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State staff offer to build centralized watershed maps and data for council
Summary
State GIS staff and agency representatives told the council they can assemble watershed maps and existing priority layers—such as Division of Water Quality assessment units—and incorporate them into a centralized resource for local planning and project prioritization.
Council members asked for a single, accessible map and dataset showing watershed boundaries, assessment units, reservoirs and existing project locations to support priority-setting and grant proposals.
Jack Heinsman, a state GIS analyst and regional planning specialist, offered to use state GIS resources to create maps showing watershed boundaries, project priorities and other locally useful layers. Arnie Holt and Amy Dickey pointed council members to existing state layers already online: the Division of Water Quality’s priority-watersheds map (based on assessment units, roughly equivalent to 12-digit HUCs) and the division’s integrated-report map that shows beneficial-use support and impaired segments.
Speakers suggested combining those existing layers with locally held project inventories to create a single reference the council can use for project planning and funding applications. Jack said he would welcome data contributions from council members and local partners and can produce a consolidated map for review.
Why it matters: A consolidated, reviewed dataset would help the council identify shovel-ready projects, prioritize funding requests and coordinate with state grant programs.
Council members agreed to provide datasets and suggested the state GIS lead prepare an initial map for the next meeting.
