Hydrology of Albany County  🗺️

About Hydrology of Albany County ....

Watersheds, rivers, wetlands, flood zones of Albany County. Zoom in for more details.

Map: Battery Diagram

Helpful Hint: While I suggest you look on blog for a downloadable PDF Map, you should be able to print or save this map by clicking the print button on the map above.

Data Sources

Road Trip to Coal Country by Nate Matthews - You can download the KMZ File used in creation of this map.

USGS Hydrology - A map of waterways and wetlands in United States National Map. WMS Service: https://basemap.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/USGSHydroCached/MapServer/WMSServer, Layer: 0

Watersheds - Forest Service Enterprise Data Service. WMS Service: https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/wbd/MapServer/WMSServer?, Layer: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

L.esri - US Census Bureau TIGER/Line. WMS Service: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/services/TIGERweb/tigerWMS_Census2020/MapServer/WMSServer, Layer: Counties,States

Municipalities - US Census Bureau TIGER/Line. WMS Service: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/services/TIGERweb/tigerWMS_Census2020/MapServer/WMSServer, Layer: County Subdivisions,Counties

FWS Regulated Wetlands - WMS Service: https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/arcgis/services/Wetlands/MapServer/WMSServer?, Layer: 1

Map Key FWS Regulated Wetlands

100 and 500 Year Flood Plain - This shows the 100 year flood plain (flood zone) in orange. The 500-year flood plain is in red. Only New York State. WMS Service: https://gisservices.its.ny.gov/arcgis/services/gas_station/MapServer/WMSServer?, Layer: 0,1

3DEP Elevation Hillshade. LIDAR and legacy USGS DRG Topo Derived hillshades used as a background. DEM - WMS Service: https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer/WMSServer, Layer: 3DEPElevation:Hillshade Gray

Full List of WMS and ArcMap Services - CSV Spreadsheet with all web map services currently used on the blog.

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