Dataset for Streamflow Data Catalog for the Pacific Northwest

Summary & Purpose

This dataset is the largest cross-organizational set of streamflow monitoring metadata, with information about over 33,000 non-USGS monitoring locations. This catalog includes streamflow monitoring metadata across 32 organizations, including 2,661 continuous gaging locations, 586 of which are active, which is more than twice the number of USGS gages in the region (723, in 2021), and over 30,500 discrete measurements. This catalog was developed through extensive engagement with individuals in various water management roles across the region.

Authors

Kendra E. Kaiser, Boise State UniversityFollow
Kyle Blasch, United States Geological SurveyFollow
Steven Schmitz, Boise State UniversityFollow

Author Identifier

Kendra E. Kaiser, ORCID: 0000-0003-1773-6236

Kyle Blasch, ORCID: 0000-0002-0590-0724

Date of Publication or Submission

2-8-2023

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18122/redi_data.2.boisestate

Publications Related to this Data

• Kaiser, K.E., Blasch, K., Schmidt, S. (2023). Integration of distributed streamflow measurement metadata for improved water resource decision-making. [Forthcoming].
• Data visualization: https://tableau.usgs.gov/views/Streamflow_Catalog/Introduction
• Map visualization: https://tableau.usgs.gov/views/Streamflow_Catalog/Map?%3Aembed=y&%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y
• Kaiser, Kendra E. (2023). Pacific Northwest Streamflow Data Landscape: A Report from the 2022 Streamflow Data Roundtables. Boise State University. https://doi.org/10.18122/geo_facpubs.805.boisestate

Funding Citation

This research was funded by U.S. Geological Survey Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center under Grant/Cooperative Agreement No. G20AC00439-A.

Data Source Credits

Wieczorek, M.E., Jackson, S.E., and Schwarz, G.E., Select Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Reach Catchments and Modified Network Routed Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States (ver. 2.0, November 2019): U.S. Geological Survey data release, 2018, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7765D7V

Single Dataset or Series?

Single Dataset

Data Format

*.xlsx

Data Attributes

Data was collected from the organizations listed in the "Data Providers" tab for each .xlsx file. It was then QA/QC as described in Kaiser et al., 2022. Descriptions of the information in each column are defined in the "Attribute Details" tab, this includes standard naming conventions and data format requirements.

Time Period

1903-02-01 - 2023-02-06

Update Frequency

Other

Privacy and Confidentiality Statement

Boise State is explicitly compliant with federal and state laws surrounding data privacy including the protection of personal financial information through the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, personal medical information through HIPAA, HITECH and other regulations. All human subject data (e.g., surveys) has been collected and managed only by personnel with adequate human subject protection certification.

Use Restrictions

Users are free to share, copy, distribute and use the dataset; to create or produce works from the dataset; to adapt, modify, transform and build upon the dataset as long as the user attributes any public use of the dataset, or works produced from the dataset, with proper acknowledgement. This includes citing datasets in a similar way to citing a journal article (i.e. referencing the author(s), title, year of publication, name of REDI "publisher", edition or version, and the URL or DOI access information. See https://www.datacite.org/whycitedata. For any use or redistribution of the dataset, or works produced from it, the user must make clear to others the license of the dataset and keep intact any notices on the original dataset.

Disclaimer of Warranty

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED AS PART OF THE SYSTEM FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

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Comments

Additional contributors listed in the "Data Providers" tab of the excel file.

Recommended Citation

Kaiser, K.E.; Blasch, K.; and Schmitz, S. (2023). Dataset for Streamflow Data Catalog for the Pacific Northwest. [Data set]. ScholarWorks, Boise State University.
https://doi.org/10.18122/redi_data.2.boisestate