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Summary of selected characteristics of large reservoirs

Dates

Release Date
1990-01-01
Time Period
1991-01-01
Publication Date

Citation

Ruddy, B.C. and Hitt, K.J., 1990, Summary of selected characteristics of large reservoirs: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9XWWH6E.

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 is a point coverage of dams in the United States and Puerto Rico, which originally was derived from the national inventory of dams data base (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1982). The coverage includes locations of and selected characteristics of approximately 2,700 reservoirs and controlled natural lakes that have normal capacities of at least 5,000 acre-feet or maximum capacities of at least 25,000 acre-feet and that were completed as of January [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Earth System Processes Division
Originator :
Ruddy, B.C., Hitt, K.J.
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Earth System Processes Division
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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reservoir.xml
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View 		39.71 KB application/fgdc+xml
reservoir_shp.zip 280.35 KB application/zip
reservoir.e00.zip 301.53 KB application/zip
reservoir.e00.gz 296.15 KB application/x-gzip
reservoir.sdts.tgz 285.54 KB application/x-gzip
reservoir.gif thumbnail 10.43 KB image/gif

Purpose

This coverage is intended as a thematic data layer showing the location of dams and certain attributes of the structures. Information contained in the coverage has been used for several applications. Location, size, and owner of structures are depicted on a map of surface-water development (Hitt, 1985). Location and other selected characteristics of structures are listed in table 3 of Ruddy and Hitt (1990). The information was the basis for graphics in two National Water Summary reports. The 1985 National Water Summary shows maps of surface-water development. The 1987 National Water Summary shows graphs of cumulative reservoir storage.
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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/P9XWWH6E

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