Title: Fault Zones: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015
- Polygon data
- 2015
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Stanford)
Dates
- Issued: 2015
- Coverage: 2015
Publishers
- County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department
Summary
This polygon shapefile represents fault zones for the County of Santa Cruz, California that are characterized by fractures in the Earth's crust. These zones of fracture are designated by the Seismic Safety Element of the General Plan/Local Coastal Plan and California State-designated Seismic Review Zones. Fault Zones designated for review by the County include the Butano, Sargent, Zayante and Corralitos complexes. State-designated Seismic Review Zones include the San Andreas and portions of the Zayante and Butano complexes. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data created for Santa Cruz County, California. The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Unit falls under the purview of the County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. The GIS Unit serves all County departments and external customers and provides data on land, features and people of Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz County encompasses 4 cities and approximately 265,000 people. This coverage can be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analyses of geospatial data. County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. (2015). Fault Zones: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015. Santa Cruz County, California. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/px688rj5605. GIS Layer Number = 39/ State Fault Zones. Original Mapping Source: State of CA Special Studies Zones 1976; Seismic Safety Element, 1975. Map Used to Convert to GIS: State Special Studies Zones 1992. New Information Acceptable for Updating Maps: Revision of State Special Studies Zones. Parcel Specific Overiding Information: Report by certified geologist. County Fault Zones. Original Mapping Source: Growth Management Environmental Report Seismic Hazards Map ,1977; Seismic Safety Element, 1975. Map Used to Convert to GIS: Source Maps. New Information Acceptable for Updating Maps: General Plan amendment. Parcel Specific Overiding Information: Report by certified engineering geologist. Source maps boundaries were traced or transferred to USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle sheets. Boundaries were then digitized using known control points or intersections of roads for reference. For some sheets, as few as two known control points were available. The boundaries were plotted and reviewed by the County's Advanced Planning staff. These data were compiled from many different sources; therefore, the accuracy of the individual layers varies significantly, and some layers do not align exactly with others. In the urban areas, data are generally accurate within five to ten feet of their true geographic coordinates, but in the rural areas, data may be accurate to only within three hundred feet. With these limitations, the County of Santa Cruz disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy or correctness of this data. This disclaimer is exclusive and in lieu of any warranties, fitness for particular purpose, and/or any other type of warranty, whether expressed or implied. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Subjects
- Santa Cruz County (Calif.)
- Fault zones
- Faults (Geology)
- Geoscientific Information
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-122.273533, -121.598984, 37.249279, 36.899095)
- Geometry: BBOX (-122.273533, -121.598984, 37.249279, 36.899095)
Provider
Stanford
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Garcia, Paul, Price, Matt. Fault Zones: Santa Cruz County, California, 2015. County of Santa Cruz Information Services Department. Polygon data. https://purl.stanford.edu/px688rj5605
Format
Shapefile
Languages
- English