Tag:memorial=flood_mark

A memorial that includes a marker indicating the level reached by the water during a historic flood. The marker may be an engraved inscription, a painting, a plaque, etc.

memorial=flood_mark is used in combination with historic=memorial to indicate the level reached by water and also to commemorate the historic event of a flood. If the object is not a memorial, please do not use memorial=flood_mark.

How to map

Add a node and tag it with historic=memorial + memorial=flood_mark.

Tags used in combination

• flood_mark=* - To specify the type of flood mark (how the mark is displayed). Some possible values are plaque, engraving or painting.
• flood_date=* - The date of the flood written as yyyy-mm-dd.
• inscription=* - The text of an inscription that may be found next to the mark (if any).

Examples

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  Plaque marking the height of the 1990 flood on the Town hall at Nyngan, New South Wales.
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  Plaque marking the height of the 1907 flood on a house in Málaga, Spain.
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  Engraving marking the height of the 1907 flood on a building in Málaga, Spain.

Possible tagging mistakes

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More details at taginfo

• memorial:type=flood_mark

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See also

• historic=flood_mark - An alternative tagging for a flood mark
• historic=highwater_mark - An alternative tagging for a flood mark.