Tennessee Stream Water Quality Assessments for Critical Habitat Adjacency

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation stream assessments compiled for a 305(b) water quality report. The layout is designed to show the adjacency of streams with different attainment levels to proposed critical habitat sites identified in 1984. The data originates from the SCIOPS organization and is hosted on the NASA EarthData platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial relationships between water quality attainment and critical habitat sites based on the adjacency focus.
• Model potential environmental impacts on proposed habitats based on stream attainment status.
• Support regulatory reporting and planning for water quality management based on the 305(b) report context.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a formal regulatory report (305(b) report) for water quality.
• Spatial analysis is a core purpose, focusing on adjacency to specific 1984 habitat sites.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC)

Collection Method

Assessments taken while compiling the 305(b) report for water quality.

Time Range

Critical habitat sites referenced are from 1984 (TNHP 1984).

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Streams in the state of Tennessee, USA.