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    • The StreamCat Dataset: Accumulated Attributes for NHDPlusV2 (Version 2.1) Catchments for the Conterminous United States: Predicted Biological Condition

    Metadata Updated: February 4, 2025

    This dataset consists of predicted probabilities of good biological condition based in the US EPA 2008/2009 National Rivers and Streams Assessment (NRSA). NRSA assesses the biological condition of rivers and streams using several approaches, including a benthic invertebrate multimetric index (BMMI). The development of the NRSA BMMI is documented in the 2008/2009 NRSA Report (https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/national-rivers-and-streams-assessment-2008-2009-results) and by Stoddard et al. (2008) (http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1899/08-053.1). This assessment resulted in the classification of 1,380 streams as being in good or poor biological condition. These sites were paired with StreamCat data and a random forest model was developed to predict the probable condition of streams based on the binary response of condition to catchment and watershed features. This model was then applied to NHDPlusV2 stream segments that were within the NRSA sampling frame, i.e., streams that were candidates for sampling during the 2008/2009 NRSA (~1.1 million stream segments). Model development was documented in Fox et al. (2017) (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-017-6025-0) and Hill et al. (2017)(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.1617/full).

    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://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/streamcat-dataset#access-streamcat-data
    https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=347BAA74-DA58-4F3D-BD51-7A424CAA8EBD

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date October 3, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date February 4, 2025
    Data Update Frequency R/P3Y

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from StreamCat Harvest

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date October 3, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date February 4, 2025
    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 347BAA74-DA58-4F3D-BD51-7A424CAA8EBD
    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/StreamCat.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/streamcat-metrics-and-definitions
    Data Dictionary Type text/html
    Harvest Object Id 92f5ba4d-eabe-40e1-954b-7a0d6f303faa
    Harvest Source Id e7d3a7e2-50b8-4149-949c-cf56c38224b3
    Harvest Source Title StreamCat Harvest
    Homepage URL https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/streamcat-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://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/streamcat-dataset#access-streamcat-data, https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=347BAA74-DA58-4F3D-BD51-7A424CAA8EBD
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c54e4bc8eaf70b441a70b1e3914b2da66df70473c5426a4e69c381738b7561a8
    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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