Metadata: Identification Information: Citation: Citation Information: Originator:Wayne L. Myers, Joseph A. Bishop, David Argent Publication Date:2000 Title:Ordered watersheds in Pennsylvania Publication Information: Publication Place:University Park, PA Publisher:Pennsylvania Gap Analysis Program. Environmental Resources Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University Online Linkage:Download Larger Work Citation: Citation Information: Originator:Environmental Resource Research Institute Publication Date:199807 Title:Pennsylvania Gap Analysis Project Publication Information: Publication Place:University Park, Pa Publisher:Environmental Resource Research Institute Description: Abstract:This layer delineates the watersheds for the more than 9800 named streams from the Pennsylvania Gazetteer of streams. Each watershed has been attributed with a code from 1 (small, no tributaries) to 8 (large, many tributaries) to indicate the order or size of the stream associated with the watershed. Also includes slope and human disturbance classification for watersheds. Purpose:Part of the Pennsylvania Gap Analysis progression, this dataset was designed to facilitate the interpretation of Pennsylvania's surface vegetation and habitat models for vertebrate species in the Commonwealth. Supplemental Information:For use at 1:24,000 or smaller scale. Supplemental Information:Further information about the Pennsylvania Gap Analysis Project at: http://www.erri.psu.edu/web/projects/gappage.htm Time Period of Content: Time Period Information: Single Date/Time: Calendar Date:1995 Currentness Reference:ground condition Status: Progress:Complete Maintenance and Update Frequency:None planned Spatial Domain: Bounding Coordinates: West Bounding Coordinate:-81.00815292 East Bounding Coordinate:-74.19768625 North Bounding Coordinate:42.75504061 South Bounding Coordinate:38.87123889 Keywords: Theme: Theme Keyword Thesaurus:None Theme Keyword:gap analysis Theme Keyword:watersheds Theme Keyword:hydrology Place: Place Keyword Thesaurus:None Place Keyword:Pennsylvania Access Constraints:None Use Constraints:For educational/demonstration purposes only. The Originator, Publisher and Distributor exclude any and all implied warranties and make no warranty or representation with respect to the data files or accompanying documentation, including quality, performance, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. These data files and documentation are provided 'as is' and the User assumes the entire risk as to their quality and performance. These data are not to be redistributed for commercial profit. Reproduction or redistribution of this digital data set without permission of the Originator/Publisher is expressly forbidden. The Originator and Publisher should be clearly cited in any product derived from this data. Any modifications to this data must be described in any digital or hardcopy product derived from this data. Point of Contact: Contact Information: Contact Person Primary: Contact Person:Joseph A. Bishop Contact Organization:Environmental Resources Research Institute Contact Address: Address Type:mailing address Address:Environmental Resources Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, Land and Water Building City:University Park State or Province:Pennsylvania Postal Code:16802 Country:United States Contact Voice Telephone:814-863-0291 Contact Electronic Mail Address:jab190@psu.edu Data Quality Information: Attribute Accuracy: Attribute Accuracy Report:Verified visually through comparison with source materials. Logical Consistency Report:Topology exists. Completeness Report:Complete coverage for the state of Pennsylvania. Positional Accuracy: Horizontal Positional Accuracy: Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:Created from source materials conforming to National Mapping Accuracy Standards for 1:24000 mapping. Verified through overlay with orthophotos. Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment: Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value:10 Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation:95 percent of watershed boundary points through ground truthing fall within 10 meters of true position Lineage: Source Information: Source Citation: Citation Information: Originator:Environmental Resources Research Institute Publication Date:19970503 Title:Pennsylvania - small watersheds Publication Information: Publication Place:Harrisburg, PA Publisher:Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Source Scale Denominator:24000 Type of Source Media:online Source Time Period of Content: Time Period Information: Single Date/Time: Calendar Date:1997 Source Currentness Reference:publication date Source Citation Abbreviation:smallsheds Source Contribution:watershed boundary and identification information Source Information: Source Citation: Citation Information: Originator:Environmental Resources Research Institute Publication Date:1998 Title:Networked streams of Pennsylvania Publication Information: Publication Place:Harrisburg, PA Publisher:Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Source Scale Denominator:24000 Type of Source Media:online Source Time Period of Content: Time Period Information: Single Date/Time: Calendar Date:1998 Source Currentness Reference:publication date Source Citation Abbreviation:netstreams Source Contribution:stream size information Source Information: Source Citation: Citation Information: Originator:U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), EROS Data Center Publication Date:1999 Title:National Elevation Dataset for Pennsylvania Edition:1 Publication Information: Publication Place:Sioux Falls, SD Publisher:U.S. Geological Survey Online Linkage:Download Source Scale Denominator:100000 Type of Source Media:online Source Time Period of Content: Time Period Information: Single Date/Time: Calendar Date:1998 Source Currentness Reference:publication date Source Citation Abbreviation:padem90 Source Contribution:elevation data for slope calculation Source Information: Source Citation: Citation Information: Originator:Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey Publication Date:2000 Title:Physiographic ecoregions of Pennsylvania Source Scale Denominator:100000 Type of Source Media:online Source Time Period of Content: Time Period Information: Single Date/Time: Calendar Date:1998 Source Currentness Reference:publication date Source Citation Abbreviation:paecoregion Source Contribution:physiographic provinces and sections Source Information: Source Citation: Citation Information: Originator:Wayne L. Myers, Joseph A. Bishop Publication Date:1999 Title:Stratified land-use/land-cover for Pennsylvania Geospatial Data Presentation Form:map Publication Information: Publication Place:University Park, PA Publisher:Pennsylvania Gap Analysis Program. Environmental Resources Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University Source Scale Denominator:100000 Type of Source Media:online Source Time Period of Content: Time Period Information: Single Date/Time: Calendar Date:1998 Source Currentness Reference:publication date Source Citation Abbreviation:palcurb Source Contribution:information regarding human disturbance Process Step: Process Description:The smallsheds layer was paired with the netstreams layer and interactively interpreted from a computer display to code stream order from 1-8 (small to large) according to the number of tributaries feeding into each stream. Source Used Citation Abbreviation:netstreams Source Used Citation Abbreviation:smallsheds Process Date:1999 Process Step: Process Description:This ordered smallsheds layer was paired with the paecoregion layer and attribution for the physiographic province and section containing each watershed was added to the tables. Source Used Citation Abbreviation:paecoregion Process Date:1999 Process Step: Process Description:Slope information was added for each watershed by performing statistical calculations on the padem data to derive the median slope contained in each watershed. Raw values were recoded using the 3 category reclassification. Source Used Citation Abbreviation:padem Process Date:1999 Process Step: Process Description:To represent the amount of human activity in each watershed the palcurb grid was layered with the watershed boundaries. Areas classified as urban or suburban land use or perennial or annual herbaceous land cover were selected and percentage of watershed area in these classifications were calculated. The raw calculations were reclassified using the three categories included in the present layer. Source Used Citation Abbreviation:palcurb Process Date:1999 Process Contact: Contact Information: Contact Person Primary: Contact Person:Joseph A. Bishop Contact Organization:Environmental Resources Research Institute Contact Address: Address Type:mailing address Address:Environmental Resources Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, Land and Water Building City:University Park State or Province:Pennsylvania Postal Code:16802 Country:United States Contact Voice Telephone:814-863-0291 Contact Electronic Mail Address:jab190@psu.edu Spatial Data Organization Information: Direct Spatial Reference Method:Vector Point and Vector Object Information: SDTS Terms Description: SDTS Point and Vector Object Type:G-polygon Point and Vector Object Count:53331 SDTS Terms Description: SDTS Point and Vector Object Type:Entity point Point and Vector Object Count:9941 SDTS Terms Description: SDTS Point and Vector Object Type:GT-polygon composed of chains Point and Vector Object Count:9941 Spatial Reference Information: Horizontal Coordinate System Definition: Planar: Map Projection: Map Projection Name:Lambert Conformal Conic Lambert Conformal Conic: Standard Parallel:33 Standard Parallel:45 Longitude of Central Meridian:-96 Latitude of Projection Origin:39 False Easting:0 False Northing:0 Planar Coordinate Information: Planar Coordinate Encoding Method:row and column Coordinate Representation: Abscissa Resolution:30 Ordinate Resolution:30 Planar Distance Units:meters Geodetic Model: Horizontal Datum Name:North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid Name:Clarke 1866 Semi-major Axis:6378206 Denominator of Flattening Ratio:294.9786982 Entity and Attribute Information: Detailed Description: Entity Type: Entity Type Label:pasmalshed.pat Attribute: Attribute Label:FID Attribute Definition:Internal feature identifier Attribute Definition Source:system supplied Attribute: Attribute Label:SHAPE Attribute Definition:geometry Attribute Definition Source:system supplied Attribute: Attribute Label:AREA Attribute Definition:area of polygon (sq. meters) Attribute Definition Source:system Attribute: Attribute Label:PERIMETER Attribute Definition:perimeter of polygon (meters) Attribute Definition Source:system Attribute: Attribute Label:PASMALSHED# Attribute Definition:polygon identifier Attribute Definition Source:system Attribute Domain Values: Range Domain: Range Domain Minimum:2 Range Domain Maximum:9942 Attribute: Attribute Label:PASMALSHED-ID Attribute Definition:Polygon identifier Attribute Domain Values: Range Domain: Range Domain Minimum:1 Range Domain Maximum:10034 Attribute: Attribute Label:SQM Attribute Definition:Area in square miles. Attribute Definition Source:calculated Attribute: Attribute Label:WRDS# Attribute Definition:stream code number of the Water Resources Data System database for PaDEP. Attribute Definition Source:Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams Attribute: Attribute Label:NAME Attribute Definition:Name of stream Attribute Definition Source:PA Gazetteer of Streams Attribute: Attribute Label:HEIRLEVEL Attribute Definition:DEP identification of location stream in watershed waterway. Attribute Definition Source:PADEP Attribute: Attribute Label:HEIRCODE Attribute Definition:DEP coding of relative location of the stream in the overall stream network of the watershed. Attribute Definition Source:PADEP Attribute: Attribute Label:HUC Attribute Definition:USGS hydrologic unit code number and is defined as a numeric value with an input and output of eight digits. Attribute Definition Source:U.S.G.S. water supply-paper 2294 Attribute: Attribute Label:ORDER Attribute Definition:Integer 1-8 coding corresponding to stream size. 1 is smallest, no tributaries through 8 denoting large with many tributaries Attribute Definition Source:PA GAP Attribute Domain Values: Range Domain: Range Domain Minimum:1 Range Domain Maximum:8 Attribute: Attribute Label:STRSIZE Attribute Definition:Stream size coding with 4 stream order classifications 1 (smallest) through 4 (largest). This is a reclassification of the ORDER attribute. Stream orders 1-2 were classified as STRSIZE 1, 3-4 were reclassified as 2, 5-6 to 3 and 7-8 were reclassified to stream size 4 Attribute Definition Source:PA GAP Attribute Domain Values: Range Domain: Range Domain Minimum:1 Range Domain Maximum:4 Attribute: Attribute Label:SAMPLED Attribute Definition:Binary code indicating if fish sampling inventory has been performed in this watershed Attribute Definition Source:PA GAP Attribute Domain Values: Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:0 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:No sampling Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:1 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Sampling has occurred Attribute: Attribute Label:DRAINCODE Attribute Definition:Code for one of the eight major basins used in GAP analysis Attribute Definition Source:PA GAP Attribute Domain Values: Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:1 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Lake Erie Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Allegheny River Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:3 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Ohio River Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:4 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Monongahela River Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:5 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Potomac River Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:6 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Genessee River Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:7 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Susquehanna River Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:8 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Delaware River Attribute: Attribute Label:DRAINAGE Attribute Definition:Name of major river basin Attribute Definition Source:PA GAP Attribute: Attribute Label:PHYS_SECTION Attribute Definition:Name of physiographic section containing watershed Attribute Definition Source:PA DCNR Attribute: Attribute Label:PHYS_PROVINCE Attribute Definition:Name of Physiographic Province containing watershed Attribute Definition Source:PA DCNR Attribute: Attribute Label:PHYS_CODE Attribute Definition:Code corresponding to Physiographic Section Attribute Definition Source:PADEP Attribute Domain Values: Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:1 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Eastern Lake Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Mountainous High Plateau Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:3 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Pittsburgh Low Plateau Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:4 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Glaciated Pittsburgh Plateau Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:5 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:High Plateau Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:6 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Glaciated Low Plateau Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:7 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Glaciated Pocono Plateau Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:8 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Allegheny Mountain Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:9 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Appalachian Mountain Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:10 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Great Valley Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:11 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Reading Prong Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:12 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:South Mountain Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:13 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Piedmont Upland Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:14 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Piedmont Lowland Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:15 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Gettysburg-Newark-Lowland Section Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:16 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Lowland and Intermediate Upland Section Attribute: Attribute Label:SLOPECLASS Attribute Definition:Slope Classification Attribute Definition Source:Based on PADEM (30-meter DEM layer) classifies median slope in polygon Attribute Domain Values: Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:1 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:low - less than 1 percent slope Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:medium - between 1 percent and 3 percent slope Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:3 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:high - greater than 3 percent median slope Attribute: Attribute Label:DISTCLASS Attribute Definition:Disturbance classification indicating level of disturbance in watershed based on palcurb layer (Land cover,urbanization). Disturbed areas are areas of human activity. All suburban and urban areas from land cover and urbanization grid are considered disturbed as are areas with perennial and annual herbaceous land cover (i.e. farmland) Attribute Definition Source:PA GAP project Attribute Domain Values: Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:1 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Low - less than 25 percent disturbance Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:2 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:Medium - between 25 percent and 75 percent disturbed Enumerated Domain: Enumerated Domain Value:3 Enumerated Domain Value Definition:High - greater than 75 percent disturbed Overview Description: Entity and Attribute Overview: Table include system-used attributes and other items specified in Detailed Description Entity and Attribute Detail Citation:See detailed description of PA GAP Analysis Project. 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