Emergency Symbology Reference - Infrastructures (version 2)

Infrastructures Symbology Reference (Version 2)

Infrastructures - The basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society, such as transportation and communications systems, water and power lines, and public institutions including schools, post offices, and prisons. (Source: www.dictionary.com, The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.)

Use this page to cross-reference the Infrastructures symbols with their definitions.

Changed or New symbols are marked by a plus sign (+) and have a light yellow background. Deleted symbols are marked by a minus sign (-) and have a light orange background.
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Symbol Types		Symbol Image				Key Stroke	Symbol Terms and Definitions
1.)	Agriculture and Food Infrastructure (Theme)					$	Agriculture and Food Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - Production and retail services of foodstuffs.
2.)	Agricultural Laboratories (Agriculture and Food Feature)					%	Agricultural Laboratories (Infrastructure Agriculture and Food) - Facilities used for scientific research in farming.
3.)	Animal Feedlots (Agriculture and Food Feature)					&	Animal Feedlots (Infrastructure Agriculture and Food) - Area designated for feeding livestock.
4.)	Commercial Food Distribution Center (Agriculture and Food Feature)					(	Commercial Food Distribution Center (Infrastructure Agriculture and Food) - Facilities used for the disbursement of marketable foodstuffs.
5.)	Farms Ranches (Agriculture and Food Feature)					)	Farms Ranches (Infrastructure Agriculture and Food) - A piece of land on which crops or animals are raised.
6.)	Food Production Center (Agriculture and Food Feature)					*	Food Production Center (Infrastructure Agriculture and Food) - The locus where foodstuffs are produced.
7.)	Food Retail (Agriculture and Food Feature)					+	Food Retail (Infrastructure Agriculture and Food) - Facility where foodstuffs are sold for a profit.
8.)	Grain Storage (Agriculture and Food Feature)					","	Grain Storage (Infrastructure Agriculture and Food) - Facility used for the housing of cereal seeds such as corn, wheat, barley, etc.
9.)	Banking Finance and Insurance Infrastructure (Theme)					-	Banking Finance and Insurance Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - The management of money and other assets and their protection. (Source: modified www.dictionary.com, The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.)
10.)	ATMs (Banking Finance and Insurance Feature)					.	ATMs (Infrastructure Banking Finance and Insurance) - An unattended machine commonly located at a bank’s exterior which dispenses money when a personal coded card is inserted. (Source: Modified from www.hyperdictionary.com.)
11.)	Banks (Banking Finance and Insurance Feature)					/	Banks (Infrastructure Banking Finance and Insurance) - A business establishment in which money is kept for saving for commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged. (Source: www.dictionary.com, The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.)
12.)	Bullion Storage (Banking Finance and Insurance Feature)					0	Bullion Storage (Infrastructure Banking Finance and Insurance) - A facility used to deposit and warehouse gold or silver bars or ingots. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com, Hybrid definition of ‘bullion’ and ‘storage.’)
13.)	Federal Reserve Banks (Banking Finance and Insurance Feature)					1	Federal Reserve Banks (Infrastructure Banking Finance and Insurance) - One of twelve regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com.)
14.)	Financial Exchanges (Banking Finance and Insurance Feature)					2	Financial Exchanges (Infrastructure Banking Finance and Insurance) - A marketplace in which shares, options and futures on stocks, bonds, commodities, and indexes are traded. (Source: Yahoo! Finance glossary: http://biz.yahoo.com/f/g/ee.html.)
15.)	Financial Services Other (Banking Finance and Insurance Feature)					3	Financial Services Other (Infrastructure Banking Finance and Insurance) - A business establishment for the provision of financial or monetary related products and services other than a bank. Locations which deal with money management business.
16.)	Commercial Infrastructure (Theme)					4	Commercial Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - The locus of where a business enterprise is undertaken. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com.)
17.)	Chemical Plant (Commercial Infrastructure Feature)					5	Chemical Plant (Infrastructure Commercial Infrastructure) - An industrial site where chemical substances and-or compounds are produced. (Source: Modified from www.hyperdictionary.com.)
18.)	Firearm Manufacturers (Commercial Infrastructure Feature)					6	Firearm Manufacturers (Infrastructure Commercial Infrastructure) - The location where hand weapons of explosive force when shot are mass produced. (Source: Webster’s New World Dictionary; hybrid definition of ‘firearm’ and ‘manufacture’.)
19.)	Firearm Retailers (Commercial Infrastructure Feature)					7	Firearm Retailers (Infrastructure Commercial Infrastructure) - The location where hand weapons of explosive force when shot are sold. (Source: Webster’s New World Dictionary; hybrid definition of ‘firearm’ and ‘retail’.)
20.)	Hazardous Material Production (Commercial Infrastructure Feature)					8	Hazardous Material Production (Infrastructure Commercial Infrastructure) - The locus of where hazardous chemicals and-or substances are produced and stored under regulated conditions.
21.)	Hazardous Material Storage (Commercial Infrastructure Feature)					9	Hazardous Material Storage (Infrastructure Commercial Infrastructure) - A storing location for a substance or combination of substances that because of quantity, concentration, physical, chemical, radiological, explosive, or infectious characteristics poses a potential danger to humans and/or the environment. (Source: San Diego State University Emergency Plan glossary; link at: http://bfa.sdsu.edu/emergencyplan/glossary.htm.)
22.)	Industrial Site (Commercial Infrastructure Feature)					:	Industrial Site (Infrastructure Commercial Infrastructure) - The locus of an industrial facility or facilities used for the commercial production and selling of manufactured goods. (Source: www.dictionary.com; The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.)
23.)	Landfill (Commercial Infrastructure Feature)					;	Landfill (Infrastructure Commercial Infrastructure) - An area of land or an excavation in which wastes are placed for permanent disposal, and which is not a land application unit, surface impoundment, injection well, or waste pile. (Source: The Federal Aviation Administration glossary. Link at: http://wildlife-
24.)	Pharmaceutical Manufacturer (Commercial Infrastructure Feature)					=	Pharmaceutical Manufacturer (Infrastructure Commercial Infrastructure) - The location where medicinal drugs are mass produced. (Source: Webster’s New World Dictionary; hybrid definition of ‘pharmaceutical’ and ‘manufacture’.)
25.)	Superfund Sites NPL (Commercial Infrastructure Feature)					?	Superfund Sites NPL (Infrastructure Commercial Infrastructure) - A location in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a candidate for clean-up because it poses a risk to human health and-or the environment. (Source: Environmental Protection Agency. Link at: http://www.epa.gov.)
26.)	Toxic Release Inventory (Commercial Infrastructure Feature)					@	Toxic Release Inventory (Infrastructure Commercial Infrastructure) - The location according to a publicly available database of chemical and other toxic waste releases. (Source: Environmental Protection Agency. Link at: http://www.epa.gov.)
27.)	Educational Facilities Infrastructure (Theme)					A	Educational Facilities Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - A building or collection of buildings or places that provides knowledge. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com, Hybrid definition of ‘educational’ and ‘facility.’)
28.)	College University (Educational Facilities Feature)					B	College University (Infrastructure Educational Facilities) - An institution of higher learning offering a course of studies leading to a Bachelor's or Master's or Doctoral degree. (Source: Adapted from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary definitions of college and university)
29.)	Schools (Educational Facilities Feature)					C	Schools (Infrastructure Educational Facilities) - A facility for the primary and secondary education of children. (Source: Adapted from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary definition)
30.)	Energy Facilities Infrastructure (Theme)					D	Energy Facilities Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - A building or collection of buildings and/or places that generates and provides electrical power.
31.)	Generation Stations (Energy Facilities Feature)					E	Generation Stations (Infrastructure Energy Facilities) - A facility equipped with special equipment used for the production of heat or electricity. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com, Hybrid definition of ‘generation’ and ‘station.’)
32.)	Natural Gas Facilities (Energy Facilities Feature)					F	Natural Gas Facilities (Infrastructure Energy Facilities) - A locus equipped with special equipment used to generate nuclear gas power.
33.)	Nuclear Facilities (Energy Facilities Feature)					G	Nuclear Facilities (Infrastructure Energy Facilities) - A locus equipped with special equipment used to generate nuclear power.
34.)	Petroleum Facilities (Energy Facilities Feature)					H	Petroleum Facilities (Infrastructure Energy Facilities) - A building or place that provides and distributes petroleum gas.
35.)	Propane Facilities (Energy Facilities Feature)					I	Propane Facilities (Infrastructure Energy Facilities) - A building or place that provides and distributes propane gas.
36.)	Government Site Infrastructure (Theme)					J	Government Site Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - The locus of where executive, legislative and-or judicial activities take place in the service of the government.
37.)	Military Infrastructure (Theme)					K	Military Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - Refers collectively to the four major branches of the United States’ armed forces as associated with, or performed by armed services as contrasted with civilians. (Source: modified sources.)
38.)	Military Armory (Military Feature)					L	Military Armory (Infrastructure Military) - A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are manufactured and stored, and also where training is given in the use of arms. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com.)
39.)	Military Base (Military Feature)					M	Military Base (Infrastructure Military) - The locus of where military personnel, weapons and supplied are located, and also where attacks and other operations are coordinated and launched. (Source: “Scholastic News” military glossary.)
40.)	Postal Service Infrastructure (Theme)					N	Postal Service Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - The system whereby letters, messages and other parcels are transmitted and delivered via the post office. (Source: Modified from www.hyperdictionary.com.)
41.)	Postal Distribution Center (Postal Feature)					O	Postal Distribution Center (Infrastructure Postal) - A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) facility where mail is sorted and routed. (Source: USPS web-page description of function)
42.)	Post Office (Postal Feature)					P	Post Office (Infrastructure Postal) - A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) facility that directly delivers postal services to the public.
43.)	Public Venues Infrastructure (Theme)					Q	Public Venues Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - An unrestricted place or places and events for a large gathering of people. (Source: Modified from www.dictionary.com.)
44.)	Church (Public Venues Feature)	-	-	-	-	R	Church (Infrastructure Public Venues) - A building for public and especially Christian worship. (Source: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)
45.)	Enclosed Facility (Public Venues Feature)					S	Enclosed Facility (Infrastructure Public Venues) - A roofed facility with walls.
46.)	Mosque (Public Venues Feature)	-	-	-	-	T	Mosque (Infrastructure Public Venues) - A building used for public worship by Muslims. (Source: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)
47.)	Open Facility (Public Venues Feature)					U	Open Facility (Infrastructure Public Venues) - An open air facility with or without walls, e.g., stadium, parking lot, etc.
48.)	Recreational Area (Public Venues Feature)					V	Recreational Area (Infrastructure Public Venues) - A place dedicated to the refreshment of strength and spirits after work. (Source: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)
49.)	Religious Institution (Public Venues Feature)					W	Religious Institution (Infrastructure Public Venues) - Any place of worship where religious services are held or prayers said by congregation loyal to a belief.
50.)	Synagogue (Public Venues Feature)	-	-	-	-	X	Synagogue (Infrastructure Public Venues) - The house of worship and communal center of a Jewish congregation. (Source: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)
51.)	Temple (Public Venues Feature)	-	-	-	-	Y	Temple (Infrastructure Public Venues) - A building for Mormon sacred ordinances. (Source: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)
52.)	Special Needs Infrastructure (Theme)					Z	Special Needs Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - Of or relating to people who have specific needs, as those associated with a disability. (Source: www.dictionary.com, The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.)
53.)	Adult Day Care (Special Needs Feature)					[	Adult Day Care (Infrastructure Special Needs) - The locus of a non-residential facility that provides supervision and assisted living services to adults, typically during the daylight hours.
54.)	Child Day Care (Special Needs Feature)					]	Child Day Care (Infrastructure Special Needs) - A service involving care for other people's children. (Source: www.dictionary.com, WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University.)
55.)	Elder Care (Special Needs Feature)					^	Elder Care (Infrastructure Special Needs) - The locus of a nursing home or a residential assisted living facility in which full-time care is provided for chronically ill, disabled, and elderly.
56.)	Telecommunications Infrastructure (Theme)					`	Telecommunications Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - The electronic systems used in transmitting messages, as by telegraph, cable, telephone, radio, television or computer. (Source: www.dictionary.com, The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.)
57.)	Telecommunications Facility (Telecommunications Feature)					a	Telecommunications Facility (Infrastructure Telecommunications) - Any facility housing telecommunications equipment, studios, control rooms, or personnel.
58.)	Telecommunications Tower (Telecommunications Feature)					b	Telecommunications Tower (Infrastructure Telecommunications) - A structure typically higher than its diameter and high relative to its surroundings to which telecommunications antennae are affixed. (Source: Adapted from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)
59.)	Transportation Infrastructure (Theme)					c	Transportation Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - Infrastructure, means of transport, and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers and-or goods. (Source: http://dict.die.net.)
60.)	Air Traffic Control Facility (Transportation Feature)					d	Air Traffic Control Facility (Infrastructure Transportation) - A facility operated by appropriate authority to promote the safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic. (Source: The Federal Aviation Administration glossary; link at: http://www.fly.faa.gov/Products/Glossary_of_Terms/ glossary_of_terms.html.)
61.)	Airport (Transportation Feature)					e	Airport (Infrastructure Transportation) - An area of land or other hard surface, excluding water, that is used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and includes its buildings and facilities, if any. (Source: The Federal Aviation Administration glossary; link at: http://wildlife-mitigation.tc.faa.gov/public_html/manuals/glossary.pdf.)
62.)	Bridge (Transportation Feature)					f	Bridge (Infrastructure Transportation) - A structure built over a gap to connect and maintain transportation flow between either sides of the gap. (Source: Modified from Webster’s New World Dictionary.)
63.)	Bus Station (Transportation Feature)					g	Bus Station (Infrastructure Transportation) - A terminal that serves bus passengers. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com.)
64.)	Ferry Terminal (Transportation Feature)					h	Ferry Terminal (Infrastructure Transportation) - The location of a vehicle-carrying and commuter boat line terminus. (Source: Modified from www.dictionary.com.)
65.)	Helicopter Landing Site (Transportation Feature)					i	Helicopter Landing Site (Infrastructure Transportation) - A site within a landing zone that contains one or more points for helicopters to land. (Source: Dennis J. Reimer Training and Doctrine Digital Library, military terms glossary. Link at: http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/3-21.38/gloss.htm.)
66.)	Lock (Transportation Feature)					j	Lock (Infrastructure Transportation) - An enclosed part of a canal or river equipped with gates for raising or lowering the level of water so that boats and other vessels may pass. (Source: Modified from Webster’s New World Dictionary.)
67.)	Maintenance Facility (Transportation Feature)					k	Maintenance Facility (Infrastructure Transportation) - A location where vehicles, machines or any other mechanical devices are serviced for inspection or repair. (Source: Modified from www.hyperdictionary.com.)
68.)	Port (Transportation Feature)					l	Port (Infrastructure Transportation) - A location on a waterway with facilities for loading and unloading ships and other vessels. (Source: www.dictionary.com, The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.)
69.)	Rail Station (Transportation Feature)					m	Rail Station (Infrastructure Transportation) - A depot where tracked transport vehicles or trains load and-or unload passengers or goods. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com, modified definition from ‘depot.’)
70.)	Rest Stop (Transportation Feature)					n	Rest Stop (Infrastructure Transportation) - A roadside facility at which motorists may purchase refreshments, use restrooms and-or acquire area information.
71.)	Ship Anchorage (Transportation Feature)					o	Ship Anchorage (Infrastructure Transportation) - A location suitable for securely anchoring ships and other vessels. (Source: www.dictionary.com, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.)
72.)	Toll Facility (Transportation Feature)					p	Toll Facility (Infrastructure Transportation) - A gate or booth at which money is collected before and-or after motorists enter or exit a toll road (turnpike). (Source: Modified from Webster’s New World Dictionary.)
73.)	Traffic Control Point (Transportation Feature)					q	Traffic Control Point (Infrastructure Transportation) - The location of absolute signals controlled by an operator to regulate and maintain transportation flow.
74.)	Traffic Inspection Facility (Transportation Feature)					r	Traffic Inspection Facility (Infrastructure Transportation) - Permanent facility equipped with scales where motor (shipping) vehicles transporting goods on public highways are required to stop and obtain gross vehicle and/or axle weights. (Source: Nextlinx, Link: http://www.nextlinx.com/tools_gloss10U.html. Definition of ‘weigh station’.)
75.)	Tunnel (Transportation Feature)					s	Tunnel (Infrastructure Transportation) - An underground passageway used to connect and maintain transportation flow between a physical or human-built obstruction. (Source: Modified from Webster’s New World Dictionary.)
76.)	Water Supply Infrastructure (Theme)					t	Water Supply Infrastructure (Infrastructure Theme) - The storage, disinfection, filtration and provision of drinking water to the consumer/community by means of pipelines, pumps, water towers, wells and other appurtenances. (Source: County of Maui (Hawaii) Water Supply glossary. Link at: http://mauiwater.org/glossary.html. Hybrid definition of ‘water system’ and ‘treated water.’ )
77.)	Critical Valves (Water Supply Feature)					u	Critical Valves (Infrastructure Water Supply) - A valve which regulates the speed, flow or pressure of a fluid. (Source: “Valve World” glossary, definition of ‘control valve.’ Link at: http://www.valve-world.net/glossary/index.asp.)
78.)	Dam (Water Supply Feature)					v	Dam (Infrastructure Water Supply) - A barrier constructed across a waterway to control the flow or raise the level of water. (Source: www.dictionary.com, The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.)
79.)	Discharge Outfall (Water Supply Feature)					w	Discharge Outfall (Infrastructure Water Supply) - The volume of effluent that is released into receiving waters at a given location and within a given period of time. (Source: Hybrid definition from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency glossary (term ‘outfall’) and from the United States Geologic Survey (term ‘discharge’). Modified. Links at: http://www.epa.state.oh.us/ddagw/Documents/swapdocglo.pdf and http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/dictionary.html.)
80.)	Ground Well (Water Supply Feature)					x	Ground Well (Infrastructure Water Supply) - An artificial excavation drilled into the ground for the purposes of withdrawing water from the underground aquifers. Source: Modified from the USGS Water Science glossary. Link at: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/dictionary.html.)
81.)	Pumping Station (Water Supply Feature)					y	Pumping Station (Infrastructure Water Supply) - Facility that lifts water up and over hills. (Source: Ridenbaugh Press. Link at: http://www.ridenbaugh.com.)
82.)	Reservoir (Water Supply Feature)					z	Reservoir (Infrastructure Water Supply) - An off-steam water storage facility that is filled with water pumped from a river or stream. (Source: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency glossary (term ‘upground reservoir’). Link at: http://www.epa.state.oh.us/ddagw/Documents/swapdocglo.pdf)
83.)	Storage Tower (Water Supply Feature)					{	Storage Tower (Infrastructure Water Supply) - A large (usually metallic) container for holding gases or liquids. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com.)
84.)	Surface Water Intake (Water Supply Feature)					}	Surface Water Intake (Infrastructure Water Supply) - A pipe through which wastewater is transferred directly to another site. (Source: USGS Water Resources of New Hampshire and Vermont glossary. Hybrid definition of ‘intake pipe’ and ‘surface water return flow.’ Link at: http://nh.water.usgs.gov/Publications/OFR01-328/ofr01-328_glossary.pdf.)
85.)	Water Treatment Facility (Water Supply Feature)					~	Water Treatment Facility (Infrastructure Water Supply) - A place designed to receive the wastewater from domestic sources and to remove materials that damage water quality and threaten public health and safety when discharged into receiving streams or bodies of water. (Source: USGS Water Science glossary. Link at: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/dictionary.html.)