If you know the 4-letter ABBREVIATION for the NAWQA study unit you want to access, the standard URL for each study unit is:
http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/get?nawqaxxxx |
A digital file of the NAWQA study unit boundaries for use in spatial data analysis is available in the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse.
Study unit number on map | name | starting year | states | abbreviation ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | New England Coastal Basins | 1997 | ME, MA, NH, RI | NECB 2 | Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins | 1991 | CT, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT | CONN 3 | Hudson River Basin | 1991 | NY, CT, MA, NJ, VT | HDSN 4 | Long Island-New Jersey Coastal Drainages | 1994 | NJ, NY | LINJ 5 | Delaware River Basin | 1997 | PA, NY, NJ | DELR 6 | Lower Susquehanna River Basin | 1991 | PA, MD | LSUS 7 | Delmarva Peninsula | 1999 | DE, MD, VA | DLMV 8 | Potomac River Basin | 1991 | DC, MD, PA, VA, WV | POTO 9 | Allegheny and Monongahela Basins | 1994 | MD, NY, PA, WV | ALMN 10 | Kanawha-New River Basin | 1994 | WV, VA, NC | KANA 11 | Lake Erie-Lake Saint Clair Drainage | 1994 | IN, MI, OH, PA, NY | LERI 12 | Great and Little Miami River Basins | 1997 | OH, IN | MIAM 13 | White River Basin | 1991 | IN | WHIT 14 | Upper Illinois River Basin | 1997 | IL, WI, IN | UIRB 15 | Lower Illinois River Basin | 1994 | IL | LIRB 16 | Western Lake Michigan Drainage | 1991 | MI, WI | WMIC 17 | Upper Mississippi River Basin | 1994 | MN, WI | UMIS 18 | Red River of the North Basin | 1991 | MN, ND, SD | REDN 19 | Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage | 1991 | NC, VA | ALBE 20 | Upper Tennessee River Basin | 1994 | GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, VA | UTEN 21 | Santee Basin and Coastal Drainages | 1994 | SC, NC | SANT 22 | Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin | 1991 | AL, FL, GA | ACFB 23 | Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain | 1991 | GA, FL | GAFL 24 | Southern Florida | 1994 | FL | SOFL 25 | Kentucky River Basin | none | KY | KNTY 26 | Mobile River and Tributaries | 1997 | MS, AL, GA | MOBL 27 | Mississippi Embayment | 1994 | AR, KY, LA, MS, MO, TN | MISE 28 | Acadian-Pontchartrain | 1997 | LA, MS | ACAD 29 | Lower Tennessee River Basin | 1997 | TN, AL, GA | LTEN 30 | Eastern Iowa Basins | 1994 | IA, MN | EIWA 31 | Ozark Plateaus | 1991 | AR, KS, MO, OK | OZRK 32 | Canadian-Cimarron River Basins | none | NM, TX, OK, CO, KS | CACI 33 | Trinity River Basin | 1991 | TX | TRIN 34 | South Central Texas | 1994 | TX | SCTX 35 | Central Nebraska Basins | 1991 | NE | CNBR 36 | Kansas River Basin | none | CO, NE, KS | KANS 37 | Upper Arkansas River Basin | none | CO, NM | UARK 38 | Middle Arkansas River Basin | none | CO, KS, OK | MARK 39 | Southern High Plains | none | NM, TX | SHPL 40 | South Platte River Basin | 1991 | CO, NE, WY | SPLT 41 | North Platte River Basin | none | WY, CO, NE | NPLT 42 | Cheyenne and Belle Fourche Basins | none | WY, SD, NE | CHEY 43 | Yellowstone Basin | 1997 | MT, WY, ND | YELL 44 | Upper Colorado River Basin | 1994 | CO, UT | UCOL 45 | Rio Grande Valley | 1991 | CO, NM, TX | RIOG 46 | Northern Rockies Intermontane Basins | 1997 | ID, MT, WA | NROK 47 | Great Salt Lake Basins | 1997 | UT, ID, WY | GRSL 48 | Upper Snake River Basin | 1991 | ID, MT, NV, UT, WY | USNK 49 | Central Arizona Basins | 1994 | AZ | CAZB 50 | Central Columbia Plateau | 1991 | ID, WA | CCPT 51 | Yakima River Basin | 1999 | WA | YAKI 52 | Puget Sound Basin | 1994 | WA | PUGT 53 | Willamette Basin | 1991 | OR | WILL 54 | Sacramento Basin | 1994 | CA | SACR 55 | Nevada Basin and Range | 1991 | NV, CA | NVBR 56 | San Joaquin-Tulare Basins | 1991 | CA | SANJ 57 | Santa Ana Basin | 1997 | CA | SANA 58 | Oahu | 1997 | HI | OAHU 59 | Cook Inlet Basin | 1997 | AK | COOK -- | High Plains Regional Ground Water Study | 1998 | TX, NM, OK, KS, NE, CO, WY, SD | HPGW
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