Illinois Watershed Management Clearinghouse

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Illinois Watershed Management Clearinghouse
http//web.aces.uiuc.edu/watershed/

• Protecting Our Greatest Economic and
  Social Resource

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Overview

• Introduce The Resource Management Mapping Service
  (RMMS)
• Look at old and new Clearinghouse
• Map Illinois to RMMS
• Overview of RMMS
• Current features and data layers
• Future features and layers
• Hands-on Time and Feedback

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Development History
Integration of several projects

• Illinois Land Use Clearinghouse
• Map Illinois Interactive, Web-based Access to
  Natural Resource Geospatial Data
• Map Illinois The Illinois Natural Resources
  Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
• Illinois Watershed Management Clearinghouse

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Purpose
Goals
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Contributors to IWMC-1

R. Farnsworth J. Westervelt A. Sorensen D.
Sturges D. Stigberg M. Joselyn R. Krumm S.
Beaverson D. Nelson
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Contributors to IWMC-2
Additional Contributors (Alphabetically)

• ACES-ITCS Web Design
• Doug Austen
• Randal Collins
• George Czapar
• Dave Day
• Dan Gavrilovic
• Ariel Gertzenstein
• Bryan Luman

• Lisa McCauley
• Susan Meeker
• Gary Schnitkey
• Steve Sobaski
• Matt Vagnoni
• Various users
• Carolyn S. White

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Map Illinois
Tools
Layers
Refresh Map
Query/Results Tool Text
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Cautionary Note-Data Credits
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The Information Window - Intro
Welcome to the Resource

Feedback Visible Layers
Legend

• Welcome to the Resource Management Mapping
  Service.
• Users can quickly locate, create, and print maps
  of large and small areas within Illinois in a few
  minutes. Numerous map layers may be added to the
  base map to give a better idea of a specific
  locations resources and other important
  attributes.
• Getting Started
• Locating an area. Select one of the following
• Click to Go To tab and select a Go-To method that
  zooms you to the general area. You can use this
  method to quickly zoom to a location centered at
  a county, a town, a PLSS legal description, a zip
  code or a Latitude-Longitude.
• Then use the Zoom tool to move in closer.
  Selecting any of these methods will automatically
  turn on viewing layers

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Information Window for Tool Input
Custom tools use the Information Window for user
input. The Email tool allows a user to send the
map frame to other users with comments.
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Tools, Data Tabs, Action Buttons
Location Tools, BookMarking/Favorites, Information
Data Layer Tabs
ESRI Tools and Special Tools
Action Buttons
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The Map Overlay Toggle
The red outline box in the overlay map allows you
see where you are within Illinois. The opening
frame shows the the entire state.
After zooming, the red outline box shows the
counties included in the zoom and displayed in
the map frame.
This tool allows you to remove the overlay map or
display it.
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Using the Go To Tool
These Go To methods zoom the user to the desired
location
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Go To Zooms Makes 4 Layers Visible
DOQs Roads PLSS Towns
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Visible Layers Button
The Visible Layers Button lists what layers are
visible and shows the data tab they are in. Note
that the Base Layer chosen is not shown. There
can only be one, so click the Base layer tab and
see which one was chosen.
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Legend Button

The Legend of visible layers is shown in the
Information window by clicking on the Legend
button
Roads-County,Township
IDNR ORC Regions
Sections (PLSS)
Counties
Towns (Boundaries) 2000
Towns (Boundaries) 1998
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Making Additional Layers Visible
Click on a data tab. Choose the data layers you
want visible. Click in the box by the
layer(s). Repeat in other data tabs. Click the
Refresh Button. The layers become visible in
the map frame.
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Watersheds Flood Zones Displayed
Legend
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Using the ID Tool
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Finding Your Watershed
We have an interactive Watershed Finder
tool. Cautions The tool is based on 11 digit HUC
codes. These 11 digit codes may not represent
current definitions of your watershed. But you
can make the 12 digit or 10 digit watersheds
visible as an overlay.
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Click on the tool Be patient.
Drag your mouse over the watershed of interest.
Then click to select.
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Upper Salt Fork
Note Masking of other 11 digit watersheds. New 12
digit Hucs shown in dark blue. Upper Salt Fork
Drainage Ditch.
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Another View
This view shows the newer 12 digit HUC boundaries
for the same area. Upper Salt Fork Drainage
Ditch 12 Digit HUC code boundaries Masking with
new HUC codes is on the to-do list.
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Now that you know your watershed
Turn on other layers of interest. Flood Zones,
Digital Soils and Biological Stream Ratings are
turned on for this screen capture.
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Now Zoom In to the Area of Interest
The 10 year flood zone boundary is now turned off
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Dredge a 100 Foot Buffer of the Stream
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How Did I Create the Buffer?
Change the active layer to Streams.
Click on the Select by Rectangle.
Draw a box over the stream.
Click on the Buffer tool.
Use Pull down box for layer. Type in buffer
distance. Click Create Buffer.
Click to return to the previous extent.
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Review Where Those Buttons Are
Set Active Layer
Select by Rectangle
Buffer Tool
Return to Previous Extent
Re
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How To Add Text
Click the Add Text Button
Type in the desired text
Make the desired Settings
Click in the map frame where you want the text
If you dont like that placement, click Undo and
click a new point.
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What Acreage Is Lost by the Dredging?
Removing the trees wont affect acreage in
production. Dredging above the tree line will
take land out of production.
What is that acreage lost and what soil types are
affected? (What is my expected loss in
productivity?)
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Using the Acreage Calculation Tool
The Acreage Calculation Tool has been revised to
be more user friendly. You no longer loose the
previous work if you need to change the active
layer.
Now we will set the active layer to soils, draw a
polygon over the portion of the buffer lost to
production by the 100 foot dredging along the
river where there are no trees presently and
calculate the loss of acreage by soil type.
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Outlining the Area of the Buffer
The area of the buffer that will be lost to
production is outlined in blue.
Once the area is outlined, Click the the
Calculate Area button.
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Results of Acreage Calculation
We see that approximately 1.26 acres will be
lost to production and 81.2 of that will be soil
type 102A and 18.8 will be soil type 152A Can we
estimate production lost?
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What are the Crops Grown here?
The farmer knows that this is a field of rotated
soybeans and corn. Others may not. They can
discover that by changing the base layers viewed.
This particular view shows transparent Croplands
2001 overlayed on the DOQs.
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The Expected Productivity of the Land Lost?
Recursive use of the ID tool on the soil polygons
shows the average estimated Corn and Soy Bean
yields of the two soil types in the buffer. Using
the acreage calculations obtained earlier we can
estimate that (1291.02Price) (154.24Price)
is the expected income loss when in corn
cultivation. And (431.02Price)(51.24Price)
is the expected income loss when in soybean
cultivation.
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Decision Support
As a result of this economic analysis does this
particular farmer support the dredging
proposal? What other factors might affect his
decision? What alternatives exist? RMMS provides
the most comprehensive collection of state-wide
data layers and an expanding set of tools for
Decision Support.
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How to share this information?
Using the Email Tool
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What The Other User Receives
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Some Tools Not Covered here
Enter criteria to find in a given layer.
Draw a set of lines and get component and
cumulative measurements.
Print the map frame, legend and overlay frame.
Save map frame image to disk
Set scale
Point Buffer tool allows you to locate known
points not in data layers provided and buffer
those points
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Future Goals

• More GIS layers and functions.
• Update SOILS layers.
• Add new layers e.g. Cemeteries, IEPA 319
  Conservation BMP
• Update existing layers as available
• Provide ability to report comprehensive
  conservation practices within a watershed.
• Revise current tools and reports to reflect new
  watershed delineations .
• Other tools users find necessary

Funding Availability is important.
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Whats New Tab
The Whats new tool lets you see what changes
have been made in the RMMS. Many of these
changes are prompted by user feedback.
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Hands-on Time

• PLEASE Make liberal use of the Feedback Button to
  provide us with problems you have or suggestions
  you have.
• Thank you.
• Carolyn S. White cswhite_at_uiuc.edu

http//www.watershed.uiuc.edu