Whitehorse Surface Water Inventory Users’ Guide Prepared For: City of Whitehorse & DIAND Water Resources Prepared By: Gartner Lee Limited GLL 20-911 April, 2001 Distribution 4DIAND 2 YTG Engineering &Development 2 City of Whitehorse 2 Gartner Lee Limited Table of Contents Page 1. Introduction....................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Background .........................................................................................................................1 1.2 Objectives/Purpose .............................................................................................................2 1.3 Scope of Work ....................................................................................................................2 1.3.1 Deliverables ...........................................................................................................2 1.4 Report Structure ..................................................................................................................4 1.4.1 Data Sets ................................................................................................................4 1.5 Physiography.......................................................................................................................5 2. Watersheds (twhs_wsh).................................................................................................................6 2.1 Data Description .................................................................................................................7 2.2 Discussion of Watersheds...................................................................................................7 2.2.1 Yukon River South (A) ..........................................................................................7 2.2.2 Cowley Creek (B) ..................................................................................................7 2.2.3 Cowley Lakes Subwatershed .................................................................................9 2.2.4 Mirers Creek (C) ....................................................................................................9 2.2.5 Wolf Creek (D) ......................................................................................................9 2.2.6 Cantlie Lake (E)...................................................................................................10 2.2.7 Sowdon Lakes (F) ................................................................................................10 2.2.8 McRae Creeks (G) ...............................................................................................11 2.2.9 Basalt Creek (H)...................................................................................................12 2.2.10 Chadburn Lake Complex (I) ................................................................................12 2.2.11 Copper Creek (J) ..................................................................................................13 2.2.12 Canyon Creek (L).................................................................................................13 2.2.13 McLean Lake Creek (L).......................................................................................14 2.2.14 Yukon River North (M) .......................................................................................14 2.2.15 Hillcrest Meltwater Channel (N) .........................................................................14 2.2.16 Long Lake Complex (O) ......................................................................................14 2.2.17 Croucher Creek (P) ..............................................................................................15 2.2.18 McIntyre Creek (Q)..............................................................................................15 2.2.19 Porter Creek (R)...................................................................................................15 2.2.20 Laberge Creek (S) ................................................................................................16 2.2.21 Macaulay Creek (T) .............................................................................................16 2.2.22 9-Mile Creek (U)..................................................................................................17 2.2.23 Little Takhini Creek (V) ......................................................................................18 2.2.24 Takhini River (X).................................................................................................18 2.2.25 Fish Lake (Z)........................................................................................................18 3. Streams (twhs_str) .......................................................................................................................19 3.1 Data Description ...............................................................................................................20 3.1.1 StreamID ..............................................................................................................21 3.1.2 Type .....................................................................................................................21 3.1.3 Reach Number......................................................................................................21 3.1.4 Name ....................................................................................................................22 3.1.5 Order ....................................................................................................................23 3.1.6 Elev_up ................................................................................................................23 3.1.7 Elev_dn ................................................................................................................23 Gartner (20911-3ra0418.doc-05/01/01) Lee 3.1.8 Length ..................................................................................................................23 3.1.9 Gradient................................................................................................................23 3.1.10 Pattern ..................................................................................................................24 3.1.11 Confinement.........................................................................................................25 3.1.12 Easting..................................................................................................................25 3.1.13 Northing ...............................................................................................................25 4. Lakes (twhs_lks)...........................................................................................................................26 4.1 Data Description ...............................................................................................................26 4.1.1 LakeID..................................................................................................................27 4.1.2 Name ....................................................................................................................27 4.1.3 Stream_Name.......................................................................................................27 4.1.4 Reach....................................................................................................................27 4.1.5 Lake_Group .........................................................................................................27 4.1.6 Lake_Class...........................................................................................................28 4.1.7 Genesis.................................................................................................................29 4.1.8 Elev ......................................................................................................................32 4.1.9 Area......................................................................................................................32 4.1.10 Easting..................................................................................................................32 4.1.11 Northing ...............................................................................................................32 5. Wetlands .......................................................................................................................................33 5.1 Data Description ...............................................................................................................33 6. Spatial Bibliography ....................................................................................................................34 7. Data Structure and Formats .......................................................................................................35 7.1.1 Directories............................................................................................................35 7.2 Data Layers .......................................................................................................................36 7.3 Data Formats .....................................................................................................................37 7.3.1 Projection .............................................................................................................37