As of October 2005 the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has entered into a five year Memorandum of Understanding with the Geographic Information Science & Applied Geography (GISAG) Research Center of the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toledo, Ohio.
Work performed will assist NRCS in implementing the Maumee Watershed project, including sub watershed rapid resource assessments, watershed and area planning, on farm conservation planning and delivery of conservation technical assistance and conservation cost-share programs authorized by the 2002 Farm Bill that are of mutual interest to University of Toledo and NRCS.
Work will be performed in support of the Maumee Watershed Project and the 2002 Farm Bill conservation programs.
The tasks will generally consist of:
1) Annually determining land cover and crop rotations via remote sensing techniques.
2) Combining Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan data layers to establish Maumee Watershed Project Area GIS data layers for the project.
3) Establish and maintain a Maumee Watershed Project GIS Website to provide educational and informational outreach to share the data and information with other project partners, resource managers, and the general public.
Once collected, the images undergo cloud screening and then are stacked in Erdas IMAGINE remote sensing software package. Training sets of crop type have been collected using a driving survey of the watershed and located with Global Positioning System (GPS) readings. These training sets are used to create spectral signatures in Erdas and then a supervised classification is performed using the Maximum Likelihood classifier.
Validation of the classification will be performed using separate points collected during the driving survey.
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watershed_boundary.zip -
urban_areas.zip
streams_network.zip
states.zip
roads.zip
railroads.zip
principal_aquifers.zip
places.zip
parks.zip
major_rivers.zip
major_highways.zip
karst_regions.zip
karst_area_of_subsistence.zip
dams.zip
congressional_districts.zip
census_tracts.zip
census_housing.zip
census_economic.zip
census_demographics.zip
census_blocks.zip
census_block_groups.zip
Wyandot_watertable_depth.zip
Wyandot_prime_farmland.zip
Wyandot_hydric_rating.zip
Wood_watertable_depth.zip
Wood_prime_farmland.zip
Wood_hydric_rating.zip
Williams_watertable_depth.zip
Williams_prime_farmland.zip
Williams_hydric_rating.zip
VanWert_watertable_depth.zip
VanWert_prime_farmland.zip
VanWert_hydric_rating.zip
Steuben_watertable_depth.zip
Steuben_prime_farmland.zip
Steuben_hydric_rating.zip
Seneca_watertable_depth.zip
Seneca_prime_farmland.zip
Seneca_hydric_rating.zip
Sandusky_watertable_depth.zip
Sandusky_prime_farmland.zip
Sandusky_hydric_rating.zip
Putnam_watertable_depth.zip
Putnam_prime_farmland.zip
Putnam_hydric_rating.zip
Paulding_watertable_depth.zip
Paulding_prime_farmland.zip
Paulding_hydric_rating.zip
Ottawa_watertable_depth.zip
Ottawa_prime_farmland.zip
Ottawa_hydric_rating.zip
Monroe_watertable_depth.zip
Monroe_prime_farmland.zip
Monroe_hydric_rating.zip
Mercer_watertable_depth.zip
Mercer_prime_farmland.zip
Mercer_hydric_rating.zip
Lucas_watertable_depth.zip
Lucas_prime_farmland.zip
Lucas_hydric_rating.zip
Lenawee_watertable_depth.zip
Lenawee_prime_farmland.zip
Lenawee_hydric_rating.zip
Huc12_14.zip
Hillsdale_watertable_depth.zip
Hillsdale_prime_farmland.zip
Hillsdale_hydric_rating.zip
Hardin_watertable_depth.zip
Hardin_prime_farmland.zip
Hardin_hydric_rating.zip
Hancock_watertable_depth.zip
Hancock_prime_farmland.zip
Hancock_hydric_rating.zip
Fulton_watertable_depth.zip
Fulton_prime_farmland.zip
Fulton_hydric_rating.zip
Dekalb_watertable_depth.zip
Dekalb_prime_farmland.zip
Dekalb_hydric_rating.zip
Defiance_watertable_depth.zip
Defiance_prime_farmland.zip
Defiance_hydric_rating.zip
Auglaize_watertable_depth.zip
Auglaize_prime_farmland.zip
Auglaize_hydric_rating.zip
Area_of_Interest.zip
Aquifers_of_Alluvial_and_Glacial_Origin.zip
Annual_precipitation.zip
Allen_oh_watertable_depth.zip
Allen_oh_prime_farmland.zip
Allen_oh_hydric_rating.zip
Allen_in_watertable_depth.zip
Allen_in_prime_farmland.zip
Allen_in_hydric_rating.zip
Adams_watertable_depth.zip
Adams_prime_farmland.zip
Adams_hydric_rating.zip
2004_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
2002_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
2001_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
2000_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
1999_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
1998_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
1997_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
1996_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
1995_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
1994_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
1993_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
1992_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
1991_EPA_Test_Sites.zip
1990_EPA_Test_sites.zip
New layers
Maumee AOC
Lake Erie Shoreline
Lake Erie Bathymetry
Impaired 303d waters
Inland waters
Henry watertable depth
Henry prime farmland
Henry hydric rating
Shelby watertable depth
Shelby prime farmland
Shelby hydric rating
Noble watertable depth
Noble prime farmland
Noble hydric rating
Wells watertable depth
Wells prime farmland
Wells hydric rating
Branch watertable depth
Branch prime farmland
Branch hydric rating
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Related websites
Natural Resource Conservation Service Data Gateway
Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)
Center for Geographic Information
Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Geographic Information
Indiana Geological Survey – A GIS Atlas
Ohio Link Digital Media Center