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Subject: USGS Topos - Blue Line Stream Designations
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 14:20:43 -0700
From: A'Hearn, William <[log in to unmask]>
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Does anyone know what is (was?) the criteria used by USGS to delineate a "BLUE-LINE" stream on USGS topo maps? We have searched through USGS's website and Googled it to no avail.
-- Bill A'Hearn
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Bill A'Hearn, LSIT
GIS Analyst/Mapping Specialist
PW Engineering
Mapping & GIS Services
City of Glendale, CA
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