National Water Information System Stations, Northeast United States, 2010
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This point shapefile contains the locations of the National Water Information System (NWIS) stations in the Northeastern United States. As part of the Survey's program of disseminating water data to the public, the Water Resources Division (WRD) maintains a distributed network of computers and fileservers for the storage and retrieval of water data collected through its activities at approximately 1.4 million sites.The NWIS is a distributed water database in which data can be processed over a network of workstations and fileservers at Survey offices throughout the United States. The system is composed of four subsystems: the Ground-Water Site-Inventory System, the Water-Quality System, the Automated Data-Processing System, and the Water-Use Data System. Many types of data are stored in the NWIS' distributed, local data bases, including: site information, time-series (flow, stage, precipitation, chemical), peak flow, ground water, water quality, and water use.
- Purpose
- To support coastal planning and other activities pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act, Energy Policy Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Rivers and Harbors Act and the Submerged Lands Act.
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
|---|---|
| Form | Shapefile |
| Extent | 0.006 |
| Place | Charleston, SC, US |
| Publisher | United States. National Ocean Service |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
| Map data | Scale not given. ; EPSG::4269 W 73°59ʹ21ʺ--W 67°14ʹ51ʺ/N 45°39ʹ51ʺ--N 40°21ʹ56ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
| Creator | United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
|---|---|---|
| Creator | United States. National Ocean Service | |
| Creator | United States. Department of Commerce |
Subjects
| Subject | Water quality monitoring stations |
|---|---|
| Subject | Groundwater flow |
| Subject | Precipitation |
| Subject | Atlantic Ocean |
| Subject | Atlantic Coast (New England) |
| Subject | Connecticut |
| Subject | Maine |
| Subject | Massachusetts |
| Subject | New Hampshire |
| Subject | New York |
| Subject | Rhode Island |
| Subject | Buzzards Bay (Mass.) |
| Subject | Cape Cod Bay (Mass.) |
| Subject | Massachusetts Bay (Mass.) |
| Subject | Nantucket Sound (Mass.) |
| Subject | Penobscot Bay (Me.) |
| Subject | Rhode Island Sound (Mass. and R.I.) |
| Subject | Vineyard Sound (Mass.) |
| Subject | Maine, Gulf of |
| Subject | Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) |
| Subject | 2010 |
| Subject | Oceans |
| Subject | Environment |
| Genre | Geospatial data |
| Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
| WGS84 Cartographics | This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection. |
|---|---|
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/tn219xy1684 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
- Copyright
- This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. National Ocean Service, and U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2011). National Water Information System Stations, Northeast United States, 2010. National Ocean Service. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/tn219xy1684.
Collection
Northeast Ocean Data : Maps and data for ocean planning in the northeastern United States
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