James V. Gardner
E.J. van den Ameele
Peter Dartnell
2001
PUBATHG - ArcInfo GRID format of the 2001 multibeam echo-sounder data collected in the Puyallup River delta, Puget Sound (Tacoma), Washington from Field Activity: R-1-01-WA
raster digital data
Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology, Menlo Park, CA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr01266
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/0266/data/ascii/puy3m.zip
James V. Gardner
E.J. van den Ameele
Peter Dartnell
2001
Multibeam Mapping of the Major Deltas of Southern Puget Sound, Washington
1.0
Open-File Report
01-266
Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology, Menlo Park, CA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr01266
ArcInfo GRID format bathymetry data generated from the 2001 multibeam sonar survey the major deltas of southern Puget Sound (Tacoma), WA., including Nisqually, Puyallup, and Duwamish Deltas. This is metadata for the Puyallup Delta multibeam bathymetry data.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck southern Puget Sound, Washington, USA on February 28, 2001 causing an estimated $0.7 billion to $1.4 billion in damages to the surrounding area. The epicenter was close to the Nisqually delta, one of three major deltas in southern Puget Sound. The Nisqually delta is a wildlife refuge but the other two deltas, the Duwamish delta in Seattle and the Puyallup delta in Tacoma, support extensive infrastructure, including major port facilities at the delta edges. Teams of geologists inspected the area immediately after the earthquake and reported liquefaction features and areas of vertical ground displacement in the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma as well as the presence of "mud plumes" in the waters of Puget Sound. A joint National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) cruise was rapidly assembled in March 2001 (3/19/01 to 3/30/01) to map the bathymetry of the delta fronts using the high-resolution multibeam systems of the NOAA Ship Rainier. The mapping discovered a variety of submarine failures on the Puyallup and Duwamish delta fronts that may be related to the earthquake. These data represent the multibeam-echosounder data collected during the survey and are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) or other software to display bathymetry data of the major deltas of southern Puget Sound, WA.
Additional information about the field activities from which these data were derived is available online at:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=R101WA
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in Esri format, this metadata file may include some Esri-specific terminology.
20010319
20010330
ground condition
As needed
-122.478427
-122.409720
47.306280
47.260455
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:924a859a-db39-4c3e-ba54-c7ab4f75bc92
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
multibeam echosounder
water depth
ocean-floor topography
deltas
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
elevation
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
geoscientificInformation
USGS Thesaurus
bathymetry
bathymetry measurement
sea-floor characteristics
geospatial datasets
marine geophysics
multibeam sonar
Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
acoustic methods
marine geology
Data Categories for Marine Planning
bathymetry and elevation
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Puyallup River
Tacoma
Puget Sound
State of Washington
United States of America
None
Puyallup River delta
Pacific Northwest
North America
USA
None
USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator(s) of the dataset and in products derived from these data. This information is not intended for navigation purposes.
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
mailing and physical
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz
CA
95060-5792
US
831-427-4747
pcmsc_data@usgs.gov
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Not applicable for raster data.
Unspecified
Complete
0.5 meters
0.5 percent of the water depth
The bathymetry data were collected along a continuous swath perpendicular to the direction of the ship using a Reson 8101, an Elac 1180, and an Elac 1050D multibeam sonar system. The data were cleaned of bad navigation and depth readings. The depth readings were gridded into a common grid. The gridded data were converted to ArcInfo GRID format using ArcInfo's ASCIIGRID command.
20010330
James V. Gardner
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Geologist
mailing and physical address
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
MailStop 999
345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park
CA
94025-3561
USA
(650) 329-5469
(650) 329-5411
jvgardner@usgs.gov
Edits were made to bring the metadata up to current PCMSC standards including using authors' names as originators in Citation, adding a doi# link, correcting typos, refining keywords, and using current access and distribution liability statements. Point of Contact and Metadata Contact information sections were changed to static PCMSC contact information. Users are advised to compare the metadata date of this file to any similar file to ensure they are using the most recent version.
20191202
Susan A Cochran
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
mailing and physical
2885 Mission St.
Santa Cruz
CA
95060
United States
831-460-7545
scochran@usgs.gov
Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed.
20201019
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Raster
Grid Cell
1265
1291
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Universal Transverse Mercator
10
0.999600
-123.000000
0.000000
500000.000000
0.000000
row and column
3.996899
3.996899
meters
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
PUBATHG is an ArcInfo GRID with the following attributes:
Data Type: Floating
BOUNDARY (UTM meters)
Xmin = 539459.520
Xmax = 544619.516
Ymin = 5234276.838
Ymax = 5239332.915
STATISTICS (grid cell values, elevation in meters)
Minimum Value = -170.690
Maximum Value = -1.190
Mean = -89.940
Standard Deviation = 47.856
none
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
mailing and physical address
Box 25286
Denver
CO
80225
USA
(888) ASK-USGS
Downloadable Data R-01-WA data set
Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
ArcInfo GRID format
8.0.2
6.287
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/0266/data/ascii/puy3m.zip
Data can be downloaded using the Network_Resource_Name link.
None
These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) ArcInfo GRID format. The user must have software capable of importing and processing the data file.
20201019
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
mailing and physical
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz
CA
95060-5792
US
831-427-4747
pcmsc_data@usgs.gov
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998