Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Water Publication_Date: 19980227 Title: USEPA STORET Stream Flow Data from Gaging Stations in CONUS Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Washington DC Publisher: US EPA/Office of Water Online_Linkage: For BASINS model and data http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/basins/ For documentation and flow data http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/STORET Description: Abstract: Inventory of surface water gaging station data including 7-Q-10 low and monthly stream flow. Purpose: Inventory of surface water gaging station data used for water quality studies, waste load allocations, distribution studies, and advanced waste treatment assessments. Supplemental_Information: The gage data were retrieved from the Gage File database. If necessary state and county FIPS codes were filled in from other fields where possible. The resulting ASCII file was converted into an ARC/INFO National Albers projection coverage for the United States. The coverage was then overlaid with county coverages (conterminous U.S., Alaska, Hawaii) to assign accuracy codes based on the state-county FIPS codes. For distribution with BASINS v1.0, the national coverage was split into a series of coverages that included the spatial extent of each of the nine US EPA regions, plus the hydrologic accounting units that crossed Region boundaries. The nine regional coverages therefore overlapped at Regional boundaries. The coverages were distributed in PC ARC/INFO coverage format. For distribution with Basins v2.0, the PA ARC/INFO coverages were exported on a PC then imported in workstation ARC/INFO v7.0.4. Each Regional coverage was then projected to geographic decimal degrees, NAD83. The coverages were then converted to ESRI Shapefile format, using the ARCSHAPE command. Reviews Applied to Data An accuracy code was assigned based on a comparison of state and county FIPS codes. A site with a code value of 1 is within the correct county. A value of 2 is outside the county but inside the state. A value of 3 or 9 indicates coordinates outside the state. A site with value of 4 was formerly assigned a value of 3 or 9 but was reassigned based on visual inspection to be on the border of the correct county. Due to the amount of data, points with an accuracy code of 2 were not visually checked. The sites with accuracy codes of 3 or 9 outside the correct state were visually inspected to determine if they were on the border of the county within which they were associated. The facilities found to be on the border were BASINS v2.0 reviews: projected coverages were checked for topology. The shapefile format features and attributes were visually inspected and compared with the BASINS v1.0 PC ARC/INFO coverages. The gage data was obtained from the US EPA Gage File database. References U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1992). "Office of Water-Environmental and Program Information Systems Compendium", Office of Water, U.S. EPA, Washington D.C. 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Each point is identified by the AGCY unique code. The state and county FIPS codes and county name from the Gage File database are also included. The LATDD and LONGDD values were used to place the gages on USGS topographic maps from which they were digitized. The ACCURACY code indicates whether the LAT/LONG matched the state and county FIPS codes from the Gage File database: 1 = correct county and state 2 = correct county incorrect state 3 = incorrect state 4 = incorrect county, but gage is on border of correct county 9 = incorrect state Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Not Available Distribution_Information Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USEPA Office of Water/OST Basins Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (4305T) City: Washington State_or_Province: District of Columbia Postal_Code: 20460 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-566-0400 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-566-0409 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: basins@epa.gov Hours_of_Service: 9-3 EST Distribution_Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system under contract to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), no warranty expressed or implied is made by the USEPA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The USEPA will warrant the delivery of this product in computer-readable format. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) ArcView Shapefile Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/basins/ Offline_Option: Offline_Media: CD-ROM Recording_Format: ISO 9660 Fees: None Ordering_Instructions: When requesting data by phone or mail, please inquire about spatial data sets that work with Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources (BASINS). The BASINS web page has instructions for downloading datasets. It also has a link to The National Center for Environmental Publications and Information (NCEPI), from which BASINS CD-ROMs may be ordered. Each CD-ROM contains the BASINS v2.0 Application and this data set along with others covering the spatial extent of an EPA Region. 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