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Title: onemap_prod.SDEADMIN.landslides
Abstract:
The North Carolina slope movement-slope movement deposit database (NCSM-SMD database) covers all of North Carolina. The NCSM-SMD databases includes slopemovement and deposit type, location, dimensions, dates, geologic (rock and soil), geomorphic and other site data for individual slope movements, and slope movement deposits. While the majority of the slope movement (landslide) events have occured mountainous western North Carolina, other parts of the state are not immune from such events. Initial data collection by the North Carolina Geological Survey (NCGS) began in 1990, but the impetus to assemble these data arose from a collaborative effort, beginning in 2004, between the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management, NCDEM, and the NCGS, to establish a statewide inventory of geological hazards. The geological hazard inventory currently includes the locations of and information on slope movements and slope movement deposits, earthquakes, historic mines, sinkholes, and a number of additional geological hazards. Further impetus to develop the NCSM-SMD database resulted from at least 90 slope meovements triggered by the inland tracking of hurricanes during September 2004. These slope movements resulted in a total of five deaths and 27 destroyed or heavily damaged homes. Reported landslides for which there are geographic coordinates are in the accomapanying data table and are present in the ESRI shape file. As of 15 February 2005 there are a total 497 slope movement-slope movement deposit records in the database; of these 446 have geographic coordinates. Those deposits without coordinates are not plotted but listed in the metadata abstract in an abbeviated format. The following is a glossary of terms used to describe the slope movements and slope movement deposits in this database. The project data is stored in a MS Access database in the NCGS's Swannanoa office.
NCGS Slope Movement ? Deposit Database Fields
Deliverable Metadata
Field Name
ID: Sequential database number beginning with 1.
Project is a name for a project, example Blue Ridge Parkway or Geohazards
Entry Type is an entry specifying either
Process: A known specific slope movement where a movement mechanism is known, or can be readily inferred
Deposit: Slope movement deposit
Slope Movement Name is the informal geographic name of slope movement designated by NCGS, example Charley Branch #4
Slope Movement Type is the classification of slope movement, example process 1, debris flow, debris slide, debris slide-flow, rockslide, rock fall, weathered-rock slide, embankment failure, other-specify
Slope Movement Deposit is the classification of slope movement deposit, these include debris1 undifferentiated, debris1 fan, composite debris fan, colluvial-alluvial fan, earth1 undiff, colluvium undiff, colluvium toe slope, colluvial hollow, block field, block stream, talus, or other that is specified
Date Data Collected is that the date the data was collected in month, day, year data format
Date of Movement in date of movement in month, day, year data format
County is the county name
Quad is the 7.5-minute United States Geological Survey quadrangle name
Coordinates2
Latitude3 is the latitude in decimal degrees to 5 decimal places if possible.
Longitude3 is the longitude in decimal degrees to 5 decimal places if possible.
State Plane Meters4 is the northing and Easting to 5 decimal places where possible.
Elevation Head/Apex is the elevation in feet from USGS 7.5-minute topographic map of head of slope movement or apex of slope movement deposit.
Highway-Road is the road name and/or number
Data Source is the source of data, example NCGS, USFS, EM-Swain County.
Location Confidence: Confidence in accuracy of location
NCGS field verified: 7.5-minute US Geological Survey quadrangle with a positional accuracy accurate within a 400-foot radius in the worst case
NCCS field verified: using another source with accuracy unknown
NCGS field verified: field verified GPS with an accuracy to be accurate within a 40-foot radius
NCGS field verified aerial photograph is accurate within a 200-foot radius in the worst case
NCGS not field Verified: accuracy is unknown, location not field verified by other means.
Accuracy of height ismade from dimensions for slope movements and deposits made by visual estimates, or scaled from maps and or aerial photographs
Slope Configuration: Configuration of slope on which movement occurred types, road cut, road embankment, road unspecified or unmodified
cut slope ? not road related
embankment-not road related
other-specify
Displaced Mass Length is the estimated length of displaced mass in feet.
Displaced Mass Width is the estimated width of displaced mass in feet.
Displaced Mass Thickness is the estimated thickness of displaced mass in feet.
Track Length is th length of track from the head to the toe in feet, mainly for debris flows.
Damage-Impacts is the text narrative of any damage or impacts of slope movement, example road damage, stream sedimentation, house damage.
Movement History is the text narrative of movement history, example, dates, rates of movement if continued beyond initial date of movement; also includes information on any stabilization actions.
Remarks is the text narrative of any additional information pertinent to entry, example reference for a source, general comments, repairs.
NCGS Investigators is the initial or initials of NCGS investigators.
Notes
Vertical lists within fields indicate specified categories for database entries.
Classified in general accordance with
Cruden, D.M. and Varnes, D.J., 1996, Landslide types and processes,in Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation, Turner, A.K. and Schuster, R.L., eds. Transportation Research Board Special Report No. 247, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., p. 36-75.
Varnes, D.J., 1978, Slope movement types and processes, in Landslide Analysis and Control, edited by R.L. Schuster and R.J. Krizak, Transportation Research Board Special Report No. 176, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., p. 11-33.
Coordinates given in latitude, longitude; and, NAD83 state plane meters in the spreadsheet version of the database for NCEM.
Latitude and longitude location at initiation point, usually head scarp, for slope movements; or at apex of slope movement deposits.
State plane coordinate location at initiation point, usually head scarp, for slope movements; or at apex of slope movement deposits.
Glossary of North Carolina Slope Movement follows
alluvium is clay, silt, sand, gravel or similar unconsolidated detrital material deposited during relatively recent geologic time by a stream or other body of running water. Alluvium usually contains rounded particles and usually collects in the channels and floodplains of creeks, streams, rivers, and lakes (adj alluvial).
apex is the uppermost and usually narrowest part of a debris fan deposit nearest the source area of the fan.
block stream is an accumulation of boulders or angular blocks of rock, with little or no fine sediment in the upper part over bedrock or other hillslope deposit. Block streams usually occur at heads of ravines, as narrow bodies more extensive downslope than along slope.
block field is a thin accumulation of boulders or angular blocks of rock, with little or no fine sediment in the upper part over bedrock or other hillslope deposit without a cliff or a ledge above as an apparent source. Block fields usually occur on high mountain slopes where they are most extensive along slopes parallel to contour.
boulder is a detached rock mass larger than a cobble, having a diameter greater than 256 mm.
clay is a rock or mineral fragment or a detrital particle of any composition smaller than a very fine silt grain, having a diameter less than 0.004 mm.
cobble is a rock fragment larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder, having a diameter in the range of 64 mm to 256 mm.
colluvium is any loose, heterogeneous, and unconsolidated mass of soil and rock particles deposited by rainwash, sheetwash, or slow, continuous downslope creep. Colluvium usually contains angular to subrounded rock particles and usually collects at the base of gentle slopes or hillsides.
colluvial-alluvial fan is a fan deposit that contains both alluvium and colluvium.
colluvial-hollow is a hillslope landform represented by a depression or concave portion of the slope containing colluvium.
colluvium toe slope is a database category of colluvial deposit that has accumulated along the lower part, or toe, of a hillslope, but without a distinctive fan shape.
composite debris fan is a debris fan composed of more than one generation of either colluvium or alluvium that reflects more than one period of fan deposition.
creep is the slow, more or less continuous downslope movement of mineral, rock, and soil particles by gravity.
cut slope is a slope exposed by excavating earth materials.
debris is regolith that contains a significant proportion of coarse material in which 20% to 80% of the particles are greater than sand sized in the range of 0.08 in or 2 mm. Debris is a general term used to classify the coarser-grained material in the source area of a slope movement, example debris flow or debris slide.
debris fan is a fan-shaped accumulation of debris typically along the lower gentle slope of a hillside.
debris flow is a type of slope movement in which the water content in the displaced mass is sufficient for the material to liquefy and resemble a viscous fluid. Flows involve the movement of unconsolidated earth materials, such as earth and debris, in a semi-fluid state.
debris slide is slope movements initiated by slippage along a well-defined failure surface that is usually planar or curvi-planar. Slides are divided into two classes, rotational and translational. Slides usually consist of displaced and deformed blocks of material
debris slide-flow is a slope movement with characteristics of a debris slide and a debris flow. A slope movement may begin as a debris slide, and then mobilize into a debris flow if sufficient water is available
deposit is earth material of any type that has accumulated by some natural process or agent 'vb deposited' or, an accumulation of ore or other valuable earth material
dip slope is a slope of the land surface, roughly determined by and conforming with, the direction and angle of the dip of the underlying rock
earth is regolith in which about 80% or more of the particles are smaller than 2 mm. Earth is a general term used to classify the finer-grained type of material in the source area of a slope movement, examples earth flow or earth slide
embankment is an-made deposits of natural earth materials, example rock, soil, or gravel, used to extend a sideslope or a land surface, example for a roadway or building site, build up low-lying land, hold back water, example a dam, or fill in an enclosed space, example mine workings. Synonymous with man-made fill, but distinguished from naturally occurring, sedimentary fill.
foot slope is the lower gentle slope of a hillside below a steep rock face or escarpment including lower slopes of diminishing steepness.
formation is a body of rock identified by its unique lithologic characteristics and stratigraphic position.
gravel is an unconsolidated, natural accumulation of rounded rock fragments resulting from erosion and consisting predominantly of particles larger than sand but smaller than cobbles greater than >2mm and smaller than <64mm.
ground water is water below the surface of the Earth. Also spelled: groundwater, ground-water.
head is the upper parts of the slope movement material in contact between the displaced material and the main scarp.
joint is a fracture or parting in a rock, without displacement.
landslide is a wide variety of mass movement landforms and processes involving the downslope transport, under gravitational influence, of soil and rock material en masse. The term ?slope movement? is used here instead to include movement by flowing, falling and sliding.
lithology is the description of rocks, especially in hand specimen and in outcrop, on the basis of such characteristics as color, mineral composition, and grain size (adj lithologic).
mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic substance having an orderly internal crystalline structure, characteristic chemical composition, and physical properties.
oblique slope is a relatively steeper face of a hillslope, facing in a direction at an angle to the dip of the rock layers. An oblique slope faces a direction that lies between a dip slope and a scarp slope.
pebble is a general term for a small, rounded, water- worn stone; specifically, a rock fragment larger than a granule and smaller than a cobble, having a diameter in the range of 4 mm to 64 mm.
pore water is subsurface water in the voids of rock, sediment, or soil.
quadrangle is a rectangular area bounded by parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude. In this database ?quadrangle? means a 7.5-minute U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangle map, 1:24,000 scale.
regolith is a general term for the layer or mantle of fragmental and unconsolidated rock material that nearly everywhere forms the surface of land and overlies or covers bedrock. It includes alluvium, colluvium, residuum, debris, earth, and soil.
residuum is a unconsolidated or partly weathered parent material, soil, that developed in place by the physical and chemical weathering from the consolidated rock on which it lies.
rock is an aggregate of one or more minerals, undifferentiated mineral matter, or solid organic material.
rock fall is a type of slope movement in which a single mass of rock of any size is detached from a steep slope or cliff along a surface on which little or no shear displacement occurs. The detached material descends mostly through the air by free fall, bounding, or rolling.
rotational movementis a term used to describe the type of movement in a slide in which the displaced material has moved along a curved, concave upward, failure surface
sand is a rock or mineral fragment or a detrital particle of any composition smaller than a granule and larger than a coarse silt grain, having a diameter between 0.004 mm and 2 mm.
saprolite is a soft, earthlike, completely decomposed,or weathered, in-place rock material typically formed in humid environments. Saprolite is characterized by the preservation of structures that were present in the unweathered rock.
scar is a cliff, precipice, or other steep slope, that corresponds to the zone of depletion, or the area from which a slope movement originated
scarp is a cliff like face or slope that breaks the general continuity of the land surface around or in a slope movement, and coincides with a rupture of the ground surface with differential displacement. The main scarp is above the head of the slope movement, and usually forms the upper periphery of the displaced mass; a minor scarp is a rupture of the ground surface with differential displacement in the body of the displaced mass.
scarp slope is a relatively steeper face of a hillslope, facing in a direction opposite the dip of the rock strata or layers.
sediment is loose, unconsolidated, fragmental material that originates from weathering of rocks and is transported or deposited by air, water, or ice.
shear strength is the internal resistance of a body to shear stress.
silt is a rock or mineral fragment or a detrital particle of any composition smaller than a very fine sand grain and larger than coarse clay, having a diameter between 0.004 mm and 0.06 mm.
slope movement is the gradual or rapid downslope movement by falling, flowing, or sliding or combinations of these of regolith or rock by gravity. Used here in place of the term ?landslide.?
strike is the direction or trend taken by a structural surface,example a bedding, foliation, or fault plane, as it intersects the horizontal.
structure is a feature in the rock that results from rock deformation.
surficial deposit is an unconsolidated and residual, alluvial, or glacial deposits lying on bedrock or occurring on the Earth?s surface.
talus is a rock fragments of any size or shape, usually coarse and angular, derived from and lying at the base of a cliff or very steep rocky slope.
tension crack is a crack or rupture in the ground surface caused by extension or tensile stress but not showing differential vertical displacement. With continued displacement a scarp can form from a tension crack.
toe is the lowest part of a slope, slope movement or slope movement deposit.
topographic map is a map showing the topographic features of the land surface.
track is the path of a channelized debris flow between the scar or source area upslope, and the toe or depositional area downslope. The track usually coincides with a pre-existing stream channel or drainage way.
translational movement is a term used to describe the type of movement in a slide in which the displaced material has moved along a generally planar failure surface.
weathered-rock slide is a term used to describe a rockslide where the displaced rock is partly- to completely decomposed from physical and chemical weathering processes.
weathering is the physical disintegration and chemical decomposition of rock at the Earth?s surface.
Boone100klines shape file: Outline of area containing major slope movements triggered by back-to-back hurricanes in July and August 1940. September 1940 vintage aerial photographs for the Deep Gap-Boone area were viewed using a stereoscope. Aerial photographs containing significant numbers of slope movements, greater than approximately 10 per photo, were selected from the group of photos. Using the selected aerial photographs, slope movements were mapped onto transparent overlays at an approximate scale of 1:18,000. The selected aerial photographs were located on the Boone 1:100,000 scale topographic map, and a dot was placed on the map indicating the approximate center of the photo. A boundary was drawn on the 100k topographic map based on the location of the selected aerial photographs as well as the topography. The boundary was ?heads-up? digitized by NCGS staff. Boundary represents area with high concentration of debris flows primarily attributed to the August 10-17, 1940 storm event. Accurac y of boundary placement is estimated to be within 1000 feet. No features have been field checked. Aerial photography interpretation occurred between May 2004 and July 2004.
Supplemental_Information:
Landslides are known at the following locations but geographic coordinates are not available for them as of 15 Febraury 2005. The ID number correspondes to the NCGS landslide database. Note fields deleted herein for brevity, see original database for these locations.
ID Project Entry Type Slope Movement Name Slope Movement Type Slope Movement Deposit Type Date Data Collected Date of Movement NC County 24KQuad Lat Highway-Road Data Source Location Confidence Damage Remarks
12 Geohazards Process Shelton Laurel Madison WHITE ROCK (?)
404 Geohazards Process Bald Rock 09/06-08/2004 Henderson BAT CAVE NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Road collapse Failed during Hurricane Frances
410 Geohazards Process Old Linville Rd F-1 Debris Slide 09/15/2004 09/06-08/2004 McDowell ASHFORD Old Linville Road NCGS Not Field Verified - Specify Source Blocked road (?) Failed during Hurricane Frances
411 Geohazards Process Hwy 221 F3 Rock Slide 09/15/2004 09/06-08/2004 McDowell LINVILLE FALLS Highway 221 NCGS Field Verified NCGS - 7.5' Quad Blocked road Failed during Hurricane Frances
428 Geohazards Process 09/06-08/2004 Henderson Shepherd/N.C. 191 ACT (09/08/2004)Not Field Verified-ACT Blocked road Failed during Hurricane Frances
429 Geohazards Process 09/06-08/2004 Henderson CLIFFIELD MTN Deep Gap (NC1799) NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Blocked road Failed during Hurricane Frances
430 Geohazards Process 09/06-08/2004 Henderson BAT CAVE Slick Rock Road (SR1613) Not Field Verified - NCDOT Blocked road Failed during Hurricane Frances
431 Geohazards Process 09/06-08/2004 Henderson HORSE SHOE Patterson Road NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Road blocked by 2 mudslides Failed during Hurricane Frances
432 Geohazards Process Embankment Failure 09/06-08/2004 Alleghany ROARING GAP Oklahona (SR1100) NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Road collapsed Failed during Hurricane Frances
433 Geohazards Process Debris Slide 09/06-08/2004 Jackson LAKE TOXAWAY N.C. 281(near Rock Bridge Road) Sylva Herald & Ruralite Not Field Verified - Sylva Herald Blocked road Failed during Hurricane Frances
446 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Macon U.S. Highway 64 LQS Not Field Verified - LQS Road closed Failed during Hurricane Ivan
447 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Jackson TUCKASEGEE / BIG RIDGE N.C. 107 Asheville Citizen Times Not Field Verified - ACT Road blocked in both directions Failed during Hurricane Ivan
448 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Jackson U.S. Highway 64 LQS Not Field Verified - LQS Failed during Hurricane Ivan
451 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Buncombe Warren Creek Road (SR1110) NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Road closed in both directions Failed during Hurricane Ivan
452 Geohazards Process Embankment Failure/ Debris Flow 09/16-17/2004 Buncombe DUNSMORE MOUNTAIN N.C. 151/Pisgah Highway NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Road closed in both directions Failed during Hurricane Ivan
453 Geohazards Process Sunrise Mobile Home Park 09/16-17/2004 Buncombe Asheville Citizen Times Not Field Verified - Asheville Citizen Times Blocked road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
454 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Buncombe Early's Mountain Asheville Citizen Times Not Field Verified - ACT Failed during Hurricane Ivan
455 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Buncombe SANDYMUSH North Turkey Creek Asheville Citizen Times Not Field Verified - ACT Closed road in both directions Failed during Hurricane Ivan
456 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Buncombe Ingle Mountain Road Not Field Verified Closed road in both directions Failed during Hurricane Ivan
457 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Buncombe Gorman Road ACT Not Field Verified - ACT Closed road in both directions Failed during Hurricane Ivan
458 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Buncombe LEICESTER Mink Farm Road ACT Not Field Verified - ACT Blocked traffic both directions Failed during Hurricane Ivan
459 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Buncombe Newfound Road ACT Not Field Verified - ACTs Failed during Hurricane Ivan
460 Geohazards Process Embankment Failure/ Debris Flow 09/16-17/2004 Buncombe Hooker Gap Road ACT Not Field Verified - Frank Obusek--NCCGIA Failed during Hurricane Ivan
461 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Avery Old Toe River Road (SR1157) NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
462 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Avery Buckeye Road (SR 1312) NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
463 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Buncombe RR tracks Asheville Radio Not Field Verified - Blocked rail line Failed during Hurricane Ivan
464 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Macon FRANKLIN Wayah Road (SR 1310) NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
465 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Madison N.C. Highway 63 ACT Not Field Verified - ACT Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
466 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Madison SPRING CREEK Baltimore Branch-Johnson Brown ACT Not Field Verified - ACT Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
467 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Madison HOT SPRINGS (?) River Road ACT Not Field Verified - ACT Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
468 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Madison LEICESTER Teague Road ACT Not Field Verified - ACT Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
469 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 McDowell LITTLE SWITZERLAND (?) N.C. 266 Alt NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Rocks on road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
470 Geohazards Process Embankment Failure 09/16-17/2004 Swain Highway 19A (SR1195) NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
471 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Transylvania BREVARD (?) Wilson Road (SR 1540) NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
472 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Transylvania BREVARD (?) Tinsley Road (SR 1353) NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
473 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Watauga Lee Gaultney Road (SR1130) NCDOT TIMS Not Field Verified - NCDOT Blocked road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
474 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Buncombe ENKA Frank Obusek NCCGIA Not Field Verified - Frank Obusek--NCCGIA Blocked trail and bike path Failed during Hurricane Ivan
475 Geohazards Process Debris Flow 09/16-17/2004 Macon PRENTISS Mark Riedell--Coweeta Hydro Lab Not Field Verified - Mark Riedell Failed during Hurricane Ivan
476 Geohazards Process 09/06-08/2004 Jackson LAKE TOXAWAY N.C. 281 Sylva Herald Not Field Verified - Sylva Herald Closed road Failed during Hurricane Frances
477 Geohazards Process 09/06-08/2004 Macon Wayah Road Franklin Press Not Field Verified - Franklin Press One lane of traffice closed Failed during Hurricane Frances
478 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Haywood ACT Not Field Verified - ACT Failed during Hurricane Ivan
479 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Henderson Middle Fork Road Hend. Times Not Field Verified - Hendersonville Times News One lane closed Failed during Hurricane Ivan
480 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Henderson ACT Not Field Verified - ACT Failed during Hurricane Ivan In Gerton
481 Geohazards Process Embankment Failure 09/16/2004 Jackson U.S. Highway 19 ACT Not Field Verified - ACT Failed during Hurricane Ivan
482 Geohazards Process Embankment Failure 09/17/2004 Jackson BIG RIDGE N.C. 281 Sylva Herald Not Field Verified - Sylva Herald Removed roadway Failed during Hurricane Ivan
483 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Jackson TUCKASEGEE / BIG RIDGE N.C. 107 Sylva Herald Not Field Verified - Sylva Herald Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
484 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Polk SALUDA Pearson Falls Road ACT Not Field Verified - ACT Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
485 Geohazards Process 09/16-17/2004 Macon HIGHLANDS Buck Creek Road The Highlander Not Field Verified Closed road Failed during Hurricane Ivan
487 Geohazards Process Embankment Failure 09/16-17/2004 Jackson HAZELWOOD Dark Ridge Road Deirdre Martin Not Field Verified - Deirder Martin Failed during Hurricane Ivan;
488 Geohazards Process Rock Slide 12/12-13/2004 Graham TUSKEEGEE N.C. 28 Carl Merschat Not Field Verified - NCDOT Closed road
489 Geohazards Process 11/24/2004 Graham TUSKEEGEE N.C. 28 Beth Fields-res Not Field Verified - NCDOT Road gave way, new development
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Richard M. Wooten assisted by Rebecca Latham and Jeffrey C. Reid, Unknown, onemap_prod.SDEADMIN.landslides: North Carolina Geological Survey, Asheville, North Carolina.

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    Other_Citation_Details:
    Refer to information is supplemental information and abstract in this document. Data derived from U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series 52 and edited as indicated in the supplemental information.
    This is part of the following larger work.

    North Carolina Geological Survey, 20050215, Landslide database for North Carolina as of 15 February 2005.

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -83.969555
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -78.474805
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.595310
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.465714

  3. What does it look like?

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar_Date: 2006
    Time_of_Day: unknown
    Currentness_Reference: Data as of 20060201

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • Entity point (1188)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983
      State_Plane_Coordinate_System:
      SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 3200
      Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
      Standard_Parallel: 34.333333
      Standard_Parallel: 36.166667
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -79.000000
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 33.750000
      False_Easting: 609601.220000
      False_Northing: 0.000000

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.001024
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.001024
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.

      Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Altitude_System_Definition:
      Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
      Altitude_Encoding_Method:
      Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    onemap_prod.SDEADMIN.landslides
    North Carolina Geological Survey (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    EL_Apex
    Elevation in feet from the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute topographic map of head of slope movement. (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Range of values
    Minimum:0
    Maximum:6684
    Units:Feet

    OBJECTID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    TYPE

    PROJECT

    QUAD_24K

    SM_NAME

    SM_TYPE

    SMD_TYPE

    MVMTDATE

    COL_DATE

    NC_CNTY

    IZLATDD

    IZLONGDD

    APXLATDD

    APXLONGDD

    ROAD

    RD_AZ

    SA_ASPCT

    DATA_SRC

    LOC_CONF

    EL_HEAD

    EL_APEX

    EL_TOE

    SLP_CNFG

    D_MASS_L

    D_MASS_W

    D_MASS_T

    TRKLENG

    DAMAGE

    MVMT_HIS

    REMARKS

    SOURCE1

    SOURCE2

    NCGSINVS

    LAT

    Project
    Internal project name, such as Geohazards, for database. (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Landslide project name

    LONG

    COMBTYPE

    Type
    Entry specifying either a process, such as a known specific slope movement where a movement mechanism is known or easlily inferred, or a deposit (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    ValueDefinition
    ProcessA known specific slope movement where a movement mechanism is known, or can be readily inferred
    DepositSlope movement deposit

    SM_Name
    Informal geographic name of slope movment designated by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists, for example Charley Branch #4 or Lands Creek 1 (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Informal name of slope movement feature.

    SM_Type
    Classification of slope movement, such as type of process, also see types listed in abstract (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Classification of slope movement.

    SMD_Type
    Classification of slope movement deposit, such as product - see types listed in abstract (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Classification of slope movment deposit.

    MvmtDate
    Calendar date that data were collected using format month/day/year (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Calendar date that movement occurred, if known

    Col_Date
    Calendar date that data was collected using format month/day/year (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Calendar date that data was collected

    NC_Cnty
    Name of North Carolina county where process initiated or apex of deposit is located. (Source: State of North Carolina)

    Name of North Carolina county.

    Quad_24K
    Name of U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle where process initiated or apex of deposit is located. (Source: US Geological Survey)

    Name of U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle

    NSPM
    Northing of location in state plane coordinates as NAD 83 (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Northing of location in state plane coordinates as NAD 83.

    ESPM
    Easting of location in state plane coordinates as NAD 83 (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Easting of location in state plane coordinates as NAD 83.

    EL_Head
    Elevation in feet from the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute topographic map of head of slope movement. (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Range of values
    Minimum:0
    Maximum:6684
    Units:Feet

    Road
    Road name and or number (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Name or number of road.

    Data_Src
    Source of information about feature. An example would be the North Carolina Geological Survey or NCGS, United States Forest Service or USFS, etc. (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Name of Source such as United States Forest Service

    Loc_Conf
    This provides an assessment of the confidence in accuracy of earth movement location, see glossary for further explanation of accuracy. (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    ValueDefinition
    Not Field VerifiedNot Checked in Field but ususally by AirPhoto
    Field VerifiedChecked in the filed by staff geologist

    Slp_Cnfg
    Configuration of slope on which movement occurred. (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Formal codeset
    Codeset Name:Road Cut
    Codeset Source:NCGS

    Formal codeset
    Codeset Name:Road Embankment
    Codeset Source:NCGS

    Formal codeset
    Codeset Name:Unmodified
    Codeset Source:NCGS

    D_Mass_L
    Estimated length of displaced mass in feet (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Estimated length of displaced mass in feet.

    D_Mass_W
    Estimated maximum width of displaced mass in feet (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Estimated maximum width of displaced mass in feet.

    D_Mass_T
    Estimated maximum perpendicular to the slope of displaced mass in feet (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Estimated maximum thickness of displaced mass in feet.

    TrkLeng
    Length of debris flow track from head to toe in feet, mainly for debris flows. (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Length of track debris flow from head to toe in feet, mainly for debris flows.

    Damage
    Text narrative of any damage or impacts of slope movement, such as road damage, stream sedimentation, house damage (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Text narrative of any damage or impacts of slope movements such as road damage, stream sedimentation, house damage.

    Mvmt_His
    Text narrative of movement history, such as dates, rates of movmeent if continued beyond initial date of movement, also includes information on any stabilization actions (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Text narrative of movement history such as dates, rates of movment if continued beyond initial date of movement, also includes information on any stabilization actions

    Remarks
    Text narrative of any additional information pertinent to entry, such as reference for a source,general comments, repairs, etc. (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Text narrative of any additional pertinent to entry such as reference for a source,general comments, repairs, etc.

    NCGSInvs
    Initials of NCGS investigators who collected data at site (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    NCGS investigator or investigators.

    IZLatDD
    Latitude in Decimal Degrees for initiation zone of a process entry. (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Range of values
    Minimum:33.723
    Maximum:36.618
    Units:Decimal Degrees

    IZLongDD
    Initiation zone in Longitude Decimal Degrees (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Range of values
    Minimum:-84.422
    Maximum:-75.417
    Units:Decimal Degrees

    ApxLatDD
    Apex of process Latitude Decimal Degress (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Range of values
    Minimum:33.723
    Maximum:36.618
    Units:Decimal Degrees

    ApxLongDD
    Apex of process in Longitude Decimal Degress (Source: Compiled by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists)

    Range of values
    Minimum:-84.422
    Maximum:-75.417
    Units:Decimal Degrees

    SHAPE
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

    Coordinates defining the features.


Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

    North Carolina Geological Survey

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Richard M. Wooten
    North Carolina Geological Survey
    Senior Geologist - Geohazards and Engineering Geology
    2090 U.S. Highway 70
    Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
    United States of America

    828.296.4500 ext. 216 (voice)
    828.299.7043 (FAX)
    rick.wooten@ncmail.net

    Hours_of_Service: 0800 hours to 1500 hours eastern time zone
    Contact_Instructions: Prefer initial contact by e-mail, followed by voice contact.


Why was the data set created?

These data provide an inventory or landslides in North Carolina as of 15 February 2005 in support of a geohazards inventory of North Carolina funded through FEMA and the North Carolina Division of Emergency Managment


How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: 01-Feb-2006 (process 1 of 3)
    Latitude/Longitude fields in in the landslide database, which is stored in Microsoft Access are imported as X,Y events and then converted to a shapefile.

    (process 2 of 3)
    Metadata imported.

    Data sources used in this process:

    • C:\DOCUME~1\david\LOCALS~1\Temp\xmlAA.tmp

    (process 3 of 3)
    Dataset copied.

    Data sources used in this process:

    • Server=207.192.29.55; Service=5151; Database=onemap; User=sdeadmin; Version=sde.DEFAULT

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

    Reid, Jeffrey C. , 200312, Landslide Database for North Carolina: North Carolina Geological Survey, Raleigh, North Carolina.

    Online Links:

    • None

    This is part of the following larger work.

    None, 20050216, None.

    Other_Citation_Details:
    This work is part of a geological hazards investigation program in North Carolina being conducted by the North Carolina Geological Survey, Raleigh, North Carolina


How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    All of the landslides for North Carolina except for those noted to have been deleted in the abstract owing to latitude and longitude locations outside the State of North Carolina.

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

    Data attributes developed by North Carolina Geological Survey staff geologists


How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints: None.

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    North Carolina Geological Survey
    c/o Richard M. Wooten
    Senior Geologist - Geohazards and Engineering Geology
    North Carolina Geological Survey, Department of Envirionment and Natural Resources, 2090 U.S. 70 Highway
    Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
    United States of America

    828.296.4500 ext. 216 (voice)
    828.299.7043 (FAX)
    rick.wooten@ncmail.net

    Hours_of_Service: 0800 hours - 1700 hours eastern
    Contact_Instructions: contact first by e-mail
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Landslide database for North Carolina as of 15 February 2005

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    None

  4. How can I download or order the data?


Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 02-Oct-2006
Metadata author:
North Carolina Geological Survey
c/o Jeffrey C. Reid
Senior Geologist - Minerals and Geographic Information Systems
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604-1148
United State of America

919.733.2423 x403 (voice)
919.733.0900 (FAX)
jeff.reid@ncmail.net

Hours_of_Service: 0830 hours - 1730 hours Eastern
Contact_Instructions: Please make initial contact by e-mail and then voice.
Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
Metadata extensions used:


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