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Natural Resources
for Louisiana
Data Dictionary
- Description: This dataset consists of locations of selected water quality monitoring
stations for 10 bacteria-related parameters. More detailed information can be found in the
metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Statewide
- Date: 1970-1994
- Format: ArcView Shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: EPA storage and retrieval data from the U.S. Water Parametric Data program.
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of 75,187 dam locations for the conterminous United
States. Also known as the National Data Inventory. More detailed information can be found
in the metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: 1996
- Format: ArcView shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: Originated from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of the locations of the nation's water supply sites,
as regulated by the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act. More detailed information can be found
in the metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: 1985-1987
- Format: ArcView shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: Data is obtained from each state individually, following EPA guidelines.
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of polygon coverage of the Level III ecoregions for
the conterminous U.S. More detailed information can be found in the metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: 1986-1994
- Format: ArcView Shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: Omernik's "Ecoregions of the Conterminous U.S." 1:7,500,000 scale map.
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of all available information describing State,
tribal, and federally issued fish consumption advisories in the U.S. and its territories,
and Canada. More detailed information can be found in the metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: 1996
- Format: ArcView Shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: State, tribal, and Federal agencies issuing fish consumption advisories.
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of land use/land cover digital data, used in
environmental assessment of land use patterns with respect to water quality, growth
management, and other types of environment impact assessment. More detailed information
can be found in the metadata
file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: 1977-1980
- Format: ArcView Shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: U.S. Geodata 1:250,000 and 1:100,000 scale land use/land cover and associated
maps.
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of approximately 700,000 miles of streams and open
waters in the conterminous U.S. More detailed information can be found in the metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: 1994
- Format: ArcView Shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: 1:500,000 NOAA aeronautical charts
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of a series of hydrographic databases of the surface
water of the continental U.S. More detailed information can be found in the metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: 1994
- Format: ArcView Shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: EPA Reach File Version 1
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of a broad base inventory of soils and non-soil areas
that occur in a repeatable pattern on the landscape. More detailed information can be
found in the metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: 1994
- Format: ArcView Shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: Various detailed soil survey maps
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of surface water gauging station data including
7-Q-10 low and monthly stream flow. More detailed information can be found in the metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: 1992-?
- Format: ArcView Shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: EPA gauge file database
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of watershed boundaries for the conterminous U.S.
More detailed information can be found in the metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: Unknown
- Format: ArcView Shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: USGS Hydrologic Unit Maps
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of statistical summaries of water quality monitoring
for 47 physical and chemical related parameters. More detailed information can be found in
the metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: 1997
- Format: ArcView Shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: EPA storage and retrieval data of the U.S. Water Parametric Data Program.
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of a limited set of raw water quality observation
data for the conterminous U.S. More detailed information can be found in the metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: 1980-1995
- Format: ArcView Shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: EPA storage and retrieval data of the U.S. Water Parametric Data Program.
- Link: EPA BASINS
- Description: This dataset consists of the locations of NOAA's Weather Data Management
Stations for the U.S. and its territories. More detailed information can be found in the metadata file.
- Geographic Area: Nationwide
- Date: 1970-1997
- Format: ArcView Shapefile
- File Size: Unknown
- Source: NOAA National Climatic Data Center
- Link: EPA BASINS
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