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1:2,000,000-scale Hydrologic Units of the United States (OLDER)

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Release Date
1999-04-01
Time Period
1998-10-01
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Citation

Watermolen, J., 1999, 1:2,000,000-scale Hydrologic Units of the United States (OLDER): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94GQ8DO.

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. This data set has been superseded by huc2m. This file contains hydrologic unit boundaries and codes for the conterminous United States along with Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was revised for inclusion in the National Atlas of the United States of America, and updated to match the streams file created by the USGS National Mapping Division (NMD) for the National Atlas of the United States of America. For the most current [...]

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Purpose

Due to its small scale (1:2,000,000), this file is intended primarily for display and analysis of regional and national data rather than for analysis of specific data. The file has been updated for inclusion in the National Atlas of the United States of America and to match the base data created for the National Atlas.

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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/P94GQ8DO

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