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    • Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics Database: NPS-wide Impairment GIS Coverage

    Metadata Updated: March 4, 2026

    The National Park Service (NPS) Water Resources Division (WRD) compiles the Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics (HIS) Database for all park units. One of the goals of HIS is to track surface water impairments as defined by the Clean Water Act (CWA). Waters within or adjacent to park units that were identified by states as Category 5 (CWA Section 303d) or Category 4a, 4b, or 4c (CWA Section 305b) were included in this NPS-wide impairment GIS coverage.

    The GIS coverage of CWA impairments within the National Park System is updated on a monthly basis. Updates to this file in IRMA are made annually. Should you require a more updated version between annual updates, please contact Jia Ling at Jia_Ling@contractor.nps.gov or Dean Tucker at Dean_Tucker@nps.gov. Alternatively, you can also view more updated information on the NPS WRD Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics Database website (https://nature.nps.gov/water/HIS/index.cfm).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date March 4, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI NPS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date March 4, 2026
    Publisher National Park Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/NPS_DataStore_2243757
    Data First Published 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:24
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/nps-data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 134aa11a-f8d3-42ad-bc8f-01d5906ca61f
    Harvest Source Id d917c1a9-26b7-43ea-b8c5-c77ec750a850
    Harvest Source Title DOI NPS DCAT-US
    Homepage URL https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2243757
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Program Code 010:118, 010:119
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c1dd5afa939325e3ea5c25a5db8991260f79d924a13523366ded37e7334032b4
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2017-09-01/2018-09-01

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