The National Hydrography Dataset Plus (NHDplus) maps the
lakes, ponds, streams, rivers and other surface waters of the United States. Created by the US EPA Office of Water and the
US Geological Survey, the NHDPlus provides mean annual and monthly flow estimates for rivers and streams. Additional attributes provide connections between features facilitating complicated analyses.
Dataset Summary
Phenomenon Mapped: Surface waters and related features of the United States and associated territories not including Alaska.
Coordinate System: Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere
Extent: The
United States not including Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin
Islands, Marshall Islands, Northern Marianas Islands, Palau, Federated
States of Micronesia, and American Samoa
Visible Scale: Visible at all scales but layer draws best at scales larger than 1:1,000,000
Number of Features: 3,035,617 flowlines, 473,936 waterbodies, 16,658 sinks
Publication Date: March 13, 2019
Prior to publication, the NHDPlus network and non-network flowline feature classes were combined into a single flowline layer. Similarly, the NHDPlus Area and Waterbody feature classes were merged under a single schema.
Attribute fields were added to the flowline and waterbody layers to simplify symbology and enhance the layer's pop-ups. Fields added include Pop-up Title, Pop-up Subtitle,