Geospatial data used for display purposes in HEC-RAS for levees, ineffective flow areas, are blocked obstructions are stored outside of the Cross Section block of information. A summary of additional cross section properties is summarized in Table B-4.
Table B-4. Addition cross section properties options for the spatial data file.

Keyword

Value Type

Value

Levee records

 

 

BEGIN LEVEES:

None

Marks beginning of Levees object.

LEVEE ID:

String

Levee identifier. Corresponds to ID in LEVEE POSITIONS object on cross section.

SURFACE LINE:

Location array

Array elements contain 3D coordinates of levee profile points. Array concludes with END:

END LEVEES:

None

Marks end of Levees object.

 

 

 

Ineffective flow area records

 

 

BEGIN INEFFECTIVE AREAS:

None

Marks beginning of Ineffective Areas object.

INEFFECTIVE ID:

String

Ineffective area identifier. Corresponds to ID in INEFFECTIVE POSITIONS object on cross section. Concludes with an "END:".

POLYGON:

Location array

Array elements contain 2D coordinates of ineffective area polygon points.

END INEFFECTIVE AREAS:

None

Marks end of Ineffective Areas object.

 

 

 

Blocked obstruction records

 

 

BEGIN BLOCKED AREAS:

None

Marks beginning Blocked Obstructions object.

BLOCKED ID:

String

Blocked obstructions identifier. Corresponds to ID in BLOCKED POSITIONS object on cross section.

POLYGON:

Location array

Array elements contain 2D coordinates of ineffective area polygon points.

END BLOCKED AREAS:

None

Marks end of Blocked Obstructions object.