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Attributes for NHDPlus Catchments (Version 1.1): Basin Characteristics, 2002

Dates

Release Date
2010-01-01
Publication Date

Citation

Wieczorek, M.E. and LaMotte, A.E., 2010, Attributes for NHDPlus Catchments (Version 1.1): Basin Characteristics, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MBB7CN.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This data set represents basin characteristics, compiled for every catchment in NHDPlus for the conterminous United States. These characteristics are basin shape index, stream density, sinuosity, mean elevation, mean slope, and number of road-stream crossings. The source data sets are the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's NHDPlus and the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER/Line Files. The NHDPlus Version 1.1 is an integrated suite of application-ready geospatial [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Michael E. Wieczorek, US Geological Survey, Maryland Water Science Center
Originator :
Michael E. Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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nhd_bchar.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		38.06 KB application/fgdc+xml
nhd_bchar_mrb1.zip 4.96 MB application/zip
nhd_bchar_mrb2.zip 10.33 MB application/zip
nhd_bchar_mrb3.zip 12.91 MB application/zip
nhd_bchar_mrb4.zip 11.01 MB application/zip
nhd_bchar_mrb5.zip 10.52 MB application/zip
nhd_bchar_mrb6.zip 8.68 MB application/zip
nhd_bchar_mrb7.zip 6.51 MB application/zip
nhd_bchar_mrb8.zip 3.85 MB application/zip
nhd_bchar_mrbs.jpg thumbnail 157.6 KB image/jpeg

Purpose

This spatial data set was created and used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) specifically to estimate basin characteristics per watershed segment in the application of the national SPAtially Referenced Regression On Watershed attributes (SPARROW) model. The SPARROW model relates in-stream water-quality measurements to spatially referenced characteristics of watersheds, including contaminant sources and factors influencing terrestrial and stream transport. The model empirically estimates the origin and fate of contaminants in streams, and quantifies uncertainties in these estimates based on model coefficient error and unexplained variability in the observed data. For more information on the USGS SPARROW model please refer to: https://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/sparrow/intro/intro.html.
Elevation overlain with Major River Basins.
Elevation overlain with Major River Basins.

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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9MBB7CN

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