Iowa BMP Project – Accessory Data and Documents Page

Supplemental Data for the the Handbook zip – This zip contains a template file geodatabase, a template mxd, template excel documents foe watershed assignment and watershed summary statistics, and a folder containing the python scripts for automating various processes described in the handbook.

Tutorial 1- Digitizing Conservation Practices Tutorial zip– Tutorial 1 is a basic guide for creating the six conservation practices in the baseline conservation inventory data set and associated files.  This zip includes a pdf of the tutorial, an mxd, a file geodatabase containing the necessary data and a solutions folder with the completed file geodatabase. 

Tutorial 2 – Historical Occurrence Evaluation Tutorial zip– Tutorial 2 provides instructions on how to perform historical evaluations as well as updates using the baseline conservation inventory dataset. This zip includes a pdf of the tutorial, an mxd, a file geodatabase containing the necessary data and a solutions folder with the completed file geodatabase. 

Tutorial 3 – Identifying and Mapping Tile Drainage Tutorial.pdf – Tutorial 3 explains the methods used to identify and map tile drainage using high resolution imagery. Accessory files in a zip, include a pdf of the tutorial, an mxd, a file geodatabase containing the necessary data, a tile mapping reference  folder (containing an additional file geodatabase, DEMs (digital elevation models), shapefile, and tif) and a solutions folder with the completed file geodatabase and mxd.