New Hampshire Stream Order Dataset

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire
Publication_Date: 20221205
Title: New Hampshire Stream Order Dataset
Edition: Release 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage:

https://nhgeodata.unh.edu/nhgeodata/rest/services/IWR/WaterResources/MapServer/8

Online_Linkage:

https://ftp.granit.unh.edu/GRANIT_Data/Vector_Data/Inland_Water_Resources/d-streamorder/

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Durham, New Hampshire
Publisher: Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 20220707
Title:

USGS National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution National Release 1

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WFOBQI

Description:

Abstract:

These data were extracted from the High Resolution National Hydrography Dataset Plus (NHDPlus HR), an integrated set of geospatial data layers, including the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), National Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD), and 3D Elevation Program Digital Elevation Model (3DEP DEM). The NHDPlus HR combines the NHD, 3DEP DEMs, and WBD to a data suite that includes the NHD stream network with linear referencing functionality, the WBD hydrologic units, elevation-derived catchment areas for each stream segment, "value added attributes" (VAAs), and other features that enhance hydrologic data analysis and routing.

Purpose:

The NHDPlus HR stream order is based on a modification of the Strahler method (Strahler, 1957). Stream order is used to rank streams according to relative size or position in the network.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20171215
Ending_Date: 20210414

Currentness_Reference: 20211208

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.727136
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.610725
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.111921
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.567757

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO Topic Categories from ISO 19115
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: base maps
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: geospatial analysis
Theme_Keyword: streamflow
Theme_Keyword: hydrographic datasets
Theme_Keyword: hydrology
Theme_Keyword: water resources
Theme_Keyword: river reaches
Theme_Keyword: cartography
Theme_Keyword: earth sciences
Theme_Keyword: geographic information systems
Theme_Keyword: surface water quality

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: streams
Theme_Keyword: rivers
Theme_Keyword: lakes
Theme_Keyword: reservoirs
Theme_Keyword: stream order
Theme_Keyword: hydrographic features
Theme_Keyword: channels
Theme_Keyword: waterbodies
Theme_Keyword: watersheds
Theme_Keyword: drainage basins
Theme_Keyword: catchment
Theme_Keyword: streamflow data
Theme_Keyword: NHDPlus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR)

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: New England
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

All data are open and non-proprietary. Users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this data set was collected and that some parts of this data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use this data for critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations. Acknowledgment of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated for products derived from these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
City: Reston
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 20192

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: https://answers.usgs.gov/
Hours_of_Service: Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern Time Zone USA
Contact_Instructions:

Metadata information can also be obtained through online services using The National Map Viewer, at https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/national-geospatial-program/national-map or Ask USGS at https://answers.usgs.gov/

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Hydrography/NHDPlusHR/National/GDB/NHDPlus_H_National_Release_1_GDB.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail JPG image
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Data_Set_Credit: U.S. Geological Survey
Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: None
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Security_Handling_Description: None

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Version 10.0.17763 Build 17763; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Attributes are not systematically verified. Attribute errors may be present.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Data is not expected to contain any topological errors. Network connectivity was verified by tracing upstream from outlets. Topology between drainage area lines and polygons, streams, waterbodies, coastlines, and gages was checked for vertical integration in the national data sets.

Completeness_Report:

Not all hydrologic features on the ground (e.g. stream/river, lake/pond, etc.) may be mapped, and changes may have occurred since originally mapped. The level of mapping detail varies by geographic area. The USGS jointly manages these data with local and regional data stewards, usually at the State level, and some variations in content occur based on differences in local/regional stewardship.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Horizontal accuracy for source data may be available in the original source product metadata file where available.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Vertical accuracy for elevation data may be available in the original source product metadata file where available.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)
Online_Linkage:

https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography

Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: Geospatial dataset
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20160630
Ending_Date: 20210414

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NHD
Source_Contribution:

The most current NHD available at the time of production was used in conjunction with the most current WBD, and 3DEP DEMs available to create a hydro-enforced DEM for generation of the catchment raster and feature class, and flow direction/accumulation rasters, and used to compute and assign NHDFlowline Value Added Attributes (VAAs).

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: 3D Elevation Program Digital Elevation Model
Online_Linkage: https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/3dep

Type_of_Source_Media: Geospatial dataset
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19850630
Ending_Date: 20210414

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 3DEP DEM
Source_Contribution:

The most current 3DEP DEM available at time of production was used in combination with the most current NHD and WBD availble at the time of production to create a hydro-enforced DEM, NHDPlus HR Catchments, and surface flow direction and accumulation rasters. Stream elevations from 3DEP DEMs were used to help derive stream slope and stream velocity.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: Unkown
Title: Watershed Boundary Dataset

Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: Geospatial dataset
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20160630
Ending_Date: 20210414

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: WBD
Source_Contribution:

The most current 12-digit Hydrologic Unit (HU12) boundaries from the Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) available at the time of production were used as ridgeline enforcement input in a process called "walling" in the production of hydro-enforced DEMs. Closed basin designations, from the HU12 polygon data were used to impose "sinks" in the hydro-enforced DEMs.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

NHDPlus HR Build/Refresh Process Initial production set-up:,Create NHDPlus HR Workspace, Create CatMask and Raster Catalog, Prep Elevation Data A. NHD Prep. 1. Run NHDPlus NHDQAQC. 2. Set up GlobalData fgdb, populate VPUSeqNo B. Create NHDPlus HR (VPUID) fgdb, populate with NHD/WBD data. Assign NHDPlusIDs, VPUIDs. Update NHD data, if necessary, update NHDPlusConnect.C. Populate NHDFlowline-based attribute tbls/FCs and compute VAAs (part 1). D. Edit DivFracMP E. QAQC DivFracMP F. Compute VAAs (part 2) G. Trim BurnLineEvent H. Create Raster Workspace, create elev_cm.tif shdrelief.jp2 and elev_source.gdb. I. Create and edit burn components, as needed J. Create Sinks. Examine and Fix sinks, as needed. K. Deprecated L.Create FDR, Catchments and other rasters. M. Review Step L results. N. Deprecated O. Calculate HW Node Areas and Raw Elevations. P. Create Flow Accumulation Raster. Q. Smooth Raw Elevations. R. Accumulate Catchment areas propagate VAAs to upstream VPUs. S Allocate Runoff, Temp, Precip and other EROM Inputs. T. Populate EROM Mean Annual Stream Flow Estimates, QAQC and Velocity. U. Populate NHDPlusProcessingParameter Table. NHDPlusHR National aggregates all NHDPlus HR VPU datasets into one seamless file geodatabase. Process date below is when the NHDPlus HR data was aggregated

Process_Date: 20211210

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The NHDPlus HR National Database was downloaded from USGS website. Using the HUC12 boundaries that cover the state of NH as a reference, all features within those boundaries were exported from the NetworkNHDFlowline feature class to a standalone shapefile. Superfluous attributes for the purposes of stream order data were then deleted.

Process_Date: 20221205

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 StatePlane New Hampshire FIPS 2800 Feet
Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9999666666666667
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -71.66666666666667
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 42.5
False_Easting: 984250.0
False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.00328084
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.00328084

Planar_Distance_Units: US feet

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988
Altitude_Resolution: 0.001
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Implicit coordinate

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: NHD_StreamOrder_NH
Entity_Type_Definition: New Hampshire Stream Order data
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS

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: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Feature identification number
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers used to identify features

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: permanent_
Attribute_Definition:

Permanent Identifier that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature in the National Map

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: gnis_name
Attribute_Definition: Proper name by which a particular geographic entity is known
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: lengthkm
Attribute_Definition: Length of linear feature based on Albers Equal Area
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Numeric value of feature length

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: reachcode
Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier for stream reaches
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

First 8 digits are WBD_HUC8 and the next 6 are randomly assigned, sequential numbers that are unique within a HUC8

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ftype
Attribute_Definition: Feature type
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Three-digit integer value

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: fcode
Attribute_Definition: Feature code
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Five-digit integer value composed of feature type and combinations of characteristics and values

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: streamorde
Attribute_Definition: Modified Strahler stream order
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Integer value of modified Strahler stream order

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire
City: Durham
State_or_Province: NH
Postal_Code: 03824
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-862-1214
Hours_of_Service: Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time Zone USA
Contact_Instructions: Please email granit@unh.edu for further information

Distribution_Liability:

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ESRI shapefile
Transfer_Size: 107 MB

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Format: ESRI shapefile

Fees: No charge when downloaded from website

New Hampshire Stream Order Dataset

Metadata: