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Rivers

NHDPlus Version 2

Medium-resolution NHDPlus (EPA and USGS). 1:100,000-scale flowlines with routing attributes for the conterminous US.

The medium-resolution flowline network with catchments, flow estimates and value-added attributes. Still the reference network for many national models, including the National Water Model and EPA's StreamCat.

Source
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Geological Survey
Resolution
1:100,000
Data type
Lines and polygons
Time span
Static (v2.1)
Temporal
Static
Access type
Direct download (external)
Formats
File geodatabase, Shapefile
Coverage
Conterminous United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico (-125, 18, -66, 50)
Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Provider page
www.epa.gov/waterdata/nhdplus-national-data

Access

linkNHDPlus V2 national and regional downloads (EPA)

https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/nhdplus-national-data

curl "https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/nhdplus-v2/links?bbox=-96.5,33,-94.5,35" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

Also available as JSON: links · manifest · dataset record