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        <origin>Paul A. Ensminger</origin>
        <pubdate>20250515</pubdate>
        <title>Flow direction raster for Louisiana StreamStats</title>
        <geoform>raster digital data</geoform>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>Reston, VA</pubplace>
          <publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <onlink>https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TV9MZC</onlink>
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    </citation>
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      <abstract>The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of Transportation, prepared hydro-conditioned geographic information systems (GIS) layers for use in the Louisiana StreamStats application. These data were used within peak flow and low flow regression equations for Louisiana. This dataset consists of flow direction rasters for each 8-digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) area in Louisiana, one of the layer types needed to delineate watersheds within the HUC-8 areas, merged into a single dataset. The 54 HUCs represented by this dataset are 03180004, 03180005, 08030100, 08040202, 08040205, 08040206, 08040207, 08040301, 08040302, 08040303, 08040304, 08040305, 08040306, 08050001, 08050002, 08050003, 08060100, 08070100, 08070201, 08070202, 08070203, 08070204, 08070205, 08070300, 08080101, 08080102, 08080103, 08080201, 08080202, 08080203, 08080204, 08080205, 08080206, 08090100, 08090201, 08090202, 08090203, 08090301, 08090302, 11140201, 11140202, 11140203, 11140204, 11140205, 11140206, 11140207, 11140208, 11140209, 11140304, 11140306, 12010002, 12010004, 12010005, and 12040201.</abstract>
      <purpose>Data were obtained in order to support the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for basin delineation database in Louisiana, and for incorporation into the Louisiana StreamStats application. These data were developed as part of a USGS study, done in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of Transportation, to delineate drainage areas for user-selected locations on streams, and then determine basin characteristics and estimates of flow statistics for the selected locations within the Louisiana StreamStats application.</purpose>
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          <caldate>20190306</caldate>
        </sngdate>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>publication date</current>
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    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>None planned</update>
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        <southbc>28.7880</southbc>
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      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>
        <themekey>elevation</themekey>
        <themekey>inlandWaters</themekey>
        <themekey>environment</themekey>
        <themekey>geoscientificInformation</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>USGS Thesaurus</themekt>
        <themekey>Digital Elevation Models</themekey>
        <themekey>DEM</themekey>
        <themekey>Topography</themekey>
        <themekey>streamflow</themekey>
        <themekey>hydrology</themekey>
        <themekey>geospatial datasets</themekey>
        <themekey>geospatial analysis</themekey>
        <themekey>water resources</themekey>
        <themekey>Geographic Information System</themekey>
        <themekey>GIS</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>USGS Metadata Identifier</themekt>
        <themekey>USGS:631f82cfd34e71c6d67a6d94</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>flow direction</themekey>
        <themekey>hydrologically conditioned</themekey>
        <themekey>hydrologically enforced</themekey>
        <themekey>stream delineation</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>Geographic Names Information Systems (GNIS)</placekt>
        <placekey>Louisiana</placekey>
        <placekey>United States</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of this data, software, or related materials. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. This dataset may be redistributed if it is not edited and is properly referenced. Although USGS intends to make this server available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, timely delivery of data and products from this server through the Internet is not guaranteed.</useconst>
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      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>Paul A Ensminger</cntper>
          <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Region</cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntpos>Hydrologist</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
          <address>3535 S Sherwood Forest</address>
          <city>Baton Rouge</city>
          <state>LA</state>
          <postal>70816</postal>
          <country>US</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>225-298-5481</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>225-298-5490</cntfax>
        <cntemail>paensmin@usgs.gov</cntemail>
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    <datacred>Compilation of this data set and the associated metadata was done in cooperation Louisianan Department of Transportation</datacred>
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      <attraccr>No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted</attraccr>
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    <logic>No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted</logic>
    <complete>Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.</complete>
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      <horizpa>
        <horizpar>No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted</horizpar>
      </horizpa>
      <vertacc>
        <vertaccr>No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted</vertaccr>
      </vertacc>
    </posacc>
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          <citeinfo>
            <origin>U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program</origin>
            <pubdate>20190701</pubdate>
            <title>USGS National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)</title>
            <geoform>vector digital data, tabular digital data</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Reston, VA</pubplace>
              <publish>U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>http://nhd.usgs.gov/wbd.html</onlink>
            <onlink>https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=StagedProducts/Hydrography/</onlink>
            <onlink>https://www.usgs.gov/national-hydrography</onlink>
            <onlink>https://www.usgs.gov/the-national-map-data-delivery</onlink>
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        <typesrc>online</typesrc>
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            <sngdate>
              <caldate>20190321</caldate>
            </sngdate>
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          <srccurr>Download Date</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>NHD</srccitea>
        <srccontr>Spatial and attribute data from NHDArea, NHDWaterbody, NHDFlowline, WBDHU12 and WBDHU8 feature classes</srccontr>
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        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>U.S. Geological Survey</origin>
            <pubdate>20181025</pubdate>
            <title>USGS NED 1/3 arc-second rasters 1 x 1 degree ArcGrid</title>
            <geoform>raster digital data</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Reston, VA</pubplace>
              <publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>https://nationalmap.gov/elevation.html</onlink>
            <onlink>http://nationalmap.gov/viewer.html.</onlink>
            <onlink>https://apps.nationalmap.gov/downloader/</onlink>
            <onlink>https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=StagedProducts/Elevation/13/</onlink>
            <onlink>https://www.usgs.gov/tools/download-data-maps-national-map</onlink>
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        <typesrc>online</typesrc>
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              <begdate>20160101</begdate>
              <enddate>20161231</enddate>
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          <srccurr>Download Date</srccurr>
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        <srccitea>NED</srccitea>
        <srccontr>source data</srccontr>
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        <procdesc>The data layers were processed using the StreamStats toolbox scripts and ArcHydro. Beginning with the NHD and NED data for Louisiana, the elevation raster was projected to NAD 1983 Albers with pixel size of 10m. The NHD Flowline data were edited to create a dendrite stream network. Flow direction and flow accumulation rasters were created using the HydroDEM.aml and Agree.aml scripts. Watershed catchment, adjoint catchment, longest flow path, and sink processing was done using ArcHydro.</procdesc>
        <srcused>Digital Elevation Model</srcused>
        <srcused>National Elevation Dataset</srcused>
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            <stdparll>45.5</stdparll>
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          <plance>row and column</plance>
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            <ordres>10</ordres>
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          <plandu>meters</plandu>
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      <geodetic>
        <horizdn>D North American 1983</horizdn>
        <ellips>GRS 1980</ellips>
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        <enttypd>Raster geospatial data  file that defines stream networks using flow directon information</enttypd>
        <enttypds>Producer Defined</enttypds>
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        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
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        <attrdefs>Producer Defined</attrdefs>
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      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>GS ScienceBase</cntper>
          <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey</cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
          <address>Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302</address>
          <city>Denver</city>
          <state>CO</state>
          <postal>80225</postal>
          <country>United States</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>1-888-275-8747</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>sciencebase@usgs.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <distliab>Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.</distliab>
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      <digform>
        <digtinfo>
          <formname>Digital Data</formname>
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            </computer>
          </onlinopt>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <fees>No fees are applicable for obtaining the data set.</fees>
    </stdorder>
    <techpreq>This zip file contains data available in TIFF format. The user must have software capable of uncompressing the WinZip file and displaying the raster.</techpreq>
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    <metd>20250515</metd>
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      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>Paul A Ensminger</cntper>
          <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Region</cntorg>
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        <cntpos>Hydrologist</cntpos>
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          <addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
          <address>3535 S Sherwood Forest</address>
          <city>Baton Rouge</city>
          <state>LA</state>
          <postal>70816</postal>
          <country>US</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>225-298-5481</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>225-298-5490</cntfax>
        <cntemail>paensmin@usgs.gov</cntemail>
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    <metstdn>Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
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