Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: USDA/NRCS - National Geospatial Center of Excellence
      Title: 12 Digit Watershed Boundary Dataset in HUC8
  Description:
    Purpose: For a link to more detailed processing information on your state's watershed data, please refer to links within the file that was also sent with this dataset called "wbd_state_metadata.html."  
This dataset is intended to be used as a tool for water-reso
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: 2013 - Present. See 'LoadDate' attribute field
  Status:
    Progress: In Work
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -92.88943
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -86.76412
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.08088
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.49182
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Standard for Geospatial Dataset File Naming
      Theme_Keyword: Hydrologic Units, HUC, WBD
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GNIS
      Place_Keyword: Wisconsin
      Place_Keyword: *
  Use_Constraints:

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Service Center Agencies should be acknowledged as the data source in products derived from these data.

    This data set is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source.  This information may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application.  Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the Service Center Agencies any authority for the decisions that they make.  The Service Center Agencies will not perform any evaluations of these data for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs.

    Photographic or digital enlargement of these data to scales greater than at which they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation of the data.  Digital data files are periodically updated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Farm Production and Conservation Business Center (FPAC BC) Geospatial Enterprise Operations (GEO) Branch
      Contact_Address:
        Address: 501 W. Felix St, Bldg 23
        City: Fort Worth
        State_or_Province: Texas
        Postal_Code: 76115
Data_Quality_Information:
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            NRCS State Offices and USGS
          Publication_Date: 2013 - Present
          Title: Watershed Boundary Data - Hydrologic Unit
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description: The dataset from the USGS was loaded  into SDE.
For a complete description of the attributes and processes used to delineate hydrologic units to 1:24,000 scale accuracy, please refer to document Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) User Guide included with each WBD order.
Archives of HUC 2-12 as national layers can be downloaded 
from ftp://ftp.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/wbd/
      Process_Date: 202109
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Geographic:
      Latitude_Resolution: 0.02
      Longitude_Resolution: 0.02
      Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)
      Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
      Hydrologic Unit delineation are closed polygons that encompass all area draining toward the lowest point (called outlet or pour point) in the polygon. Because of nominal sizes for the different hydrologic unit level: Watershed (40,000 to 250,000 acres) an
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: See http://nhd.usgs.gov/userguide.html?url=NHD_User_Guide/Feature_Catalog/NHD_Feature_Catalog.htm for a data dictionary.
Distribution_Information:
  Distribution_Liability:

    Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the Service Center Agencies regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture will warrant the delivery of this product in computer readable format, and will offer appropriate adjustment of credit when the product is determined unreadable by correctly adjusted computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition.  Request for adjustment of credit must be made within 90 days from the date of this shipment from the ordering site.

    Neither the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor any of its agencies are liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: ARC/INFO Shape
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 12/09/2021
  Metadata_Standard_Name: SCI Minimum Compliance Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: SCI Std 003-02
