Metadata: Regional Waterbodies

Regional Waterbodies

Category Hydro
Feature Dataset Name STAND-ALONE
Item Name Waterbodies_pdx
Database Type SDE
Originator City of Portland
Bureau Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Publication Date 06/06/2005
Abstract Regional streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and other surface water features. Only features large enough to be visible on aerial photographs or delineated from LiDAR data are mapped (more detailed stream information is available as centerlines). This data can be viewed online at www.PortlandMaps.com.
Purpose For identifying the location of streams and waterbodies.
Supplemental Information This dataset is regularly updated.
Last Dataset Update 08/16/2023 10:24
Last Source Update 08/09/2023 10:52
Maintenance/Update Frequency Continually
Extent Clackamas County, Multnomah County, and Washington County, Oregon
Data Type Vector
Shape Type Polygon
Feature Count 1410
Horizontal Position Accuracy Horizontal accuracy varies. For waterbodies mapped using photogrammetric data, accuracy appears to be roughly +/- 10' in most circumstances. Waterbodies mapped with differential GPS are within +/- 3'. Horizontal accuracy of waterbodies mapped with aerial photography and LiDAR is +/- 5'. The horizontal accuracy of waterbodies based on other sources is unknown.
Horizontal Position Accuracy Link Neither
Progress Complete
North Bounding Coordinate 877995.750000005
South Bounding Coordinate 528102.125
East Bounding Coordinate 7876784.5
West Bounding Coordinate 7497716.97834645
Theme Keyword(s) waterbodies, streams, rivers, ponds
Theme Keyword Thesaurus None
Place Keyword(s) Portland, Multnomah County, Washington County, Clackamas County, Oregon
Place Keyword Thesaurus None
Access Constraints Available for Public Use
Use Constraints These data are distributed under the terms of the City of Portland Data Distribution Policy. Care was taken in the creation of this data but it is provided "as is".

The City of Portland cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, or positional accuracy.
Source Dataset Type File Geodatabase
Output Geodatabase PUBLICSAFETY.GDB
Distribution Grid: State plane coordinate system 1983(91).
Units: International feet
Datum: North American Datum of 1983/1991 (HPGN)
Liability: The information in this file was derived from digital databases on the City of Portland GIS. Care was taken in the creation of this file. The City cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, or positional accuracy. There are no warranties, expressed or implied.
Format: Shapefile or File Geodatabase Feature Class - Data will be provided via City of Portland FTP Site.
Online Resource: http://portlandmaps.com/opendata
Online Instructions: City of Portland Public/Open Data is distributed via the PortlandMaps Open Data Site - http://portlandmaps.com/opendata. Data not available on the PortlandMaps Open Data site can be requested by contacting the City of Portland CGIS Group - maps@portlandoregon.gov
Transfer Size: varies
SPCS Zone Identifier: 5076
Contact(s)
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Neil Loehlein
503-823-7061
503-823-7800
Neil.Loehlein@portlandoregon.gov
1900 SW 4th Avenue, Suite #7100
Portland, OR 97201

City of Portland - BPS
503-823-7700
503-823-7800
BPS@portlandoregon.gov
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Lineage
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06/06/2005 Waterbody polygons were originally mapped by Metro. All waterbodies within the City of Portland or the Multomah County pockets were remapped by the Bureau of Planning. Waterbodies mapped by Metro were revised, existing waterbodies not mapped by Metro were added, and waterbodies that no longer exist were removed. All attributes from any Metro-mapped data were maintained in the updated waterbodies. Photogrammetric data (2' contours) and aerial photos were used as reference for remapping waterbodies. Any open water feature visible on the aerial photos or apparent as a depression in the 2' contour data was mapped. Waterbodies identified in the field were remapped to correspond with visual assessment (as recorded on a field sheet) and any GPS points collected. Waterbodies located in this matter were attributed with a "FIELD_DATE". All of this supporting information is in digital format and available from the City of Portland, Bureau of Planning.
04/26/2010 Waterbodies were updated in 2010 using LiDAR and LiDAR-derived waterbodies as reference. Attributes were also modified at this time to make the dataset compatible with the National Hydrology Dataset (NHD).

Web Services

Service Description Feature Access Layer
BES_Layers Referecne layers as used by various BES web content Dynamic Regional Waterbodies
BES_Layers Referecne layers as used by various BES web content Dynamic Waterbodies
BDS_Layers Map layers used to facilitate the permitting process Dynamic Regional Waterbodies
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Attribute Tables & Domains

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waterbodies_pdx
Table Description Waterbody shapefile attributes
Table Jurisdiction
Column Sort Column Name Column Alias Column Type Column Size Domain Value(s) Column Description
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1 WB_TYPE Waterbody Type String 30
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Lake Lake water bodies X
Other Open water features of an unknown or unspecified type X
Pond Pond water bodies X
River Large low-gradient river (i.e., Willamette River) X
Slough Columbia Slough water bodies X
Stream High-gradient stream (i.e., Johnson Creek) X
Stormwater Facility Open water features devoted to storm water storage or treatment X
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Type of waterbody
1 OBJECTID Integer 4
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A unique software ID for each polygon. May change when data is modified.
1 MAJOR_WB Major Waterbody? String 5
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Indicates whether the waterbody is considered "major" (for mapping purposes).
1 LLID LLID Integer 4
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1 NAME Name String 60
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1 LOC_NAME Local Name String 60
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1 SOURCE Reference Source String 60
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1 SOURCE_REF Reference Source Details String 30
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1 NHD_FCODE NHD Feature Code Integer 4
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1 WS_ID Watershed ID Integer 4
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1 HUC12 HUC Numeric 8
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1 HUC12_NAME HUC Name String 80
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1 MODIFIER Modified By String 15
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1 MOD_NAME Modifier Name String 15
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1 MOD_DATE Modification Date Date 8
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1 CREATED_BY Created By String 15
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1 CREATEDATE Creation Date Date 8
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1 FIELD_DATE Field Date Date 8
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1 REVIEW Flag for Review? String 5
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1 NOTES Notes String 150
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1 SUBAREA Maintaining Agency String 30
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