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Resource Abstract:
This tabular data set represents average depth to water table relative to the land surface(meters) compiled for two spatial components of the NHDPlus version 2 data suite (NHDPlusv2) for the conterminous United States; 1) individual reach catchments and 2) reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network. This dataset can be linked to the NHDPlus version 2 data suite by the unique identifier COMID. The source data for average depth to water table from the land surface was produced by Ying Fan and others (written communication, Rutgers University, 2007). Units are meters from land surface. Reach catchment information characterizes data at the local scale. Reach catchments accumulated upstream through the river network characterizes cumulative upstream conditions. Network-accumulated values are computed using two methods, 1) divergence-routed and 2) total cumulative drainage area. Both approaches use a modified routing database to navigate the NHDPlus reach network to aggregate (accumulate) the metrics derived from the reach catchment scale. (Schwarz and Wieczorek, 2016).
Citation
Title Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Reach Catchments and Modified Routed Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States: Average Elevation of Water Table Relative to Land Surface
Publication Date  Date   2016
Publication Date  Date   1971
Publication Date  Date   2000
Topic Category:  geoscientificInformation
Theme Keywords
depth to water table
SPARROW
Inlandwaters
NHDPlus
Catchment
NAWQA
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revision  Date   2018-08-28
Place Keywords
Conterminous United States
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Title None
revision  Date   2018-08-28
purpose:
This data set was created by the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment Project (NAWQA) which is part of the USGS National Water Quality Program (NWQP). This effort was undertaken to estimate the average depth to the water table (meters) from land surface for NHDPlusV2 flowline catchments and upstream river networks to support statistical analysis, map display, and model parameterization.
Resource language:  eng
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Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -127.910792
eastBoundLongitude  -65.327751
northBoundLatitude  51.657387
southBoundLatitude  23.243486
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individual Name Michael E. Wieczorek
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electronic Mail Addressmewieczo@usgs.gov
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organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
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electronic Mail Addressmewieczo@usgs.gov
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Metadata data stamp:  2018-07-30T19:15:43Z
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individual Name Michael E. Wieczorek
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Voice 443-498-5550
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electronic Mail Addressmewieczo@usgs.gov
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organisation Name  US Geological Survey, Maryland Water Science Center
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Voice 443-498-5550
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electronic Mail Addressmewieczo@usgs.gov
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organisation Name  Michael E. Wieczorek
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Metadata contact - originator
organisation Name  Shannon E. Jackson
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Metadata contact - originator
organisation Name  Gregory E. Schwarz
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Metadata contact - metadataContact
individual Name Michael Wieczorek
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Voice 443-498-5550
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electronic Mail Addressmewieczo@usgs.gov
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organisation Name  US Geological Survey
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Voice 443-498-5550
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electronic Mail Addressmewieczo@usgs.gov
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organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
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Metadata language  eng USA
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Metadata record identifier:  56f97456e4b0a6037df06b50
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