December 2023
National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is the surface water component of The National Map. The NHD is a digital vector dataset used by geographic information systems (GIS). It contains features such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, canals, dams and streamgages.
Map is scaled - NHD medium resolution draws to 1:250000 then Major NHD high resolution to 1:100000 and Minor NHD high resolution 1:100000 and below.
This map contains the following layers:
- Major Streams (labeled)
- Minor Streams
- Waterbodies (labeled)
- Lakes and Ponds
- Reservoirs
- Swamps and Marsh
- Other Areas
- Canals
- Hazard Zone
- Inundation areas
- etc...
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