Fault Rupture Hazard Zones: Santa Clara County, California, 2015
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This polygon shapefile depicts fault rupture hazard zones applicable to unincorporated areas of the County of Santa Clara, California. The County is responsible for prohibiting location of structures for human occupancy across the traces of active faults in order to mitigate the hazard of fault rupture. According to the California Geological Survey, a fault is defined as a fracture or zone of closely associated fractures along which rocks on one side have been displaced with respect to those on the other side. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data for Santa Clara County, California.
- Purpose
- The Santa Clara County Planning Office is part of the Department of Planning and Development. Their primary function is to plan and regulate land use and development within the unincorporated portions of Santa Clara County. Other responsibilities include policy analysis, GIS services, research and technical assistance relating to land use, housing, environmental protection, historic preservation and demographics. The Geographic Information Services Department has taken on all those activities related to GIS data and GIS process and procedures that cross organizational boundaries. Santa Clara County encompasses 15 cities and approximately 1.7 million 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.
Description
Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
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Form | Shapefile |
Extent | 4.516 |
Place | San Jose, California, US |
Publisher | Santa Clara County (Calif.). Planning Office |
Date valid | 2015 |
Publication date | 2015 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Map data | Scale not given. ; W 122°12ʹ10ʺ--W 121°26ʹ39ʺ/N 37°29ʹ4ʺ--N 36°55ʹ1ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
Creator | Santa Clara County (Calif.). Planning Office |
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Subjects
Subject | Hazard mitigation |
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Subject | Earthquake hazard analysis |
Subject | Fault zones |
Subject | Faults (Geology) |
Subject | Surface fault ruptures |
Subject | Santa Clara County (Calif.) |
Subject | 2015 |
Subject | Geoscientific Information |
Genre | Geospatial data |
Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
Use limitation | There are no Use Constraints. The user must be familiar with GIS software and web maps to use these data. No support on the use of software or webmaps is provided. All information provided herein by the Santa Clara County Department of Planning and Development (SCCDPD) is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute a legal contract between the SCCDPD and any person or entity. Information on the website is subject to change without prior notice. Although every reasonable effort is made to present current and accurate information, the SCCDPD makes no guarantees of any kind.The SCCDPD, its employees, officers, content providers, affiliates or other representatives are not liable for damages of any kind (including, without limitation, lost profits, direct, indirect, compensatory, consequential, exemplary, special, incidental, or punitive damages) arising out of your useof, your inability to use, or the performance of this website or the content whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. |
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/ch244zh9834 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
- Copyright
- This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- Santa Clara County, California. Planning Office. (2015). Fault Rupture Hazard Zones: Santa Clara County, California, 2015. Santa Clara County, Calif. Planning Office. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/ch244zh9834.
Collection
Santa Clara County, California GIS Maps & Data
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