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Digital Contour Database of Closed Depressions

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Reddy, J.E., Kappel, W.M., and Root, J.C., 2020, Data for statewide assessment of New York's karst aquifers with an inventory of closed-depression and focused-recharge features: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HGN5IJ.

Summary

A digital representation of closed depression features overlying and adjacent to New York’s carbonate-bedrock aquifers. Includes closed depressions that are both natural and anthropogenic in origin. The features were derived from a digital contour database obtained from https://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/contour_data.php. The original contour dataset was generated from the National Elevation Dataset (NED) and the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) in a fully automated process. The process is described in U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5167.

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ClosedDepression_DigitalContourDatabase.kmz 770.75 KB application/vnd.google-earth.kmz
DigitalContourDatabase.gdb.7z 396.43 KB application/x-7z-compressed
pem19-0048_Fig30_ClosedDepressionCentroids_DigitalContourDatabase.pdf 2.39 MB application/pdf

Purpose

The geodatabases in this data release were used to develop a comprehensive inventory of closed depressions in the State of New York which overlie carbonate and other rock types that have the potential for developing karst features. The geodatabases were developed in support of Scientific Investigations Report SIR 2020-5030 (Kappel and others, 2020).

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