Abstract

The National Hydrography Dataset for the Pacific Region
Track: Water Resources
Authors: Drew Decker, Carol Ostergren

The National Map (TNM) is a collaborative effort among the USGS and other Federal, State, and local partners to deliver improved topographic information for the Nation for many uses - scientific analysis, land management, emergency response, and others. The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is the surface water component of TNM and serves as a digital mapping and modeling resource. USGS is working with several Communities of Use to make USGS geospatial products and services more valuable to users. The Water Resources Community of Use will help USGS understand who the users of NHD, and other agency water data, are and how USGS products are used. USGS Pacific Region includes the diverse topography of California, Nevada, and Hawaii, plus the Pacific Basin Territory. The Water Resources Community of Use, in conjunction with NHD data stewardship, can play a major role to help NHD and other USGS water data meet user needs.