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Headwater HUC12 IDs and associated headwater types: data and code


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Created: Oct 14, 2025 at 7:06 p.m. (UTC)
Last updated: Aug 17, 2026 at 6:39 p.m. (UTC) (Metadata update)
Published date: Aug 17, 2026 at 6:39 p.m. (UTC)
DOI: 10.4211/hs.4ba6663de66a42be81422d39ae349b66
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Abstract

This resource contains data and code for Seybold et al. (2026, Geophysical Research Letters).

Data:
This dataset includes the HUC12 IDs of 82,312 HUC12s across the contiguous United States and an assigned "headwater type"/cluster ID derived from k-means clustering of this publicly available USGS dataset: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/67fffc34d4be020983ea0055.

Code:
Step 1 is the geospatial analysis and extraction of watershed attributes for 82,213 headwater watersheds across the continental United States. This information can also be found in the following USGS data release: https://www.usgs.gov/data/headwater-and-downstream-attributes-select-huc12-units-across-conterminous-united-states-conus

Step 2 takes the extracted data from Step 1 and performs a k-means clustering of headwater watershed attributes. The final results of this clustering (linking HUC12 IDs and cluster assignments) is published as a standalone HydroShare resource and can be found here: Seybold, E. (2025). Headwater HUC12 IDs and associated Clusters, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/4ba6663de66a42be81422d39ae349b66.

Step 3 takes the transformed headwater and downstream attributes generated in Step 1 (and used in Step 2) to train a random forest classification model that predicts headwater vs. downstream class membership.

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Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
North Latitude
50.0712°
East Longitude
-60.9961°
South Latitude
23.8959°
West Longitude
-130.6055°

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How to Cite

Seybold, E., Husic, A. (2026). Headwater HUC12 IDs and associated headwater types: data and code, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.4ba6663de66a42be81422d39ae349b66

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