The LakeCat Dataset: Accumulated Attributes for NHDPlusV2 (Version 2.1) Catchments for the Conterminous United States: National Atmospheric Deposition Program National Trends Network - Nitrogen Deposition

Description

This dataset represents deposition estimates of nutrients within individual local and accumulated upstream catchments for NHDPlusV2 Waterbodies based on the National Atmospheric Deposition Program. Catchment boundaries in LakeCat are defined in one of two ways, on-network or off-network. The on-network catchment boundaries follow the catchments provided in the NHDPlusV2 and the metrics for these lakes mirror metrics from StreamCat, but will substitute the COMID of the NHDWaterbody for that of the NHDFlowline. The off-network catchment framework uses the NHDPlusV2 flow direction rasters to define non-overlapping lake-catchment boundaries and then links them through an off-network flow table. The National Trends Network provides long-term records of precipitation chemistry across the United States. Individual rasters describe ammonium, nitrate, inorganic nitrogen, and average sulfur/nitrogen deposition per year. See Source Info for links to NADP. The nitrogen and sulfur characteristics (kg N/ha/yr) were summarized to produce local catchment-level and watershed-level metrics as a continuous data type.

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8 This dataset represents deposition estimates of nutrients within individual local and accumulated upstream catchments for NHDPlusV2 Waterbodies based on the National Atmospheric Deposition Program. Catchment boundaries in LakeCat are defined in one of two ways, on-network or off-network. The on-network catchment boundaries follow the catchments provided in the NHDPlusV2 and the metrics for these lakes mirror metrics from StreamCat, but will substitute the COMID of the NHDWaterbody for that of the NHDFlowline. The off-network catchment framework uses the NHDPlusV2 flow direction rasters to define non-overlapping lake-catchment boundaries and then links them through an off-network flow table. The National Trends Network provides long-term records of precipitation chemistry across the United States. Individual rasters describe ammonium, nitrate, inorganic nitrogen, and average sulfur/nitrogen deposition per year. See Source Info for links to NADP. The nitrogen and sulfur characteristics (kg N/ha/yr) were summarized to produce local catchment-level and watershed-level metrics as a continuous data type. https://gaftp.epa.gov/epadatacommons/ORD/NHDPlusLandscapeAttributes/LakeCat/FinalTables/
2 LakeCat currently contains over 300 metrics that include local catchment (Cat), watershed (Ws), and special metrics. See Geospatial Framework and Terms in the ReadMe for definitions of the terms ‘catchment’ and ‘watershed’ as used with the LakeCat Dataset. An additional metric, inStreamCat, indicates whether the variable was pulled from the StreamCat Dataset or calculated with a geospatial framework that was developed for LakeCat. These metrics are available for 378,088 lakes and their associated catchments across the conterminous US. LakeCat metrics represent both natural (e.g., soils and geology) and anthropogenic (e.g, urban areas and agriculture) landscape information. https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/lakecat-dataset
8 This dataset represents deposition estimates of nutrients within individual local and accumulated upstream catchments for NHDPlusV2 Waterbodies based on the National Atmospheric Deposition Program. Catchment boundaries in LakeCat are defined in one of two ways, on-network or off-network. The on-network catchment boundaries follow the catchments provided in the NHDPlusV2 and the metrics for these lakes mirror metrics from StreamCat, but will substitute the COMID of the NHDWaterbody for that of the NHDFlowline. The off-network catchment framework uses the NHDPlusV2 flow direction rasters to define non-overlapping lake-catchment boundaries and then links them through an off-network flow table. The National Trends Network provides long-term records of precipitation chemistry across the United States. Individual rasters describe ammonium, nitrate, inorganic nitrogen, and average sulfur/nitrogen deposition per year. See Source Info for links to NADP. The nitrogen and sulfur characteristics (kg N/ha/yr) were summarized to produce local catchment-level and watershed-level metrics as a continuous data type. https://www.epa.gov/node/276204

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