The California Interagency Watershed Map of 1999 (updated May 2004, 'calw221') is the State of California's working definition
of watershed boundaries. Previous Calwater versions (1.2 and 2.2) described California watersheds, beginning with the division
of the State's 101 million acres into ten Hydrologic Regions (HR). Each HR is progressively subdivided into six smaller, nested
levels. Other sections: Spatial_Reference_Information:
Citation
Title California Interagency Watershed Map
publication Date
1900-01-01T12:00:00
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Tierra Data Systems; California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; California Interagency Watershed Mapping Committee;
State Water Resources Control Board; California Department of Fish and Wildlife; California Department of Water Resources
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purpose:
The purpose of Calwater 2.2.1 is to standardize the boundary delineation, coding, and naming of California watersheds by government
agencies. Calwater also cross-references watershed codes implemented by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR),
the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCB), as well as Hydrologic
Unit Codes (HUC) published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for California and the nation.Standardized watershed delineations,
codes, and names from both State and federal systems are used primarily to map, analyze, and document water resources and
water quality information and regulations. Examples include water quality reporting to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
by SWRCB and Timber Harvest Plan tracking by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF). Applications
also include regional planning, environmental analysis, hydrology, wildlands research, soils, agriculture, and fish and wildlife
habitat management. Calwater is also useful in geographic information systems (GIS) and for online data retrieval. Calwater
2.2.1 and versions to follow are intended to provide a comprehensive geographic frame of reference for the California landscape.
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FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the August 2011-REH version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2 transform modified and updatated by SMR
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Contact information
Telephone
Voice (916) 445-5342
Fax
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California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Sacramento, California, CA 94244-2460