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Layer: NHDFlowline (ID: 0)

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Name: NHDFlowline

Display Field: gnis_name

Type: Feature Layer

Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolyline

Description: Abstract: The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is a feature-based database that interconnects and uniquely identifies the stream segments or reaches that make up the nation's surface water drainage system. NHD data was originally developed at 1:100,000-scale and exists at that scale for the whole country. This high-resolution NHD, generally developed at 1:24,000/1:12,000 scale, adds detail to the original 1:100,000-scale NHD. (Data for Alaska, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands was developed at high-resolution, not 1:100,000 scale.) Local resolution NHD is being developed where partners and data exist. The NHD contains reach codes for networked features, flow direction, names, and centerline representations for areal water bodies. Reaches are also defined on waterbodies and the approximate shorelines of the Great Lakes, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Gulf of Mexico. The NHD also incorporates the National Spatial Data Infrastructure framework criteria established by the Federal Geographic Data Committee. Purpose: The NHD is a national framework for assigning reach addresses to water-related entities, such as industrial discharges, drinking water supplies, fish habitat areas, wild and scenic rivers. Reach addresses establish the locations of these entities relative to one another within the NHD surface water drainage network, much like addresses on streets. Once linked to the NHD by their reach addresses, the upstream/downstream relationships of these water-related entities--and any associated information about them--can be analyzed using software tools ranging from spreadsheets to geographic information systems (GIS). GIS can also be used to combine NHD-based network analysis with other data layers, such as soils, land use and population, to help understand and display their respective effects upon one another. Furthermore, because the NHD provides a nationally consistent framework for addressing and analysis, water-related information linked to reach addresses by one organization (national, state, local) can be shared with other organizations and easily integrated into many different types of applications to the benefit of all.

Copyright Text: U.S. Geological Survey

Default Visibility: true

MaxRecordCount: 1000

Supported Query Formats: JSON, geoJSON

Min Scale: 72000.0

Max Scale: 0.0

Supports Advanced Queries: true

Supports Statistics: true

Can Scale Symbols: false

Use Standardized Queries: true

Supports ValidateSQL: true

Supports Calculate: true

Supports Datum Transformation: true

Extent:
Drawing Info: Advanced Query Capabilities:
HasZ: true

HasM: true

Has Attachments: false

HTML Popup Type: esriServerHTMLPopupTypeNone

Type ID Field: fcode

Fields: Types:
Capabilities: Query

Sync Can Return Changes: false

Is Data Versioned: false

Supports Rollback On Failure: true

Supports ApplyEdits With Global Ids: false

Supports Query With Historic Moment: false

Supports Coordinates Quantization: true

Supported Operations:   Query   Query Attachments   Calculate   Validate SQL   Generate Renderer   Return Updates   Iteminfo   Thumbnail   Metadata