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The StreamCat Dataset: Accumulated Attributes for NHDPlusV2 (Version 2.1) Catchments for the Conterminous United States: Reference Stream Temperature Predictions

Metadata Updated: February 10, 2026

This dataset represents predictions made to individual, local NHDPlusV2 stream segments. Attributes were calculated for every local NHDPlusV2 stream segment. (See Supplementary Info for Glossary of Terms). These predictions were made to provide estimates of reference-condition stream temperatures in support of the 2008-2009 and 2013-2014 (forthcoming) National Rivers and Streams Assessments. These predictions were based on a set of published models (Hill et al. 2013; http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1899/12-009.1). From Hill et al. (2013): "We modeled 3 ecologically important elements of the thermal regime: mean summer, mean winter, and mean annual stream temperature. These models used a set of least-disturbed USGS stations and sites to model stream temperatures from a set of landscape metrics. To build reference-condition models, we used daily mean ST data obtained from several thousand US Geological Survey temperature sites distributed across the conterminous USA and iteratively modeled ST with Random Forests to identify sites in reference condition. These data are summarized to produce local stream segment-level metrics as a continuous data type.

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=B93A5967-949A-4075-AA3D-EA60105D2E86

Dates

Metadata Created Date January 30, 2026
Metadata Updated Date February 10, 2026
Data Update Frequency R/P3Y

Metadata Source

Harvested from EPA Non Geo Repository

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 30, 2026
Metadata Updated Date February 10, 2026
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water,
Maintainer
Identifier B93A5967-949A-4075-AA3D-EA60105D2E86
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/nongeo_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 Quality True
Data Dictionary https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/streamcat-metrics-and-definitions
Data Dictionary Type text/html
Harvest Object Id 972cce2c-4ee6-426f-8238-d6c9454d28f7
Harvest Source Id 9c1c2b5b-7925-4ca2-a663-ca2131653db1
Harvest Source Title EPA Non Geo Repository
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=B93A5967-949A-4075-AA3D-EA60105D2E86
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash cb04ab0aa7c11a0b4d94fc6b6b0400453dc5d98b38a6ec6e2a7719c61bccb2db
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Temporal 2015/2030

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