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Lidar-Derived Hydrography in the Karner Brook Watershed, Massachusetts

Metadata Updated: September 17, 2025

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Green Berkshires, Inc., has compiled Geographic Information Systems (GIS) datasets consisting of raster and vector data used to generate lidar-derived hydrography. The spatial data layers provided in this data release are hydrography data derived from high-resolution lidar digital elevation models (DEM). The vector data are in Esri shapefile format and include a Breach_Lines.shp file used to breach digital flow dams or obstructions in the DEM (connect erroneously disconnected flow) to aid flow direction processes and hydrologic conditioning; a Headwater_Seed_Points.shp file to guide stream network delineation; a Stream_Network_Karner_Brook_Watershed.shp file derived from the high-resolution lidar DEM that shows stream location; a Watershed_Boundary_Karner_Brook.shp file derived from the hydro-enforcement representing the greater Karner Brook watershed area; and a Potential_Wetlands.shp file derived from the DEM and used to help identify possible wetland locations in the Karner Brook watershed. The raster datasets are in GeoTIFF format and include the dem_clip_m_1.tif, digital elevation model clipped to the Karner Brook basin extent; an fdr_cf.tif, predicting the direction of flow based on the direction of the steepest drop in elevation; and an fac_cf.tif, predicting the number of upstream cells flowing into each one-meter cell.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Metadata Created Date September 12, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 17, 2025

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Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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Metadata Created Date September 12, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 17, 2025
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