Description: The ATLAS Hydrography version 2.0 dataset is a statewide polyline layer depicting location and various regulatory considerations of water resources of intermittent or better flow regimies with respect to transportation planning.This data is considered current as of August 2022 and is not the officially adopted layer for the state of NC but supports NCDOT in the generation of following reports:GeneralPlanning,NRTR generation (location of water resources, name/index numbers of waters, water quality classifications, impairedwaters,NCWRCtroutwaters, USACE stream habitat temperature,baldeagle habitat),Permitting(Section10 permitting,Section404 permitting,Section401 permitting,Individual permitting, stream location, USACE jurisdiction, NC Division of Coastal Management (NCDCM) jurisdiction, water quality classifications).Streams data are used in various other reports that the Sweeping Environmental group is not involved with, i.e., Protected Species modeling, NCDOT hydraulics studies, etc.Datasets developed under Project ATLAS do not replace field work for future projects and may not be used as a replacement for site visits /field surveys by licensed professionals and hence should be used only as a supporting platform for decision making. Use of this dataset for project scoping or screening is merely pre-decisional.
Copyright Text: The ATLAS State-Wide Expansive Environmental Programming (SWEEPing) group within NCDOT was tasked to create this dataset and did so in collaboration with the NC Department of Environmental Quality’s Headwater Streams Spatial Dataset (HSSD) program.
Annual maintenance of this dataset is handled by the Sweeping Environmental group.
Support and maintenance of the enterprise spatial database where this data resides is handled by NCDIT's Transportation GIS Unit.