| 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. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 98076 |
| Citation Author: | Van Wilson, K., Jr.; Clair, Michael G., II; Turnipseed, D. Phil; Rebich, Richard A. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Mississippi Water Science Center |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0350000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0300000 |
| Citation LonE: | -0880700 |
| Citation LonW: | -0913800 |
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| Citation No Pagination: | N |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | Report: iv, 9 p.; Table (xls) |
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| Citation Public Comments: | 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 |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2008-1198 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Development of a Watershed Boundary Dataset for Mississippi; 2009; OFR; 2008-1198; Van Wilson, K., Jr.; Clair, Michael G., II; Turnipseed, D. Phil; Rebich, Richard A. |
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| Citation Year: | 2009 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Development of a Watershed Boundary Dataset for Mississippi; 2009; OFR; 2008-1198; Van Wilson, K., Jr.; Clair, Michael G., II; Turnipseed, D. Phil; Rebich, Richard A. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr_2008_1198.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1198/ |
| Date Other: | Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
