Iowa Stream Sinuosity Download

This coverage contains arcs from the Iowa Stream Order coverage which was developed by the DNR. The selected arcs represent the centerlines of wide streams, impoundments, reservoirs, and wetlands as well as the segments of single line streams. The stream order segments were divided into segments 30 times the channel width. The locations for the nodes of each segment were obtained and a straight-line distance was calculated between those nodes. The length of each segment was divided by the straight-line distance to obtain the sinuosity for that segment.