This dataset consists of the raster and vector data used to generate elevation-derived hydrography for the 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 010700061301 area named the Upper Shawsheen River in Massachusetts. The data release contents are: fdr_010700061301.zip: Contains a GeoTIFF raster used to indicate the predicted direction of flow based on the direction of steepest drop. fac_010700061301.zip: Contains a GeoTIFF raster used to show the number of upstream cells flowing into each one-meter cell. Hydrolines_010700061301.zip: Contains data files for an ESRI polyline shapefile used to enforce drainage in lidar DEM data. Stream_Network_010700061301.zip: Contains data files for an ESRI polyline shapefile representing stream network centerlines derived from lidar DEM data." Sub_Basins_010700061301.zip: Contains data files for an ESRI polygon shapefile representing watershed areas for all stream network centerlines.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Green Berkshires, Inc., has compiled Geographic Information Systems (GIS) datasets consisting of raster and vector data used to generate lidar-derived hydrography. The spatial data layers provided in this data release are hydrography data derived from high-resolution lidar digital elevation models (DEM). The vector data are in Esri shapefile format and include a Breach_Lines.shp file used to breach digital flow dams or obstructions in the DEM (connect erroneously disconnected flow) to aid flow direction processes and hydrologic conditioning; a Headwater_Seed_Points.shp file to guide stream network delineation; a Stream_Network_Karner_Brook_Watershed.shp file derived from the high-resolution lidar DEM that shows stream location; a Watershed_Boundary_Karner_Brook.shp file derived from the hydro-enforcement representing the greater Karner Brook watershed area; and a Potential_Wetlands.shp file derived from the DEM and used to help identify possible wetland locations in the Karner Brook watershed. The raster datasets are in GeoTIFF format and include the dem_clip_m_1.tif, digital elevation model clipped to the Karner Brook basin extent; an fdr_cf.tif, predicting the direction of flow based on the direction of the steepest drop in elevation; and an fac_cf.tif, predicting the number of upstream cells flowing into each one-meter cell.

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Maine Department of Transportation, has compiled a series of GIS datasets to be implemented into the USGS StreamStats application for the State of Maine.These data were compiled from the high-resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and the Maine Lidar-Derived Watersheds (Sturtevant and Schoen, 2022). By using these datasets users will be able to delineate watersheds with the StreamStats application more accurately than previously possible. The datasets are provided in five separate child items.

This dataset consists of culvert verification images from site visits to confirm hydrologic connection in areas of uncertainty in U.S. Geological Survey 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) lidar digital elevation models (DEM) and aerial leaf off orthoimagery to observe ground conditions in the Upper Shawsheen River Basin, Massachusetts.

This dataset was produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Wyoming Water Development Office for the purpose of calculating basin characteristics in preparation for the Wyoming StreamStats application. These datasets are raster representations of various environmental, geological, and land use attributes with the Wyoming StreamStats study area and will be served in the Wyoming StreamStats application to describe delineated watersheds. The StreamStats application provides access to spatial analytical tools that are useful for water-resources planning and management, and for engineering and design purposes. The map-based user interface can be used to delineate drainage areas, get basin characteristics and estimates of flow statistics. To aid in parameterization of mechanistic, statistical, and machine learning models of hydrologic systems in the Wyoming StreamStats study area, flow-conditioned parameter grids (FCPGs) have been generated describing upstream basin elevation, slope, level III and IV ecoregion codes, hydrologic regions, land cover classification, waterbodies, first of the month snow water equivalent (Jan-Jun), soil type, average soil permeability, evapotranspiration Spring and Summer, and modeled 30-year normal climatologies of average annual total precipitation, average monthly total precipitation, average annual daily mean temperature, and average monthly daily mean temperature values within the Wyoming StreamStats study area.

Hydrologic landscape regions (HLRs) in the United States were delineated by using geographic information system (GIS) tools and statistical methods including principal components and cluster analyses. The GIS and statistical analyses were applied to land-surface form, geologic texture (permeability of the soil and bedrock), and climate variables that describe the physical and climatic setting of 43,931 small (roughly 200 square kilometers) watersheds in the United States. The analyses then grouped the watersheds into 20 noncontiguous regions (the HLRs) on the basis of similarities in land-surface form, geologic texture, and climate characteristics. This hydrologic landscape regions dataset contains for each of the 43,931 watersheds the (1) watershed identification number, (2) land-surface form, geologic texture, and climate characteristics for each watershed, and (3) hydrologic landscape region number for each watershed.

The Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System (GIRAS) was developed in the mid 70s to put into digital form a number of data layers which were of interest to the USGS. One of these data layers was the Hydrologic Units. The map is based on the Hydrologic Unit Maps published by the U.S. Geological Survey Office of Water Data Coordination, together with the list descriptions and name of region, subregion, accounting units, and cataloging unit. The hydrologic units are encoded with an eight- digit number that indicates the hydrologic region (first two digits), hydrologic subregion (second two digits), accounting unit (third two digits), and cataloging unit (fourth two digits). The data produced by GIRAS was originally collected at a scale of 1:250K. Some areas, notably major cities in the west, were recompiled at a scale of 1:100K. In order to join the data together and use the data in a geographic information system (GIS) the data were processed in the ARC/INFO GUS software package. Within the GIS, the data were edgematched and the neatline boundaries between maps were removed to create a single data set for the conterminous United States. NOTE: A version of this data theme that is more throughly checked (though based on smaller-scale maps) is available here: https://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?huc2m HUC, GIRAS, Hydrologic Units, 1:250 For the most current data and information relating to hydrologic unit codes (HUCs) please see http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc.html. The Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) is the most current data available for watershed delineation. See http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/water/watersheds/dataset

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), has compiled a Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset. The spatial data layer provided in this data release is derived from high-resolution lidar digital elevation models (DEM’s) for the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Penobscot County, Maine. The data provided in this release includes a stream network centerline polyline shapefile derived from hydro-enforcement that shows stream location within the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument boundary.

This dataset was produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Wyoming Water Development Office for the purpose of calculating basin characteristics in preparation for the Wyoming StreamStats application. The data are raster representations of various environmental, geological, and land use attributes within the Wyoming StreamStats study area and will be served in the Wyoming StreamStats application to describe delineated watersheds. The StreamStats application provides access to spatial analytical tools that are useful for water-resources planning and management, and for engineering and design purposes. The map-based user interface can be used to delineate drainage areas, get basin characteristics, and estimates of flow statistics.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, has compiled a series of geospatial datasets for Puerto Rico to be implemented into the USGS StreamStats application (https://streamstats.usgs.gov/ss/). These geospatial datasets, along with basin characteristics datasets for Puerto Rico published as a separate USGS data release (https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HK9SSQ), were used to delineate watersheds and develop the peak-flow and low-flow regression equations used by StreamStats.