Whatcom County GIS Metadata FEMA Designated Floodplains
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Whatcom County GIS
- Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
- Title: Whatcom County GIS Metadata FEMA Designated Floodplains
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: none
- Issue_Identification: none
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Whatcom County
- Publisher: none
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) floodplain boundaries for Whatcom County.
- Purpose:
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To delineate flood hazard areas for development and mitigation of potential flood damage.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Currentness_Reference: Current as of 19980000
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular
- Geographic: Extent: Whatcom County
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.333
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.655
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.003
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.626
- Description:
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: floodplain
- Theme_Keyword: hydrology
- Theme_Keyword: Floodplain
- Theme_Keyword: FEMA
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Washington
- Place_Keyword: Whatcom County
- Place_Keyword: Whatcom County
- Stratum:
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- Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Temporal:
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- Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Temporal_Keyword: current
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints: None
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Chris Behee
- Contact_Organization: Whatcom County Planning and Development Services - GIS
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Whatcom County Planning and Development Services - GIS
- Contact_Person: Chris Behee
- Contact_Position: Planner II
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: Mailing Address
- Address: Northwest Annex, Suite A
- Address: 5280 Northwest Drive
- Address: Bellingham, WA 98226-9099
- City: Bellingham
- State_or_Province: WA
- Postal_Code: 98226-9094
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (360) 676-6907
- Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: Unavailable
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (360) 738-2493
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cbehee@co.whatcom.wa.us
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
- Contact_Instructions: none
- Data_Set_Credit: Chris Behee
- Native_Data_Set_Environment: UNIX-Arc/Info
Analytical Tool:
Analytical Tool Description:
- Geographic: Information System
Tool Access Information:
Tool Access Instruction:
No public access
Tool Computer and Operation System:
Arc/Info SunSparc, Solaris 2.6
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report: This coverage is accurate, +/- 40 ft. per NMAS
- Completeness_Report:
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This coverage is complete, includes all flood hazard areas found in FEMA's flood atlas
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Not Applicable
- Lineage:
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- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description: digitized from hard copy FEMA 1:24,000 scale maps
- Process_Date: 199820000
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Chris Behee
- Contact_Organization: Whatcom County Planning and Development Services - GIS
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Whatcom County Planning and Development Services - GIS
- Contact_Person: Chris Behee
- Contact_Position: Planner II
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: Mailing Address
- Address: Northwest Annex, Suite A
- Address: 5280 Northwest Drive
- Address: Bellingham, WA 98226-9099
- City: Bellingham
- State_or_Province: WA
- Postal_Code: 98226-9094
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (360) 676-6907
- Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: Unavailable
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (360) 738-2493
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cbehee@co.whatcom.wa.us
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
- Contact_Instructions: none
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Planar:
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- Map_Projection:
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- Map_Projection_Name: UTM
- Grid_Coordinate_System:
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- Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator(UTM)
- Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
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- UTM_Zone_Number: 10
- Transverse_Mercator:
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- False_Northing: -5000000
- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
- Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
- Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Altitude_System_Definition:
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- Altitude_Datum_Name: National Geodedic Vertical Datum of 1929
- Altitude_Distance_Units: Meters
- Altitude_Encoding_Method: Attribute Values
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: arc
- Entity_Type_Definition: arc identifier for line to poly relation
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: lpoly#
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=5, type=binary
- Attribute_Definition_Source: defined by Arc/Info software
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: arc
- Entity_Type_Definition: length of line in coverage units
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: length
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=12, type=floating point, decimal=3
- Attribute_Definition_Source: defined by Arc/Info software
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: arc
- Entity_Type_Definition: system assigned coverage map feature ID
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: fema#
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=5, type=binary
- Attribute_Definition_Source: defined by Arc/Info software
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: arc
- Entity_Type_Definition: system/user assigned coverage map feature ID
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: fema-ID
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=5, type=binary
- Attribute_Definition_Source: defined by Arc/Info software
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: poly
- Entity_Type_Definition: calculated polygon area in coverage units
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: area
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=12, type=floating point, decimal=3
- Attribute_Definition_Source: defined by Arc/Info software
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: poly
- Entity_Type_Definition: length of polygon perimeter in coverage units
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: perimeter
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=12, type=floating point, decimal=3
- Attribute_Definition_Source: defined by Arc/Info software
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: poly
- Entity_Type_Definition: system assigned coverage map feature ID
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: fema#
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=5, type=binary
- Attribute_Definition_Source: defined by Arc/Info software
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: poly
- Entity_Type_Definition: system/user assigned coverage map feature ID
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: fema-ID
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=5, type=binary
- Attribute_Definition_Source: defined by Arc/Info software
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: poly
- Entity_Type_Definition: acres( )
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: acres
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=12, type=floating point, decimal=3
- Attribute_Definition_Source: defined by Arc/Info software
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: poly
- Entity_Type_Definition: FEMA Floodway
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: FEMAFW
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=5, type=binary
- Attribute_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: FEMAFW
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: FEMA Floodway
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FEMA
- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0,1
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 0=Outside FEMA Floodway 1=Inside FEMA Floodway
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: user generated
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: poly
- Entity_Type_Definition: FEMA 100 Year Floodplain
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: FEMA100
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=5, type=binary
- Attribute_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: FEMA100
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: FEMA 100 Year Floodplain
- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0,1
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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0=Outside FEMA 100 Year Floodplain 1=Inside FEMA 100 Year Floodplain
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: poly
- Entity_Type_Definition: FEMA 500 Year Floodplain
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: FEMA500
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=5, type=binary
- Attribute_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: FEMA500
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: FEMA 500 Year Floodplain
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: user generated
- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0,1
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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0=Outside FEMA 500 Year Floodplain 1=Inside FEMA 500 Year Floodplain
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: user generated
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: arc
- Entity_Type_Definition: "from" node number
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: fnode#
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=5, type=binary
- Attribute_Definition_Source: defined by Arc/Info software
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: arc
- Entity_Type_Definition: "to" node number
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: tnode#
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=5, type=binary
- Attribute_Definition_Source: defined by Arc/Info software
- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: arc
- Entity_Type_Definition: arc identifier for line to poly relation
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: user generated
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: rpoly#
- Attribute_Definition: input width=4, output width=5, type=binary
- Attribute_Definition_Source: defined by Arc/Info software
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Chris Behee
- Contact_Organization: Whatcom County Planning and Development Services - GIS
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Whatcom County Planning and Development Services - GIS
- Contact_Person: Chris Behee
- Contact_Position: Planner II
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: Mailing Address
- Address: Northwest Annex, Suite A
- Address: 5280 Northwest Drive
- Address: Bellingham, WA 98226-9099
- City: Bellingham
- State_or_Province: WA
- Postal_Code: 98226-9094
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (360) 676-6907
- Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: Unavailable
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (360) 738-2493
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cbehee@co.whatcom.wa.us
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
- Contact_Instructions: none
- Distribution_Liability:
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Use of Whatcom County's GIS Data Implies The User's Aggrement with The Following Statement: Whatcom County disclaims any warranty of merchantibility or warranty of fitness of this map for any particular purpose, either express or implied. No representation or warranty is made concerning the accuracy, currancy, completeness, or quality of data depicted on this map. Any user of this map assumes all responsibility for the use thereof, and further agrees to hold Whatcom County harmless from and against any damage, loss, or liability arising from any use of this map.
- Standard_Order_Process:
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- Non-digital_Form: Map, standard e-size or custom size.
- Fees:
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15 cents per linear inch b/w, color is 35 cents per linear inch.
- Turnaround: Time: 1-2 Working Days
- Custom_Order_Process:
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Contact Whatcom County Planning and Development Services - GIS, fee for labor $55/hr (1 hr min.) for any file manipulation other than copying.
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 19980410
- Metadata_Review_Date: Annually
- Metadata_Future_Review_Date: Annually
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Chris Behee
- Contact_Organization: Whatcom County Planning and Development Services - GIS
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Whatcom County Planning and Development Services - GIS
- Contact_Person: Chris Behee
- Contact_Position: Planner II
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: Mailing Address
- Address: Northwest Annex, Suite A
- Address: 5280 Northwest Drive
- Address: Bellingham, WA 98226-9099
- City: Bellingham
- State_or_Province: WA
- Postal_Code: 98226-9094
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (360) 676-6907
- Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: Unavailable
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (360) 738-2493
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cbehee@co.whatcom.wa.us
- Hours_of_Service: 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
- Contact_Instructions: none
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards For Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: 1995
- Metadata_Security_Information:
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- Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None
- Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified
- Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None
Generated by mp on Thu Oct 22 16:19:00 1998
