| Field Descriptions |
This page describes the database fields displayed in the model list, and provides descriptions of the values entered in the "Media" field of the database.
Each inventory record represents a
particular run, or vintage of a set of runs, modeling a particular stream
reach. That is, a record in the model list typically represents part,
not all, of a modeled stream or river. Your reach of
interest may have been modeled in separate runs. The subject model
is essentially identified by the following combination: STREAM + COMMUNITY + RUNDATE + NOTES.
ISWS Floodplain Model Data Inventory - Field Descriptions
| Field Name | Type | Field Length | Description |
| RECORD | Number | NNNN | Record number (uncoded sequential serial number) |
| BASIN | Text | 63 | Stream basin (ISWS Floodplain Information file room names) |
| STREAM | Text | 63 | Stream modeled, including stream and tributary name |
| COMMUNITY | Text | 31 | NFIP community or other geographic area of the model run, usually as labeled on model |
| RUNDATE | Number | YYYY | Year of model run, or estimated vintage of data if run date is unavailable |
| MODEL | Text | 7 | Model program abbreviation; e.g., HEC2. (Note: Some, but not all, floodway runs are listed as a separate record from the profile run.) |
| COUNTY | Text | 3 | County location of modeled reach (or most of the modeled reach) |
| MEDIA | Text | 7 | Storage media/format of ISWS copy of the data identified in this record (See table below.) |
| NOTES | Text | 63 | Brief notes may
include: reach limits, location
of files, past review, or identified revisions superseding all or part of
the listed model. Note: Comments are updated as models are requested, not automatically with each restudy or FIS revision. Any model or comment may be superseded by information not available at ISWS. |
ISWS Floodplain Model Data Inventory - Media Types
| MEDIA code | Description of Storage Media at ISWS Floodplain Information Services |
| CDIMG* | Scanned image (.tif) on ESDP CD |
| CDTXT | Unformatted text files, or binary files (FEQ, HECRAS), on CD |
| DISK | Unformatted text files on 3.5-inch floppy disk |
| DISK5 | Unformatted text files on 5.25-inch floppy disk |
| FICHE* | FEMA ESDP microfiche |
| FILM* | Microfilm |
| MEMO* | Documentation describing model parameters only, (actual input/output is not on file) |
| NONE | No model in ISWS files (used to identify certain models frequently requested but not on file) |
| PAPER* | Computer run printout or other hard copy thereof |
* Note: The ISWS delivers materials from these sources
in printed version only.