## GeMS validation of Waterbury_GeMS.gdb

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Database path: C:\Users\peter.strand\OneDrive - State of Vermont\Documents\ArcGIS\WaterburyQuadSurficial\WaterburyQuad_GeMS\DigitalData\Waterbury_GeMS.gdb
Output directory: C:\Users\peter.strand\OneDrive - State of Vermont\Documents\ArcGIS\WaterburyQuadSurficial\WaterburyQuad_GeMS\ValidateDatabase
Metadata file: C:\Users\peter.strand\OneDrive - State of Vermont\Documents\ArcGIS\WaterburyQuadSurficial\WaterburyQuad_GeMS\ValidateDatabase\Waterbury_GeMS.gdb_metadata.xml
Check embedded metadata: True
Skip topology check: False
Refresh GeoMaterialDict: False
Delete extra rows in Glossary and DataSources: False
Compact GDB: True
This database is LEVEL 3 COMPLIANT.
The database-level FGDC metadata are formally correct although the metadata record should be reviewed to verify that it is meaningful.
This file should be accompanied by Waterbury_GeMS.gdb-ValidationErrors.html and Waterbury_GeMS.gdb_metadata.xml_errors.txt in the same directory.
If this database will be submitted to the NGMDB, it also needs to be accompanied by a reviewed Geologic Names report that includes identification of any suggested modifications to Geolex. Use the Geologic Names Check tool to generate that report or provide other documentation of a review.
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### Contents

Compliance Criteria
Warnings
Content not specified in GeMS schema
Occurrence of MapUnits in DMU, feature datasets, or geopackage tables
Contents of Nonspatial Tables
DataSources
DescriptionOfMapUnits
Glossary
Database Inventory

### Compliance Criteria

#### LEVEL 1

Criteria for a LEVEL 1 GeMS database are:

- No overlaps or internal gaps in map-unit polygon layer
- Contacts and faults in single feature class
- Map-unit polygon boundaries are covered by contacts and faults lines

Databases with a variety of schema may meet these criteria. This script cannot confirm LEVEL 1 compliance.

#### LEVEL 2--MINIMALLY COMPLIANT

A LEVEL 2 GeMS database is accompanied by a peer-reviewed Geologic Names report, including identification of suggested modifications to Geolex, and meets the following criteria:

2.1 Has required elements: nonspatial tables DataSources, DescriptionOfMapUnits, GeoMaterialDict; feature dataset GeologicMap with feature classes ContactsAndFaults and MapUnitPolys | PASS
2.2 Required fields within required elements are present and correctly defined | PASS
2.3 All MapUnitPolys and ContactsAndFaults based feature classes obey Level 2 topology rules: no internal gaps or overlaps in MapUnitPolys, boundaries of MapUnitPolys are covered by ContactsAndFaults | PASS
2.4 All map units in MapUnitPolys have entries in DescriptionOfMapUnits table | PASS
2.5 No duplicate MapUnit values in DescriptionOfMapUnit table | PASS
2.6 Certain field values within required elements have entries in Glossary table | PASS
2.7 No duplicate Term values in Glossary table | PASS
2.8 All xxxSourceID values in required elements have entries in DataSources table | PASS
2.9 No duplicate DataSources_ID values in DataSources table | PASS

#### LEVEL 3--FULLY COMPLIANT

A LEVEL 3 GeMS database meets these additional criteria:

3.1 Table and field definitions beyond Level 2 conform to GeMS schema | PASS
3.2 All MapUnitPolys and ContactsAndFaults based feature classes obey Level 3 topology rules: No ContactsAndFaults overlaps, self-overlaps, or self-intersections. | PASS
3.3 No missing required values | PASS
3.4 No missing terms in Glossary | PASS
3.5 No unnecessary terms in Glossary | PASS
3.6 No missing sources in DataSources | PASS
3.7 No unnecessary sources in DataSources | PASS
3.8 No map units without entries in DescriptionOfMapUnits | PASS
3.9 No unnecessary map units in DescriptionOfMapUnits | PASS
3.10 HierarchyKey values in DescriptionOfMapUnits are unique and well formed | PASS
3.11 All values of GeoMaterial are defined in GeoMaterialDict. GeoMaterialDict is as specified in the GeMS standard | PASS
3.12 No duplicate _ID values | PASS
3.13 No zero-length, whitespace-only, or bad null values | PASS

### Warnings

There are 5 warnings

### Content not specified in GeMS schema

Some of the extensions to the GeMS schema identified here may be necessary to capture geologic content and are entirely appropriate. Please document these extensions in metadata for the database, any accompanying README file, and (if applicable) any transmittal letter that accompanies the dataset. Other extensions may be intermediate datasets, fields, or files that should be deleted before distribution of the database.

#### Fields

#### Tables

GenericPoints

### Occurrence of MapUnit in DMU, feature datasets, or geopackage tables

MapUnit | DescriptionOfMapUnits | GeologicMap
--- | --- | ---
Pldi | X | X
Pld | X | X
af | X | X
Pi | X | X
Pt | X | X
Plf | X | X
Pie | X | X
Haf | X | X
Paf | X | X
Ha | X | X
Hw | X | X
Hat | X | X

### Contents of Nonspatial Tables

#### DataSources

OBJECTID | Source | Notes | URL | DataSources_ID
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
7 | Wright, S. Dunn, R., and Springston, G., 2023 | Wright, S. Dunn, R., and Springston, G., 2023, Surficial Geologic Map of the Waterbury 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Open File Report VG2023-1, 1:24,000-Scale | https://dec.vermont.gov/sites/dec/files/geo/OpenFile/VG2023_1_SurfMap_Waterbury.pdf | DAS_104
6 | FGDC Standards | U.S. Geological Survey, 2006, FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization (PostScript Implementation): U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 11-A2 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/11A02/]. | https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/11A02/ | FGDC-STD-013-2006
3 | Geologic Map Schema | U.S. Geological Survey National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, 2020, GeMS (Geologic Map Schema)—A standard format for the digital publication of geologic maps: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 11, chap. B10, 74 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/tm11B10. | https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/11b10/tm11b10.pdf | GEMS_2020
4 | GSC, 2020 | Geological Survey of Canada, 2020, Cartographic symbol standard for geological map production, Open File 8572, 104 pages (2 sheets), https://doi.org/10.4095/327025. | https://doi.org/10.4095/327025 | GSC_2020
5 | USGS Surficial Materials | Soller, D.R., and Reheis, M.C., compilers, 2004, Surficial materials in the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 03-275, scale 1:5,000,000. | https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-275/ | USGS-OFR-03-275

#### DescriptionOfMapUnits

OBJECTID | MapUnit | Name | FullName | Age | Description | HierarchyKey | ParagraphStyle | Label | Symbol | AreaFillRGB | AreaFillPatternDescription | DescriptionSourceID | GeoMaterial | GeoMaterialConfidence | DescriptionOfMapUnits_ID
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | None | ARTIFICIAL FILL |  |  |  | 01 | DMU-Heading2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DMU01
2 | af | Artificial Fill | Artificial Fill | Holocene | Artificially emplaced material along road beds, embankments and in developed areas. Material varies from natural sand, gravel, or till to various artificial waste materials. Thickness varies. | 01-01 | DMUUnit1 | af | GSC_3.01.14.715 | 193,139,138 | Unpatterned fill | GSC_2020 | "Made" or human-engineered land | High | DMU02
3 | None | ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS |  |  |  | 02 | DMU-Heading2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DMU03
4 | Ha | Alluvium | Alluvium | Holocene | Silt, sand, and gravel deposited by modern streams. Includes stream channel, bar, and floodplain deposits. Wetland deposits are common within these areas and are not differntiated. Thickness in tributary valleys is typically less than 3 meters, although the depth may be much greater in the valleys of the larger streams. | 02-01 | DMUUnit1 | Ha | GSC_3.01.04.263 | 255,250,194 | Unpatterned fill | GSC_2020 | Alluvial sediment | High | DMU04
5 | Haf | Alluvial Fan Deposits | Alluvial Fan Deposits | Holocene | Silt, sand, and gravel deposited on terraces above the modern floodplains of streams. They are composed of a variety of channel, bar, and floodplain deposits. May include late Pleistocene alluvial sediment deposited onto freshly-drained glacial lake bottoms before the main stream and its tributaries incised down into the lacustrine deposits. Commonly less than 5 meters thick. | 02-02-01 | DMUUnit1 | Haf | GSC_3.01.04.257 | 255,229,107 | Unpatterned fill | GSC_2020 | Alluvial sediment | High | DMU05
6 | Paf | Alluvial Fan Deposits | Alluvial Fan Deposits | Pleistocene | Silt, sand, and gravel deposited on terraces above the modern floodplains of streams. They are composed of a variety of channel, bar, and floodplain deposits. May include late Pleistocene alluvial sediment deposited onto freshly-drained glacial lake bottoms before the main stream and its tributaries incised down into the lacustrine deposits. Commonly less than 5 meters thick. | 02-02-02 | DMUUnit1 | Paf | GSC_3.01.04.257 | 255,229,107 | Unpatterned fill | GSC_2020 | Alluvial sediment | High | DMU06
8 | Hat | Alluvial Terrace Deposits | Alluvial Terrace Deposits | Holocene | Silt, sand, and gravel deposited on terraces above the modern floodplains of streams. They are composed of a variety of channel, bar, and floodplain deposits. May include late Pleistocene alluvial sediment deposited onto freshly-drained glacial lake bottoms before the main stream and its tributaries incised down into the lacustrine deposits. Commonly less than 5 meters thick. | 02-03 | DMUUnit1 | Hat | GSC_3.01.04.269 | 255,242,042 | Unpatterned fill | GSC_2020 | Alluvial sediment | High | DMU07
12 | None | WETLAND DEPOSITS |  |  |  | 04 | DMU-Heading2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DMU08
13 | Hw | Wetland Deposits | Wetland Deposits | Holocene | Accumulations of organic matter and/or clastic sediment in low-lying areas. Includes a wide variety of wetland types. Commonly overlaying other deposits such as alluvium, lacustrine sediment, and/or till. | 04-01 | DMUUnit1 | Hw | GSC_3.01.02.012, GSC_1.01.01.024 | 210,211,213 | Patterned hatches (GSC_1.01.01.024) over solid fill (GSC_3.01.02.012) | GSC_2020 | Peat and muck | High | DMU09
28 | None | GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSITS |  |  |  | 09 | DMU-Heading2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DMU10
31 | Plf | Lacustrine Deposits, Fine-grained | Lacustrine Deposits, Fine-grained | Pleistocene | Clay, silt, and very fine to fine sand deposited in deeper waters or in distal lake bottom environment of a glacial lake. Oftentimes laminated. | 09-03 | DMUUnit1 | Plf | GSC_3.01.08.637 | 169,103,170 | Unpatterned fill | GSC_2020 | Lacustrine sediment, mostly fine-grained | High | DMU11
33 | Pld | Lacustrine Deposits, Delta | Lacustrine Deposits, Delta | Pleistocene | Well-sorted sand and gravel deposited in a glacial lake at the mouth of a tributary stream. Includes topset and foreset beds. May also include proximal bottomset beds if exposures permit. Although foresets are commonly steep, delta foresets in shoaling lakes may have considerably lower dips. | 09-05 | DMUUnit1 | Pld | GSC_3.01.08.613 | 197,176,201 | Unpatterned fill | GSC_2020 | Lacustrine sediment | High | DMU12
34 | Pldi | Lacustrine Stratified Diamict Deposits | Lacustrine Stratified Diamict Deposits | Pleistocene | Interbedded massive diamict layers and sandy layers fining upwards to silt-clay layers. Dropstones may be common in the stratified layers. Interpreted to represent subaqueous debris flows and turbidity flows deposited in an ice-proximal setting. | 09-06 | DMUUnit1 | Pldi | GSC_3.01.08.647 | 172,104,149 | Unpatterned fill | GSC_2020 | Lacustrine sediment | High | DMU13
39 | None | ICE-CONTACT DEPOSITS |  |  |  | 11 | DMU-Heading2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DMU14
40 | Pi | Ice-Contact Deposits | Ice-Contact Deposits, Undifferentiated | Pleistocene | Unsorted to poorly-sorted stratified sand, gravel, and silt deposited in contact with glacial ice. Surface may contain scattered kettle holes formed by melting of buried ice blocks or be a highly complex kame and kettle. | 11-01 | DMUUnit1 | Pi | GSC_3.01.07.217 | 247,145,090 | Unpatterned fill | GSC_2020 | Ice-contact and ice-marginal sediment | High | DMU15
43 | Pie | Esker Deposits | Esker Deposits | Pleistocene | Elongate ridge of ice-contact stratified sand and gravel deposited by glacial meltwater streams in tunnels within or beneath the glacial ice. | 11-04 | DMUUnit1 | Pie | GSC_3.01.07.229 | 247,144,052 | Unpatterned fill | GSC_2020 | Ice-contact and ice-marginal sediment | High | DMU16
44 | None | GLACIAL DEPOSITS |  |  |  | 12 | DMU-Heading2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | DMU17
45 | Pt | Till | Till | Pleistocene | Very dense to loose, unsorted to very poorly sorted material deposited directly from glacial ice. Contains a wide range of grain sizes, from clay or silt up to large boulders. Matrix commonly dominated by the silt or sand fraction. Surface boulders are generally common. Thickness is highly variable, from less than 3 meters to greater than 30 meters. | 12-01 | DMUUnit1 | Pt | GSC_3.01.10.373 | 200,221,189 | Unpatterned fill | GSC_2020 | Glacial till | High | DMU18

#### Glossary

OBJECTID | Term | Definition | DefinitionSourceID | Glossary_ID
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
43 | Abandoned Channel | A segment of stream channel that is still exposed at the Earth’s surface that has been cut off from the remainder of the stream. Includes oxbows and other abandoned channel segments on modern floodplains as well as older features preserved on alluvial terraces. | DAS_104 | GLO01
47 | Bedrock Outcrop | A location where exposed bedrock has been observed on the ground surface. | DAS_104 | GLO02
45 | Buried Channel | An ancient stream course that has been abandoned and later filled with sediment. | DAS_104 | GLO03
30 | Certain | Identity of a feature can be determined using relevant observations and scientific judgment; therefore, one can be reasonably confident in the credibility of this interpretation. | FGDC-STD-013-2006 | GLO04
32 | Contact | Boundary between major sediment classes | USGS-OFR-03-275 | GLO05
38 | Cross Section Line | Line representing where geologic materials were interpreted at depth. | DAS_104 | GLO06
34 | DMU-Heading2 | Paragraph style for formatted description of Map Unit Description second order heading. Font 12 pt, Bold, All caps, Centered; Line spacing Double, Space Before 12 pt | GEMS_2020 | GLO07
35 | DMUUnit1 | Paragraph style for formatted description of first-rank map unit. Font: 12 pt, Indent: Left 0", Hanging 1.25"; Line spacing Double; Tab stops 0.75" | GEMS_2020 | GLO08
56 | Geologic Contact | Contact between surficial geological features | DAS_104 | GLO09
37 | Glacial Striation or Groove | Ice flow direction from striations or grooves. Azimuth of direction of ice motion is given in degrees from true north. | DAS_104 | GLO10
33 | High | The selected term in the GeoMaterial field (and its definition) adequately characterizes the overall lithologic nature of rocks and (or) sediments in the map unit | GEMS_2020 | GLO11
44 | Ice Marginal Channel | Delineation of an accurate ice margin position based on features such as ice-marginal channels, moraines, and heads of outwash deposits. Dashed lines where inferred. | DAS_104 | GLO12
57 | Landslide | Site where there has been a movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope. | DAS_104 | GLO13
42 | Landslide Scarp | Site where there has been a movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope. | DAS_104 | GLO14
31 | Map Boundary | Boundary of mapped units. | FGDC-STD-013-2006 | GLO15
39 | Moraine | Narrow ridge of till and/or water-lain sediment deposited in the marginal zone of a glacier. | DAS_104 | GLO16
36 | Recreational GPS | Recreation grade Global Positioning System device | GEMS_2020 | GLO17
41 | Sand and Gravel Pit | Location where sand and gravel is or has been extracted for human use. | DAS_104 | GLO18
46 | Surficial Field Site | Location where a surficial feature has been identified or recorded. | DAS_104 | GLO19
58 | Tromino Site | Location of Passive seismic horizontal to vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) Tromino surveying | DAS_104 | GLO20
50 | Water Well | Location of drilled well. | DAS_104 | GLO21

### Database Inventory

This summary of database content is provided as a convenience to GIS analysts, reviewers, and others. It is not part of the GeMS compliance criteria.
DataSources, nonspatial table, 5 rows
DescriptionOfMapUnits, nonspatial table, 18 rows
GeoMaterialDict, nonspatial table, 101 rows
Glossary, nonspatial table, 21 rows
GeologicMap, feature dataset
MapUnitPolys, simple polygon feature class, 380 rows
ContactsAndFaults, simple polyline feature class, 1192 rows
CartographicLines, simple polyline feature class, 3 rows
OrientationPoints, simple point feature class, 154 rows
Stations, simple point feature class, 1843 rows
GenericPoints, simple point feature class, 2981 rows
GeologicLines, simple polyline feature class, 129 rows