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Lower Yellowstone River Corridor

Geomorphic Reconnaissance Resource Page

This page provides access to the Final Report, as well as two large PDF files showing the major sub-sections of the river, river miles, and major physical features on the river, overlain on the color photographs.  Additional data resources may be posted here as requested by the TAC.

REPORTS AND MAPS

Geomorphic Reconnaissance and GIS Development Yellowstone River, Montana Springdale to the Missouri River Confluence FINAL REPORT
Middle and Lower Yellowstone River Subreach Boundary Map - Sheet1
Middle and Lower Yellowstone River Subreach Boundary Map - Sheet2
Historical Government Land Office Maps by township range for project area - these are scanned, georectified images of GLO maps by Township Range (geotiff files).  An index file is provided for reference (shapefile).  All data are in Montana Stateplane NAD 83 projection.

GIS DATA FILES

Dataset

Name

Type Click to Download

Description

Aerial Photography

 

 

 

CIR

Color Infrared Photography

TIFF

1:24,000 Color Infra-red aerial photos from August 2001

Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle

B&W Photography

MrSID

1:12,000 aerial photography 1996-1997

Boundaries

 

 

 

County Boundaries

County.shp

Shapefile

Contains boundaries of all MT counties

Region Breaks

Region_break_lines.shp

Shapefile

Boundary of the 4 major regions identified for the project

Valley Bottom Boundary

Valley_bottom.shp

Shapefile

Boundary of the valley bottom

Land Ownership/ Management

Land_owner.shp

Shapefile

Boundaries of privately owned and publicly managed lands

Cadastral

Cadastral.shp

Shapefile

Parcel boundaries and land owner’s name, address, and acreage

Conservation Districts Priority sites

Cd_priority_reaches.shp

Shapefile

Reaches selected for the geomorphic assessment by conservation district offices along the Yellowstone River

LIDAR Corridor

Lidar_corridor_proposed.shp

Shapefile

Proposed corridor for the LIDAR data acquisition flight.

3-Mile Segment Polygons

3_mile_segment_poly.shp

Shapefile

3-mile segments used to calculate statistics for the LIDAR corridor

Flooodplain Mapping Reaches

Flood_map_reaches.shp

Shapefile

Nominated floodplain mapping reaches

Subreach Line Boundaries

Subreach_line.shp

Shapefile

Linear delineations of subreaches used for geomorphic analysis

Subreach Boundary Polygons

Subreach_poly.shp

Shapefile

Polygon boundaries of subreaches used for geomorphic analysis

Elevation

 

 

 

30 meter DEM

Dem30m - Contact NRIS for copy

Grid

30 m resolution digital elevation model

30 meter SRTM elevation data

SRTM - Contact NRIS for copy

Grid

30 m resolution elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

Geology

 

 

 

Statewide Geology

Geology_500k.shp

Shapefile

1:500,000 scale statewide geology data

MBMG geology data

Geology_100k.shp

Shapefile

1:100,000 scale geology data by quadrangle (where available)

Hydrology

 

 

 

NHD Centerline

NHD_centerline.shp

Shapefile

1:100,000 scale hydrology data for the Yellowstone River

NHD Centerline Station Points

NHD_station_pts_1_mi.shp

Shapefile

1 mile station points along the Yellowstone River NHD centerline

Lower Yellowstone Channels

Yell_channels_2001.shp

Shapefile

Primary, secondary, overflow and anabranching channels digitized off from the 2001 1:24,000 CIR aerial photos

Lower Yellowstone Centerline Station Points

Yell_channels_station_pts_1_mi.shp

Shapefile

1 mile station points along the Yellowstone River centerline from the CIR

TIGER hydrology

Tiger_hydro.shp

Shapefile

Streams and rivers from 2000 census data

Tributary confluence points

Trib_confluences_pt.shp

Shapefile

Points representing  confluences of the major rivers and streams and the Yellowstone River

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

Floodplains

Femaq3_COE.shp

Shapefile

Floodplain delineations from the Corps of Engineers

Cities

cities.shp

Shapefile

Cities along the Yellowstone River corridor

Geographic Names Information System

gnis.shp

Shapefile

Contains labels of all features on USGS maps of Montana

Physical Features Line data

Phys_feature_ln.shp

Shapefile

Physical features inventory as lines

Physical Features Point data

Phys_feature_pt.shp

Shapefile

Physical features inventory as points

Wells

wells.shp

Shapefile

Well data from the Ground Water Information Center

Valley Bottom Centerline

Valley_centerline.shp

Shapefile

Centerline of the valley bottom

Valley Bottom Centerline Station Points

Valley_centerline_station_pts_1_mi.shp

Shapefile

1 mile station points along the valley centerline

Soils

 

 

 

Soils

soils.shp

Shapefile

1:24,000 SSURGO soils data (where available)

Vegetation

 

 

 

GAP Vegetation

Yellveg - Contact NRIS for copy

Grid

90 meter GAP vegetation

2003 Vegetation Inventory

vegcover.shp

Shapefile

Vegetation inventory from 2003