Digitized vector geodatabase feature dataset of edgematched United States Coast & Geodetic Survey Topographic Sheets (T-sheets) of Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca (1852 - 1926) - Adjusted dataset.

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Puget Sound River History Project, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
Publication_Date: April 2005
Title:
Digitized vector geodatabase feature dataset of edgematched United States Coast & Geodetic Survey Topographic Sheets (T-sheets) of Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca (1852 - 1926) - Adjusted dataset.
Edition: V. 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name:
Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca United States Coast & Geodetic Survey Topographic Sheets
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Seattle, WA USA
Online_Linkage:
 
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Series_Information:
Series_Name:
Historical United States Coast & Geodetic Survey Topographic Sheets for Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca
Description:
Abstract:
Digitized vector geodatabase feature dataset of edgematched United States Coast & Geodetic Survey Topographic Sheets (T-sheets) of Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca (1852 - 1926) - Adjusted dataset.
Purpose:
This data was developed by the Puget Sound River History Project for an assessment of historical change to nearshore habitat in Puget Sound.
Supplemental_Information:
Attribute definitions can be found in the enclosed document: attributes.html. For a comprehensive historical and technical review of the production and interpretation of early Coast & Geodetic Survey T-sheets please refer to Shalowitz, A.L. 1964. Shore and Sea Boundaries, Volumes 2. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, DC. This publication is available online at <http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/hsd/shallow.htm>
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1852 - 1926
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.792250
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.048777
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.019278
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.954550
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
 
Theme_Keyword: T-sheets
Theme_Keyword: Historical
Theme_Keyword: Coastal Survey
Theme_Keyword: Land Cover
Theme_Keyword: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Place:
Place_Keyword: Washington State
Place_Keyword: Puget Sound
Place_Keyword: Stait of Juan de Fuca
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword: Nearshore
Stratum_Keyword: Coast
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword: 1852 - 1926
Access_Constraints:
This dataset may be freely downloaded and used. Please give credit to the Puget Sound River History Project, University of Washington. <http://riverhistory.ess.washington.edu>
Use_Constraints:
This dataset may be freely downloaded and used. Please give credit to the Puget Sound River History Project, University of Washington. <http://riverhistory.ess.washington.edu>
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Brian Collins, Amir Sheikh
Contact_Organization:
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (206) 616-6584
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (206) 543-0489
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bcollins@u.washington.edu
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: asheikh@u.washington.edu
Data_Set_Credit:
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

Data_Quality_Information:
Completeness_Report:
Please refer to the metadata for the individual T-sheets for information specific for each T-sheet used.

For most T-sheets, all information shown on the T-sheet was digitized, except in some cases, primarily in the San Juan Islands, where mapping consistently extended considerably inland from the nearshore. In those cases, all information was digitized to 500 m inland of the nearshore, where "nearshore" is used as defined by the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project:

"The estuarine/delta, marine shoreline and areas of shallow water from the top of the coastal bank or bluffs to the water at a depth of about 10 meters relative to Mean Lower Low Water. (This is the average depth limit of light penetration.) This zone incorporates those geological and ecological processes, such as sediment movement, freshwater inputs, and subtidal light penetration, which are key to determining the distribution and condition of aquatic habitats. By this definition, the nearshore extends landward into the tidally influenced freshwater heads of estuaries and coastal streams" (see <http://www.pugetsoundnearshore.org/whatwedo/Guidance.pdf>)

Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Please refer to the metadata for the corresponding georeferenced raster image for the positional accuracy of the specific T-sheet.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publication_Date: 1852 - 1926
Title:
Topographic Sheets (T-sheets) of Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Type_of_Source_Media: TIF
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Individual t-sheets were edge matched to adjacent t-sheets. The t-sheet deemed to have lesser spatial accuracy were edge matched to the t-sheet assessed with higher spatial accuracy. Refer to the 'Edgematch' point feature class and associated metadata for additional information concerning this process.

Some T-sheets contained consistent internal erroneous 'shifts' from the original surveyors. Shifts generally of more then 20 meters were adjusted for, by manually shifting features to correspond with identified modern day hard points and features on aerial photos that would not have substantially changed through time.

The attribute fields 'ADJUST' and 'ADJUST_DIST' identify areas that were adjusted along with the distance and general direction of the shift.

 
 

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 38720
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2369
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 31491

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Lambert Conformal Conic
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
Standard_Parallel: 45.833333
Standard_Parallel: 47.333333
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.500000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.333333
False_Easting: 1640416.666667
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000349
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000349
Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 0.000010
Altitude_Encoding_Method:
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: mega_T_adjust_polygon
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TSHEET
Attribute_Definition: T-sheet register number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: YEAR
Attribute_Definition: Year of survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE
Attribute_Definition: Map features
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Polygons that contain a mixture of more then one symbology are attributed with each of the symbols separated by a '/' (e.g. grassland/deciduous).
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Barren
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas of no or little vegetation
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Undefined symbol. This symbol occurs on T-sheets by J. J. Gilbert specifically in the San Juan Islands. Gilbert's descriptive reports mention the land as 'bare' and 'rocky' in these areas. Symbolized by short slightly curvy lines.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bluff
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bluff
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bridge
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bridge
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
USC&GS Legend from the Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Building
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Building
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
USC&GS Legend from the Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Channel
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Channel
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
USC&GS Legend from the Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cobblestones and boulders, above shoreline
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cobblestones and boulders, located above mean high water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Descriptive report for T-1795. To clarify the attribute's vertical position relative to the shoreline, we added the modifier "above shoreline."
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cobblestones and boulders, below shoreline
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cobblestones and boulders, located below mean high water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Descriptive report for T-1795. To clarify the attribute's vertical position relative to the shoreline, we added the modifier "below shoreline."
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cobblestones and boulders, below low water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cobblestones and boulders, located below low water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Descriptive report for T-1795. To clarify the attribute's vertical position relative to the low water line, we added the modifier "below low water."
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cultivated field
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cultivated field
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Deciduous
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Deciduous trees and undergrowth
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Deciduous fenced
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Deciduous trees and undergrowth enclosed by a fence.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Combination of two symbols from USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dock
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Dock
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Embankment
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Embankment
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Eroded bank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Eroded bank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fresh marsh
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Freshwater marsh
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fresh marsh fenced
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Freshwater marsh enclosed by a fence.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Combination of two symbols from USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fresh pond
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Freshwater pond
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Grassland
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grassland
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Grassland fenced
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grassland enclosed by a fence.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Combination of two symbols from USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gravel and rocks, above shoreline
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gravel and rocks, located above mean high water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905. To clarify the attribute's vertical position relative to the shoreline, we added the modifier "above shoreline."
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gravel and rocks, below shoreline
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gravel and rocks, located below mean high water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905. To clarify the attribute's vertical position relative to the shoreline, we added the modifier "below shoreline."
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gravel and rocks, below low water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Gravel and rocks, below low water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905. To clarify the attribute's vertical position relative to the shoreline, we added the modifier "below low water."
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Kelp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Kelp
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Levee
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Levee
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Log flume
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Log flume
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Recognized by straight line crossing contours to water, sometimes near deforested areas. "Log flumes" are also often labeled and may occur near encampments labeled "logging camp".
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Logged/Burned
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Logged or burned area
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Undefined symbol. Symbol appears on E. Ellicott's T-sheets (T-1690b, T-1637, T-1672, T-1674, T-1675). It appears as a thick, short vertical line with a shorter line crossing it, creating a cross or a cactus-like shape. The descriptive report for T-1674 makes numerous references to logging railroads, logging roads, logging wharfs, logging companies and log booms. In sheet T-4182 there is a similar symbol consisting of short diagonal squiggles. The descriptive report indicates this pattern corresponds to logged areas. There are no areas on the T-sheet where this symbol occurs by itself; the symbol is generally intermixed with another symbol, generally "grassland," "pine" or "deciduous."
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Logjam
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Logjam
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Undefined symbol consisting of randomly-oriented linear polygons or arcs, sometimes labeled "jam" on T-sheet.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mixed forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Forested areas symbolized with an intermixure of "deciduous" (or "woods of any kind or leaved trees," or "deciduous and undergrowth") symbols and "pine" symbols. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Combination of two symbols from USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891 and USCGS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mixed forest fenced
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Forested areas symbolized with an intermixure of "deciduous" (or "woods of any kind or leaved trees," or "deciduous and undergrowth") symbols and "pine" symbols that are enclosed by a fence.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Combination of two symbols from USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891 and USCGS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mud/Mud and gravel
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mud or Mud and gravel.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Undefined symbol. In all but one case, the symbol for mud/mud and gravel is symbolized with random and sparse dots. It is dissimilar to other symbols defined by USC&GS legends for sediment size: "gravel and rocks" (more dense placement and typically aligned dots), "cobblestones and boulders" (large and small dots, high density, usually linear to random spacing), and "sand" (dots of linear spacing with density decreasing toward higher elevations). The "mud/mud and gravel" symbol is found on sheets T-1682, T-1795, T-1952, T-1953, T-1954, T-1955, T-2194, and T-2229. All of these sheets are by J.J. Gilbert. The descriptive report for T-2194 includes descriptions of several areas that are symbolized with random and sparse dots: 'At low tide the head of [Mitchell's] bay is an extensive mud flat'. 'Small boats went frequently through this entrance into Garrison Bay where at low tide they were grounded in the mud.' 'Westcott Bay is quite shallow above Bell Point west of the shoreline is free from rock and the beach is gravel and mud'. In addition to these sheets by Gilbert, J. F. Pratt uses a similar symbol on T-1682, for which a descriptive report is not available. The area on T-1682 that we attributed as 'mud/mud and gravel' is symbolized with short, faint, linear dashes, and 'Soft mud and gravel' is written faintly on the sheet.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: NO SYMBOL
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas having no symbology
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: NO SYMBOL fenced
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas having no symbology that are enclosed by a fence.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Orchard
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Orchard
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pine
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: "Pine" or coniferous trees.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Quarry
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Quarry
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Undefined symbol. Often, descriptive reports indicated the quarry location. In most cases, the quarries and nearby buildings are labeled.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Railroad trestle
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Railroad trestle
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Reef
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
"A rocky or coral elevation, dangerous to surface navigation, which may or may not uncover at the sounding datum" (p. 264, Shalowitz, 1962).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rock
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: An offshore rock
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: An offshore rock large enough to be depicted with a polygon.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rocky ledge
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
"A rocky formation connected with and fringing the shore, [that] generally uncovers at the sounding datum" (p. 264, Shalowitz, 1962).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Salt marsh
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Salt marsh
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sand bar
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sand bar
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sand dune
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sand dune
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sand, above shoreline
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sand, located above mean high water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891. Locations in relation to shoreline postion were added by us. To clarify the attribute's vertical position relative to the shoreline, we added the modifier "above shoreline."
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sand, below low water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sand, below low water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891. Locations in relation to shoreline postion were added by us. To clarify the attribute's vertical position relative to the shoreline, we added the modifier "below low water."
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sand, below shoreline
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sand, below shoreline
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891. Locations in relation to shoreline postion were added by us. To clarify the attribute's vertical position relative to the shoreline, we added the modifier "below shoreline."
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Submerged marsh
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: "A marshy area mostly flooded at high water" (p. 182, Shalowitz, 1962); generally outside of the shoreline and symbolized without a solid bounding line.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: UNKNOWN
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A symbol not found in any available published legends. Also used for symbols that were indeterminate due to poor map quality.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Urban
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Urban areas.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: A polygon we created to enclose a generalized concentration of streets, blocks, and buildings.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Waterbody
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fresh or salt
bodies of water not otherwise symbolized that could be polygonized.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Wooded marsh
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A wooded marsh; Not known if this symbol refers only to freshwater marsh, or if it can also include saltmarsh.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE_2
Attribute_Definition: Additional map features
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: High
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: High density of groundcover
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Some surveyors noted the density of features by representing symbols with varying densities. We subdivided these symbol densities into "low," "medium," and "high" categories.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Medium
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Medium density of groundcover
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Some surveyors noted the density of features by representing symbols with varying densities. We subdivided these symbol densities into "low," "medium," and "high" categories.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Low
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Low density of groundcover
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Some surveyors noted the density of features by representing symbols with varying densities. We
subdivided these symbol densities into "low," "medium," and "high" categories.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ANNOTATION
Attribute_Definition:
Annotations on a T-sheet that can be represented by a polygon.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADJUST
Attribute_Definition:
Areas where T-sheet features were adjusted for internal surveying errors.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Adjust
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Areas where there was an X-Y shift applied to T-sheet features to correct for surveyor error.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ADJUST_RS
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Areas where there was an X-Y shift applied to T-sheet features to correct for surveyor error. A portion of the features may also have been rubber sheeted due to extreme surveyor error.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Artifact
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas that were created due to the spatial correction.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADJUST_DIST
Attribute_Definition:
The general cardinal direction and the distance in meters of the applied shift. (e.g. - ESE 50 is a 50 meter shift applied towards the East South East bearing)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape_Length
Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape_Area
Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
 
 

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: mega_T_adjust_line
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TSHEET
Attribute_Definition: T-sheet register number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: YEAR
Attribute_Definition: Year of survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE
Attribute_Definition: Map features
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Base of bank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The lower boundary of a "bank" polygon.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Base of bluff
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The lower boundary of a "bluff" polygon.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Base of embankment
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The lower boundary of an "embankment" polygon.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bridge
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bridge
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Channel
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Channel. T-sheet cartographers in some cases drew lines for channels to indicate the actual presence and location of a channel, and in other cases channels were symbolic and do not correspond to the actual channel network.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dam
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Dam
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ditch
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Ditch
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fence
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fence
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ferry
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Ferry
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fish trap
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fish trap
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: In most
cases, "fish traps" were labeled on the T-sheet. Because the symbol is easily recognizable, it was possible to attribute with relatively high certainty the few that were symbolized but not labeled.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Hedge
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hedge
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Intermittent channel
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Intermittent channel
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Levee
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Levee
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Log flume
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Log flume
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Undefined symbol. Recognized by straight line crossing contours to water, sometimes near deforested areas. They are also often labeled and may occur near encampments labeled 'Logging camp'.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Low water
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Low water. The topographer's estimate of the approximate line of mean low water (p. 185, Shalowitz, 1962). Low water was defined differently on T-sheets made in different time intervals. Individual T-sheets typically do not indicate their plane of reference; in general in the Puget Sound area it was defined, sequentially, as mean low water (1849-1853), mean lower low water (1854-late 1870s), mean of selected low waters (late 1870s-1897); harmonic or Indian tide plane (1897-1902); 2 feet below the plane of mean lower low water (1902-1921); and mean lower low water (1921-present; see p. 256, Shalowitz, 1962) .
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS
Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
 
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Low water, implied
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: We used "Low water, implied" for the outer edge of "reefs," "rocky ledges," and the outer margin of intertidal substrate symbology having a sharp boundary as defined by the legend as "shores and low water lines".
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Outer edge intertidal marsh
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The approximate boundary of an area symbolized as "submerged marsh" or "saltmarsh" that was not bounded by a line on its outer (below shoreline) margin.
 
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Path
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Path
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Planned urban expansion
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas that were platted on the T-sheet for urban expansion, but were not built at the time of the survey.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
 
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Railroad
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Railroad
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Road
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Road
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1891.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Shoreline approximate
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Locations where T-sheet was poorly legible, making it impossible to precisely locate the shoreline.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Shoreline
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The surveyed line of mean high water. The locational accuracy "...on the early surveys is within a maximum error of 10 meters and may possibly be much more accurate than this" (p. 175, Shalowitz, 1962). The actual high-water line was not surveyed in tidal marshes, where the shoreline was taken instead as the outer or seaward edge of the marsh (p. 177, Shalowitz, 1962).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Shoreline/Dock
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where the shoreline and a dock coincide and the actual shoreline is not distinguishable.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Shoreline/Levee
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where the shoreline and a levee coincide.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Shoreline/Trestle
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where symbols for the shoreline and a trestle coincide.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Top of bank
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The upper boundary of a "bank" polygon.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Top of bluff
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The upper boundary of a "bluff" polygon.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Top of embankment
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The upper boundary of an "embankment" polygon.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: UNKNOWN
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Unknown symbol or where the symbol is undeterminable due to poor quality of the map.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE_2
Attribute_Definition: Additional map features
Attribute_Definition_Source: Map features that were spatially coincident with features in 'TYPE_1'.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ANNOTATION
Attribute_Definition:
Annotations on a T-sheet that could not be represented by a polygon. Arcs were digitized through the middle and along the length of the annotation.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADJUST
Attribute_Definition:
Areas where T-sheet features were adjusted for internal surveying errors.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Adjust
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Areas where there was an X-Y shift applied to T-sheet features to correct for surveyor error.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ADJUST_RS
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Areas where there was an X-Y shift applied to T-sheet features to correct for surveyor error. A portion of the features may also have been rubber sheeted due to extreme surveyor error.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Artifact
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas that were created due to the spatial correction.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADJUST_DIST
Attribute_Definition:
The general cardinal direction and the distance in meters of the applied shift. (e.g. - ESE 50 is a 50 meter shift applied towards the East South East bearing)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE_Length
Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
 
 

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: mega_T_adjust_point
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TSHEET
Attribute_Definition: T-sheet register number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: YEAR_
Attribute_Definition: Year of survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE
Attribute_Definition: Map features
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Anchorage
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Anchorage
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Buoy
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Buoy
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lighthouse
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lighthouse
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Light
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Light
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Logboom
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Logboom
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Points labeled "logboom" on a T-sheet.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mast
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mast
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Points labeled "mast" on a T-sheet.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pile
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Pile
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Points labeled "mast" on a T-sheet.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rock
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Offshore rocks including "rock under water" and "rock awash (at any stage of the tide)."
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS
Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Snag
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Snag
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Points labeled "snag" on a T-sheet.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Spring
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Spring
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USC&GS Annual Report of the Superintendent, 1905.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tide gauge
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tide gauge
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Points labeled "tide gauge" on a T-sheet.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tree
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tree
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Points labeled "tree" on a T-sheet.
 
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ANNOTATION
Attribute_Definition:
Annotations on a T-sheet that are associated with point features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADJUST
Attribute_Definition:
Areas where T-sheet features were adjusted for internal surveying errors.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Adjust
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Areas where there was an X-Y shift applied to T-sheet features to correct for surveyor error.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: ADJUST_RS
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Areas where there was an X-Y shift applied to T-sheet features to correct for surveyor error. A portion of the features may also have been rubber sheeted due to extreme surveyor error.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Artifact
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas that were created due to the spatial correction.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADJUST_DIST
Attribute_Definition:
The general cardinal direction and the distance in meters of the applied shift. (e.g. - ESE 50 is a 50 meter shift applied towards the East South East bearing)
 
 

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Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20050516
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Brian Collins, Amir Sheikh
Contact_Organization:
Puget Sound River History Project, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Address: University of Washington, Box 351310
City: Seattle
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98195
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (206) 616-6584
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (206) 543-0489
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bcollins@u.washington.edu
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: asheikh@u.washington.edu
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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