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USGS is changing the folder structure of NHD and NHDPlus HR products that are available as downloadable products. Changes to the Staged Products...

NHD 2.31 and WBD 2.31 data models have been released. Please note python code snippet changes.

Vector Compare 2.0.0.1 will be retired from active maintenance in 2022, but will continue to be available without improvements at National Hydrography...

Southeast Texas has experienced flooding severe enough for presidential disaster declarations five times in the last six years.

HU4 and HU8 level NHD downloadable products are regenerating more slowly than normal.

A new data release, "Potentially Resolvable National Hydrography Dataset Waterbodies and Flowlines from Landsat Images in the United States (excluding...

A new major research program for the interdisciplinary, continental-scale study of lakes through time, called LAGOS (Spanish for lakes), has been...

Recently the USGS required the WBD and NHD Update Tools to transition to a new data transfer solution to increase network security. FTP has been...

We would like to take a moment to thank Al for his many years of leadership in Federal service working tirelessly to improve water data for the Nation...