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The LakeCat Dataset: Accumulated Attributes for NHDPlusV2 (Version 2.1) Catchments for the Conterminous United States: National Land Cover Database - Impervious Surfaces

Metadata Updated: November 14, 2023

This dataset represents the impervious surface coefficients within individual local and accumulated upstream catchments for NHDPlusV2 Waterbodies based on the National Land Cover Data. AOI boundaries in LakeCat are defined in one of two ways, on-network or off-network. The on-network catchment boundaries follow the catchments provided in the NHDPlusV2 and the metrics for these lakes mirror metrics from StreamCat, but will substitute the COMID of the NHDWaterbody for that of the NHDFlowline. The off-network catchment framework uses the NHDPlusV2 flow direction rasters to define non-overlapping lake-AOI boundaries and then links them through an off-network flow table. This data set is derived from the NLCD Impervious Surfaces raster which describes percent imperviousness (continuous data type). Values indicate the degree to which the area is composed of impervious anthropogenic materials (e.g., parking surfaces, roads, building roofs). This raster was produced based on a decision-tree classification of 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, and 2019 Landsat satellite data. This dataset will include additional years as they become available.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

Downloads & Resources

References

https://gaftp.epa.gov/epadatacommons/ORD/NHDPlusLandscapeAttributes/LakeCat/FinalTables/
https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=43F2C9A2-4F0F-4603-928B-5DF138EDDB96

Dates

Metadata Created Date October 3, 2023
Metadata Updated Date November 14, 2023
Data Update Frequency R/P3Y

Metadata Source

Harvested from LakeCat Harvest

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date October 3, 2023
Metadata Updated Date November 14, 2023
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA), Pacific Ecological Systems Division (PESD),
Maintainer
Identifier 43F2C9A2-4F0F-4603-928B-5DF138EDDB96
Data First Published 2015-04-23
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2023-11-13
Rights public (Data asset is or could be made publicly available to all without restrictions)
Category environment
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency R/P3Y
Bureau Code 020:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/NHEERL/WED/NonGeo/LakeCat.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Data Quality True
Data Dictionary https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/lakecat-metrics-and-definitions
Data Dictionary Type text/html
Harvest Object Id 10c6d18f-0b90-4e46-ae06-cc92830373e3
Harvest Source Id 54618c4c-64b6-4a3b-9748-ad612299d8a0
Harvest Source Title LakeCat Harvest
Homepage URL https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/lakecat-dataset
License https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
Old Spatial -125.0,24.5,-66.5,49.5
Program Code 020:072
Related Documents https://gaftp.epa.gov/epadatacommons/ORD/NHDPlusLandscapeAttributes/LakeCat/FinalTables/, https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=43F2C9A2-4F0F-4603-928B-5DF138EDDB96
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash d0f4d54f437ebd2aa34d9076db0c9a0b575d0055d676284aa2b3d800469e538a
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -125.0, 24.5, -125.0, 49.5, -66.5, 49.5, -66.5, 24.5, -125.0, 24.5}
Temporal 2015/2030

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