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  2. Physical Habitat Characteristics on the North and South Forks of the Shenandoah River, VA in 2002-2007

Physical Habitat Characteristics on the North and South Forks of the Shenandoah River, VA in 2002-2007

Dates

Release Date
2010-10-01
Start Date
2002-05-01 07:00
End Date
2007-10-31 17:00
Publication Date

Citation

Krstolic, J.L. and Hayes, D.C., 2010, Physical Habitat Characteristics on the North and South Forks of the Shenandoah River, VA in 2002-2007: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P90V1T9W.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. The layers within this geodataset describe physical habitat characteristics in the North and South Fork Shenandoah rivers. They represent conditions during summer low-flow periods when canoeing was possible.The data are derived from GPS field surveys and GIS editing to commplete habitat units around islands or river bends.

Contacts

Process Contact :
Jennifer Krstolic, U.S. Geological Survey
Originator :
Jennifer L. Krstolic, Donald C. Hayes
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey, US Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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ds539_MesoHabitat.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		10.08 KB application/fgdc+xml
DS_539_Shenandoah_Habitat.zip 1.72 MB application/zip
DS_539_NF_ShenHab_SHAPE.zip 137.45 KB application/zip
DS_539_SF_ShenHab_SHAPE.zip 104.12 KB application/zip
DS_539_Shen_Habitat.jpg thumbnail 21.79 KB image/jpeg

Purpose

The purpose of this data set is to provide basic information about physical habitat characteristics on the South and North Fork Shenandoah Rivers.
North and South Fork Shenandoah Rivers habitat and shaded relief
North and South Fork Shenandoah Rivers habitat and shaded relief

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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P90V1T9W

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