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Runtime parameters
Database path: C:\Users\peter.strand\OneDrive - State of Vermont\Documents\ArcGIS\PeachamQuadSurficial\PeachamQuad_GeMS\DigitalData\Peacham_GeMS.gdb
Output directory: C:\Users\peter.strand\OneDrive - State of Vermont\Documents\ArcGIS\PeachamQuadSurficial\PeachamQuad_GeMS\ValidateDatabase
Metadata file: C:\Users\peter.strand\OneDrive - State of Vermont\Documents\ArcGIS\PeachamQuadSurficial\PeachamQuad_GeMS\ValidateDatabase\Peacham_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 Peacham_GeMS.gdb-ValidationErrors.html and Peacham_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.

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

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

There are 5 warnings

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

DataSources

OBJECTID	Source	Notes	URL	DataSources_ID
6	Springston, G., 2023	Springston, G., 2023, Surficial Geologic Map of the Peacham 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Open File Report VG2023-5, 1:24,000-Scale.	https://dec.vermont.gov/sites/dec/files/geo/OpenFile/VG2023_5_SurfMap_Peacham.pdf	DAS_105
5	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
103	None	ARTIFICIAL FILL				01	DMU-Heading2								DMU01
104	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
105	None	ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS				02	DMU-Heading2								DMU03
106	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
110	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	DMU05
114	None	WETLAND DEPOSITS				04	DMU-Heading2								DMU06
115	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	DMU07
118	None	MASS MOVEMENT DEPOSITS				06	DMU-Heading2								DMU08
119	Hta	Talus	Talus	Holocene	Fans or aprons of fallen blocks of angular rock at the bases of bedrock cliffs. May contain colluvial (slope-wash) deposits as well. Of variable thickness.	06-01	DMUUnit1	Hta	GSC_3.01.01.097	176,104,089	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Mass movement sediment	High	DMU09
141	None	ICE-CONTACT DEPOSITS				11	DMU-Heading2								DMU10
145	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	DMU11
146	None	GLACIAL DEPOSITS				12	DMU-Heading2								DMU12
147	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	DMU13
148	Ptm	Moraine Deposits	Moraine Deposits	Pleistocene	Composed primarily of till with variable amounts of stratified sand and gravel, deposited by glacial ice.	12-02	DMUUnit1	Ptm	GSC_3.01.10.377	132,187,118	Unpatterned fill	GSC_2020	Glacial till	High	DMU14

Glossary

OBJECTID	Term	Definition	DefinitionSourceID	Glossary_ID
16	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_105	GLO01
20	Bedrock Outcrop	A location where exposed bedrock has been observed on the ground surface.	DAS_105	GLO02
3	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	GLO03
5	Contact	Boundary between major sediment classes	USGS-OFR-03-275	GLO04
11	Cross Section Line	Line representing where geologic materials were interpreted at depth.	DAS_105	GLO05
7	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	GLO06
8	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	GLO07
33	Glacial Boulder	Large boulder that has been moved far from its source by glacial ice.	DAS_105	GLO08
10	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_105	GLO09
6	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	GLO10
4	Map Boundary	Boundary of mapped units.	FGDC-STD-013-2006	GLO11
12	Moraine	Narrow ridge of till and/or water-lain sediment deposited in the marginal zone of a glacier.	DAS_105	GLO12
9	Recreational GPS	Recreation grade Global Positioning System device	GEMS_2020	GLO13
14	Sand and Gravel Pit	Location where sand and gravel is or has been extracted for human use.	DAS_105	GLO14
26	Shallow Bedrock	Lidar-derived location point where bedrock is projected to be close to the ground surface.	DAS_105	GLO15
32	Till Site	Location where till has been characterized.	DAS_105	GLO16

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, 14 rows
GeoMaterialDict, nonspatial table, 101 rows
Glossary, nonspatial table, 16 rows
GeologicMap, feature dataset
MapUnitPolys, simple polygon feature class, 51 rows
ContactsAndFaults, simple polyline feature class, 151 rows
GeologicLines, simple polyline feature class, 27 rows
CartographicLines, simple polyline feature class, 1 rows
OrientationPoints, simple point feature class, 2 rows
Stations, simple point feature class, 295 rows
GenericPoints, simple point feature class, 220 rows