gages2AttrPlus: Gages-II attributes

Description Usage Format Citation See Also

Description

These are the attributes taken from the USGS Gages-II data set.
http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/metadata/usgswrd/XML/gagesII_Sept2011.xml
The original gages-II atributes are in gages2Attr additional attributes may be placed in gages2AttrPlus.

Usage

1

Format

data.frame: 9322 obs. of 16 variables:

STAID

Station ID from USGS NWIS

STANAME

Station Name from USGS NWIS

CLASS

Classification (Ref or Non-ref)

AGGECOREGI

Aggregated ecoregion

DRAIN_SQKM

Drainage area, sq km

HUC02

Hydrologic Unit Code, 2-digit

HUC08

ONLY in gages2AttrPlus: Hydrologic Unit Code, 8-digit

LAT_GAGE

Latitude, decimal degrees

LNG_GAGE

Longitude, decimal degrees

STATE

State at gage location

HCDN_2009

If gage is part of HCDN-2009

ACTIVE09

If gage active in water year 2009

FLYRS1900

Number of complete years of flow data between 1900 and 2009

FLYRS1950

Number of complete years of flow data between 1950 and 2009

FLYRS1990

Number of complete years of flow data between 1990 and 2009

Citation

Originator: James Falcone
Publication_Date: 20111012
Title: GAGES-II: Geospatial Attributes of Gages for Evaluating Streamflow
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?gagesII_Sept2011

See Also

Other gages2: gages2Attr


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