Watershed Profile ReadMe

Each watershed profile contains background information for the contributing drainage area for a Continuous Instream Monitoring station.  These data should be used for educational purposes only.  

Last Update:  January 2023

Drainage Area (square miles)
* SRBC CWUAS Tool, USGS 10 meter National Elevation Dataset (NED), USGS High Resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)

Population (total)
* 2020 US Census block groups
	ArcMap shapefile (blckgrp_srb20)

Total Stream Length (miles)
* 2022 National Hydrography Dataset NHD Flowline layer with spatial representation of water uses defined in Title 25 Environmental Protection, Department of Environmental Protection, Chapter 93, Water Quality Standards.
	ArcMap shapefile (Ch93_Desig)
* 2019 Water Quality Classifications of Title 5 of the official compilation of Codes, Rules, and Regulations of the State of New York
	ArcMap shapefile (WtrClass_NY)

New York Stream Classifications (miles)
* 2019 Water Quality Classifications of Title 5 of the official compilation of Codes, Rules, and Regulations of the State of New York
	ArcMap shapefile (WtrClass_NY)

Pennsylvania Stream Classifications, Designated Uses (miles)
* 2022 National Hydrography Dataset NHD Flowline layer with spatial representation of water uses defined in Title 25 Environmental Protection, Department of Environmental Protection, Chapter 93, Water Quality Standards.
	ArcMap shapefile (Ch93_Desig)

Average Annual Flow at Station (USGS NHD) (cfs)
* Google Earth - WATERS
	NHDPlus Watershed Characterization Report tool

Maximum Flow Time from Headwaters
* Google Earth - WATERS
	Upstream Downstream Search tool; streams used in this tool are from USGS NHD

Land Use (percentage)
* 2019 USGS National Land Cover Database (NLCD)
	ArcMap raster (nlcd19srbc)

Natural Gas Pads (total)
* 2022 Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) HYDRA Database, active and approved Approval By Rule (ABR) permits

Natural Gas Water Withdrawals (total)
* 2022 SRBC HYDRA Database, active and approved surface water and groundwater withdrawals

Public Water Supply Withdrawals (total)
* 2018 PA Public Water Supplies, PADEP Pennsylvania Drinking Water Information System (PADWIS)
* 2018 NY Public Water Supplies, New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)
	ArcMap shapefiles (SRB_PWSGW and SRB_PWSSW)

NPDES Discharges (total)
* 2022 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Facility Registry System (FRS) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Discharges
	ArcMap shapefile (npdes)

Stream Impairments (miles)
* 2022 PA Integrated List, Non-attaining Streams
	ArcMap shapefile (ImpStr)
* 2019 NY Priority Waterbodies List
	ArcMap shapefile (NY_ImpPWL)
NOTE - Multiple assessments and sources of impairment can exist for the same stream segment.
 
Underlying Geology (percentage)
* 2015 Geology by Rock Type for the Susquehanna River Basin based on 1999 New York Geology (NYS Museum and NYS Geologic Survey) and 2001 Bedrock Geology of PA (PA DCNR, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey)   
	ArcMap shapefile (bedrock)