NaturalFeature

A layer of soil or soil material approximately parallel to the land surface and differing from adjacent genetically related layers in physical, chemical, and biological properties or characteristics.

Note: This description is from one example dataset and may not represent all uses of this type.

Attributes

namegeometryareadesignationownershipTypeaccessTypemanagementAgencyWater body IDNameType (lake, river, stream, etc.)FlowlineIDReachCodeFlowDirectionLengthVelocityDischargeCatchmentIDCatchmentAreaCatchmentSlopeCatchmentElevationWaterbodyIDWaterbodyTypeWaterbodyAreaWaterbodyElevationFlowlinePointIDPointTypeElevationwetlandClassificationwetlandTypegeographicExtentdataSourcelastUpdatedlocationsizehydrologyvegetationsoilTypewildlifetype (lake, river, pond, etc.)phenomenonIDdescriptionwatercourseIDwatercourseNamereservoirIDreservoirNamereservoirCapacityreservoirAreaelevationcontourLinesslopeGradientaspectDirectionmuKeymuNamemuAcresspatialVersioncoKeycompNamecompPcthydrologicGroupkFactorchKeyhzNamehzTophzBottextureRock typesAgeFormation namesStructural featuresSediment typesDepositional environmentsGeomorphological featuresland covertopographysurface temperatureAtmospheric instabilityMoisture contentVertical wind shearVegetation TypeCanopy CoverCanopy HeightCanopy Base HeightCanopy Bulk Densityfeature_typeFuel TypeFuel LoadFuel Bed DepthFuel Moisturepercentage of canopy coverspatial distributionhabitat_typewater_sourcesclimateunit_idunit_nameunit_typeacreageCoordinatesTerrain typeAccessibilitylayerIDlayerNamelayerDescriptionlayerVersionpublicationDateareaIDareaTypefloodZonebaseFloodElevationfloodwayStatusmagnitudedepthtimestampintensitytypelengthslip_ratedisplacementbird_specieslakeIDlakeNamelakeLocationlakeSizelakeCharacteristicsLocationSizepeak_coordinatesmountain_rangeshoreline_lengthwater_qualityparkingamenitiesaccessibilitywaterBodyactivities

Relationships

Outgoing Relationships

Relationships that start from NaturalFeature:

REGULATES CONNECTS CONTAINS INTERSECTS REQUIRES PART_OF CONTRIBUTES_TO LOCATED_AT

Incoming Relationships

Relationships that point to NaturalFeature:

OWNS MANAGES LOCATED_AT CONNECTS CONTAINS INTERSECTS OBSERVED_AT DOCUMENTS PART_OF MEASURES CONTRIBUTES_TO PROVIDES ADJACENT_TO

Found in 24 Datasets

Boundaries & Conservation

NaturalFeature

Attributes

Relationships

Outgoing Relationships

Incoming Relationships

Found in 24 Datasets

Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD‑US)

Water Quality Portal (EPA/USGS/USDA)

National Hydrography Dataset (NHDPlus HR)

National Wetlands Inventory (NWI)

DEC Fish Stocking (statewide)

US NOAA – Storm Events Database (NCEI)

USACE National Inventory of Dams – ArcGIS Layer

USGS TopoView (Historical USGS topos)

NRCS Soil Data Access (SSURGO/STATSGO)

New York State Museum – Geologic Maps

Landsat Collection 2 (USGS)

NOAA GOES Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)

LANDFIRE Vegetation/Fuels/Disturbance

NLCD – National Land Cover Database

Audubon Important Bird Areas (NY)

Unit Management Plans (UMPs)

DEC Forest Ranger Weekly Reports (media aggregation)

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL)

USGS Earthquake Catalog (ComCat)

Audubon – IBA Explorer

Adirondack Research – AIS Surveys (ADKRES)

APIPP – Early Detection Lake Maps

Adirondack Atlas

DEC Backcountry Features (Trailheads, Boat Launches, Fire Towers)