HUC 8 Watersheds for the Gulf of Mexico Region

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      eng; USA
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      utf8
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      dataset
  Metadata author: 
    Responsible party: 
      Organisation name: 
          NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center
      Contact info: 
        Contact: 
          Phone: 
            Telephone: 
              Voice: 
                  866-732-2382
              Facsimile: 
                  228-688-2968
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            Address: 
              Delivery point: 
                  1021 Balch Blvd.
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                  Suite 1003
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                  Stennis Space Center
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                  MS
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                  39529
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                  USA
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                  ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov
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              Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time
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          pointOfContact
  Date stamp: 
      2013-04-23
  Metadata standard name: 
      ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
  Metadata standard version: 
      ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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Spatial representation info: Vector spatial representation: Geometric objects: Geometric objects: Geometric object type: Geometric object type code: curve Geometric object count: 441
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Spatial representation info: Grid spatial representation: Number of dimensions: 2 Axis Dimension Properties: Dimension: Dimension name: Dimension name type code: column Dimension size: unknown Resolution: uom: decimalDegrees 1.3333 Axis Dimension Properties: Dimension: Dimension name: Dimension name type code: row Dimension size: unknown Resolution: uom: decimalDegrees 1.3333 Cell geometry: Cell geometry code: Transformation parameter availability: false
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Reference system info: Reference system:
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Reference system info: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/65f8b220-95ed-11e0-aa80-0800200c9a66 title: North American Datum 1983
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Reference system info: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/c3895520-95ed-11e0-aa80-0800200c9a66 title: Geodetic Reference System 1980
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Identification info: Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: HUC 8 Watersheds for the Gulf of Mexico Region Date: Date: Date: 2013-04 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC - National Coastal Data Development Center Role: Role code: originator Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Abstract: This data set is a subset of the digital hydrologic unit boundary layer of the Subbasin (8-digit) 4th level for the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico. This data set was derived from the nation-wide hydrologic unit boundary layer produced by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Purpose: This hydrologic unit boundaries layer was developed for use in a Gulf of Mexico Atlas to show watersheds in the Gulf region. Credit: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Status: Progress code: completed Point of contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: 866-732-2382 Facsimile: 228-688-2968 Address: Address: Delivery point: 1021 Balch Blvd. Delivery point: Suite 1003 City: Stennis Space Center Administrative area: MS Postal code: 39529 Country: USA Electronic mail address: ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov Hours of service: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time Role: Role code: pointOfContact Resource maintenance: Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: Maintenance frequency code: notPlanned Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: Watershed Boundaries Keyword: WBD Keyword: boundaries Keyword: Hydrologic Unit Code Keyword: Region Keyword: HUC Keyword: HUC8 Keyword: Watershed Keyword: Subwatershed Keyword: Sub-region Keyword: Sub-basin Keyword: Watershed Boundary Dataset Keyword: Basin Keyword: Hydrologic Units Keyword: Hydrology Type: Keyword type code: theme Thesaurus name: Citation: Title: None Date: unknown Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: Texas Keyword: Louisiana Keyword: Mississippi Keyword: Alabama Keyword: Florida Type: Keyword type code: place Thesaurus name: Citation: Title: None Date: unknown Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Access constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Use constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Access Constraints: None Use Constraints: None Distribution Liability: NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA, NESDIS, NODC and NCDDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system. Spatial representation type: Spatial representation type code: vector Language: eng; USA Topic category: Topic category code: boundaries Topic category: Topic category code: inlandWaters Environment description: Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.3.3600 Extent: Extent: Geographic element: Geographic bounding box: West bound longitude: -107.7772 East bound longitude: -80.0307 South bound latitude: 24.5122 North bound latitude: 37.2461 Temporal element: Temporal extent: Extent: Time instant: Description: publication date Time position: 2013-04 Supplemental Information: This layer is a subset of the 8-digit hydrologic unit boundary layer for the United States. Only selected watersheds, primarily those that covered the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico, were included.
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Content info: Feature catalogue description: Included with dataset: true Feature types: Feature catalogue citation: Citation: Title: Feature Catalogue for HUC 8 Watersheds for the Gulf of Mexico Region Date: unknown Identifier: Identifier: Code: c4e738e0-ae84-11e2-9e96-0800200c9a66
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Distribution info: Distribution: Distributor: Distributor: Distributor contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: 866-732-2382 Facsimile: 228-688-2968 Address: Address: Delivery point: 1021 Balch Blvd. Delivery point: Suite 1003 City: Stennis Space Center Administrative area: MS Postal code: 39529 Country: USA Electronic mail address: ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov Hours of service: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time Role: Role code: distributor Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/gulf-data-atlas/atlas.htm
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Data quality info: Data quality: Scope: unknown Lineage: Lineage: Process step: Process step: Description: Watershed polygons covering the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida) were retained. Some polygons in adjacent states (New Mexico, Oklahoma, etc.) were retained in order to show a smoother appearance. All other polygons from the original dataset were removed. Date and time: Processor: Responsible party: Individual name: Organisation name: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center Position name: Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: 866-732-2382 Facsimile: 228-688-2968 Address: Address: Delivery point: 1021 Balch Blvd. Delivery point: Suite 1003 City: Stennis Space Center Administrative area: MS Postal code: 39529 Country: USA Electronic mail address: ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov Hours of service: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time Contact instructions: Role: Role code: processor Source: Source: Source citation: Citation: Title: WBD8 Date: unknown Source: Source: Description: Source Contribution: Derived dataset is a subset of the source.disc Scale: Representative fraction: Denominator: Source citation: Citation: Title: WBD_HU8 Alternate title: WBD8 Date: Date: Date: 2012-11-02 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Issue identification: Other citation details: Source extent: Extent: Temporal element: Temporal extent: Extent: Time instant: Description: publication date Time position: 2012-11-02
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Metadata maintenance: Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: unknown Maintenance note: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadatastandard version FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the January 2013 version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2 transform. Metadata author: Responsible party: Individual name: Organisation name: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: 866-732-2382 Facsimile: 228-688-2968 Address: Address: Delivery point: 1021 Balch Blvd. Delivery point: Suite 1003 City: Stennis Space Center Administrative area: MS Postal code: 39529 Country: USA Electronic mail address: ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov Hours of service: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time Role: Role code: custodian
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Feature Catalogue: uuid: c4e738e0-ae84-11e2-9e96-0800200c9a66 Name: Feature Catalogue for HUC 8 Watersheds for the Gulf of Mexico Region Scope: unknown Version number: unknown Version date: unknown Language: eng; US Character set: Character set code: utf8 Producer: Responsible party: Organisation name: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: 866-732-2382 Facsimile: 228-688-2968 Address: Address: Delivery point: 1021 Balch Blvd. Delivery point: Suite 1003 City: Stennis Space Center Administrative area: MS Postal code: 39529 Country: USA Electronic mail address: ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov Hours of service: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time Role: Role code: resourceProvider Feature Type Information: Feature type: Type name: atlas.Watersheds_US8 Definition: Attributes for HUC 8 watersheds. Is abstract: false Feature Catalogue Information: uuidref: FC001 Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: OBJECTID Definition: automatically generated number Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: NOAA National Coastal Data Development Center Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: FID Definition: automatically generated number Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: NOAA National Coastal Data Development Center Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: SHAPE Definition: Feature geometry Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: ESRI Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: TNMID Definition: unknown Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: MetaSource Definition: MetaSource is a unique identifier that links the element to the metadata tables. This ID is generated and assigned automatically by the database and remains with the object permanently. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: SourceData Definition: SourceData is a space provided for a brief description of the type of base data used to update or change the current WBD. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: SourceOrig Definition: SourceOrig is the description of the agency that created the base data used to improve the WBD. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: SourceFeat Definition: This code identifies the parent of the feature if the feature is the result of a split or merge, and it is automatically generated and assigned. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: LoadDate Definition: LoadDate automatically generates and assigns the date when the data were loaded into the official USGS WBD ArcSDE database. This field is the effective date for all feature edits. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: GNIS_ID Definition: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Identifier Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Constrained by: Constraint: Description: Range Domain Min: 46611 Range Domain Max: 5069695 Smallest unit increment: 0.000001 Member name: AreaAcres Definition: Area of subwatershed including non-contributing areas calculated to acres. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Value measurement unit: Base unit: Identifier: Units system: Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Constrained by: Constraint: Description: Range Domain Min: 188.63 Range Domain Max: 20516.35 Smallest unit increment: .01 Member name: AreaSqKm Definition: Area, shown in square kilometers. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Value measurement unit: Base unit: Identifier: Units system: Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: States Definition: The "States" field includes the names of all state(s) that the subwatershed falls within. The 2-digit postal abbreviation in upper case and in alphabetical order was used, separated with a comma. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Federal Guidelines, Requirements, and Procedures for the National Watershed Boundary Dataset; Chapter 3 of Section A, Federal Standards, Book 11, Collection and Delineation of Spatial Data; Techniques and Methods 11-A3. Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: HUC8 Definition: A unique 8-digit code from the USGS map series "Hydrologic Unit Maps". The same number was used in every record that pertains to a subwatershed that resides within the same 8-digit sub-basin. Numbers were assigned in an upstream to downstream fashion. Where no downstream/upstream relationship could be determined numbers were assigned in a clockwise fashion. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Federal Standards for Delineation of Hydrologic Unit Boundaries Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: Name Definition: The name field contains the assigned name of the hydrologic unit, constructed with reference to a feature name that is officially recognized by the GNIS. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Listed value: Listed Value: Label: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: unknown Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: Shape_STAr Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: Shape_STLe Definition: Length of feature in internal units. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: Shape_Leng Definition: Length of feature in internal units. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: ESRI Role: Role code: resourceProvider Carrier of characteristics: Feature attribute: Member name: Shape_Area Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared. Cardinality: unknown Definition Reference Information: Definition reference: Definition Source Information: Definition source: Source: Citation: Title: inapplicable Date: unknown Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Role: Role code: resourceProvider
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