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Description Valid Date Available Version(s)Size #Records Documentation
River Forecast Center Boundaries 12 January 2005 Download Compressed Shapefile rf12ja05.zip 3,189,417 14 Change History Metadata

File Specifications:

Naming Convention: rf ddmmyy .shp/.shx/.dbf - where .shp, .shx, .dbf are the extensions of the 3 component files of the shapefile and .prj is the projection file. Shapefile Type: polygon
Source (CONUS): National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC)
Last Modified: 12 January 2005

Attributes:

Field Name type width,dec description
SITE_IDcharacter3RFC Station Identifier
STATEcharacter2State locus, RFC Station
RFC_NAMEcharacter18RFC Area Name
RFC_CITYcharacter25City locus, RFC Station
BASIN_IDcharacter5RFC Area Identifier

Comments: RFC boundaries were formed by NOHRSC from updated basin boundareies created using the Integrated Hydrologic Automated Basin Boundary System (IHABBS).


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