Get Entities by Lat/Long Service

Query for identifying details of all water entities within a given radius of a specified geographic location for specific WATERS programs.

Parameters

Parameter	Datatype	Description
latitude	Number	Decimal degrees value.
longitude	Number	Decimal degrees value.
search_radius_miles	Number	Distance in miles from latitude/longitude location.
programs_list	Array of String	List of program name abbreviations.

SOAP Service Notes

None at this time.

UML Diagram

Return Object

water_data

Property	Datatype	Description
water_application	Object	Object Type: water_application
water_entity	Object	Object Type: water_entity
water_feature_type	Object	Object Type: water_feature_type
water_url	Object	Object Type: water_url
water_huc	Object	Object Type: water_huc
water_highlight	Object	Object Type: water_highlight

Supporting Objects

water_application

Property	Datatype	Description
water_application_name	String	Name of the water application
water_application_description	String	Description of the water application
water_entities	Array of Object	Object Type: water_entity

water_entity

Property	Datatype	Description
entity_id	String	The key identifier of the water entity. This value is used to relate the RAD information back to the WATEERS program system.
entity_organization	String	The name of the WATERS program system organization.
entity_name	String	A description of the entity type. Examples: facility, impaired water, assessed water, etc..
entity_type_description	String	A description of the entity type. Examples: facility, impaired water, assessed water, etc..
state_location_usps_code	String	The 2 character USPS code for the state or territory that the facility is located in.
start_date_description	String	A description of the RAD start date or the actual start of the date range that this entity was of current interest to EPA.
end_date_description	String	A description of the RAD end date or the actual end of the date range that this entity was of current interest to EPA.
waters_feature_types	Array of Object	Object Type: water_feature_type
waters_urls	Array of Object	Object Type: water_url
waters_hucs	Array of Object	Object Type: water_huc
waters_highlights	Array of Object	Object Type: water_highlight

water_feature_type

Property	Datatype	Description
nhd_water_type	String	The water type, e.g. (LAKE/POND, STREAM/RIVER, ...) from the NHD for the water entity.
nhd_water_size	Number	The calculated size from the NHD indexing of the water entity for this feature type.
water_size_unit	String	The unit of measure of the water size. Examples: miles, acres

water_url

Property	Datatype	Description
url_description	String	A description of the URL. Example: ECHO PCS Facility Report
url_address	String	The hypertext link for the entity web report given in http format.

water_huc

Property	Datatype	Description
huc	String	The HUC8 value
huc_name	String	The subbasin name associated with the HUC8

water_highlight

Property	Datatype	Description
highlight_name	String	The name of the specific water entity feature of interest (highlight). Examples: 305(b) Water Assessment Status, 303(d) Causes of Impairment, PCS Facility Type, etc. See Appendix A for a list of current water highlight values.
highlight_value	String	The value of the water entity feature of interest.

SOAP Service Notes

None at this time.

Resource	Location
Runtime Endpoint	http://ofmpub.epa.gov/WATERSWebServices/SpatialServices
WSDL Endpoint	http://ofmpub.epa.gov/WATERSWebServices/SpatialServices?WSDL

Database Instance	Schema	Resource
WATERS10	ow_service	waters.spatial_services.get_entities_by_lat_long

Version: 1.0 - Released: 2006