD GIS contactKenneth Maits
Alternate Pima County ITD GIS contacte-mail address
On  Pima County Geospatial Data Portal? Yes

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