Binational Low Resolution Hydrography for the United States and Mexico Border Region

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: USGS

Publication_Date: 2006

Title:

Binational Low Resolution Hydrography for the United States and Mexico Border Region

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

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Description:

Abstract:

This low resolution binational hydrography dataset was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Border Environmental Health Initiative (<http://borderhealth.cr.usgs.gov/index.html>). International borders politically divide the landscape but rarely represent barriers for environmental issues. The major issues surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border involve economics and population growth that present challenges to environmental management and natural resource planning. To monitor trends and analyze the stresses to the environment, binationally integrated baseline datasets that portray the status of the landscape are needed. The primary objective of this project is to develop integrated, environmental resource and human health datasets for display and further analysis within a geographic information system (GIS) framework.

Datasets created for the Border Environmental Health Initiative (BEHI) follow watershed boundaries as defined by Woodward and Durall (1996). As part of the U.S.-Mexico Border Field Coordinating Committee Issues Team, Woodward and Durall used surface-water drainage basins as the primary basis for defining and delineating the extent of the border area from a shared-water resources perspective. In order to provide integrated datasets in the border region, local and regional BEHI datasets have been clipped to this boundary.

This hydrography feature class represents a combination of US streams and Mexican streams for the U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Health Initiative. This dataset shows low resolution streams. US streams are from the National Atlas 1:2,000,000. Mexican streams are from Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática (INEGI) 1:1,000,000.

Purpose:

This dataset was created to provide resource managers, public officials, researchers, and the general public with ready access to accurate, impartial, scientific information to strike a balance among human needs for resource utilization, environmental quality, and human health.

Supplemental_Information:

Additional information about the Border Environmental Health Initiative can be found at <http://borderhealth.cr.usgs.gov> and datasets are available for viewing through an Internet Mapping Service (follow links on the main page to the Internet Mapping Service Viewer).

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: January 29, 2008

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.717672

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -96.273769

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.776967

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.168826

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Library of Congress

Theme_Keyword: Environmental Heath

Theme_Keyword: Water

Theme_Keyword: hydrography

Theme_Keyword: rivers

Theme_Keyword: streams

Theme_Keyword: canals

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Theme_Keyword: Imagery and Base Maps

Place:

Place_Keyword: Mexican-American Border Region

Place_Keyword: United States of America

Place_Keyword: Mexico

Place_Keyword: Rio Grande

Place_Keyword: Río Bravo

Place_Keyword: U.S.-Mexico Border

Access_Constraints:

The data are available for viewing at <http://borderhealth.cr.usgs.gov>

Use_Constraints:

There is no guarantee concerning the accuracy of the data. Users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this data set was collected and that some parts of this data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use this data for critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations. Acknowledgement of the originating agencies would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Any user who modifies the data is obligated to describe the types of modifications they perform. User specifically agrees not to misrepresent the data, nor to imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Please refer to <http://www.usgs.gov/privacy.html> for the USGS disclaimer.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Public Information Officer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 8027 Exchange Dr

City: Austin

State_or_Province: Texas

Postal_Code: 78754

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 512-927-3500

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 512-927-3590

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-w-txpublic-info@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

Acknowledgment of the Border Environmental Health Initiative and (or) the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Many attributes were imported from the original datasets. These attributes are: fcode, fcode description,hyc, hyc description from INEGI and Feature, Name, State, from the National Atlas. These values were preserved while they were imported, so any errors that existed in the original data persist in this dataset.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

These data were imported from other agencies' data, and all spatial properties were preserved. Database queries were used to ensure that imported fields were preserved as well. Fields whose values are derived from the imported fields were calculated and verified with scripts to prevent errors.

Completeness_Report:

National Atlas and INEGI data included in this feature class include all toponimos and vector data within the BEHI's study area

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Department of the Interior

Publication_Date: December 2005

Title: National Atlas 1:2,000,000 hydrography feature class

Online_Linkage: <http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html#hydrogm>

Source_Scale_Denominator: 2,000,000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: December 2005

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: National Atlas of the United States

Source_Contribution:

The National Atlas of the United States is a coordinated effort between 20 different agencies, led by the USGS. This data file contains major water features of the U.S.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: INEGI

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: INEGI 1:1,000,000 Hydrography

Online_Linkage: www.inegi.gob.mx

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1,000,000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: INEGI National Atlas

Source_Contribution:

The Mexican Insituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia, e Informatica is the main agency in Mexico that provides mapping and census data for the country. This 1:1,000,000-scale dataset provides medium resolution detail of the water features of the country

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

USA and Mexico hydrographic features were merged into one geodatabase using ESRI software. Attributes have been retrained, which may be associated with networked features, although this feature class is not networked.

Process_Date: 2005 and 2006

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2317

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 27.000000

Standard_Parallel: 33.000000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -107.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 30.000000

False_Easting: 0.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988

Altitude_Resolution: 0.000100

Altitude_Distance_Units: feet

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Hydro_low_res_clipped2

Entity_Type_Definition: Linear water features

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Name

Attribute_Definition: Geographic name of the feature.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS, INEGI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Name of the Urban Area

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE_FIPS

Attribute_Definition:

The 2-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code for the

Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: FIPS State Codes for the States and District of Columbia

Codeset_Source: <http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip5-2.htm>

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SOURCE

Attribute_Definition: Source of data.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FCODE

Attribute_Definition:

Numeric value that encodes the type and values for a set of characteristics for an NHD feature. This five-digit code has two parts: the first three digits encode the feature type; the last two digits encode values for a set of characteristics associated with the feature.

Attribute_Definition_Source: National Hydrography Dataset

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Closure line

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shoreline

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Right or left bank.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Stream

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Canal

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Aqueduct

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 7

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Braided Stream

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 8

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Intracoastal waterway

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 9

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Falls

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Apparent limit

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 12

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shoreline Intermittent

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 14

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Stream Intermittent

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 15

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Canal Intermittent

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 22

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Dam

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 90

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Null

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

National Atlas of the United States Streams and Waterbodies of the United States<http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/hydrogm020.txt>

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ARCIMS

Attribute_Definition:

Field simplifying and combining FTYPE and SUBTYPE fields for display in ArcIMS.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ArcIMS

Attribute_Definition:

Field combining and simplifying the FTYPE and SUBTYPE fields for display in ArcIMS.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID_1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: f_code

Attribute_Definition:

A value that encodes the type and values for a set of characteristics for an INEGI feature.

Attribute_Definition_Source: INEGI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: BH000

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Aqueduct/Canal/Flume/Penstoc

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: BH140

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: River/Stream

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: hyc

Attribute_Definition: A subtype code of f_code

Attribute_Definition_Source: INEGI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Non-Perennial/Intermittent/Fluctuating

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 8

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Perennial/Permanent

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: soc

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: MEX

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mexico

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: USA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: United States of America

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: tile_id

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: edg_id

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UNIQUE_ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: F_TYPE

Attribute_Definition: the type of water feature, in text form.

Attribute_Definition_Source: National Hydrography Dataset

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: F_SUBTYPE

Attribute_Definition: Subtype of FTYPE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FEATURE

Attribute_Definition: Feature description

Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: Name

Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE

Attribute_Definition:

The 2-letter Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code for the

Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: FIPS State Codes for the States and District of Columbia

Codeset_Source: <http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/fip5-2.htm>

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: f_code_des

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: hyc_descri

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Data_Resol

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

This feature dataset contains linear hydrographic features. The attributes describe the names of the features (where available), and other pertinent information about the features.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Public Information Officer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 8027 Exchange Dr

City: Austin

State_or_Province: Texas

Postal_Code: 78754

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 512-917-3500

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 512-927-3590

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-w-txpublic-info@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

These data have not received Director's approval and as such are provisional and subject to revision. The data are released on the condition that neither the U.S. Geological Survey, its cooperators, nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 2.765

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20080201

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Christy-Ann Archuleta

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 8027 Exchange Dr

City: Austin

State_or_Province: Texas

Postal_Code: 78754

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 512-927-3500

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 512-927-3590

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-w-txpublic-info@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile