N atural R esource I nformation S ystems

ObjectivesObjectives  NRIS Water Overview  Spatial Data in NRIS Water  Integration of NHD data

What is NRIS?  NRIS is... a suite of databases and computer application products containing spatial (map) and tabular (numbers) data collected and recorded in a consistent manner (protocols).

What is NRIS?  NRIS is designed to:  support field-level users on National Forests  work with a common set of basic data and data standards  provide a common computing environment  deliver access to data used for natural resource decision making to employees, our partners, and the public Corporate Data

NRIS in the Forest Service  NRIS is part of Ecosystems Management Coordination  NRIS is made up of several modules, each supported by a separate team

NRIS at Work  Assessments  Planning  Analysis

NRIS at Work  In the Future  Increased integration among NRIS modules  Improved public access to data  Greater interagency coordination

 Integrated application for supporting the work of field level hydrologists and fisheries biologists  Field collected data  Supports and encourages standardized protocols  Links tabular data to spatial data  Consistent data format for analysis tool development NRIS Water

NRIS Water – AI  Aquatic Inventory  Channel characterization  Fish habitat  Multiple scales  Valley segments  Reaches  Channel units

NRIS Water – AB  Aquatic biota  Aquatic animal occurrence  Fish  Invertebrates  Population estimates  Individual meristics  Lakes and streams

NRIS Water – WIT  Watershed Improvement  Survey of potential sites  Project management  Planning  Budgeting  Implementation  Monitoring

NRIS Water - WUTS  Watershed Uses Tracking System  Water uses  Municipal/rural  Recreation  Stock/wildlife  Water rights  Status/ownership  Adjudications

Computing Environment Computing Environment  Development Platform  UNIX Wide Area Network / PC Desktop Clients  Primary Software  Oracle 7 (Unix)  ARC/Info 7.x (Unix)  Arcview 3.1 (Unix)  User Interface  Oracle Forms (PC Client)  Arcview (Unix)  MS Office (PC Client)

 Map Features play a primary role  Data is collected on real world features which can be represented in GIS  Primary interface to drill down to data is through Spatial Navigation Spatial Data in NRIS Water Watershed (HUC) Stream Stream Segment

Coverages in NRIS Water  Stream (Route LLID)  Waterbody (Polygon)  Watershed (Region HUC4,5,6)  Travel_Routes (Route Road)  WTR_Points (Point)  WI_Polygons (Polygon)

Hydrologic Units (HUC)  The United States is divided into a hierarchy of successively smaller hydrologic units  Each hydrologic unit is identified by a unique hydrologic unit code

HUC Navigation  Through Forms  Hierarchical Tree Control  Through ArcView  PL/A and extensions

Spatial Connections WATERLOCATIONSWATERLOCATIONS Switch board Table1 Table2 Table3 Table4 Table5 Table6 Table7 Table8 Water Data FK DB World Streams Coverages STREAMS RAT Info Tables Watersheds HUC6 RAT Feature Tables Event Tables HUCS PKHUC HUC_Name HUC_STRM_MATRIX FKHUC FK LLID FK

 Interaction of Oracle Forms and ArcView for data display and query Spatial Tools - Arcview Project

 Event creation for linear and point events on streams and roads Spatial Tools - Arcview Project

Spatial Tools for Water V1.1  Water ArcView Extension  Display and query of tabular data  SDI Water Tools  Arc/Edit interface for water coverages  Maintains referential integrity between Info tables and associated Oracle tables  Water ArcView Project

Spatial Tools for Water V1.1

A New Spatial Data Model?  Stream Based Routes  Reach Based Routes Reach 1 Reach 2 Reach 3 Reach 5 Stream A Stream B Stream C

Why NHD in NRIS Water?  Consistent Data Model with National Scope  Low resolution data available Nationally, high resolution in development  Vertically integrated data model (streams, waterbodies, points)  Cooperative management  Data Sharing  Application Tools

 NHD Spatial Model V1.2 March 2001 Future Versions  Existing Spatial Model V1.0 March 2000 V1.1 December 2000 Development Cycle of NRIS Water

NHD in NRIS Water - Issues  Stream Centric Users  New Spatial Data Model  High Resolution Data  Cooperative Data Management

Issues – Stream Centric V1.1 LLID STREAM.RATLLID Oracle INFO LLID BIP EIP WLOC_FK NRW_STREAM_SEGMENTS LLID INDEX_POINT WLOC_FK NRW_STREAM_POINTS LLID NRW_STREAMS STREAM_NM

Issues – Stream Centric V1.2 NRW_STREAM_SEGMENTS PKWLOC_CN WLOC_NAME WLOC_DESC NHD.RATRCH RCH_CODE COM_ID GNIS_ID NAME LEVEL METERS Oracle INFO NHD_RAT_RCH PKRCH_CODE COM_ID GNIS_ID NAME NHD_LEVEL STREAM_CN_FK RCH_SRC_CN_FK METERS FK2 FK1 NHD_FLOW PKCOM_ID_1 PKCOM_ID_2 PKDIRECTION DLTA_LVL FLW_SEQ NRW_STREAM_LIST PKSTREAM_CN STREAM_NAME NRW_WLOC_SPATIAL_MTX PKWLOC_CN_FK PKSPATIAL_FK PK,FK2SPATIAL_SRC_CN_FK START_MEASURE END_MEASURE FK1POSITION_TYPE_FK FK3WLOC_CN

Issues – New Spatial Data Model  Solutions  Agency GIS Core Data Standards  Transition to new model  Tools  Training

Issues – Cooperative Data Management  Solutions  Communication  Editing and Updating  Route Identifier  Value added features

Issues – High Resolution Data  Solutions  Workload  Framework for Partnerships  Contracts

SummarySummary  NRIS Water Overview  Pretty neat stuff  Spatial Data in NRIS Water  Makes NRIS Water neat  Integration of NHD data  Challenges  Makes NRIS Water more than a Forest Service Application