Water Resources: Tools and Data

GIS tool mapping watershed and land use in the Great Lakes Region. Includes at PDF users guide to the tool below

PDF users guide to Great Lakes FieldScope mapping tool

Tool for generating country water use and resources profiles.

This tool is designed to connect communities and organizations around the Great Lakes by sharing water quality information.

This tool allows residents of the Great Lakes region to map and share green practices like rain barrels and gardens.

This online forum is a one-stop shop for all Lake Erie related information coming from both U.S. and Canadian sources.

Environmental Learning Using Computer Interactive Decisions - this tool illustrates the complex interactions in coupled human and natural systems through a GIS environment.

GIS based tool for mapping and tracking sediment and nutrient loading across the Great Lakes Watershed through field scale best management practices scenario modeling.

This tool organizes, analyzes, and visualizes social indicators related to water management issues.

This tool is designed for individuals preparing new or increased groundwater withdrawal and can determine whether planned future withdrawals have the potential to negatively impact water levels in nearby streams.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's STORET Data Warehouse has water related data relevant to biological, habitat, and physical/chemical water research.

This USGS dataset provides elevation data for map making and GIS uses.

These datasets are produced by the USGS and contain data onsurface water within the United States.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's database on water.

A United Nations database containing data on international water quality.

The United States Geological Survey's national water database. Includes data on surface and groundwater, water quality, and water use.

This dataset is the result of a collaboration between the USGS, the EPA, and the National Water Quality Monitoring Council with data collected from state, federal, local, and tribal organizations.

Note: Michigan data is NOT in this database. This is a collection of precipitation and streamflow data from small agricultural watersheds in the United States. This national archive of variable time-series readings for precipitation and runoff contains sufficient detail to reconstruct storm hydrographs and hyetographs. There are currently about 16,600 station years of data stored in the data base. Watersheds used as study areas range from .2 hectare (0.5 acres) to 12,400 square kilometers (4,786 square miles).

This site pulls together several federal agency resources on the Upper Grand Watershed. The Red Cedar is part of the Upper Grand Watershed.

EPA aggregation of data related to the Great Lakes in such areas as water quality/chemistry, fish tissue chemistry and sampling, sediments, and Lake Michigan Mass Balance. Requires users to register with the EPA's Central Data Exchange to access.

In 2016, HRWC commissioned a unique study to measure the economic impact of the river on local communities, focusing on Huron River Water Trail activities and the value of natural systems that maintain a healthy, clean river.

Water quality program measures for E. coli in the Grand and Red Cedar Rivers, Sycamore Creek and Stockbridge. Data presented by sampling sites.

Data from a network of volunteer monitoring programs
Go to Data Exchange
Data Search Criteria - http://www.micorps.net/data/view/search/stream/raw.php
1. Search by County, Watershed, Stream/River Name or All sites
Go To: Stream/River Name and select Red Cedar River from the options.
2. Select Date Range - Leave open for most results
3. Select Output Format - I recommend you go with Web format until you find what you need, then you can redo the search and retrieve the data set in spreadsheet format.

Database with information on wells drilled in Michigan.

Users are able to view and download water quality data collected by the DEQ and DNR from surface water monitoring sites located throughout Michigan.
Search by location = Ingham County
Pull down the list and select Red Cedar
Look for the tabs: Assessments, Water Quality, Beach/River E.coli, etc.
Under USGS Gauge Station find discharge (volume) data from 1902 to present

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's yearly report compiling and integrating state-wide water quality monitoring data.