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Survey of Business Requirements for Hydrographic Data and Information
This survey is sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Geospatial Program
(NGP), the USGS Office of Water Information (OWI), and the Natural Resource Conservation Service
(NRCS). This questionnaire is part of an effort to develop and refine future program alternatives that
would provide enhanced hydrographic data to meet many Federal, State, and other national business
needs. For purposes of this survey, hydrographic data include the surface water drainage network with
features such as rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, coastline, dams, drainage basins, and
streamgages. Questions will be asked about hydrographic data and how it relates to other data types
such as groundwater, wetlands, and soils. A series of questions will be asked as they relate to specific
Mission Critical Activities.
We would like to thank you in advance for participating in this study. By learning more about your
mission critical activities and associated benefits that would be realized from improved hydrographic
information, we will be able to prioritize and direct program investments that will best serve your
needs.
Privacy and Paperwork Reduction Act statements: 16 U.S.C. 1a7 authorized collection of this
information. This information will be used by the U.S. Geological Survey to better serve the public.
Response to this request is voluntary. No action may be taken against you for refusing to supply the
information requested. We will not distribute responses associated with you as an individual. We ask
you for some basic organizational and contact information to help us interpret the results and, if
needed, to contact you for clarification. When analysis of the questionnaires is completed, all name
and address files will be destroyed. Thus, the permanent data will be anonymous.
This survey should not take more than 1 hour to complete. This will include the time that you may
need to read explanatory FAQs and supporting information that will help you to respond to the
survey answers. Although you are not expected to spend a great deal of time researching the
response for each question, you will have the option to exit the survey and return at a later time. If
you have any comments about the survey, you may send them to the USGS Collections Officer at
[email protected].
Hydrography Information Requirements Survey
Instructions
Survey of Business Requirements for Hydrographic Data and Information
The responses to the survey questions are in two formats - open ended and single (or multiple)
response. Reponses to the open-ended questions will be entered in a text box below the
question. All single (or multiple) response questions will be entered by using drop-down or check
boxes where you will choose the best response(s) for your agency and data uses.
It is recommended that you first review two tutorials linked to from this web site:
1. The first is a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) pertaining to water data/information terms
used throughout the questionnaire. Even if all the terms in the FAQs are familiar to you, reviewing
this material will help ensure that all respondents are thinking of the same definitions when
answering the questions.
2. The second tutorial provides examples of the kinds of benefits one might receive from improved
hydrography information. These benefits are organized into three categories: (1) Operational
Improvements, (2) Customer Service Improvements, and (3) Societal
Benefits. This tutorial also demonstrates methods for estimating financial benefits, which you will be
asked to assess in dollar amounts wherever possible.
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Part 1: A Little About You
1. Please enter your contact information so that we can contact you for clarification, if
needed, and so we can aggregate responses by Agency, program, State, organization, etc.
Last Name:
First Name:
Agency, state, or
organization:
Name of program supported
by hydrography
data/information:
Job title:
Telephone Number enter
text as xxxxxxxxxx (Ext.):
Email address:
2. Which type of organization do you
represent?
Please select one of the following seven options:
j Federal Agencies and Commissions
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j State Government
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j Regional, County, City or Other Local Government
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j U.S. Territorial Government
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j Tribal Government
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j Not for Profit
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j Private or Commercial
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3. What is the name of the Federal agency or Commission for
which you are defining hydrography data/information
requirements?
Please select one from the list:
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
j Agricultural Research Service
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j Animal and Plant Health Inspection
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Service
j Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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j National Aeronautics and Space
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Administration (NASA)
j Farm Service Agency (FSA)
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j Natural Resources Conservation Service
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(NRCS)
j U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
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Department of the Interior (DOI)
j Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
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j Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
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j Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
j Economic Development Administration
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(EDA)
j National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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Administration (NOAA)
j U.S. Census Bureau (USCB)
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(BOEM)
j Bureau of Reclamation
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j Bureau of Safety and Environmental
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Enforcement (BSEE)
j National Park Service (NPS)
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j Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
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Enforcement (OSMRE)
Department of Defense (DOD)
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Defense Installations Spatial Data
Infrastructure (DISDI)
j Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
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j National GeospatialIntelligence Agency
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(NGA)
j U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
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j U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
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j United States Geological Survey (USGS)
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Department of Transportation (DOT)
j Federal Highway Administration (FHA)
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j Federal Railway Administration (FRA)
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j Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
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Department of Energy (DOE)
Administration (PHMSA)
j Office of Energy Efficiency and
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Renewable Energy (EERE)
j Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
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j Southeastern Power Administration
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(SEPA)
j Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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(FERC)
j Great Lakes Commission (GLC)
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j International Boundary and Water
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j Southwestern Power Administration
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(SWPA)
j Western Area Power Administration
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(WAPA)
Commission (IBWC)
j International Joint Commission (IJC)
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j Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
j Federal Emergency Management Agency
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(FEMA)
j United States Coast Guard (USCG)
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j Department of State (DOS)
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4. What is the name of the subagency, division, department and/or branch for which your
requirements pertain?
Please enter text (25 word limit):
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5. What is the name of your State (or Washington, D.C.)?
Please select one:
j Alabama
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j Louisiana
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j Ohio
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j Alaska
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j Maine
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j Oklahoma
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j Arizona
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j Maryland
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j Oregon
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j Arkansas
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j Massachusetts
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j Pennsylvania
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j California
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j Michigan
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j Rhode Island
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j Colorado
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j Minnesota
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j South Carolina
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j Connecticut
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j Mississippi
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j South Dakota
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j Delaware
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j Missouri
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j Tennessee
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j Florida
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j Montana
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j Texas
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j Georgia
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j Nebraska
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j Utah
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j Hawaii
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j Nevada
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j Vermont
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j Idaho
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j New Hampshire
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j Virginia
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j Illinois
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j New Jersey
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j Washington
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j Indiana
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j New Mexico
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j Washington D.C.
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j Iowa
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j New York
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j West Virginia
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j Kansas
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j North Carolina
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j Wisconsin
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j Kentucky
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j North Dakota
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j Wyoming
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6. What is the name of your regional, county, city or other local government agency?
Please enter text:
7. What is the name of your U.S. territory?
Please select one:
j American Samoa
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j Guam
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j Northern Mariana Islands
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j Puerto Rico
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j Virgin Islands
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8. What is your Tribal name?
Please enter text:
9. What is the name of your notforprofit organization?
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10. What is the name of your private or commercial organization?
Please enter text:
Hydrography Information Requirements Survey
Part 2: Mission Critical Activity Requirements for Hydrography Information
In part 2 of the questionnaire, we would like to learn about your Mission Critical Activities (MCAs),
which require hydrographic data and related information products. Your first iteration through this
section of the questionnaire is for your primary Mission Critical Activity. After completing this section,
you will be allowed to repeat part 2 of the questionnaire for additional (up to 5) Mission Critical
Activities.
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11. What is your Mission Critical Activity? Mission Critical is defined herein as
“indispensable for mission accomplishment and/or essential for effective/efficient
operations in accomplishing the core mission of the organization.”
Please describe your primary Mission Critical Activity in your own words (50 words or
less). Examples of Mission Critical Activities include stormwater management, fisheries
management, tsunami modeling, watershed protection and coastal hazards mitigation. We
prefer a higher level activity, e.g., flood risk mapping, rather than a lower level activity, e.g.,
hydrologic and hydraulic modeling (used in flood risk mapping). You will be allowed to
select additional Mission Critical Activities after this primary section is completed.
Please enter Mission Critical Activity:
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12. Please choose the Business Use from the list below that best describes the core
business supported by use of your Mission Critical Activity.
Select one Business Use from the list below:
j BU 1 River and Stream Flow Management
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j BU 14 Oil and Gas Resources
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(Example: Monitoring river flows, runoff, groundwater, and streamflow
(Example: Pipeline and road route selection, facility siting to mitigate
simulation, stormwater management)
seismic hazards, regulatory compliance)
j BU 02 Natural Resources Conservation
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j BU 15 Flood Risk Management
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(Example: Conservation engineering, soils mapping, wetlands
(Example: Flood risk analysis and floodplain mapping, emergency
mapping and characterization, assessment of biological carbon
management, levee safety, flood forecasts, hydrologic and hydraulic
stocks)
modeling)
j BU 03 Water Resource Planning and Management
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j BU 16 Sea Level Rise and Subsidence
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(Example: Management of drinking water sources, water rights
(Example: Mapping and modeling and forecasting the effects of sea
administration)
level rise, population and economic vulnerability assessments)
j BU 04 Water Quality
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j BU 17 Wildfire Management, Planning and Response
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(Example: Fate and transport of contaminants, pollution risk
(Example: Understanding, modeling and predicting fire behavior,
mitigation)
protection of terrestrial ecosystems, firefighting estimations)
j BU 05 River and Stream Ecosystem Management
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j BU 18 Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Disaster
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(Example: Aquatic habitat management, stream restoration, fisheries
Response
management)
(Example: Infrastructure and border protection, coastal search and
rescue, population dynamics, drinking water protection)
j BU 06 Coastal Zone Management
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(Example: Coastal mapping and modeling, coastal hazards mitigation,
tsunami modeling, land use and environmental planning)
j BU 19 Marine and Riverine Navigation and Safety
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(Example: Coastal and bathymetric mapping, identification of hazards
to navigation, sediment management at coastal navigation projects)
j BU 07 Forest Resources Management
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(Example: Forest inventories, forest resource management,
j BU 20 Infrastructure and Construction Management
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sustainable timerlands, forest species distribution modeling, forest
(Example: Design and placement of water supply and wastewater
conservation, watershed protection, harvest planning, haul road
treatment facilities, storm water management, bridge design)
construction, silvicultural treatments, postfire management)
j BU 08 Rangeland Management
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j BU 21 Urban and Regional Planning
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(Example: Land development and zoning, municipal mapping of
(Example: Preservation and management of rangeland, rangeland
building footprints and impervious surfaces, parks and transportation
stewardship, rangeland mapping and characterization)
planning)
j BU 09 Wildlife and Habitat Management (Offstream)
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j BU 22 Health and Human Services
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(Example: Conservation planning for wildlife refuges, conservation of
(Example: Health emergency response, habitat modeling and disease
critical habitats, management of diverse migratory bird habitats)
prevention, drinking water protection, public health and safety,
prevention of waterborne diseases)
j BU 10 Agriculture and Precision Farming
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(Example: Reducing harmful runoff by sitespecific application of
fertilizer and pesticides, irrigation water use management)
j BU 23 Real Estate, Banking, Mortgage, and Insurance
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(Example: Assessment of risk for natural hazards to inform insurance
policy rates and the determination of mandatory insurance)
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j BU 11 Geologic Resource Assessment and Hazard
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Mitigation
j BU 24 Education K– 12 and Beyond
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(Example: Detailed hydrologic modeling to understand and mitigate
(Example: Understanding and continentalscale climate change
landslide)
impacts, land cover monitoring, development of military training
simulators)
j BU 12 Resource Mining
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(Example: Regulation and permitting of coal mining activities,
j BU 25 Recreation
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reclamation of coal mining areas, monitoring of postmining
(Example: Development of recreational facilities such as rafting, trails
conditions)
and fishing areas, locationbased products and services)
j BU 13 Renewable Energy Resources
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(Example: Hydropower, offshore wind power, tidal)
13. In this section, please identify your geographic area requirements for the Mission
Critical Activity described above. We need to understand geographic area requirements
for each Mission Critical Activity.
Survey Respondents are encouraged to describe their geographic (area of coverage)
requirements using the provided administrative and watershed boundary pick lists.
Alternatively, shapefiles for your geographic areas of interest may be provided. My
geographic area requirements are:
j Nationwide
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j One or more states, territories, counties, or cities
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j One or more Watersheds
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j Federallyowned lands nationwide or select large landholding agencies
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j Other geographic area; I will provide my own shapefile or geodatabase
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14. If your geographic area requirements for hydrographic information for your Mission
Critical Activity are nationwide, please check the items below that best represent your
nationwide requirements.
Please select all that apply:
c 48 Conterminous States
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c Alaska
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c Hawaii
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c American Samoa
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c Guam
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c Northern Marianas
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c Puerto Rico
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c Virgin Islands
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15. If your geographic area requirements for hydrographic information for your Mission
Critical Activity are for one or more states, territories, or counties, please check the state(s)
or territories below that are required. After you select the state(s) or territories, you will be
allowed to identify subregions (counties or cities) where hydrographic information is
required.
c Alabama
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c Maryland
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c Rhode Island
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c Alaska
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c Massachusetts
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c South Carolina
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c Arizona
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c Michigan
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c South Dakota
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c Arkansas
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c Minnesota
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c Tennessee
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c California
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c Mississippi
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c Texas
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c Colorado
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c Missouri
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c Utah
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c Connecticut
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c Montana
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c Vermont
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c Delaware
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c Nebraska
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c Virginia
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c Florida
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c Nevada
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c Washington
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c Georgia
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c New Hampshire
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c Washington D.C.
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c Hawaii
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c New Jersey
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c West Virginia
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c Idaho
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c New Mexico
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c Wisconsin
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c Illinois
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c New York
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c Wyoming
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c Indiana
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c North Carolina
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c Iowa
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c North Dakota
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c American Samoa
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c Kansas
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c Ohio
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c Guam
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c Kentucky
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c Oklahoma
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c Northern Mariana Islands
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c Louisiana
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c Oregon
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c Puerto Rico
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c Maine
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c Pennsylvania
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c Virgin Islands
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Territories
16. Do you have any subregions (counties or cities) where hydrographic information is
required?
j Yes
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j No
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17. Please list the subregions (counties or cities) where hydrographic information is
required. Enter subregion (county or city) first and then state (example: Fairfax County,
VA or Chicago, IL)
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18. If your geographic area requirements pertain to hydrologic units, please check the
major basin area below. This will lead you to select individual HUC4 codes for your
specific hydrologic units.
j 01 New England
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j 12 Texas Gulf
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j 02 Mid Atlantic
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j 13 Rio Grande
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j 03 South AtlanticGulf
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j 14 Upper Colorado
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j 04 Great Lakes
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j 15 Lower Colorado
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j 05 Ohio
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j 16 Great Basin
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j 06 Tennessee
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j 17 Pacific Northwest
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j 07 Upper Mississippi
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j 18 California
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j 08 Lower Mississippi
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j 19 Alaska
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j 09 SourisRedRainy
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j 20 Hawaii
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j 10 Missouri
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j 21 Caribbean
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j 11 ArkansasWhiteRed
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j 22 Pacific Islands
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19. Please select individual HUC4 codes for your specific hydrologic units at the bottom
of the page.
c 0101 St. John
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c 0105 Maine Coastal
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c 0102 Penobscot
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c 0106 Saco
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c 0103 Kennebec
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c 0107 Merrimack
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c 0104 Androscoggin
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c 0108 Connecticut
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c 0109 MassachusettsRhode Island
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Coastal
c 0110 Connecticut Coastal
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c All codes
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20. Please select individual HUC4 codes for your specific hydrologic units at the bottom
of the page.
c 0202 Upper Hudson
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c 0206 Upper Chesapeake
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c 0203 Lower HudsonLong Island
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c 0207 Potomac
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c 0204 DelawareMid Atlantic Coastal
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c 0208 Lower Chesapeake
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c 0205 Susquehanna
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c All codes
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21. Please select individual HUC4 codes for your specific hydrologic units at the bottom
of the page.
c 0301 ChowanRoanoke
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c 0308 St. Johns
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c 0315 Alabama
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c 0302 NeusePamlico
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c 0309 Southern Florida
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c 0316 MobileTombigbee
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c 0303 Cape Fear
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c 0310 PeaceTampa Bay
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c 0317 Pascagoula
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c 0304 Pee Dee
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c 0311 Suwannee
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c 0318 Pearl
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c 0305 EdistoSantee
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c 0312 Ochlockonee
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c All codes
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c 0306 OgeecheeSavannah
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c 0313 Apalachicola
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c 0307 AltamahaSt. Marys
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c 0314 ChoctawhatcheeEscambia
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22. Please select individual HUC4 codes for your specific hydrologic units at the bottom
of the page.
c 0401 Western Lake Superior
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c 0407 Northwestern Lake Huron
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c 0413 Southwestern Lake Ontario
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c 0402 Southern Lake SuperiorLake
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c 0408 Southwestern Lake HuronLake
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c 0414 Southeastern Lake Ontario
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Superior
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0403 Northwestern Lake Michigan
Huron
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0409 St. ClairDetroit
c 0404 Southwestern Lake Michigan
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c 0410 Western Lake Erie
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c 0405 Southeastern Lake Michigan
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c 0411 Southern Lake Erie
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c 0406 Northeastern Lake MichiganLake
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c 0412 Lake Erie
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Michigan
c 0415 Northeastern Lake OntarioLake
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OntarioSt. Lawrence
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c 0501 Allegheny
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c 0506 Scioto
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c 0511 Green
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c 0502 Monongahela
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c 0507 Big SandyGuyandotte
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c 0512 Wabash
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c 0503 Upper Ohio
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c 0508 Great Miami
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c 0513 Cumberland
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c 0504 Muskingum
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c 0509 Middle Ohio
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c 0514 Lower Ohio
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c 0505 Kanawha
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c 0510 KentuckyLicking
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c All codes
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c 0601 Upper Tennessee
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c 0602 Middle TennesseeHiwassee
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c 0603 Middle TennesseeElk
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c 0604 Lower Tennessee
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c All codes
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c 0701 Mississippi Headwaters
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c 0706 Upper MississippiMaquoketa
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Plum
c 0702 Minnesota
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c 0703 St. Croix
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c 0704 Upper MississippiBlackRoot
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c 0705 Chippewa
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c 0707 Wisconsin
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0708 Upper MississippiIowaSkunk
Wapsipinicon
c 0709 Rock
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c 0710 Des Moines
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c 0711 Upper MississippiSalt
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c 0712 Upper Illinois
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c 0713 Lower Illinois
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c 0714 Upper MississippiKaskaskia
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Meramec
c All codes
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of the page.
c 0801 Lower MississippiHatchie
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c 0806 Lower MississippiBig Black
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c 0802 Lower MississippiSt. Francis
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c 0807 Lower MississippiLake Maurepas
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c 0803 Lower MississippiYazoo
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c 0808 Louisiana Coastal
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c 0804 Lower RedOuachita
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c 0809 Lower Mississippi
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c 0805 BoeufTensas
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c All codes
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c 0901 Souris
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c 0902 Red
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c 0903 Rainy
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c 0904 Saskatchewan River
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c All codes
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c 1002 Missouri Headwaters
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c 1012 Cheyenne
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c 1022 Elkhorn
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c 1003 MissouriMarias
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c 1013 MissouriOahe
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c 1023 MissouriLittle Sioux
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c 1004 MissouriMusselshell
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c 1014 MissouriWhite
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c 1024 MissouriNishnabotna
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c 1005 Milk
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c 1015 Niobrara
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c 1025 Republican
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c 1006 MissouriPoplar
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c 1016 James
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c 1026 Smoky Hill
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c 1007 Upper Yellowstone
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c 1017 MissouriBig Sioux
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c 1027 Kansas
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c 1008 Big Horn
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c 1018 North Platte
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c 1028 CharitonGrand
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c 1009 PowderTongue
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c 1019 South Platte
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c 1029 GasconadeOsage
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c 1010 Lower Yellowstone
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c 1020 Platte
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c 1030 Lower Missouri
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c 1011 MissouriLittle Missouri
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c 1021 Loup
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c All codes
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of the page.
c 1101 Upper White
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c 1106 ArkansasKeystone
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c 1111 Lower Arkansas
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c 1102 Upper Arkansas
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c 1107 NeoshoVerdigris
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c 1112 Red Headwaters
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c 1103 Middle Arkansas
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c 1108 Upper Canadian
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c 1113 RedWashita
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c 1104 Upper Cimarron
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c 1109 Lower Canadian
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c 1114 RedSulphur
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c 1105 Lower Cimarron
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c 1110 North Canadian
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c All codes
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of the page.
c 1201 Sabine
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c 1207 Lower Brazos
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c 1202 Neches
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c 1208 Upper Colorado
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c 1203 Trinity
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c 1209 Lower ColoradoSan Bernard Coastal
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c 1204 Galveston BaySan Jacinto
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c 1210 Central Texas Coastal
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c 1205 Brazos Headwaters
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c 1211 Nueces Southwestern Texas Coastal
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c 1206 Middle Brazos
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c All codes
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c 1301 Rio Grande Headwaters
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c 1306 Upper Pecos
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c 1302 Rio GrandeElephant Butte
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c 1307 Lower Pecos
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c 1303 Rio GrandeMimbres
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c 1308 Rio GrandeFalcon
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c 1304 Rio GrandeAmistad
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c 1309 Lower Rio Grande
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c 1305 Rio Grande Closed Basins
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c All codes
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c 1405 WhiteYampa
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c 1401 Colorado Headwaters
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c 1406 Lower Green
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c 1402 Gunnison
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c 1407 Upper ColoradoDirty Devil
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c 1403 Upper ColoradoDolores
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c 1408 San Juan
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c 1404 Great DivideUpper Green
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c All codes
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c 1501 Lower ColoradoLake Mead
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c 1506 Salt
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c 1502 Little Colorado
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c 1507 Lower Gila
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c 1503 Lower Colorado
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c 1508 Sonora
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c 1504 Upper Gila
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c All codes
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c 1505 Middle Gila
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c 1601 Bear
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c 1602 Great Salt Lake
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c 1603 Escalante DesertSevier Lake
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c 1604 Black Rock DesertHumboldt
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c 1605 Central Lahontan
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c 1606 Central Nevada Desert Basins
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c All codes
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c 1701 KootenaiPend OreilleSpokane
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c 1708 Lower Columbia
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c 1702 Upper Columbia
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c 1709 Willamette
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c 1703 Yakima
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c 1710 OregonWashington Coastal
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c 1704 Upper Snake
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c 1711 Puget Sound
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c 1705 Middle Snake
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c 1712 Oregon Closed Basins
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c 1706 Lower Snake
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c All codes
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c 1707 Middle Columbia
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c 1801 KlamathNorthern California Coastal
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c 1807 Southern California Coastal
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c 1802 Sacramento
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c 1808 North Lahontan
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c 1803 TulareBuena Vista Lakes
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c 1809 Northern MojaveMono Lake
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c 1804 San Joaquin
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c 1810 Southern MojaveSalton Sea
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c 1805 San Francisco Bay
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c All codes
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c 1806 Central California Coastal
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c 1906 Arctic Alaska
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c 1901 Southeast Alaska
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c 1907 Upper Yukon River/Headwaters YukonLake Laberge
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c 1902 South Central Alaska
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c 1908 Middle Yukon River
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c 1903 Southwest Alaska
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c 1909 Lower Yukon River
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c 1905 Northwest Alaska
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c All codes
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c 2005 Molokai
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c 2001 Hawaii
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c 2006 Oahu
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c 2002 Maui
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c 2007 Kauai
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c 2003 Kahoolawe
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c 2008 Niihau
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c 2004 Lanai
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c All codes
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c 2101 Puerto Rico
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c 2102 Virgin Islands
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c All codes
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c 2201 Guam
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c 2202 Northern Mariana Islands
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c 2203 American Samoa
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c All codes
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41. If your geographic area requirements pertain to select Federallyowned lands, please
designate below.
Please select all that are required:
c All Federally Owned Lands
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e
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c Department of Defense (DOD)
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e
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g
c U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
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c Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
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c Bureau of Reclamation
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c National Park Service (NPS)
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c U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
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c Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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Other (enter name and/or description):
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42. If applicable, please submit your geographic area requirements by posting your
shapefile(s) or geodatabase to the project site at ftp.dewberry.com and provide a unique
filename that includes your name and organization, or abbreviations thereof. The
projection and datum (.prj file) information must be included.
In Internet Explorer 8, go to "Page" in the tool bar, and then click "Open FTP Site in
Other
Windows Explorer."
If prompted, then enter the following credentials:
user gisfiles
password WY8VY1 (case sensitive)
If you are not prompted for credentials, then right click and select "Login As…" then enter
the same credentials.
Please enter the filename below:
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43. Which hydrography datasets are you currently using to address the water information
needs of the Mission Critical Activity?
Please select all that apply:
c National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)
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c National Hydrographic Dataset Plus (NHDPlus)
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e
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c Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD)
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c No hydrography data are currently being used
d
e
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c Other dataset (please provide name and brief description):
d
e
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44. For the Mission Critical Activity that you specified, how frequently does the
hydrographic information need to be updated to satisfy requirements?
Please select the response that best describes your need:
j Annually
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j 23 years
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j 45 years
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j 610 years
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j >10 years
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45. For the Mission Critical Activity that you specified, how important is it to update the
hydrographic information immediately following major events such as a hurricane or
flood?
Please select the response that best describes your need:
j Required
j Highly Desirable
j Nice To Have
j Not Required
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46. For the Mission Critical Activity that you specified, which of the following
characteristics or features are required?
Please select all that must be part of the hydrography dataset in order to meet your Mission Critical Activity
requirements:
c Linkages to observations associated with streamgages
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e
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c Linkages to crosssectional geometry of hydrographic feature (i.e. elevationprofile)
d
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c Left and right bank delineation (geometry that shows two banks instead of a centerline)
d
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c Velocity estimates and/or time of travel
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c Leakage/seepage along natural lines (for example, sandybottomed streams)
d
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c Leakage/seepage at natural points (sinks, springs)
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c Bankfull and/or flood stage
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c Floodplain boundary
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c Flow periodicity (perennial, ephemeral, intermittent)
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e
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c Lake and channel bathymetry
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c Coastlines
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c Coastal bathymetry
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c Estuaries
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c Built diversion points (gates)
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c Bridges and culverts
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c Built diversion lines (pipelines, canals, channels, conveyances)
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c Deltas
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c Wetlands
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c Badlands/deserts
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c Other (please specify):
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47. For the Mission Critical Activity that you specified, which analytical functions are
required?
Please select all analytical functions that must be performed in order to meet your Mission Critical Activity
requirements:
c Network analysis Navigate up or downstream on network
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e
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c Network analysis – Calculate stream distance to any point on the network
d
e
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c Network analysis – Calculate time of travel to another point on the network
d
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c Area analysis – Find feature upstream or downstream within defined areas (i.e. watershed)
d
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c Area analysis – Determine drainage area upstream from a point
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c Area analysis – Determine area and boundary on the network of a catchment
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c Area analysis – Determine downstream flood inundation area
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c Area analysis – Accumulate upstream or downstream features or attributes
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Other
c Onnetwork discovery – Find upstream or downstream points
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c Onnetwork discovery – Calculate distance between points or other attributes on network
d
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c Onnetwork discovery – Find features, events or addresses (i.e. reach code) on network
d
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c Visualization – View preset symbolization for network lines and other features
d
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c Visualization – View user defined symbolization for network lines and other features
d
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c Visualization – View online hydrography service with my own service (mashups)
d
e
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c Animations – Render and view timeseries information
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48. Please describe the level of hydrographic data integration with other datasets
required for your Mission Critical Activity. For each data type, identify how important
the analysis is and the highest level of analysis required.
Importance Rating:
1. Required
2. Highly Desirable
3. Nice To Have
4. Not Required
Highest Level of Analysis Required:
1. Perform geospatial analysis (overlay, area calculation, buffers, etc.)
2. Associate selected data type to hydrographic features with unique code(s)
3. Visual inspection or graphic display
4. None
Importance
Highest Level of Analysis Required
Land Cover
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Soils
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Surficial Geology
6
6
Bathymetry
6
6
Climate
6
6
Contaminant Sources
6
6
Elevation
6
6
Streamflow
6
6
Wetlands
6
6
Census (Population Statistics)
6
6
Aquifers
6
6
Point Discharges
6
6
Water Use: Diversions
6
6
EPA National Pollutant Discharge
6
6
6
6
USACE National Inventory of Dams (NID)
6
6
USDA National Agriculture Statistics
6
6
Elimination System (NPDES)
EPA STOrage and RETrieval Data
Warehouse (STORET)
Service (NASS)
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(NWI)
USGS National Water Information
System (NWIS)
USGS National WaterQuality Assessment
Program (NAWQA)
Other (please specify the importance and integration level):
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49. For the Mission Critical Activity that you selected, what positional accuracy is
required for geographic features in the hydrography data?
Please select one of the following:
j +/ 3 feet, 90% (1:1,200scale)
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j +/ 7 feet, 90% (1:2,400scale)
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j +/ 33 feet, 90% (1:12,000scale)
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j +/ 40 feet, 90% (1:24,000scale)
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j +/ 170 feet, 90% (1:100,000scale)
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j +/ 420 feet, 90% (1:250,000scale)
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50. For the Mission Critical Activity that you selected, we need to understand the level of
detail (stream density) that is required in the hydrographic data. Note that the equivalent
mapping scale is shown in parenthesis. The number of stream miles per square mile is
based on national averages for different mapping scales.
Please select one of the following options:
j 1.0 mile of surface water channel per square mile (1:100,000scale)
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j 2.5 miles of surface water channel per square mile (1:24,000scale)
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j 5.0 miles of channel per square mile (1:5,000scale mapping)
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j I don't know
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51. For the Mission Critical Activity that you have identified, what is the smallest
contributing area (watershed) for which a watercourse would need to be delineated?
j 6 acres
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j 60 acres
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j 1 square mile (640 acres)
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j 10 square miles (6,400 acres)
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52. For the Mission Critical Activity what is the smallest mapped waterbody needed?
Please select one from the following list:
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53. For the selected Mission Critical Activity is it more important for hydrographic data to
have the “best available” level of detail or is it more important to have a consistent level of
detail?
Please select the one which best describes the requirement:
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other sources)
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Benefits of Hydrography Information
The following questions will be used to collect information concerning the technical uses and
programmatic benefits for hydrographic information. This information is needed to identify products
used and benefits received in three major benefit categories.
Please refer to the benefits tutorial for examples of the kinds of benefits one might receive from
improved hydrography information and methods for estimating financial benefits.
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54. This question is about your program budget and the benefits that would be realized if
your identified hydrographic data requirements could be met.
A program is a major component of your organization that has a well defined mission and
goals and which is supported by one or more Mission Critical Activities. The program
budget includes all annual operating expenses to include staff, equipment, travel,
materials, overhead, etc.
What is the total annual program budget supported by this Mission Critical Activity?
Enter whole number without dollar sign.
If your number is greater than 999,999, please include the units for example, 1 million or 2.3 billion:
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55. What benefits relative to your program budget are you now realizing from currently
available hydrographic information for the selected Mission Critical Activity?
Select the option that most closely describes the benefits for each benefit type:
Major
Moderate
Minor
Don't Know
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Time or Cost Savings (Operational Benefits)
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Education or Public Safety (Societal Benefits)
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Environmental Benefits (Societal Benefits)
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Human Lives Saved (Societal Benefits)
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Other (please specify benefit and its relative value):
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56. What annual operational benefits, in dollars, do you receive from USGS
hydrographic information that you use for this Mission Critical Activity?
Please consider quantifiable cost savings, mission compliance, products
and service improvements, and customer experience benefits when
responding to this question. Do not include dollar benefits for societal
benefits (improved education and safety, environmental benefits, human
lives saved).
Enter whole number without dollar sign.
If your number is greater than 999,999, please include the units for example, 1 million or 2.3 billion:
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57. What benefits relative to your program budget would you likely receive from improved
hydrographic information if all of your requirements could be met for the selected Mission
Critical Activity?
Select the option that most closely describes the benefits for each benefit type:
Major
Moderate
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Don't Know
Not Applicable
Time or Cost Savings (Operational)
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58. Briefly describe the major new benefits from the prior question.
Enter text below (100 word limit):
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59. What new operational benefits, in dollars, would your program likely
receive if all of your hydrographic information requirements were met
for the selected Mission Critical Activity? Please consider quantifiable
cost savings, mission compliance, products and service improvements
and customer experience benefits when responding to this question.
Do not include dollar benefits for societal benefits (improved
education and safety, environmental benefits, human lives saved).
This is one of your most important responses to this survey and will help build the
business case for improving hydrographic data and information. Careful consideration
should be given to identifying potential benefits.
Enter whole number without dollar sign.
If your number is greater than 999,999, please include the units for example, 1 million or 2.3 billion:
60. Do you have additional Mission Critical Activities requiring Hydrographic
information?
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Part 3: Required Hydrography Data/Information Access Methods
As information technology evolves, the USGS has worked to keep pace with the most
appropriate ways for provisioning hydrography data and related information. This last series of
questions apply to your program in general and not to the individual Mission Critical Activities.
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61. For your program (all identified Mission Critical Activities), what geographic extents
would best address your hydrographic data access requirements?
Please select all that are required:
c 12digit Hydrologic Units
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c 8digit Hydrologic Units
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c 6digit Hydrologic Units
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c 4digit Hydrologic Units
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c 2digit Hydrologic Units
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c State or Territory
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c Nationwide including Alaska and Hawaii
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c User defined map extent
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c User defined irregular area (polygon)
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c Other (please specify):
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62. For your program (all identified Mission Critical Activities), please identify required
data types (formats).
Check all that are required:
c Point, line, polygon Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) conformant (for example, WaterML, GeoJSON)
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c Point, line, polygon – Esri shapefiles
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c Point, line, polygon – Esri file geodatabase
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c Raster – NetCDF
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c Raster – GeoTIFF
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c Raster – NITF
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c Raster – Esri Grid
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63. For your program, please rate the importance of each data or service access method.
Required
Highly Desirable
Nice To Have
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Services to discover standard data products
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Services to download standard data products
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Services to create and download customized data products
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Services to dynamically use data with clientbased software (like a
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browser, GIS, or to feed other services)
Services to visualize cartographically rendered and symbolized
hydrography data
Services that allow combination of visualizations with other visualization
services (mashups)
Services to create generalized versions of hydrography (different scales
and level of detail)
Services to support online analysis of hydrography information (such as
StreamStats)
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64. For your program the level of hydrographic data integration with elevation data may
be important. Please rate each type of elevationhydrography integration as it relates to
your program requirements.
Required
Rivers and streams in the hydrography dataset align with channels as
Highly Desirable
Nice To Have
Not Required
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defined from the elevation data at 1:12,000scale or larger (3 meter
DEM)
Objects defined by elevation, such as a levees, are linked to a particular
river in the hydrography dataset
Hydrography and elevation data are packaged in a single product such as
a TIN or a 3D dataset
Hydrography data (streams, streamgages, dams, hydrologic units) along
with elevation data (elevations, catchments, levees, floodplains) coexist
within a common data model
Perform synthesis such that streamflow can be estimated from elevation
based drainage area and other factors
Produce data derivatives such that gradient can be calculated on a
stream using elevation data
Manage hydrography and elevation data as a unified activity always
keeping both datasets synchronized with one another
Ensure that hydrography and elevation data represent a similar point in
time
Both hydrography and elevation data are delivered in unison rather than
two separate operations
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65. Elevation data is considered an important theme when working with hydrographic
data. Specify the level of integration for raster elevation and hydrography data
necessary for your work.
Required
Determine new flow paths across the land surface into existing stream
Highly Desirable
Nice To Have
Not Required
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channels
Determine feature on the hydrographic network to which a point (with
elevation value) is connected
Determine the actual point location (within a DEM cell) on the
hydrographic network to which a point is connected
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66. The map examples in this question illustrate common errors found in hydrographic
datasets. For each map example listed below, please select a response that most closely
represents the impact to your organization.
In a series of lakes formed at gravel pits, one lake is missing from the NHD
6
In a series of lakes formed at gravel pits, all lakes are missing from the NHD
6
In a series of tributary streams, several streams do not connect with the main river
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A perennial stream is misnamed
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A large reservoir is misnamed
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A first order stream flow direction is reversed
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A second order stream flow direction is reversed
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A third order stream flow direction is reversed
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Two first order streams coded as perennial should be intermittent
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67. The map examples in this question illustrate common positional accuracy errors
found in hydrographic datasets. For each map example listed below, please select a
response that most closely represents the impact to your organization.
A meandering river represented in the NHD is overlaid over a contemporary image of the river.
6
The position of the meanders has deviated over time with a mean error of 100 feet and a
maximum error of 200 feet.
An intermittent stream represented in the NHD is portrayed along with contours and shaded
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terrain. The stream appears to be misaligned with the terrain by a mean of 175 feet.
An intermittent stream represented in the NHD is portrayed along with contours and shaded
terrain. The stream appears to be misaligned with the terrain by a mean of 75 feet.
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A ridge line in the WBD is portrayed along with contours and shaded terrain. The ridge line
appears to be misaligned with the terrain by a mean of 70 feet.
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68. How accurate does the area of elevationderived catchments need to be, relative to
their true ground position (reality)?
j Within 1% of actual area
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j Within 10% of actual area
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69. Differences in the way the WBD Hydrologic Units and NHDPlus catchments are
defined lead to the situation that one cannot simply aggregate whole NHDPlus
catchments to create replicas of the hydrologic units. How much of a problem does this
situation pose to your program (all specified Mission Critical Activities)?
j Major problem – data can not be used for Mission Critical Activity
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j Significant problem, but we have workarounds
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j Minor problem, requires some intervention
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j No problem at all
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70. Would your program use a simple web map tool to highlight and report errors in the
spatial hydrographic data?
Please select the response that best fits your program:
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j Probably
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j Maybe
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71. If your program reported an error in the hydrographic data, how quickly would that
error need to be resolved?
Please select the longest acceptable resolution time for your program:
j Within 1 day
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j Within 230 days
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j Within 12 months
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j Within 36 months
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j Within 1 year
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72. Please provide any final comments that you wish to make that were not covered in the
questions asked above:
(200 word limit)
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Thank you for responding to this hydrographic information requirements survey. The information that you have provided
will be summarized for the Federal Agency, Commission, State, Territory, Tribal, or Nongovernment organization that
you represent. The Point of Contact for your organization will then have an opportunity to review and edit the summary
requirements that will feed into the full hydrographic information requirements document. The final study report will be
the primary source of information used to develop recommendations for improved national hydrographic data and related
products.
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