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Title:

Hydrography Publication Waterbodies Oregon/Washington polygon

Dataset Name:

hyd_pub_waterbody

Category:

Water

Downloads:

(612.10 MB)

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Each feature class or feature dataset is in Geographic (GCS) NAD83 unless otherwise noted

Description:

This dataset contains waterbody features from the US Geologic Survey (USGS) High Resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). NHD waterbody features include polygons depicting Lake/Ponds, swamp/marsh, estuaries, etc. Additional attributes have been added from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Aquatic Resources Information Management System (ARIMS). This data will be refreshed as-needed to reflect updates to the NHD and ARIMS.

Purpose:

This publication format is intended to improve the usability of the High Resolution NHD and ARIMS by combining attributes from both sources into one dataset with a simplified structure. The publication format includes the most commonly used attribute in