Julie A. Godberson, Ronald B. Zelt, and Amy L. Zoller 2006 Version 1.2.1, January 2006 vector digital data USGS Data Series NE-3071 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?ne-3071 As part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA), an investigation of the Missouri River Basin is being conducted to document trends in surface-water quality, specifically for trends in nutrients and suspended sediment. Surface-water samples were collected from streams at specific sampling stations. Water-quality characteristics at each station are influenced by the natural and cultural characteristics of the drainage area upstream from the sampling station. Efficient quantification of the drainage area characteristics requires a digital map of the drainage area boundary that may be processed, together with other digital thematic maps (such as geology or land use), in a geographic information system (GIS). Digital drainage-area boundary data for one stream-sampling station in the Missouri River Basin (MRB4) study area is included in this data release. The drainage divides were identified chiefly using 1:24,000-scale hypsography. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began full implementation of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program in 1991. The program objectives are to describe current water-quality conditions and trends over time; and to improve our understanding of the natural and human factors that affect water quality. The Missouri River Basin (MRB4) is one of more than 50 areas to be studied for this program. The MRB4 study of trends in nutrients and suspended sediment includes available data from sampling stations operated both for the NAWQA program and for other USGS programs. Water-quality characteristics at each station are influenced by the natural and cultural characteristics of the drainage area upstream from the sampling station. Efficient quantification of drainage area characteristics requires a digital map of the drainage area boundary that may be processed, together with other digital thematic maps (such as geology or land use), in a geographic information system (GIS). Horizontal coordinates have been maintained using single precision. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in ARC/INFO format, this metadata file may include some ARC/INFO-specific terminology. 2006 publication date Complete As needed -110.452497 -109.799224 45.238318 44.539797 none drainage area drainage basin river basin watershed none Nebraska Iowa Kansas Missouri Colorado Wyoming Montana North Dakota South Dakota Missouri River Basin none These data are not for use at map scales greater than 1:24,000. The data set has not received approval by the Director of the USGS, and as such are provisional and subject to revision. Nebraska Water Science Center Director U.S. Geological Survey mailing address

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Lincoln Nebraska 68512 USA 1-888-275-8747 402-328-4101 dc_ne@usgs.gov 8 am to 4:30 pm CST Mon. thru Fri. Prepared as part of the USGS National Water-Quality Assessment Program. Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service Unknown Unknown National Instruction 170-304 (June 1992) Washington, D.C. USDA Soil Conservation Service 26 p. National Geographic Maps map image State series Wyoming Evergreen, Colo. National Geographic Maps Citation abbreviation: [100] Polygon feature attribute values were inspected and found to be consistently coded as described in the Entity and Attribute Information. Polygon and chain-node topology present. Polygon and chain-node topology present. Every polygon has a label and all polygons are closed. The data set includes only the drainage areas for selected sampling stations needed to complete the set of drainage areas data for sites included in the NAWQA report on trends in nutrients and suspended sediment in the Missouri River Basin. The approximate horizontal accuracy of the data is 12 meters, assuming that the source materials meet National Map Accuracy Standards, as is stated on the source materials. The accuracy of the watershed boundaries is generally based on topographic contour information from 1:24,000-scale topographic maps. The actual difference in position between the physical drainage area boundaries and their digitized locations is unknown. Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center 2002 1 vector digital data University of Wyoming, Laramie Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center http://www.sdvc.uwyo.edu/clearinghouse/watershed24k.html 24000 online 2002 publication date [56] Wyoming GISC, 2002 digital linework of watershed boundaries shared within Wyoming USGS Nebraska Water Science Center Unpublished Material vector digital data 24000 computer program 2005 automation date [99] U.S. Geological Survey, 2005 USGS original digital linework, created as needed to modify WBD polygons to correspond to drainage areas beginning at water-quality sampling stations. Frank Jackson, U.S. Forest Service U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Water Science Center 2004 vector digital data In edits 24000 electronic mail system unknown publication date [08] Colorado U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service and U.S. Geological Survey, 2005 Digital linework of watershed boundaries shared within Colorado, provided by U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Water Science Center. Data created by Frank Jackson, U.S. Forest Service U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resource Conservation Service, Des Moines, IA 2005 vector digital data In edits 24000 electronic mail system unknown publication date [19] Iowa U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resource Conservation Service, 2005 Digital linework of western Iowa watershed boundaries shared watershed boundaries within Iowa and with Nebraska and Missouri. Kansas U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resource Conservation Service 2005 vector digital data In edits 24000 electronic mail system unknown publication date [20] Kansas U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resource Conservation Service, 2005 Digital linework of watershed boundaries shared within Kansas. Missouri U.S. Department of Agriculture -Natural Resource Conservation Service 2005 13 vector digital data draft data 24000 CD-ROM unknown publication date [29] Missouri U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resource Conservation Service, 2005 Digital linework of watershed boundaries shared within Missouri and with Kansas and Iowa. Montana NRIS, USFS, and USDA-NRCS 2005 vector digital data Draft data 24000 electronic mail system unknown publication date [30] Montana Natural Resource Information Service (NRIS), 2005 Digital linework of watershed boundaries shared within Montana and with Wyoming U.S. Geological Survey, Utah Water Science Center 2006 Unknown vector digital data Data will be administered through the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, Lincoln, Nebraska. 24000 CD-ROM 2006 publication date [31] Hansen, Utah U.S. Geological Survey, 2005 Nebraska Watershed boundaries - digital linework of watershed boundaries created by the USGS, Utah Water Science Center, of shared boundaries within Nebraska. Data is administered by Nebraska Department of Natural Resources. North Dakota Department of Health, Division of Water Quality, Bismarck ND 2005 vector digital data Draft data 24000 CD-ROM 2005 publication date [38] North Dakota, Department of Health, Division of Water Quality, 2005 Digital linework of watershed boundaries shared within North Dakota. R. F. Thompson, U.S. Geological Survey, Huron South Dakota 2005 vector digital data Provisional data 24000 electronic mail system unknown publication date [46] Thompson, South Dakota U.S. Geological Survey, 2005 Digital linework of watershed boundaries shared within South Dakota. 1. Converted Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming WBD linework from ESRI shapefile format to ESRI coverage format. Converted horizontal coordinates from those based on lat.-long. to those based on Albers Conic Equal-Area projection (national map), in meters units. Computed polygon topology. Created line attribute table and line attribute SOURCE. 20050928 2. Extracted a subset of polygons from Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming that encompassed the target drainage areas. Data was then saved as polygon data in ESRI shapefile format. For example, Wyoming WBD data set [56] that encompassed the target drainage area for Jones Creek at Mouth, Near Pahaska, WY was saved as a subset of the Wyoming WDB as a polygon data set in ESRI shapefile format. [56] 20050929 3. Using a geoTIFF DRG image of elevation contours as a backdrop, digitized the needed boundary segments to delineate the drainage area boundary from the USGS stream-gaging station upslope to where it joined the existing WBD watershed boundary. Data was then saved as polygon data in ESRI shapefile format to make the process description general to all basins. [100] 20041005 [99] 4. Converted horizontal coordinates of the new, original USGS data for drainage area boundary segments from UTM to Albers, Wherever needed, to make to process description general to all basiins, so as to match the WBD segments. All shapefiles where then converted to a coverage format in Arc using shapearc command. Delineated drainage area boundaries from the USGS stream-gaging station (step 3) were merged with the existing WBD boundary segments to compile a complete drainage area boundary for the target sampling station. Moved the polygon label point to coincide with the USGS NWIS coordinates for the sampling point, but constrained label points to be located within the drainage area polygon. Recomputed polygon topology. 20051011 5. Standardized polygon attributes. > Tables: |> additem <cover>.pat staid 15 15 c <| Populated the STAID attribute with the USGS station ID code. 20051011 6. Standardized linear-feature attributes. > Tables: |> additem <cover>.aat source 4 5 b <| Populated the SOURCE attribute with the corresponding codes for each data source (see Source Information citation abbreviations sections of metadata for detailed citations). 20051011 [7] Horizontal coordinates for the physical location of sediment collection sites (STAID) were verified using the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS). An ESRI point shapefile was generated from the x and y coordinates. Coordinates were then verified in ArcMap using 1:24,000 DRGs. 20051018 Vector Complete chain 8 Label point 1 GT-polygon composed of chains 1 Point 4 Albers Conical Equal Area 29.500000 45.500000 -96.000000 23.000000 0.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.000066 0.000066 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 b06188000.aat Number coded by USGS for basin USGS FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. FNODE# Internal node number for the beginning of an arc (from-node). ESRI Whole numbers that are automatically generated. TNODE# Internal node number for the end of an arc (to-node). ESRI Whole numbers that are automatically generated. LPOLY# Internal node number for the left polygon. ESRI Whole numbers that are automatically generated. RPOLY# Internal node number for the right polygon. ESRI Whole numbers that are automatically generated. LENGTH Length of feature in internal units. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. B06188000# Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. B06188000-ID User-defined feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. SOURCE Code identifing origin of original data set State codes or USGS State Code or USGS code State or USGS As needed b06188000.pat Unique USGS assigned station where sediment data is collected USGS FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. AREA Area of feature in internal units squared. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. PERIMETER Perimeter of feature in internal units. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. B06188000# Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. B06188000-ID User-defined feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. STAID unique USGS-assigned station number. rbzelt Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. > Table <NE-3071>.PAT: AREA - drainage area of station, in sq. meters. Table of comparative drainage-area data for selected sampling stations having previously published drainage areas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. STAID Station NWIS Drainage GIS Drainage Drainage Area Name Area Area Disparity (sq.meter) (sq.meter) (percent) ________________________________________________________________________________ 06705500 GENEVA CREEK AT GRANT, CO. 193214000 192939100 -0.14 06714400 SOUTH CLEAR CREEK ABV LOWER CABIN CREEK RESERVOIR 30562000 30433450 -0.42 06714800 LEAVENWORTH CREEK @ MOUTH NR GEORGETOWN, CO 31080000 31153350 0.24 06817000 NODAWAY RIVER AT CLARINDA, IA 1973580000 1972642000 -0.05 06879100 KANSAS RIVER AT FORT RILEY, KS 116213300000 116329700000 0.10 06884025 LITTLE BLUE RIVER AT HOLLENBERG, KS 7127680000 7258832000 1.81 06887000 BIG BLUE RIVER Near MANHATTAN, KS 24967600000 25093920000 0.51 06888500 MILL C NR PAXICO, KS 818440000 841018400 2.76 06891500 WAKARUSA R NR LAWRENCE, KS 1100750000 1100018000 -0.07 06918070 OSAGE RIVER ABOVE SCHELL CITY, MO 14011900000 14329950151 2.27 06921760 SOUTH GRAND RIVER NEAR CLINTON, MO 3289300000 3288253000 -0.03 06324500 POWDER RIVER AT MOORHEAD, MT 20942740000 20769120000 -0.83 06324710 POWDER RIVER AT BROADUS, MT 22657320000 22434710000 -0.98 06326555 CHERRY CREEK NEAR TERRY, MT 927220000 974729000 5.12 06882000 BIG BLUE R AT BARNESTON NEBR 11517730000 11525310000 0.07 06880800 WEST FORK BIG BLUE RIVER Near DORCHESTER, NE 3087280000 3134640000 1.53 06441110 PLUM CREEK BELOW HAYES, SD 652680000 766653800 17.46 06440200 SOUTH FORK BAD RIVER NEAR COTTONWOOD, SD 647500000 664391700 2.61 06452000 WHITE R NEAR OACOMA SD 26418000000 25732719586 -2.59 06279790 JONES CREEK AT MOUTH, NEAR PAHASKA, WY 64232000 64606430 0.58 06188000 LAMAR RIVER NR TOWER FALLS RANGER STATION, YNP (WY) 1730200000 1725141000 0.29 __________________________________________________________________________________________ * A larger than expected disparity occurred between NWIS drainage area value and GIS-calculated value for Plum Creek Below Hayes, which was unable to be resolved by rechecking the digital line work. STAID - unique USGS-assigned station identifier code (numeric). > Table <NE-3071>.AAT: SOURCE - code that uniquely identifies each data source for linework (numeric). Based on state FIPS codes for each State's watershed boundary dataset (WBD) theme, plus additional codes for other sources. Code explanation follows. SOURCE : Title - Publisher - Year 8 : Colorado Watershed Boundary Dataset (provisional), creator Frank Jackson, U.S. Forest Service - 2004 19 : Iowa (Western) Hydrologic Unit Areas to the 6th level at 1:24,000-scale (in edit) - USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, Des Moines, Iowa - 2005 20 : Kansas - HUC Boundaries 8, 11, 14 (1:24,000) (in edit) - USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, Salina Kansas - 2005 29 : Missouri Hydrologic Unit Boundaries 12 - Digital v.13 (draft)- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Columbia Missouri - 2005 30 : Montana Watershed Boundaries 6th Code (draft) - Montana National Resource Information System, Montana USDA Forest Service, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service - 2005 31 : Nebraska Watershed Boundaries - K. Hansen, U.S. Geological Survey Utah Water Science Center, Personal Communication, (The Nebraska Watershed Boundaries Dataset to the 6th Level at 1:24,000 - scale) (In certification), Salt Lake City, UT - 2005 38 : North Dakota Hydrologic Units, WestHUCS (draft) - North Dakota Department of Health, Division of Water Quality, Bismarck, North Dakota - 2005 46: South Dakota Watershed Boundaries - R. F. Thompson, U.S. Geological Survey, Hydrologic Unit, Huron South Dakota, Personal Communication, (The 10- and 12-digit Watersheds for the Bad River Basin, the Cheyenne River Basin , the Little White River Basin, and the White River Basin in South Dakota and Nebraska.) Provisional Data - 2005 56 : Wyoming Hydrologic Unit Boundaries to the 6th Level at 1:24,000-scale - Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center - 2002 99: original linework specific to sampling station - U.S. Geological Survey, Nebraska Water Science Center - 2005 100 : TOPO! 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