Metadata Gaging Stations
USEPA STORET Stream Flow Data from Gaging Stations in CONUS
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- Entity and Attribute Information
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- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Water
- Publication_Date: 19980227
- Title: USEPA STORET Stream Flow Data from Gaging Stations in CONUS
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Washington DC
- Publisher: US EPA/Office of Water
- Online_Linkage:
- For BASINS model and data
Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Non-point Sources (BASINS)
For documentation and flow data
Water Quality Data
- Description:
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- Abstract:
- Inventory of surface water gaging station data including 7-Q-10 low and monthly stream flow.
- Purpose:
- Inventory of surface water gaging station data used for water quality studies, waste load allocations, distribution studies, and advanced waste treatment assessments.
- Supplemental_Information:
- The gage data were retrieved from the Gage File database. If necessary state and county FIPS codes were filled in from other fields where possible. The resulting ASCII file was converted into an ARC/INFO National Albers projection coverage for the United States. The coverage was then overlaid with county coverages (conterminous U.S., Alaska, Hawaii) to assign accuracy codes based on the state-county FIPS codes.
For distribution with BASINS v1.0, the national coverage was split into a series of coverages that included the spatial extent of each of the nine US EPA regions, plus the hydrologic accounting units that crossed Region boundaries. The nine regional coverages therefore overlapped at Regional boundaries. The coverages were distributed in PC ARC/INFO coverage format.
For distribution with Basins v2.0, the PA ARC/INFO coverages were exported on a PC then imported in workstation ARC/INFO v7.0.4. Each Regional coverage was then projected to geographic decimal degrees, NAD83. The coverages were then converted to ESRI Shapefile format, using the ARCSHAPE command.
Reviews Applied to Data An accuracy code was assigned based on a comparison of state and county FIPS codes. A site with a code value of 1 is within the correct county. A value of 2 is outside the county but inside the state. A value of 3 or 9 indicates coordinates outside the state. A site with value of 4 was formerly assigned a value of 3 or 9 but was reassigned based on visual inspection to be on the border of the correct county. Due to the amount of data, points with an accuracy code of 2 were not visually checked.
The sites with accuracy codes of 3 or 9 outside the correct state were visually inspected to determine if they were on the border of the county within which they were associated. The facilities found to be on the border were
BASINS v2.0 reviews: projected coverages were checked for topology. The shapefile format features and attributes were visually inspected and compared with the BASINS v1.0 PC ARC/INFO coverages.
The gage data was obtained from the US EPA Gage File database.
References U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1992). "Office of Water-Environmental and Program Information Systems Compendium", Office of Water, U.S. EPA, Washington D.C.
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- Beginning_Date: 1992
- Ending_Date: unknown
- Currentness_Reference: Publication date
- Status:
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- Progress: complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -125.0000
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.0000
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 50.0000
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.0000
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: environmental monitoring
- Theme_Keyword: stream flow
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: conterminous United States
- Place_Keyword: Alabama AL
- Place_Keyword: Arizona AZ
- Place_Keyword: Arkansas AR
- Place_Keyword: California CA
- Place_Keyword: Colorado CO
- Place_Keyword: Connecticut CT
- Place_Keyword: Delaware DE
- Place_Keyword: District of Columbia DC
- Place_Keyword: Florida FL
- Place_Keyword: Georgia GA
- Place_Keyword: Idaho ID
- Place_Keyword: Illinois IL
- Place_Keyword: Indiana IN
- Place_Keyword: Iowa IA
- Place_Keyword: Kansas KS
- Place_Keyword: Kentucky KY
- Place_Keyword: Louisiana LA
- Place_Keyword: Maine ME
- Place_Keyword: Maryland MD
- Place_Keyword: Massachusetts MA
- Place_Keyword: Michigan MI
- Place_Keyword: Minnesota MN
- Place_Keyword: Mississippi MS
- Place_Keyword: Missouri MO
- Place_Keyword: Montana MT
- Place_Keyword: Nebraska NE
- Place_Keyword: Nevada NV
- Place_Keyword: New Hampshire NH
- Place_Keyword: New Jersey NJ
- Place_Keyword: New Mexico NM
- Place_Keyword: New York NY
- Place_Keyword: North Carolina NC
- Place_Keyword: North Dakota ND
- Place_Keyword: Ohio OH
- Place_Keyword: Oklahoma OK
- Place_Keyword: Oregon OR
- Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania PA
- Place_Keyword: Rhode Island RI
- Place_Keyword: South Carolina SC
- Place_Keyword: South Dakota SD
- Place_Keyword: Tennessee TN
- Place_Keyword: Texas TX
- Place_Keyword: Utah UT
- Place_Keyword: Vermont VT
- Place_Keyword: Virginia VA
- Place_Keyword: Washington WA
- Place_Keyword: West Virginia WV
- Place_Keyword: Wisconsin WI
- Place_Keyword: Wyoming WY
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints: None
- Security_Information:
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- Security_Classification_System: None
- Security_Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
- Security_Handling_Description: None
- Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcView 3.x shapefiles
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.0001
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
- Semi-major_Axis: 6,378,137
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: GAGE.SHP
- Entity_Type_Definition:
- Point attribute table, inventory of surface water gaging station data
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: US EPA Gage File
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- Attribute_Label: SHAPE
- Attribute_Definition: ArcView internal field
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Computed
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: AREA
- Attribute_Definition: Degenerate area of point
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned
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- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
- Attribute_Definition: Degenerate perimeter of point
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: GAGE_
- Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Computed
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: GAGE_ID
- Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Computed
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: AGCY
- Attribute_Definition: identifying agency and gage number
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: alphanumeric
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: STCO
- Attribute_Definition: State and county FIPS code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 01001-56999
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: LATDD
- Attribute_Definition: Latitude of the gage in decimal degrees
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: LONGDD
- Attribute_Definition: Longitude of the gage in decimal degrees
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: REACH
- Attribute_Definition: reach file v1 reach number gage location
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA River Reach File
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: alphanumeric
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: NAME
- Attribute_Definition: name of reach
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA River Reach File
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: alphanumeric
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: MNFLO
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow in CFS
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA Gage File
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SVTEN
- Attribute_Definition: 7-Q-10 stream low flow
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA Gage File
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: JAN
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow for the month of January
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA Gage File
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: FEB
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow for the month of February
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: MAR
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow for month of March
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: APR
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow for month of April
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
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- Attribute_Label: MAY
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow for month of May
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: JUN
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow for month of June
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: JUL
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow for month of July
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: AUG
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow for month of August
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: SEP
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow for month of September
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: OCT
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow for month of October
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
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- Attribute_Label: NOV
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow for month of November
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: DEC
- Attribute_Definition: mean stream flow for month of December
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: ACCURACY
- Attribute_Definition: accuracy code for lat/long of gage
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1-9
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: BREACH
- Attribute_Definition: BASINS assigned reach file v1 reach number
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA Reach File
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive integers
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: BFIPS
- Attribute_Definition: BASINS assigned state and county FIPS code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: alphanumeric
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
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- Attribute_Label: COUNTY
- Attribute_Definition: Redefined item, FIPS code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: alphanumeric
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: COFIPS
- Attribute_Definition: Redefined item, FIPS code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1-56
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: STFIPS
- Attribute_Definition: Redefined item, FIPS code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1-56
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: STCOFIPS
- Attribute_Definition: Redefined item, State/County FIPS code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: US EPA
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 01001-56999
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: -
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USEPA
- Overview_Description:
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
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The following stream flow data are listed for each gage, when available: stream flow in CFS, 7-Q-10 low flow, and mean flow for each month.
Each point is identified by the AGCY unique code. The state and county FIPS codes and county name from the Gage File database are also included. The LATDD and LONGDD values were used to place the gages on USGS topographic maps from which they were digitized.
The ACCURACY code indicates whether the LAT/LONG matched the state and county FIPS codes from the Gage File database: 1 = correct county and state 2 = correct county incorrect state 3 = incorrect state 4 = incorrect county, but gage is on border of correct county 9 = incorrect state
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Not Available
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: USEPA Office of Water/OST Basins
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (4305T)
- City: Washington
- State_or_Province: District of Columbia
- Postal_Code: 20460
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-566-0400
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-566-0409
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: [email protected]
- Hours_of_Service: 9-3 EST
- Distribution_Liability:
- Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system under contract to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), no warranty expressed or implied is made by the USEPA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The USEPA will warrant the delivery of this product in computer-readable format.
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- Digital_Transfer_Information:
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- Format_Name:
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) ArcView Shapefile
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- Computer_Contact_Information:
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- Network_Address:
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- Network_Resource_Name: Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Non-point Sources (BASINS)
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- Offline_Media: CD-ROM
- Recording_Format: ISO 9660
- Fees: None
- Ordering_Instructions:
- When requesting data by phone or mail, please inquire about spatial data sets that work with Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources (BASINS). The BASINS web page has instructions for downloading datasets. It also has a link to The National Center for Environmental Publications and Information (NCEPI), from which BASINS CD-ROMs may be ordered. Each CD-ROM contains the BASINS v2.0 Application and this data set along with others covering the spatial extent of an EPA Region.
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20070611
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: USEPA Office of Water/OST/SASD Basins
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (4305T)
- City: Washington
- State_or_Province: District of Columbia
- Postal_Code: 20460
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-566-0400
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-566-0409
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: [email protected]
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608
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