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    • StreamCat

    Metadata Updated: January 30, 2026

    The StreamCat Dataset provides summaries of natural and anthropogenic landscape features for ~2.65 million streams, and their associated catchments, within the conterminous USA.

    This dataset is associated with the following publications: Hill, R.A., M. Weber , S. Leibowitz , T. Olsen , and D.J. Thornbrugh. The Stream-Catchment (StreamCat) Dataset: A database of watershed metrics for the conterminous USA. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION. American Water Resources Association, Middleburg, VA, USA, 9, (2015). Hill, R., E. Fox, S. Leibowitz, T. Olsen, D. Thornbrugh, and M. Weber. Predictive Mapping of the Biotic Condition of Conterminous-USA Rivers and Streams. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. Ecological Society of America, Ithaca, NY, USA, 27(8): 2397-2415, (2017). Fox, E., R. Hill, S. Leibowitz, T. Olsen, D. Thornbrugh, and M. Weber. Assessing the accuracy and stability of variable selection methods for random forest modeling in ecology. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT. Springer, New York, NY, USA, 189(316): 1-20, (2017). Thornbrugh, D., S. Leibowitz, R. Hill, M. Weber, Z. Johnson, T. Olsen, J. Flotemersch, J. Stoddard, and D. Peck. Mapping watershed integrity for the conterminous United States... ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, USA, 85: 1133-1148, (2018).

    Access & Use Information

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

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12372
    https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1617
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-6025-0
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.070

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 30, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 30, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from EPA Non Geo Repository

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 30, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 30, 2026
    Publisher U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://doi.org/10.23719/1407613
    Data Last Modified 2017-07-11
    Public Access Level public
    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.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 Dictionary https://gaftp.epa.gov/EPADataCommons/ORD/NHDPlusLandscapeAttributes/StreamCat/Documentation/DataDictionary.html
    Harvest Object Id d6d31b0b-2b1c-42c0-8b53-73936dc288d2
    Harvest Source Id 9c1c2b5b-7925-4ca2-a663-ca2131653db1
    Harvest Source Title EPA Non Geo Repository
    License https://pasteur.epa.gov/license/sciencehub-license.html
    Program Code 020:096
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12372, https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1617, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-6025-0, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.070
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c4f1b8296293ac9af2526ab3f1205865e6e26c1a77b107ef1f056272aabec087
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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