Watershed Plan topics
Click on a topic to list all related information resources
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Agricultural lands | Farms, orchards, and ranches |
| Barriers | Barriers to fish passage such as road crossings over streams, culverts, bridges, etc. |
| Benthic macroinvertebrate data | Surveys and other direct measurements of benthic macroinvertebrates |
| Climate or precipitation | Current and historic climate data for the watershed |
| Cultural resources | Archaeological sites, historic buildings and structures, landscapes, and objects |
| Demographics | Population, economics, languages, ethnic groups |
| Developed areas | Location and extent of developed areas. This is often presented as percent impervious surface area |
| Exotic or invasive species | Any exotic or invasive species in the watershed. |
| Federal lands | Public lands such as National Parks, National Forests, National Wildlife Refuges |
| Fish data | Fish sampling and analysis data |
| Flood plains | Designated floodplain areas |
| Flow data | Stream flow data and the period of record |
| Future land use considerations | Any future land use scenarios that have been proposed |
| Geology and soils | Geology and soils |
| Groundwater resources | Groundwater resources in the watershed, such as groundwater basins, recharge areas, aquifers, etc. |
| Hydrology | Waterbody network, including the locations of all the water bodies and how they are connected to one another. |
| Land use or land cover | General land use and land cover information; for specific topics use open space, wetlands, etc. |
| Local lands | Public lands owned by the local jurisdiction, such as municipal or county (regional) parks |
| Mining | Includes hard rock mining as well as gravel mining from streambeds |
| Open space | Includes natural areas, wildlife and native plant habitat, important wetland or watershed lands, stream corridors, passive or low-impact activities, little or no land disturbance, and/or trails for non-motorized activities. |
| Protected species | Any threatened or endangered species within the watershed |
| Recreation | Major recreational uses in the watershed |
| Sensitive areas | Sensitive areas offer critical or unique fish and wildlife habitat, including seasonal or lifestage requirements, or offer water quality or erosion control benefits to the body of water. |
| State lands | Public land such as state parks, and other state lands |
| Stream survey data | Could include aspect, channel type, bedload, substrate, streambank stability, slump potential, large woody debris, and riparian vegetation. |
| Surface water resources | Surface water includes all water that is naturally open to the atmosphere, such as lakes, rivers, seas and reservoirs. |
| Topography or elevation | Topography or elevation |
| Transportation | Major transportation corridors within the watershed |
| Vegetation | Types, quantity, and location of vegetative species throughout your watershed |
| Water quality data | Chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of surface water or groundwater; turbidity, sediment, nutrients, pathogens, temperature |
| Watershed boundaries | Watershed and subwatershed boundaries |
| Wetlands | Location and extent of wetland areas in the watershed |
| Wildlife | Wildlife that lives in the watershed |
