Select Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Reach Catchments and Modified Network Routed Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States
Dates
Publication Date
2018-10-02
Revision
2019-11-12
Revision
2021-01-31
Citation
Wieczorek, M.E., Jackson, S.E., and Schwarz, G.E., 2018, Select Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Reach Catchments and Modified Network Routed Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States (ver. 3.0, January 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7765D7V.
Summary
This metadata record describes a series of data sets of natural and anthropogenic landscape features linked to NHDPlus Version 2.1’s (NHDPlusV2) approximately 2.7 million stream segments, their associated catchments, and their upstream watersheds within the conterminous United States. The data were linked to four spatial components of NHDPlusV2: individual reach catchments, riparian buffer zones around individual reaches, reach catchments accumulated downstream through the river network, and riparian buffer zones accumulated downstream through the river network. All data can be linked to NHDPlus using the COMID field in these tables and the ComID in the flowline shapefiles or FEATURID in the catchment ones in the NHDPlus data suite. [...]
Summary
This metadata record describes a series of data sets of natural and anthropogenic landscape features linked to NHDPlus Version 2.1’s (NHDPlusV2) approximately 2.7 million stream segments, their associated catchments, and their upstream watersheds within the conterminous United States. The data were linked to four spatial components of NHDPlusV2: individual reach catchments, riparian buffer zones around individual reaches, reach catchments accumulated downstream through the river network, and riparian buffer zones accumulated downstream through the river network. All data can be linked to NHDPlus using the COMID field in these tables and the ComID in the flowline shapefiles or FEATURID in the catchment ones in the NHDPlus data suite. The datasets were derived using a topologically reconditioned version of the NHDPlusv2 routing network (Schwarz and Wieczorek, 2018). This database is used for the routing of upstream watersheds only. No cartographic changes were made to the original NHDPlusv2 in either the flowline or reach catchment line work. These data are listed under 13 themes which include:
Best Management Practices, characteristics such as agricultural management practices and land in conservation practices.
Chemical, characteristics such as nitrogen application or toxicity weighted use.
Climate and Water Balance Model, characteristics such as model outputs of runoff, actual evapotranspiration or ground water storage.
Climate, characteristics such as mean precipitation, temperature, relative humidity, or evapotranspiration.
Geology, characteristics such as Hunt or Soller surficial geologies.
Hydrologic, characteristics such as base flow or infiltration excess overland flow.Hydrologic Modifications, characteristics such as dam storage or tile drains.
Hydrologic Modifications, characteristics such as dam storage or tile drains.
Landscape, characteristics such as NLCD, CDL or NWALT.
Population Infrastructure, characteristics such as population, housing, and road densities.
Regions, characteristics such as EcoRegions, Physiography or Hydrologic Landscapes.
Soils, characteristics such as STATSGO, soil salinity, and soil restrictive layer.
Topographic Characteristics, characteristics such as basin area, slope and elevation.
Water use, characteristics such as estimated freshwater withdrawls and estimated freshwater consumption by thermo-electric power plants
These data allow researchers and managers to acquire landscape information for both catchments (i.e., the nearby landscape flowing directly into streams) and full upstream watersheds of specific stream reaches anywhere in the within the conterminous United States without having to perform specialized geospatial processing.
First posted - October 2, 2018 (available from author)
Revised - November 12, 2019 (version 2.0 - available from author)
Revised - January 31, 2021 (version 3.0)
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NHDPlusV2_us_Attributes_LandingPage.xml Original FGDC Metadata
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make_nhdplus_agg11_sas.txt “Text version of SAS code make_nhdplus_agg11.sas”
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index_master.zip “SAS fle needed for total accumulation processing”
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index_upnodes.zip “file of upstream node connections needed to run SAS script”
3.21 MB
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nhdplusv2_us_sas7bdat.zip “Routing databse (SAS) used in SAS script (Schwarz and Wieczorek, 2010)”
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Version_History.txt “Version History”
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metadata_table.tsv “Metadata Table for Parquet Files”
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Related External Resources
Type: Publication that references this resource
Schwarz, G.E., and Wieczorek, M.E., 2018, Database of modified routing for NHDPlus version 2.1 flowlines: ENHDPlusV2_us: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PA63SM.
Marti, M.K., and Ryberg, K.R., 2023, Method for identification of reservoir regulation within U.S. Geological Survey streamgage basins in the Central United States using a decadal dam impact metric: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2023–1034, 15 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20231034.
These data were created by the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment Project (NAWQA) which is part of the USGS National Water Quality Program (NWQP). This effort was undertaken to allow researchers and managers to acquire landscape information for both catchments (i.e., the nearby landscape flowing directly into streams) and full upstream watersheds of specific stream reaches anywhere in the within the conterminous United States without having to perform specialized geospatial processing. These data help support statistical analysis, map display, and model parameterization within the NAWQA program.
