Point Locations of Dams in South Carolina, derived from U.S. Army Corps Engineers National Inventory of Dams
Description
Reliable peak-streamflow information is critical for proper design of stream-related
infrastructure, such as bridges, and StreamStats provides a user-friendly interface to
estimate peak flows (https://streamstats.usgs.gov/ss/). StreamStats develops these peak-flow estimates using basin characteristics for the entire contributing area to a user-selected point; however, infrastructure planners often need to estimate flows for an area downstream from a known control such as a reservoir release or a weir. This dataset was compiled in cooperation with the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) to provide a Geographic Information Systems layer of filtered regulation points from the National Inventory of Dams and StreamStats-derived basin polygons for associated points from the U.S. Army Corps Engineers (USACE) National Inventory of Dams and upstream basin polygons for those points, for use within the South Carolina StreamStats client application. A select few basin characteristics were computed for each basin in the polygon dataset to enable the application to estimate flows above and below each regulation point and better assist SCDOT personnel when designing new or revising existing stream-related infrastructure.
Resources
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Format |
Description |
Link |
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The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.6154a155d34e0df5fb9d801a.xml |
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55 |
Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VGNFBO |
Tags
- region-1
- dam-sites
- region-3
- watershed-management
- region-4
- south-carolina
- usgs-6154a155d34e0df5fb9d801a
- region-5
- north-carolina
- region-2
- bridges
- georgia