Acquisition of Seco Creek GIS database and it's use in water quality models

Conference · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States)

OSTI ID:5997930

Steers, C A; Steiner, M; Taylor, B ^[1]

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1. Soil Conservation Service-National Cartography and GIS Center, Fort Worth, TX (United States)

The Seco Creek Water Quality Demonstration Project covers 1,700,670 acres in parts of Bandera, Frio, Medina and Uvalde Counties in south central Texas. The Seco Creek Database was constructed as part of the Soil Conservation Service's National Water Quality Program to develop hydrologic tools that measure the effects of agricultural nonpoint source pollution and to demonstrate the usefulness of GIS in natural resources management. This project will be part of a GRASS-Water Quality Model Interface which will incorporate watershed models with water quality planning and implementation by January of 1994. The Seco Creek Demonstration Area is the sole water supply for 1.3 million in the San Antonio Area. The database constructed for the project will help maintain the excellent water quality that flows directly into the Edwards Aquifer. The database consists of several vector and raster layers including: SSURGO quality soils, elevation, roads, streams and detailed data on field ownership, cropping and grazing practices and other landuses. This paper will consist of the development and planned uses of the Seco Creek Database.

• OSTI ID: 5997930
• Report Number(s): CONF-9303212-; CODEN: GAAPBC
• Journal Information: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States), Vol. 25:1; Conference: 27. annual Geological Society of America (GSA) South-Central Section meeting, Fort Worth, TX (United States), 15-16 Mar 1993; ISSN 0016-7592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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