Author: Heather Brooks

WikiWatershed is an initiative of Stroud Water Research Center. The Stroud Center seeks to advance knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems through global research, education, and watershed restoration.

You can name and save your work, make the project publicly accessible, add tags so it can easily be found, print out the maps and graphs, or embed the work into the ITSI portal.

There are two models available to simulate stormwater runoff and water quality, to create different conservation and development scenarios, and to compare human impacts of these scenarios.

Start by typing search terms, e.g. “turbidity”, “water” & “MODIS,” to find some datasets that would be useful for your research.

The Analyze pane will show stream network statistics, land cover distribution, hydrologic soil group distribution, terrain statistics, and more.

You can select your area of interest by choosing a predefined boundary, drawing an area, delineating a watershed, or uploading a polygon.

Just as Google Maps allows you to switch between road and satellite maps, there are several options for both the basemap and data overlays on top of the map.

If you chose not to share your location, find the location you want watershed information for by typing an address or city or zip code into the search bar.