Natural Resource Information Systems Stewardship of the NHD in the US Forest Service NHD/WBD Stewardship Conference April 14-17, 2009 Denver, CO Brian Sanborn US Forest Service - NRIS

Role of the NHD in the Forest Service Agency standard for surface water hydrology Primary base layer for spatial analysis and map production Geo-referencing of natural resource data to surface waters

NHD Use in US Forest Service Survey Data –Fish Habitat –Stream Condition –Aquatic Biota Analysis –Temperature Modeling –Fish Passage –Aquatic Biota Distribution –Habitat Condition –Sediment Modeling

Land in about 40% of Subbasins 211,000,000 acres in 43 states, Puerto Rico, and USVI NHD on Forest Service Lands

USFS NHD Stewardship needs Local stewardship Project work support Updating content and feature location Acceptable turn around – from editing to use

Problem How can the USFS actively steward the NHD in coordination with so many other stewards ?

Solution Keep it simple Utilize existing efforts and processes Encourages coordination and collaboration with stewards at the local level

USFS NHD Stewardship Regional Leadership – Forest Stewards Identify and work with local stewardship infrastructure –Preferably get involved in stewardship agreement Internal coordination between GIS and Hydrology programs

USFS NHD Stewardship We want to join your NHD Stewardship franchise!

Current IT Architecture Data Center CITRIX Farm

NHD in the USFS Enterprise Data Managed in 9 schemas Full NHD Schema Geometric Network Updated monthly via XML Extracts

Update Issues Database tuning is critical USFS uses SDO_Geometry Geometric Networks Documentation Error Reporting Database Structure Updates

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