Table 4-11 - Point On Site Symbol Classification Codes.

ARC/INFO FCODE	SOURCE	FEATURE	ATTRIBUTE	DESCRIPTION	REMARKS	IGDS LEVEL	IGDS COLOR	IGDS TYPE	SYMBOL
AD01000000	CCSM	Archaeological Area				13	1	7
HB01005000	Terrain	Arete		A narrow, jagged, serrate mountain crest, or a narrow, rocky, sharp-edged ridge or spur, commonly present above the snowline in rugged mountains sculptured by glaciers, and resulting from the continued backward growth of the walls of adjoining cirques.		13	2	7
HB02105000	Terrain	Block Field		A level or gently sloping area covered with blocks derived from underlying bedrock or drift by weathering and/or frost heave, and having undergone no significant downslope movement; characteristic of periglacial regions.		13	3	7
HB02485000	Terrain	Boulder Field		A flat or gently sloping area covered with a continuous veneer of large angular and subangular blocks of rock, derived from well-jointed underlying bedrock by intensive frost action and usually occurring in situ on high, flat topped mountains.		13	4	7
GA03950000	CCSM	Canal				See TRIM IGDS specifications
HB04600000	CCSM	Cave		A naturally-formed, subterranean open area or chamber, or series of chambers. The implication of size is that it is large enough for a human being to enter. Partial synonym: cavern.	(symbol)	13	6	7
HB05450000	CCSM	Cinder Cone		A steep-sided conical hill formed by the accumulation of cinders and other pyroclastic deposits around a volcanic vent; normally of basaltic or andestic composition.		13	7	7

ARC/INFO FCODE	SOURCE	FEATURE	ATTRIBUTE	DESCRIPTION	REMARKS	IGDS LEVEL	IGDS COLOR	IGDS TYPE	SYMBOL
HB05475000	Terrain	Cirque		A rounded recess in a mountain formed by glacial erosion, with steep head and side walls, and a relatively gently-sloping floor that is commonly a basin with a small lake and terminated down valley by a convex break of slope.		13	8	7
HB07585000	Terrain	Crag		A streamlined hill consisting of a knob of resistant bedrock.		13	9	7
FE07885000	Terrain	Cross-Section		A two-dimensional representation through the subsurface.	Sampling layer	13	10	7
DD08300000	CCSM	Cut Earthwork	Railway			See TRIM IGDS specifications
DD08350000	CCSM	Cut Earthwork	Road	An excavation made to allow the level or nearly level passage of a road or track through a hill. See also 'fill'.		See TRIM IGDS specifications
GA08450000	CCSM	Dam	section. Top	A barrier to prevent the flow of water, or to raise and control the level of water by forming a reservoir.		See TRIM IGDS specifications
GA08800000	CCSM	Ditch		A trench dug in the earth, as for drainage or irrigation.		See TRIM IGDS specifications
HB09050000	CCSM	Drumlin		A streamlined hill or ridge of till or other drift, with a long axis that parallels the direction of former ice flow; generally the upstream end is widest and highest, and the drumlin tapers in the downflow direction.		13	15	7
GB09150000	CCSM	Dugout		Any shallow artificial pond or other water filled excavation.		13	16	7
HB09250000	CCSM	Dune		A low ridge, hummock, or mound of loose sandy material transported and deposited by wind.		13	17	7
HB09250001	CCSM	Dune	Inactive	A stabilized, low ridge, hummock, or mound of loose sandy material transported and deposited by wind.		13	18	7
DD09900000	CCSM	Embankment Fill	Railway			See TRIM IGDS specifications
DD09950000	CCSM	Fill Embankment	Road			See TRIM IGDS specifications
HB10150000	CCSM	Escarpment		A steep slope that is usually of great lateral extent compared to its height, such as the risers of river terraces and steep faces associated with stratified rocks.		13	21	7
HB10150310	Terrain	Escarpment	Bedrock - definite	A clear and obvious line of bedrock cliffs or bluffs produced by faulting or by erosion.		13	22	7
HB10150319	Terrain	Escarpment	Bedrock - indefinite	An unclear line of bedrock cliffs or bluffs produced by faulting or by erosion.		13	23	7
HB10150320	Terrain	Escarpment	Overburden - definite	A clear and obvious relatively steep and straight, cliff-like face or slope composed of unconsolidated sediment.		13	24	7
HB10150329	Terrain	Escarpment	Overburden - indefinite	An unclear relatively steep and straight, cliff-like face or slope composed of unconsolidated sediment.		13	25	7
HB10200000	CCSM	Esker		A sinuous ridge of sand and gravel resulting from deposition by meltwater in a tunnel beneath or within a glacier or ice sheet. The ridges generally trend at right angles to a glacier margin.		13	26	7

HB10200310	CCSM	Esker	flow known	A sinuous ridge of sand and gravel resulting from deposition by meltwater in a tunnel beneath or within a glacier or ice sheet. The ridges generally trend at right angles to a glacier margin. Flow direction during deposition is known.		13	27	7
HB10200319	CCSM	Esker	flow unknown	A sinuous ridge of sand and gravel resulting from deposition by meltwater in a tunnel beneath or within a glacier or ice sheet. The ridges generally trend at right angles to a glacier margin but the direction of flow during deposition is unknown.		13	28	7
GA10450000	CCSM	Falls		A waterfall which in most cases starts with a series of rapids, then goes over a vertical or near vertical drop and ends with a cataract over the debris at the bottom of the drop. Many topographic maps give the height of the vertical drop if over a specific height.	(line)	See TRIM IGDS specifications
HB10495110	Terrain	Fan	Alluvial	A fan-shaped deposit of fluvial sand and gravel, usually located at the mouth of a tributary valley; a type of floodplain.		13	30	7
HB10495120	Terrain	Fan	Colluvial	A fan-shaped mass of sediments deposited by colluvial processes, most commonly debris flows.		13	31	7
HB10495130	Terrain	Fan	Talus Cone	A small, cone-shaped or apron-like landform at the base of a cliff, consisting of poorly sorted talus that has accumulated episodically.		13	32	7
GD11400000	CCSM	Flow Arrow		An arrow placed on a map to show the direction of flow.		See TRIM IGDS specifications
HB11775000	Terrain	Fossil		An area in which remains, traces, or imprints of a plant or animal has been preserved by natural processes.		13	34	7
HB11775110	Terrain	Fossil	Marine	An area in which remains, traces, or imprints of a plant or animal has been preserved by natural processes in a marine environment.		13	35	7
HB11775120	Terrain	Fossil	Terrestrial	An area in which remains, traces, or imprints of a plant or animal has been preserved by natural processes in a terrestrial environment.		13	36	7
GD12300000	CCSM	Glacier		A body of ice formed by the compaction and recrystallization of snow, that has definite lateral limits, and with motion in a definite direction.		See TRIM IGDS specifications
HB14315000	Terrain	Ice Contact Delta		An accumulation of stream-transported sediments deposited in a body of water, on or in contact with glacial ice. The landform is flat or very gently sloping, and triangular or fan-shaped in plan.		13	38	7
HB15065000	Terrain	Kame		Irregular or conical hillocks composed chiefly of sand and gravel; formed by deposition of meltwater-transported sediments in contact with (against, within, or upon) stagnant glacier ice; a type of glaciofluvial deposit.		13	39	7
HB15125000	Terrain	Kettle Hole		A closed depression or hollow in glacial drift which has resulted from the melting of a buried or partly buried mass of glacier ice; common in glaciofluvial deposits.		13	40	7
GB15250000	CCSM	Lagoon		A small narrow stretch of sea water separated or partly separated from the ocean by a low, narrow, elongate strip of land.		13	41	7
GB15300000	CCSM	Lake	Definite	A large, inland body of salt or fresh water, entirely surrounded by land. Larger than a pond.		See TRIM IGDS specifications
GB15300120	CCSM	Lake	Dry	A lake bed from which all water has drained or evaporated.		See TRIM IGDS specifications
GB15300140	CCSM	Lake	Intermittent			See TRIM IGDS specifications
HB15850000	CCSM	Lava Bed		A landform area covered with lava.		13	45	7
HB16415110	Terrain	Linear Feature	Direction Known	A feature arranged in a line or lines.		13	46	7
HB16415119	Terrain	Linear Feature	Direction Unknown	A feature arranged in a line or lines.		13	47	7
GC17100000	CCSM	Marsh		A water-saturated, poorly drained area, intermittently, or permanently water covered, having aquatic and grasslike vegetation, essentially without trees and without peat like accumulation. See also Bog, Fen.	area outline	See TRIM IGDS specifications
HB17275110	Terrain	Meltwater Channel	Definite	A channel or valley formed or followed by a glacial meltwater stream.		13	49	7
HB17275119	Terrain	Meltwater Channel	Indefinite	A channel or valley formed or followed by a glacial meltwater stream.		13	50	7
HB17275120	Terrain	Meltwater Channel	Lateral, Definite	A channel or valley formed or followed by a glacial meltwater stream.		13	51	7
HB17275129	Terrain	Meltwater Channel	Lateral, Indefinite	A channel or valley formed or followed by a glacial meltwater stream.		13	52	7
HB17275130	Terrain	Meltwater Channel	Left Bank	A channel or valley formed or followed by a glacial meltwater stream.		13	53	7
HB17275140	Terrain	Meltwater Channel	Right Bank	A channel or valley formed or followed by a glacial meltwater stream.		13	54	7
HB17275150	Terrain	Meltwater Channel	Subglacial, Definite	A channel or valley formed or followed by a glacial meltwater stream.		13	55	7
HB17275159	Terrain	Meltwater Channel	Subglacial, Indefinite	A channel or valley formed or followed by a glacial meltwater stream.		13	56	7
AG17600000	CCSM	Mine	Open Pit	A pit or excavation from which ores, coal, etc. are taken by digging. A open pit mine is generally larger and deeper tan a quarry.		13	57	7
AG17700000	CCSM	Mine	Strip			13	58	7
AP30300000	CCSM	Mine	Tailing Area	Refuse material separated as residue in the mining and milling of ore, and deposited in the vicinity of the mine.		13	128	7
AB17500000	CCSM	Mine	Underground			13	59	7
AB17500001	CCSM	Mine	Underground Abandoned			13	60	7
CG17800000	CCSM	Mine Entrance	Adit	A near horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.		13	61	7
CG17800001	CCSM	Mine Entrance	Adit Abandoned			13	62	7
CG17900000	CCSM	Mine Shaft		A vertical or inclined excavation through which a mine is worked.		13	63	7
CG17900001	CCSM	Mine Shaft	Abandoned			13	64	7
HB18700000	CCSM	Moraine		A landform that consists of till or, less commonly of other drift; it exhibits a variety of shapes, ranging from plains to mounds and ridges, that are initial constructional forms independent of underlying bedrock or older materials.		13	65	7
HB18700110	CCSM	Moraine	Lateral	A ridge built along the side of a valley glacier.		13	66	7
HB18700119	CCSM	Moraine	Lateral Indefinite	An indefinite ridge built along the side of a valley glacier.		13	67	7
HB18700120	CCSM	Moraine	Medial	A morainal ridge in the middle of a glacier, parallel to the direction of glacier flow, and formed the by the union of lateral moraines of two coalescing glaciers.		13	68	7
HB18700129	CCSM	Moraine	Medial Indefinite	An indefinite morainal ridge in the middle of a glacier, parallel to the direction of glacier flow, and formed the by the union of lateral moraines of two coalescing glaciers.		13	69	7
HB18700130	CCSM	Moraine	Terminal	The end moraine that marks the furthest point reached by an advancing glacier.		13	70	7
HB18700139	CCSM	Moraine	Terminal Indefinite	The indefinite end moraine that marks the furthest point reached by an advancing glacier.		13	71	7
HB19265110	Terrain	Occurrence / Concentration	Gravel			13	72	7
HB19265120	Terrain	Occurrence / Concentration	Peat	A concentration of semi-carbonized plant remains.		13	73	7
HB19265130	Terrain	Occurrence / Concentration	Sand	A concentration of sand particles between 0.62-2 mm.		13	74	7
GD21065000	Terrain	Permafrost		Ground in which temperature has remained below 0 degrees Celsius continuously for at least 2 years, regardless of type of material or water content; a thermal condition.		13	75	7
HB21515000	Terrain	Piping		Subsurface erosion of particulate materials by flowing water, resulting in the formation of underground caves and conduits and the development of collapse-depressions at the land surface.		13	76	7
AG21550000	CCSM	Pit	Gravel Sand	An excavation where sand or gravel has been removed for use in construction. It is not used in Canada as a synonym for coal mine. A borrow pit is the excavation left when earth or sand have been removed.		13	77	7
AG21550001	CCSM	Pit	Abandoned			13	78	7
AG21550110	CCSM	Pit	Gravel	An open pit where gravel is mined.		13	79	7
AG21550120	CCSM	Pit	Sand	An open pit where sand is mined.		13	80	7
AG21550130	CCSM	Pit	Shale			13	81	7
AG22450000	CCSM	Quarry	Dry	An open excavation for which building stone, slate etc. is obtained.		13	82	7
GB22500000	CCSM	Quarry	Water Filled			13	83	7
HB23050000	CCSM	Raised Beach/Strand Lines		An ancient beach occurring above the present shoreline and separated from the present beach as a result of terrain uplift or the lowering of the sea or lake level.		13	84	7
HB23050310	Terrain	Raised Beach/Strand Line	Definite	An obvious abandoned shoreline.		13	85	7
HB23050319	Terrain	Raised Beach/Strand Line	Indefinite	An indefinite abandoned shoreline.		13	86	7
GA23500000	CCSM	Rapids		A fast flowing section of a watercourse generally with exposed rocks or boulders.	(line)	See TRIM IGDS specifications
GA24850310	Terrain	River/Stream	Gully	A small valley or ravine, longer than wide, and typically from a few metres to a few tens of metres across.		13	88	7
HB25335000	Terrain	Roche Moutonee		A knob of rock with a whale-back form, the long axis of which is oriented parallel to former ice flow, and having a smooth, glacially-abraded stoss (up-flow) slope and a much steeper and rougher, glacially-plucked lee slope.		13	89	7

GD25375000	Terrain	Rock Glacier		A tongue shaped or lobate, ridged accumulation of angular rock fragments containing interstitial ice that moves slowly downslope; morphologically similar to a glacier.		13	90	7
HB25400000	CCSM	Rock Outcrop		A portion on the surface where one or more bedrock geological formations are exposed.		13	91	7
HB25745000	Terrain	Sackung	Sagging Slope	Uphill-facing scarps on mountain sides that trend parallel to contours and developed as a result of gravitational movement.		13	92	7
HB27550000	CCSM	Sinkhole		A funnel shaped depression in the land surface that communicates with a subterranean passage developed by solution, common in limestone and karst regions.	(symbol)	13	99	7
HB27900000	CCSM	Slide		A landform feature consisting of a descent of a mass of earth or rock.	(area outline)	13	100	7
HB27900330	Terrain	Slide	Debris	Downslope movement of a mixture of saturated debris, including soil, weathered rock, mud, boulders, and vegetative debris.		13	101	7
HB27900333	Terrain	Slide	Debris - Flow	Rapid flow of a mixture of saturated debris, including soil, weathered rock, mud, boulders, and vegetative debris.		13	102	7
HB27900335	Terrain	Slide	Debris - Rotational	A landslide in which movement takes place along a well defined, curved shear surface. Material is a mixture of saturated debris, including soil, weathered rock, mud, boulders, and vegetative debris.		13	103	7
HB27900338	Terrain	Slide	Debris - Translational	Downslope movement of a mixture of saturated debris, including soil, weathered rock, mud, boulders, and vegetative debris on a surface which is roughly parallel to the ground surface.		13	104	7
HB27900110	CCSM	Slide	Mud	Downslope movement of mainly mud material.		13	105	7
HB27900120	CCSM	Slide	Rock	Downslope movement of mainly rock material.		13	106	7
HB27900322	Terrain	Slide	Rock - Fall	The relatively free falling or precipitous movement of a detached fragment of bedrock from a cliff or other very steep slope.		13	107	7
HB27900323	Terrain	Slide	Rock - Flow	Rapid flow of material dominated by rock.		13	108	7
HB27900325	Terrain	Slide	Rock Rotational	A landslide in which movement takes place along a well defined, curved shear surface. Material is dominated by rock.		13	109	7
HB27900327	Terrain	Slide	Rock Topple	Fractured rock failure, usually from a near vertical rock face.		13	110	7
HB27900328	Terrain	Slide	Rock Translational	Downslope movement of material dominated by rock on a surface which is roughly parallel to the ground surface.		13	111	7
HB27900340	Terrain	Slide	Soil	Downslope movement of material dominated by soil.		13	112	7
HB27900343	Terrain	Slide	Soil Flow	Rapid flow of material dominated by soil.		13	113	7
HB27900345	Terrain	Slide	Soil Rotational	A landslide in which movement takes place along a well defined, curved shear surface. Material is dominated by soil.		13	114	7
HB27900348	Terrain	Slide	Soil Translational	Downslope movement of material dominated by soil on a surface which is roughly parallel to the ground surface.		13	115	7
HB27955000	Terrain	Slide Headwall/Scarp		A steep slope at the head of a landslide.		13	116	7
HB27955119	Terrain	Slide Headwall/Scarp	Indefinite	An unclear steep slope at the head of a landslide.		13	117	7
HB28335000	Terrain	Snow Avalanche		A mass of snow and/or ice, sometimes accompanied by rock and vegetative debris, moving rapidly down slope.		13	118	7
HB28515000	Terrain	Soil Erosion		The loosening and removal of materials by wind, moving water and glacier ice.		13	119	7
HB28515110	Terrain	Soil Erosion	Badland	Rough, and steeply gullied topography in arid or semiarid areas, characterized by dry, loose soil. Infrequent, heavy showers cause unchecked erosion of the vegetation-free landscape.		13	120	7
HB28515120	Terrain	Soil Erosion	Rill	One of the first and smallest channels formed by runoff.		13	121	7
HB28515130	Terrain	Soil Erosion	Sheet	Overland flow or downslope movement of water taking the form of a thin, continuous film over relatively large area that is not concentrated into channels.		13	122	7
GF28750000	CCSM	Spring		A place where water flows or springs naturally from rock or soil.	(symbol)	13	123	7
HB29785000	Terrain	Striae		Fine cut lines (scratches) on the surface of bedrock or clasts formed by glacial abrasion; oriented parallel to former ice-flow direction.		13	124	7
HB29785110	Terrain	Striae	Movement Known	Fine cut lines (scratches) on the surface of bedrock or clasts formed by glacial abrasion; oriented parallel to a known former ice-flow direction.		13	125	7
HB29785119	Terrain	Striae	Movement Unknown	Fine cut lines (scratches) on the surface of bedrock or clasts formed by glacial abrasion; oriented parallel to an unknown former ice-flow direction.		13	126	7
GA30025000	Terrain	Surface Water Disappearance		The location where surface water disappears.		13	127	7
HB30715000	Terrain	Tension Crack		Open fissures in bedrock or surficial materials resulting from tensile stress; typically located at or near the crest of a steep slope, and indicative of potential slope failure.		13	129	7
GD31025000	Terrain	Tors		A small castellated hill of bedrock with open joint planes rising abruptly from a relatively smooth hilltop or slope; commonly surrounded by fallen blocks.		13	130	7
HB32850000	CCSM	Volcano				13	131	7
HB32850001	CCSM	Volcano	Inactive	A vent in the surface of the earth through which magma and associated gases and ash had previously erupted but which is now inactive.		13	132	7
GE33200110	CCSM	Water Mark	High	The mark left on a shore by the water when at its highest level.		13	133	7
GE33200120	CCSM	Water Mark	Low			13	134	7
GF33400000	CCSM	Well	Water		symbol	13	135	7