HYDROGL020 - U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas: aqueducts, canals, dams, intercoastal waterways, rivers, and streams

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 200301

Title:

HYDROGL020 - U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas: aqueducts, canals, dams, intercoastal waterways, rivers, and streams

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html>

Online_Linkage:

<http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/GISdata/basemaps/usa/water/hydrogl020.zip>

Description:

Abstract:

U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas represents the water feature areas of the United States.

Purpose:

U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas provides the water feature areas for geographic display and analysis at regional and national levels.

Supplemental_Information: Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:1,000,000.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1995

Ending_Date: 2002

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -178.065720

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.683853

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.222237

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.685579

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Hydrography

Theme_Keyword: Water

Theme_Keyword: Lake

Theme_Keyword: Reservoir

Theme_Keyword: Pond

Theme_Keyword: Canal

Theme_Keyword: Double-line stream

Theme_Keyword: Shoreline

Theme_Keyword: River

Theme_Keyword: Stream

Theme_Keyword: Intercoastal Waterway

Theme_Keyword: Swamp

Theme_Keyword: Marsh

Theme_Keyword: ArcView shapefile

Theme_Keyword: polyline

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Place_Keyword: United States

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Place_Keyword: Alabama

Place_Keyword: Alaska

Place_Keyword: Arizona

Place_Keyword: Arkansas

Place_Keyword: California

Place_Keyword: Colorado

Place_Keyword: Connecticut

Place_Keyword: Delaware

Place_Keyword: District of Columbia

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: Georgia

Place_Keyword: Hawaii

Place_Keyword: Idaho

Place_Keyword: Illinois

Place_Keyword: Indiana

Place_Keyword: Iowa

Place_Keyword: Kansas

Place_Keyword: Kentucky

Place_Keyword: Louisiana

Place_Keyword: Maine

Place_Keyword: Massachusetts

Place_Keyword: Maryland

Place_Keyword: Michigan

Place_Keyword: Minnesota

Place_Keyword: Missouri

Place_Keyword: Mississippi

Place_Keyword: Montana

Place_Keyword: Nebraska

Place_Keyword: Nevada

Place_Keyword: New Hampshire

Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Place_Keyword: New Mexico

Place_Keyword: New York

Place_Keyword: North Carolina

Place_Keyword: North Dakota

Place_Keyword: Ohio

Place_Keyword: Oklahoma

Place_Keyword: Oregon

Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania

Place_Keyword: Rhode Island

Place_Keyword: South Carolina

Place_Keyword: South Dakota

Place_Keyword: Tennessee

Place_Keyword: Texas

Place_Keyword: Utah

Place_Keyword: Vermont

Place_Keyword: Virginia

Place_Keyword: Washington

Place_Keyword: West Virginia

Place_Keyword: Wisconsin

Place_Keyword: Wyoming

Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico

Place_Keyword: Virgin Islands

Place_Keyword: U.S. Virgin Islands

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Public domain data from the U.S. government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Acknowledgment of the National Atlas of the United States of America and (or) the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: hydrogl020

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Overview of detail area (U.S. north east) showing data coverage.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The data set was checked for topological consistency using the Arc/INFO command BUILD. No other checks for logical consistency were performed on this data set.

Completeness_Report:

This is a subset of the data set available from the U.S. Geological Survey National Atlas. Removed unneeded attributes. Records with "Null" fields have been removed. Removed features also represented in National Atlas Water Feature Areas. Removed features with "shoreline" as not to conflict with other shorelines (e.g. NOS80k) used by the USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center.

This data set includes water features for all 50 States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Data completeness generally reflects the content of the original DLG files.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The geospatial part of this data set was originally extracted from the individual 1:2,000,000-scale State boundary Digital Line Graph (DLG) files produced by the U.S. Geological Survey which have a positional accuracy of 1,720 meters. It was updated several times using various sources whose horizontal positional accuracies are unknown.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: National Atlas

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 19991109

Title:

National Atlas Water Features: Streams and Waterbodies (hydrogm020.tar.gz)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html>

Online_Linkage:

<http://edcftp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/nationalatlas/hydrogm020.tar.gz>

Online_Linkage: <http://nationalatlas.gov/hydrom.html>

Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1972

Ending_Date: 1994

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS National Atlas water features

Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data

Source_Information:

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1999

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

This file was originally digitized by the National Mapping Division based on the sectional maps contained in 'The National Atlas of the United States of America' published by the USGS in 1970. The 1:2,000,000-scale Digital Line Graph (DLG) data were merged into a single national hydrography coverage. Where necessary to effect the merge, alignment changes were made. The names were taken from the USGS Topographic 1:100,000-scale maps. For Alaska, the names were taken from the USGS Topographic 1:250,000-scale maps. State lines across water bodies were removed from the national coverage. State attributes were assigned to the features.

Some spatial features were added and corrected. Some name attributes were added or corrected. All occurrences of St. were changed to Saint. Extra spaces were removed from the attributes. Hydrographic features for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were added. A minor adjustment was made to the shoreline in Galveston Bay, Texas.

Process_Description:

This file was originally digitized by the National Mapping Division based on the sectional maps contained in 'The National Atlas of the United States of America' published by the USGS in 1970. The 1:2,000,000-scale Digital Line Graph (DLG) data were merged into a single national hydrography coverage. Where necessary to effect the merge, alignment changes were made. The names were taken from the USGS Topographic 1:100,000-scale maps. For Alaska, the names were taken from the USGS Topographic 1:250,000-scale maps. State lines across water bodies were removed from the national coverage. State attributes were assigned to the features.

Some spatial features were added and corrected. Some name attributes were added or corrected. All occurrences of St. were changed to Saint. Extra spaces were removed from the attributes. Hydrographic features for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were added. A minor adjustment was made to the shoreline in Galveston Bay, Texas.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: National Atlas

Process_Date: 1999

Process_Date: 1999

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hydrogl020.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hydrogl020.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hydrogl020.shx

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Downloaded the archive file hydrogm020.tar.gz containing the data layer hydrogl020 from <http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html> and extracted it. Removed unneeded ArcInfo related attributes. Removed null records. Removed features also represented in National Atlas Water Feature Areas or available in more detail from other sources (e.g. shoreline). Created ArcView legend file (.avl). Created projection file (.prj).

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: hydrogl020.dbf

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: hydrogl020.shp

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: hydrogl020.shx

Process_Date: 20040315

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hydrogl020.dbf

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hydrogl020.shp

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hydrogl020.shx

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 42260

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: hydrogl020

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FEATURE

Attribute_Definition: The type of water feature.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Aqueduct

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

A structure designed to transport water from a supply source to a distribution point, often by gravity.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Braided Stream

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

A stream or river that flows in an intricate network of interlacing channels.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Canal

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

An artificial open waterway constructed to carry water, to irrigate or drain land, to connect two or more bodies of water, or to serve as a waterway for water craft.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Canal Intermittent

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

An artificial open waterway, that contains water part of the year, constructed to carry water, to irrigate or drain land, to connect two or more bodies of water, or to serve as a waterway for water craft.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dam

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A barrier constructed to control the flow or level of water.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Falls

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

A vertical or near vertical descent of water over a step or ledge in the bed of the stream.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Intercoastal Waterway

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

A system of rivers, canals and designated channels along the northern border and the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Stream

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: A body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Stream Intermittent

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

A body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse for part of the year.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: The water feature name.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Names for the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE

Attribute_Definition:

The two-letter abbreviation for each state in which the water feature is located.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standards 5-2

Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Earth Science Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing address

Address: 507 National Center

City: Reston

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 20192

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5920

Contact_Instructions:

In addition to the address above there are other ESIC offices throughout the country. A full list of these offices is at <http://mapping.usgs.gov/esic/esic_index.html>.

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data: hydrogm020.tar.gz

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.nationalatlas.gov>

Network_Resource_Name:

<http://edcftp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/nationalatlas/hydrogm020.tar.gz>

Network_Resource_Name: <http://nationalatlas.gov/hydrom.html>

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Format: tar

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: SDTS

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://nationalatlas.gov>

Network_Resource_Name: <http://edcftp.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/nationalatlas/hydm.tar.gz>

Network_Resource_Name: <http://nationalatlas.gov/hydrom.html>

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM

Recording_Format: tar

Fees:

There is no charge for the online option. For National Atlas files ordered on CD-ROM there is a base price of $45.00 per disc, a handling fee of $5.00, and a per-file charge based on file size. The charge for files less than 10 megabytes in size is $1.00. The charge for files that range in size from 10 to 150 megabytes is $7.50. The charge for files of 150 megabytes or larger is $15.00. The charge is $7.50 for the Streams and Waterbodies of the United States data set.

Ordering_Instructions:

To order files on CD-ROM, please see <http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html#q12>.

Technical_Prerequisites:

The data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS® or ArcView® 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, arcexplorer, is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data: hydrogl020.zip

Distribution_Liability:

Although this data set has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile

Transfer_Size: 24.896

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

<http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/GISdata/basemaps/usa/water/hydrogl020.zip>

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD_ROM

Recording_Format: tar

Technical_Prerequisites:

The data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS® or ArcView® 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data. A free data viewer, arcexplorer, is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20040315

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich

Contact_Position: Information Specialist, GIS Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2281

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vpaskevich@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None