Metadata Snapshot

Metadata Snapshot


Data Portal Name:

  • New England Dams Database (version 08/10/18)

Data Type:

  • Point Data (dams)
  • Polygon Data (dam watersheds)

Number of Stations/Sites:

  • 7186 Existing Dams in New England (2091 in Connecticut; 1783 in Massachusetts; 645 in Maine; 1969 in New Hampshire; 433 in Rhode Island; and 265 in Vermont). 
  • 258 Removed Dams in New England (35 in Connecticut; 45 in Massachusetts; 36 in Maine; 63 in New Hampshire; 6 in Rhode Island; 73 in Vermont)

     

Spatial Extent:

  • Existing Dams: South: 41.021988 North: 47.188888 East: -73.696037  West: -67.08976

  • Removed Dams: South: 41.053039   North: 44.937293   East: -70.061972  West: -73.545881  

  • Removed Dams Watersheds: South: 40.466250  North: 45.084242  East: -68.990266  West: -73.989129 


Variables / Parameters / Indicators / Outputs / Units: 

  • Dam Identification, Dam Locations, Dam Status, Feature Characteristics, Land Use Classification, Impervious Cover, Dam Hazard Classification, Stream Data, Census and Demographic Data (See full Metadata Record)

Date Range:

  • Existing Dams Data Downloaded in 2015 and 2016
  • Removed Dams Data Downloaded in 2017
  • Removed Dams Watersheds Modeled in 2017