• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
NMFWRI Logo

New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute

  • About
    • Staff Directory
    • Annual Reports
    • Newsletters
  • Restoration
    • Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFRP)
      • CFRP Long Term Monitoring
    • Desired Conditions Workshops
      • Gila Mountains – Desired Conditions Workshop
      • Sacramento Mountains Desired Conditions Workshops
    • Tamarisk Leaf Beetle
  • Collaboration
    • New Mexico Collaborations
      • Grant County Eco-Watershed Working Group
      • Connecting for Conservation
      • Magdalena Collaborative
        • Magdalena Collaborative Web Map
      • Mountainair Collaborative
        • Mountainair Collaborative Web Map
      • North Sacramento Mountains Working Group
        • Watershed Planning Map
      • Otero Working Group
        • Watershed Planning Map
      • Smokey Bear Collaborative
    • Estancia Basin Monitoring
      • South Mountain Weather Station
    • Greater Rio Grande Watershed Alliance
      • NMFWRI Monitoring Work and Reports by SWCD
      • GRGWA Projects Online Web Map
      • Other Documents and Resources
  • Mapping
    • NM Vegetation Treatment Mapping
    • Field Monitoring Projects Web Map
    • GRGWA Projects Online Web Map
    • Hard Copy Maps / Posters
  • Monitoring
    • Ecological Monitoring
    • UAS/Drone Monitoring
    • Research
    • Summer Student Internships
  • Resources
    • New Mexico Plant Guides
      • Flora of the Western US
    • Restoration Resources
    • GIS Tutorials
Contact Us

Exploring the Mora Watershed -GIS Exercises

Web-based GIS modules for virtually exploring and interpreting the Mora watershed using ESRI GIS technology.

What is a watershed? I am sure you have heard of a watershed but what really are they? Watershed boundaries define the extent of surface water drainage. Watershed boundaries follow the highest ridgeline around the stream channels and meet at the lowest point of elevation where water flows out of the watershed.
For these exercises we will be exploring the Mora River Watershed Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 08 or an eight digit HUC. The USGS has categorized watersheds in the United States by unique Hydrologic Unit Codes based on six levels of classification ranging from 2 to 12 digit. The larger the number the smaller the watershed acreage. For this exercise we will be working in the region of the 8 digit watershed of the Mora River.

GIS Exercises:

Exercise 1: Exploring the Mora Watershed Using ArcGIS Online

Exercise 2: Exploring the Mora Watershed Using ArcGIS Storymaps *Excel file to download to use with Storymap Exercise

Exercise 3a: Field Data Collection with the ArcGIS Online GeoForm App

Exercise 3b: Field Data Collection with Collector for ArcGIS

This work is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) award #IIA-1329470. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Category icongis-projects

Footer

Contact

New Mexico Highlands University, Box 9000
Las Vegas, NM 87701

(505) 426-2080
nataliashaw@nmhu.edu

Connect

Facebook

Partners

Highlands University
After Wildfire
All About Watersheds
New Mexico State Forestry
New Mexico Forest Service

The New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute at New Mexico Highlands University receives financial support through the Cooperative and International Programs of the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, under the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3271 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TTY). NMHU is an equal opportunity provider and employer.