12 Digit Watershed Boundary Dataset

Metadata:

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

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title: 12 Digit Watershed Boundary Dataset

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Originator: USDA/NRCS - National Geospatial Management Center

Publication_Information:

Publisher: Center for Shared Solutions and Technology Partnerships

Publication_Place: Lansing, MI

Publication_Date: 2013

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -92.343952

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -78.047088

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.038921

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.759350

Access_Constraints: None

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.5.4400

Keywords:

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset at 1:24,000 scale is a greatly expanded version of the hydrologic units created in the mid-1970's by the U.S. Geological Survey under the sponsorship of the Water Resources Council. The WBD is a complete set of hydrologic units from new watershed and subwatesheds less than 10,000 acres to entire river systems draining large hydrologicunit regions, all attributed by a standard nomenclature. Development of the Watershed Boundary Dataset started in the early 1990's and has progressed to the format and attributionthat is now being distributed. The delineation and attribution was done on a state basis using a variety of methods and source data. Each state HU dataset has gone through an extensive quality review process to ensure accuracy and complianceto the Federal Standard for Delineation of Hydrologic Unit Boundaries (<http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/water/watersheds/?cid=nrcs143_021630>) before and during submittal to USDA-NRCS National Geospatial Management Center (NGMC).

Purpose:

This dataset is intended to be used as a tool for water-resource management and planning activities, particularly for site-specific and localized studies requiring a level of detail provided by large-scale map information.

Supplemental_Information:

This Statewide file was add to this site to replace 70 other files consisting of separate watersheds. This was also done because theses files are more current than the originals (2012 versus 1998). USE CONSTRAINTS: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Service Center Agencies should be acknowledged as the data source in products derived from these data.
This data set is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source. This information may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application. Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the Service Center Agencies any authority for the decisions that they make. The Service Center Agencies will not perform any evaluations of these data for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs.
Photographic or digital enlargement of these data to scales greater than at which they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation of the data. Digital data files are periodically updated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Currentness_Reference: Ground condition

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2013

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually

Use_Constraints:

This data set is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source. This information may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application. Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the Service Center Agencies any authority for the decisions that they make. The Service Center Agencies will not perform any evaluations of these data for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs.
Photographic or digital enlargement of these data to scales greater than at which they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation of the data. Digital data files are periodically updated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data. This data set is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source. This information may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application. Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the Service Center Agencies any authority for the decisions that they make. The Service Center Agencies will not perform any evaluations of these data for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs.
Photographic or digital enlargement of these data to scales greater than at which they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation of the data. Digital data files are periodically updated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data. Point_of_Contact:

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: FIPS Pub 199

Security_Classification: No Confidentiality

Security_Handling_Description: Standard Technical Controls

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Geospatial Management Center USDA

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing address

Address: 501 W. Felix St, Bldg 23

City: Fort Worth

State_or_Province: Texas

Postal_Code: 76115

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete chain

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2288

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Watershed Boundaries HUC 12 2013 MGR

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: TNMID

Attribute_Definition: As of this date this is an unknown

Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LoadDate

Attribute_Definition: Date loaded in database

Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GNIS_ID

Attribute_Definition: Official name for watershed.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: 0. No official name

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AreaAcres

Attribute_Definition: Area of watershed

Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Acres

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AreaSqKm

Attribute_Definition: Area of watershed

Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Square kilometers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: States

Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mi

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Michigan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HUC12

Attribute_Definition: Unique udentifier for the hydrologic unit

Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: 12 digit number derived from the HUC 10 watershed

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Name

Attribute_Definition: Unnoficial name of the HUC

Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Acres

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HUType

Attribute_Definition:

hydrologic unit type that most closely identifies the watershed.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: S

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

“Standard” hydrologic unit - Any land HU with drainage flowing to a single outlet point, excluding non-contributing areas. Some examples include "true", "classic", "composite", and "remnant" hydrologic units. Areas such as triangular wedges between adjacent HU's that remain after classic hydrologic units are delineated are also identified as “standard”.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: C

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

“Closed Basin” hydrologic unit – A drainage area that is 100% non-contributing. This means all surface flow is internal, no overland flow leaves the hydrologic unit through the outlet point.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: F

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

"Frontal" hydrologic unit - Areas along the coastline of lakes, oceans, bays, etc. that have more than one outlet. These HU's are predominantly land with some water areas at or near the outlet(s).

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: M

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

“Multiple Outlet” hydrologic unit - An area that has more than one natural outlet; for example, an outlet located on a stream with multiple channels. This does not include frontal or water hydrologic units, hydrologic units with artificial interbasin transfers, drainage outlets through karst or ground-water flow, or outlets that cross a stream with an island. This code should be used only in rare instances.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: W

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

"Water" hydrologic unit - Hydrologic units that are predominantly water with adjacent land areas, ex. lake, eastuaries, harbors.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: I

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: U

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

"Unclassified" hydrologic unit - A hydrologic unit that can't be defined or doesn't fit into one of the types that have been listed.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HUMod

Attribute_Definition:

This field identifies any type of modifications to natural overland flow present in the 12-digit subwatershed. The attribute field lists from most significant to least significant modification(s).

Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SC

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Stormwater Canal or Drainage Canal

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ID

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Irrigation Ditch

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: IT

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Interbasin Transfer

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: BC

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Barge Canal or Navigation Canal

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SD

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Stormwater Ditch

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: PD

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Pipe Diversion

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: CD

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Channel Diversion

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NC

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Noncontributing Area

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: KA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Karst

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: LE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Levee

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NM

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No modificationa

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: OC

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Overflow Channel or Flume

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: DM

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Dam at outlet or HU boundary

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: GC

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: General Canal/Ditch

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: PS

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Pumping Station

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: DD

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Drainage Ditch

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SI

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Siphon

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: AD

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Aqueduct

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: RS

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reservoir

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: TF

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Transportation Feature (road, railroad, docks etc.)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: GF

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Ground-Water Flow

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: MA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mining Activity

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: UA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Urban Activity

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: GL

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Glacier

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: IF

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Ice Field

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: OF

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Overbank Flow

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: OT

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ToHUC

Attribute_Definition:

Hydrologic unit that is receiving the majority of the flow from the watershed

Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: HUC code numbers

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Hydrologic Unit delineation are closed polygons that encompass all area draining toward the lowest point (called outlet or pour point) in the polygon. Because of nominal sizes for the different hydrologic unit level: Watershed (40,000 to 250,000 acres) and Sub-watershed (3,000 minimum, generally 10,000 to 40,000 acres), some polygons do not include all areas up to the drainage divide, but all areas are included up to one or more other upstream hydrologic units. A unique hydrologic unit code is used to identify each hydrologic unit. The hydrologic unit codes start with the 8-digit Sub-basin number that contains the Watershed. Likewise the Sub-watershed hydrologic unit codes start with the 10-digit Watershed number that contains the Sub-watershed. Each hydrologic unit has a unique hydrologic code. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: See <http://nhd.usgs.gov/userguide.html?url=NHD_User_Guide/Feature_Catalog/NHD_Feature_Catalog.htm> for a data dictionary.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20130221

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Center for Shared Solutions and Technology Partnerships, Michigan Dept of Technology, Management, and Budget

Contact_Person: Bob Reszka

Contact_Position: Resource Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 30026

City: Lansing

State_or_Province: MI

Postal_Code: 48933

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 517-373-7910

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 517-373-2939

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Reszkar@michigan.gov

Contact_Instructions: <http://www.Michigan.gov/cgi>

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: Data was tested within the parameters of the program

Completeness_Report: Data is as complete as possible

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Data was created using the accuracy of the ESRI Arc platform and positional accuracy of USGS topoquads and the latest aerial imagery.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Date: 201211

Process_Description:

The dataset from the USGS was loaded into SDE. For a complete description of the attributes and processes used to delineate hydrologic units to 1:24,000 scale accuracy, please refer to document Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) User Guide included with each WBD order. Archives of HUC 2-12 as national layers can be downloaded from <ftp://ftp.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/wbd/>

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 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Live Data and Maps

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the Service Center Agencies regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Neither the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor any of its agencies are liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Geospatial Management Center USDA

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing address

Address: 501 W. Felix St, Bldg 23

City: Fort Worth

State_or_Province: Texas

Postal_Code: 76115