Title: "HAZUS: Hazardous Materials Sites" (2005) Description: Hazardous materials are those chemicals, reagents or substances that exhibit physical or health hazards, whether the materials are in a usable or waste state. The scale, and hence the consequences, of hazardous materials releases can vary from very small, such as a gallon of paint falling off of shelves, to regional, such as release of toxic chemicals from a processing plant. Most hazardous materials incidents have immediately led to human casualties only in cases where explosions have occurred. Non-explosive hazardous materials incidents, which comprise the vast majority, typically have led to contamination of the environment and temporary health consequences to human beings. Hazardous materials releases can also lead to fires. With specific reference to flood, hurricane, and earthquake caused hazardous materials incidents, the data thus far indicate that there have been no human casualties. The consequences of these incidents have been fires and contamination of the environment, and have led to economic impacts because of the response and clean-up requirements. PBS&J, using the 1999 version of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory database, processed this database for HAZUS. You should read the metadata and online documentation linked below before trying to download and use these data for the first time. | ||||
Keywords and Themes: Hazardous Substances, Hazardous Wastes, | ||||
Filename: HPLF.mdb | ||||
Dataset Name: Hazmat | ||||
Tiled By: 50 US States plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico | ||||
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Mapped Drive Folder: /fema/HAZUS-MH1.1 | ||||
Total size of data files: varies | ||||
Data Type: Geodatabase | ||||
Feature Type: Point, Tabular | ||||
Coordinate System: Geographic | ||||
Datum: NAD 1983 | Map Units: Decimal Degrees | |||
Spatial Extent: United States, Puerto Rico - data for some states may not be available | ||||
Created by: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | ||||
Released by: FEMA | ||||
Content Date: 1999 | ||||
Published Date: 2005 | ||||
Collection Name: HAZUS-MH 1.1 | ||||
Physical Location: Reference GIS Data Cabinet | ||||
Call Number: QE535.2 .S34 H39 2005 | ||||
Acquired Date: 2005 | ||||
Distribution Restrictions: Public Domain | ||||
Note: Non-NCSU affiliates may obtain HAZUS data by requesting it from FEMA | ||||
Links to Metadata, Documentation, and Mapping:
Record ID: 2528_hazusmh1 |
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