Data field · Event · Geographic area

Vertical datum

The named or coded vertical reference datum used for an elevation observation.

Who carries it ↓

1Data sources

1Providers

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Sources that carry it

1 source

U.S. Geological Survey

USGS Short-Term Network Web Services

Public REST services behind the USGS Short-Term Network and Flood Event Viewer. The API supports event, site, and location-based retrieval of high-water marks and returns event/site identifiers, coordinates, flag and survey dates, surveyed elevation, vertical datum, mark quality, height above ground, and riverine/coastal environment.

Free API National US 12 fields

Questions it helps answer

Flood inundation during the event Parcel flood inundation history

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