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CONNECTICUT LAKES
Description:
This is a 1:24,000-scale datalayer of named lakes in Connecticut. It is a polygon Shapefile that includes all lakes that are named on the U.S. Geologicial Survey (USGS) 7½ minute topographic quadrangle maps that cover the State of Connecticut, plus other officially named lakes in Connecticut. Each polygon is assigned a lake number. The lake boundary information is derived from the hydrography datalayer, which is based on the USGS Digital Line Graph Files (DLG) for the 1:24,000 scale Connecticut quadrangle maps published between 1969 and 1984. This datalayer does not include all of the lakes on the USGS 7½ minute topgraphic quadrangle maps. It is intended to be used with the named streams datalayer for a simple representation of waterbodies. To represent all waterbodies on the USGS 7½ minute topographic quadrangle maps, use the hydrography datalayer. EPA obtained this data from the State of Connecticut.