Information

Source

Obtainable

Comments

Published Water 

Stream discharge,

Although significant progress has been made

Supply Studies and

groundwater level, and

in computerizing surface  and groundwater

Data

water quality data have

data, the majority remains available only

been obtained during

through published and unpublished reports.

short term, site specific

studies, and these data

are typically available

only in published or

unpublished site reports.

Data related to lakes,

reservoirs, and wetlands

are commonly found only in

such reports.

Catalog of

The reference consists of

Bibliographic publication indexes USGS

Information on Water

four parts:

sampling and measurement sites throughout

Data

  Part A:

Stream flow and

the U.S.

Maps are available that show a

stage

distinct numeric code assigned to each river

  Part B:

Quality of

basin and provide information on drainage,

surface water

culture, hydrography, and hydrologic

  Part C:

Quality of

boundaries for each of the 21 regions and

groundwater

222 subregions designated by the Water

  Part D:

Aerial

Resources Council.

They also depict the

investigations and

boundaries and codes of 352 accounting units

miscellaneous

within the National Water Data Network and

activities.

approximately 2,100 cataloging units of

survey's Catalog of Information on Water

Data.

Geologic and Water 

This publication lists references for each

Supply Reports and

USGS division for each state or district,

Maps (available for

the listing, however, is by report number,

each state)

requiring a scan of the entire list for

information on a particular area.

Water Resources

Listed are all agencies

This booklet describes the projects and

Investigations, by

cooperating with the USGS

related publications for all current USGS

State

in collecting water data,

work in a state or group of states.

Also

Office of Water

information on obtaining

available is a useful summary folder with

Data

further information, and a

the same title that depicts hydrologic data

U.S. Geological

selected list of

stations and hydrologic investigations in a

Survey

references by both the

district as of the date of publication.

417 National Ctr.

USGS and cooperating

Additional assistance can be obtained by

12201 Sunrise

agencies.

contacting:

Hydrologic Information Unit,

Valley Drive

U.S. Geological Survey, 420 National Center,

Reston, VA 22092

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA

22092.

Federal Flood

To meet the provisions of

Floodplain maps can be obtained from the

Insurance Studies

the National Flood

nearest district office of the USGS and

Insurance Act of 1968, the

commonly from other agencies, such as the

USGS, with funding by the

relevant city, town, or county planning

Federal Insurance

office, or the Federal Insurance

Administration, has mapped

Administration.

the 100 year floodplain of

most municipal areas at a

In some areas, more detailed "Flood

scale of 1:24,000.

Insurance Studies" have been completed for

the Federal Emergency Management Agency;

these maps include 100 year and 500 year

floodplain maps.

The complete studies are

available at the nearest USGS office, the

relevant city, town, or county planning

office, or the Federal Emergency Management

Agency.

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November 1992