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Water Features (USGS NHD)

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USGS National Hydrography Dataset for water feature setback analysis.

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What you can ask

  • “What does Water Features (USGS NHD) have for the area or asset I'm working on?”
  • “Pull the most recent Water Features (USGS NHD) records and put them in a table.”
  • “What does Water Features (USGS NHD) cover, and how fresh is the data?”

About this source

USGS National Hydrography Dataset for water feature setback analysis. Water features determine setback requirements and water sourcing for oil & gas operations. CRITICAL USAGE RULES: 1. No authentication required - free government API 2. Returns flowlines (streams/rivers) and waterbodies (lakes/ponds) 3. Use for setback distance calculations from water features 4. Coordinates are latitude/longitude in WGS84

Connector ID hydrography

Provenance

PublisherU.S. Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset
Sourcehttps://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nhd/MapServer
Docshttps://www.usgs.gov/national-hydrography/access-national-hydrography-products

Freshness & coverage

FreshnessFreshness not declared
GeographicUnited States
TemporalNot declared
AuthenticationNo credentials required

› Methods (4)

Technical detail for developers: parameters, pagination, units, and freshness per method.

  • queryAtPoint

    read

    Query water features at a specific coordinate

    Required paramslatitudelongitude

  • queryInBbox

    read

    Query water features within a bounding box. Default page 50; geometry opt-in via includeGeometry.

    Required paramsxminyminxmaxymax

    Use featureTypes: "flowlines" or "waterbodies" to filter

  • getWatersGeoJSON

    read

    NHD surface waters (flowlines+waterbodies) in a bbox as GeoJSON. Default page 50.

    Required paramsxminyminxmaxymax

    Returns geometry. Pair with TCEQ classified segments for regulated waters.

  • getServiceInfo

    read

    Get NHD service metadata and available layers