Watershed Sink

data.brla.gov | Last Updated 19 Oct 2022

Polygon geometry with attributes displaying sink areas of watersheds in East Baton Rouge Parish. Sinks are the areas at or below the 100 year flood plain elevation and they are prone to flooding.

Tags: watershed, sink, hydrography, flood, ebrp

This dataset has the following 4 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
IDidnumberFeature ID
TERRACE NAMEpolynametextName of the terrace
ZONE VALUEzone_valuenumberZone value corresponding to the watershed sink's location relative to the two fault lines that cross the parish (13 = South, 17 = Mississippi River, 40 = Middle, 53 = North)
GEOMETRYthe_geommultipolygonShape geometry of the watershed sink