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Estimated Use of Water in the United States County-Level Data for 2015

Water-use estimates for 2015, aggregated to county levels

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MD Surface Water

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Annual low flow, climate and watershed properties for 325 USGS gages in and near the Delaware River Basin Annual low flow, climate and watershed properties for 325 USGS gages in and near the Delaware River Basin

This dataset contains annual metrics quantifying low streamflows, climate, topography, land cover and geology for 325 USGS GAGES-2 watersheds within the Delaware River Basin boundary or with watershed centroids within a 25-mile buffer of the Delaware River Basin boundary.
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Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

Mean annual no flow, climate and watershed properties for 540 non-perennial USGS gages in the contiguous U.S. Mean annual no flow, climate and watershed properties for 540 non-perennial USGS gages in the contiguous U.S.

This dataset contains mean-annual metrics quantifying intermittent streamflow, climate, topography, land cover and geology for 540 USGS GAGES-2 watersheds experiencing non-perennial flow.
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Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

Soil Water Balance Model datasets and models used to evaluate potential recharge to the Floridan Aquifer System, 1895 through 2010 Soil Water Balance Model datasets and models used to evaluate potential recharge to the Floridan Aquifer System, 1895 through 2010

A soil-water balance model (SWB) was developed to estimate potential recharge and irrigation water demand from the groundwater flow system in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina for the period 1895 through 2010. This SWB model executable code detailed in the report SWB A Modified Thornthwaite-Mather Soil-Water-Balance Code for Estimating Groundwater Recharge...
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Water Resources Mission Area, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

Soil-Water Balance model and datasets used to estimate groundwater recharge Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender counties North Carolina 1980 through 2016 Soil-Water Balance model and datasets used to estimate groundwater recharge Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender counties North Carolina 1980 through 2016

Soil water balance model archive for portions of North Carolina. The model was created to estimate recharge to the groundwater flow system in Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender counties in North Carolina. The development of the model input and output files included in this model archive were created to support a regional groundwater flow model being produced for the surficial, Castle...
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Water Resources Mission Area, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

Estimated Use of Water in the United States County-Level Data for 2015 Estimated Use of Water in the United States County-Level Data for 2015

This dataset contains water-use estimates for 2015 that are aggregated to the county level in the United States. The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS's) National Water Use Science Project is responsible for compiling and disseminating the Nation's water-use data. Working in cooperation with local, State, and Federal agencies, the USGS has published an estimate of water use in the United...
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Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

Urban sediment and fallout radionuclide input characteristics of Dead Run watershed in Catonsville, Maryland for 2017-2018 (ver. 1.1, March 2020) Urban sediment and fallout radionuclide input characteristics of Dead Run watershed in Catonsville, Maryland for 2017-2018 (ver. 1.1, March 2020)

This metadata record documents two comma delimited tables that contain information on fallout radionuclides and urban sediments within Dead Run watershed in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. Measurements include radiological activity for rainwater and sediment samples, sediment particle size information, suspended sediment concentration measurements, elemental composition of...
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Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

Contiguous US and Global streamflow gages measuring zero flow Contiguous US and Global streamflow gages measuring zero flow

We report the site number and locations of 5798 streamflow gages displaying zero flow for at least one day in their daily records. 4891 of these gages are from the GRDC network, and 906 are USGS gages in the contiguous US. Additionally, provisional data for two USGS gages 1) Rio Puerco near Bernardo, NM (USGS site: 08353000) and 2) Agua Fria River Near Mayer, AZ (USGS site: 09512500) are...
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Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

Sub-annual streamflow responses to rainfall and snowmelt inputs in snow-dominated watersheds of the western U.S. Sub-annual streamflow responses to rainfall and snowmelt inputs in snow-dominated watersheds of the western U.S.

The data presented here contain quasi-event hydrologic response characteristics for quickflow response intervals (QRIs) calculated at 57 USGS GAGES-II reference watersheds in the western US. Each row in the attached csv contains characteristics for an individual QRI at one site. QRI characteristics include duration, antecedent flow, input, input rate,peak flow, potential...
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Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

Discharge and sediment data for selected tributaries to the Anacostia River, Washington, District of Columbia, 2003-18 Discharge and sediment data for selected tributaries to the Anacostia River, Washington, District of Columbia, 2003-18

Data release consists of five comma delimited text files containing discharge and sediment data for five gaged tributaries to the Anacostia River in Washington, District of Columbia. Data were collected from 2003 through 2018.
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Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

Raw Pin Data from Rod Surface-Elevation Table (rSET) Measurements and Water Level Data at Specified Locations along Monks and Swaderick Creeks, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 2018-2019 Raw Pin Data from Rod Surface-Elevation Table (rSET) Measurements and Water Level Data at Specified Locations along Monks and Swaderick Creeks, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 2018-2019

This metadata record contains a shapefile of site locations and 3 tables used to assess wetland elevation change over time and the long-term effects of sea-level rise to vulnerable tidal wetlands along the Edgewood peninsula of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Included in the dataset are raw pin measurements of wetland sediment elevation and water levels measured for selected sites...
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Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

Poultry Feeding Operations on the Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia Peninsula from 2016 to 2017 Poultry Feeding Operations on the Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia Peninsula from 2016 to 2017

Data release contains two shapefiles related to poultry houses on the Delmarva Peninsula (Delaware, Eastern Shore Maryland and, Eastern Shore Virginia). One dataset is a polygon shapefile representing 5747 poultry houses identified using 2016 and 2017 aerial imagery from the U.S. Department of Agricultures National Aerial Imagery Program (NAIP). The second dataset is a point shapefile of
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Chesapeake Bay Activities, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

Select Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Reach Catchments and Modified Network Routed Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States (ver. 5.0, June 2025) Select Attributes for NHDPlus Version 2.1 Reach Catchments and Modified Network Routed Upstream Watersheds for the Conterminous United States (ver. 5.0, June 2025)

This metadata record describes a series of data sets of natural and anthropogenic landscape features linked to NHDPlus Version 2.1’s (NHDPlusV2) approximately 2.7 million stream segments, their associated catchments, and their upstream watersheds within the conterminous United States. The data were linked to four spatial components of NHDPlusV2: individual reach catchments, riparian...
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Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center
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