Development of a Watershed Boundary Dataset for Mississippi
Open-File Report
2008-1198
Prepared in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mississippi Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Agriculture-U.S. Forest Service, and Mississippi Automated Resource Information System
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Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mississippi Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service, and the Mississippi Automated Resource Information System, developed a 1:24,000-scale Watershed Boundary Dataset for Mississippi including watershed and subwatershed boundaries, codes, names, and drainage areas. The Watershed Boundary Dataset for Mississippi provides a standard geographical framework for water-resources and selected land-resources planning. The original 8-digit subbasins (hydrologic unit codes) were further subdivided into 10-digit watersheds and 12-digit subwatersheds - the exceptions are the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Plain (known locally as the Delta) and the Mississippi River inside levees, which were only subdivided into 10-digit watersheds. Also, large water bodies in the Mississippi Sound along the coast were not delineated as small as a typical 12-digit subwatershed. All of the data - including watershed and subwatershed boundaries, hydrologic unit codes and names, and drainage-area data - are stored in a Geographic Information System database.
Suggested Citation
Van Wilson, K., Clair, M.G., Turnipseed, D.P., Rebich, R.A., 2009, Development of a Watershed Boundary Dataset for Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1198, Report: iv, 9 p.; Table (xls), https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20081198.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
ISSN: 0196-1497 (print)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Development of a Watershed Boundary Dataset for Mississippi |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2008-1198 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20081198 |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Mississippi Water Science Center |
| Description | Report: iv, 9 p.; Table (xls) |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |