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By Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center June 27, 2020

topoView Maps and Spatial Data

Interactive current and historical maps made to order...

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StreamStats

Spatial Analysis Tools for Water Resources

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Looking for "those USGS maps?"

Download free 1:24,000 scale 7½ minute maps here!

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MD-DE-DC Water Science Center Capability Sites

we have the data, we have the people, we have the technology...

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Spatial analysts at the MD-DE-DC WSC use Geographic Information Systems to interpret data collected through field reconnaissance and downloaded from internal USGS, other federal, state, and local agencies, academic institutions, industry, and other professional contracting organizations. GIS is used to analyze the data using shapefiles and geodatabased information to help prove or disprove hypotheses and enhance deliverables by visualizing the data in the form of thematic or point-referenced interactive web products so they are easily understood, we use our geospatial expertise to create products that are focused on advancing our science and meeting our cooperators’ needs.

Metadata Record: NHDPlus V2.1 Reach Catchments and Upstream Watersheds

Graphic of Mount Washington, announcing NHDPlus High Resolution

Attributes for NHDPlus V2.1 Describing a series of data sets of natural and anthropogenic features linked to NHDPlus Version 2.1’s nearly 2.7 million stream segments, catchments, and their upstream watersheds within the conterminous United States

See in ScienceBase

Average Monthly Runoff Model Over Period of Record, 1951-2000

NHDPlusHRStatus 9-9-2020

Attributes for NHDPlus V2.1 This data set represents the average monthly runoff from McCabe and Wolock's Runoff Model 1951-2000 compiled for two spatial components of the NHDPlus version 2.1 data suite for the conterminous United States

See in ScienceBase

3DEP: 2023 Three-Dimensional Elevation Program

NGTOC - 3DEP mountains

To respond to growing needs for high-quality elevation data, the goal of 3DEP is to complete acquisition of nationwide lidar by 2023 to provide the first-ever national baseline of consistent high-resolution topographic elevation data.

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Looking for maps?

See the links below to download 7.5" PDF quads for Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. You can also purchase prints from the USGS Store at https://store.usgs.gov.

1:24,000 Scale Maps of Maryland

1:24,000 Scale Maps of Delaware

1:24,000 Scale Maps of the District of Columbia

 

 

The USGS is in the forefront of automatic, online data processing with the ability to store processed data for live, Web-based and journaled investigative reports supported by archived data, maps, and appendices.

Floodplain Ecosystem Service Mapper

Healthy floodplains and wetlands provide critical ecosystem services to local and downstream communities by retaining sediments, nutrients, and floodwaters. Land conversion and degradation diminish floodplain functionality and services.

By
Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

Hydrologic Unit Maps

The U.S. is sub-divided into successively smaller hydrologic units which are classified into four levels: regions, sub-regions, accounting units, and cataloging units. Each unit is identified by a unique hydrologic unit code (HUC) consisting of two to eight digits based on its classification. This site provides information and data for current and historical hydrologic units, names, and numbers.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Water Science School

Maps and GIS Data

Explore water resources maps and GIS data.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, Water Science School

Dissolved Solids Sources, Loads, and Yields For the Conterminous U.S.

Using the SPARROW (SPAtially-Referenced Regression on Watershed Attributes) model, long-term mean annual conditions for dissolved-solids sources, loads, and yields were predicted for nearly 66,000 stream reaches and their corresponding incremental catchments that drain the Nation.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, Upper Midwest Water Science Center

Eastern United States 2002 Nutrient Loading

The U.S. Geological Survey applied the SPARROW model to assess the loads delivered in 2002 for estuaries and coastal waters along the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Gulf of Mexico.

By
Water Resources Mission Area

Spatial analysts at the MD-DE-DC WSC use Geographic Information Systems to interpret data collected through field reconnaissance and downloaded from internal USGS, other federal, state, and local agencies, academic institutions, industry, and other professional contracting organizations. GIS is used to analyze the data using shapefiles and geodatabased information to help prove or disprove hypotheses and enhance deliverables by visualizing the data in the form of thematic or point-referenced interactive web products so they are easily understood, we use our geospatial expertise to create products that are focused on advancing our science and meeting our cooperators’ needs.

Metadata Record: NHDPlus V2.1 Reach Catchments and Upstream Watersheds

Graphic of Mount Washington, announcing NHDPlus High Resolution

Attributes for NHDPlus V2.1 Describing a series of data sets of natural and anthropogenic features linked to NHDPlus Version 2.1’s nearly 2.7 million stream segments, catchments, and their upstream watersheds within the conterminous United States

See in ScienceBase

Average Monthly Runoff Model Over Period of Record, 1951-2000

NHDPlusHRStatus 9-9-2020

Attributes for NHDPlus V2.1 This data set represents the average monthly runoff from McCabe and Wolock's Runoff Model 1951-2000 compiled for two spatial components of the NHDPlus version 2.1 data suite for the conterminous United States

See in ScienceBase

3DEP: 2023 Three-Dimensional Elevation Program

NGTOC - 3DEP mountains

To respond to growing needs for high-quality elevation data, the goal of 3DEP is to complete acquisition of nationwide lidar by 2023 to provide the first-ever national baseline of consistent high-resolution topographic elevation data.

SEE IT IN ACTION

Looking for maps?

See the links below to download 7.5" PDF quads for Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. You can also purchase prints from the USGS Store at https://store.usgs.gov.

1:24,000 Scale Maps of Maryland

1:24,000 Scale Maps of Delaware

1:24,000 Scale Maps of the District of Columbia

 

 

The USGS is in the forefront of automatic, online data processing with the ability to store processed data for live, Web-based and journaled investigative reports supported by archived data, maps, and appendices.

Floodplain Ecosystem Service Mapper

Healthy floodplains and wetlands provide critical ecosystem services to local and downstream communities by retaining sediments, nutrients, and floodwaters. Land conversion and degradation diminish floodplain functionality and services.

By
Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

Hydrologic Unit Maps

The U.S. is sub-divided into successively smaller hydrologic units which are classified into four levels: regions, sub-regions, accounting units, and cataloging units. Each unit is identified by a unique hydrologic unit code (HUC) consisting of two to eight digits based on its classification. This site provides information and data for current and historical hydrologic units, names, and numbers.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Water Science School

Maps and GIS Data

Explore water resources maps and GIS data.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, Water Science School

Dissolved Solids Sources, Loads, and Yields For the Conterminous U.S.

Using the SPARROW (SPAtially-Referenced Regression on Watershed Attributes) model, long-term mean annual conditions for dissolved-solids sources, loads, and yields were predicted for nearly 66,000 stream reaches and their corresponding incremental catchments that drain the Nation.

By
Water Resources Mission Area, Upper Midwest Water Science Center

Eastern United States 2002 Nutrient Loading

The U.S. Geological Survey applied the SPARROW model to assess the loads delivered in 2002 for estuaries and coastal waters along the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Gulf of Mexico.

By
Water Resources Mission Area
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