Western Lake Erie Restoration Assessment Degree Flowlines

Publication Date

2024-06-13

Jaenicke, M.E., Hopkins, A.L., Kowalski, K.P., Bozimowski, A.A., and Sanocki, C.A., 2024, Western Lake Erie Restoration Assessment Degree Flowlines: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YHM9Y0.

Type: Mapping Application

The purpose of the Degree Flowlines dataset is to quantify the degrees of hydraulic separation between each National Hydrologic Dataset (NHD) reach (stream) and Lake Erie. The higher the degree of separation, the less connected the river/stream is to the hydroperiod of the lake. Ultimately, reducing hydrologic disconnections of the coastal areas to the Great Lakes would benefit a coastal wetland restoration project. The culverts point layer indicates potential locations of culverts and other hydraulic control structures. This layer is important to understand the hydrologic connection between the coastal area and Lake Erie. It is provided for documentation of the interim step of the Degree Flowlines layer creation. The culverts dataset is not meant to be an exhaustive catalog of all culverts within the study area, rather only the ones through which NHD streams flow.

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