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NHDPlus in WATERS

A national copy of the National Hydrography Dataset Plus (NHDPlus) is stored in the WATERS database for use by services, applications and reporting tools. NHDPlus provides a national framework for assigning reach addresses or catchment identifiers to water quality related entities, such as dischargers, drinking water supplies, streams effected by fish consumption advisories, wild and scenic rivers, Clean Water Act Section 305(b) and 303(d) waterbodies, Designated Uses, etc.

NHDPlus Versions in WATERS

The following table shows the individual NHDPlus regions and datasets that together comprise the current NHDPlus in WATERS.

March 2019

DATASET National R01_VERSION R02_VERSION
WBDSnapShot 021_08    
Gauges 021_05    
OceanCatchment 021_01    
CatchmentWBDCrosswalk 021_01    
FdrFac   021_01 021_01
Catchment   021_01 021_01
NHDSnapShot   021_04 021_04
NHDPlusAttributes   021_09 021_09
VPUAttributeExtension   021_05 021_03
EROMExtension   021_06 021_06
VogelExtension   021_01 021_01
VPUAttributeExtensionNLCD   021_01 021_01
Simplified Catchments   021_03 021_03
DATASET R03N_VERSION R03S_VERSION R03W_VERSION
FdrFac 021_01 021_01 021_01
Catchment 021_01 021_01 021_01
NHDSnapShot 021_04 021_06 021_04
NHDPlusAttributes 021_07 021_07 021_07
VPUAttributeExtension 021_03 021_03 021_03
EROMExtension 021_05 021_05 021_05
VogelExtension 021_01 021_01 021_01
VPUAttributeExtensionNLCD 021_02 021_01 021_01
Simplified Catchments 021_03 021_03 021_03
DATASET R04_VERSION R05_VERSION R06_VERSION
FdrFac 021_03 021_01 021_03
Catchment 021_05 021_01 021_05
NHDSnapShot 021_08 021_06 021_09
NHDPlusAttributes 021_14 021_09 021_10
VPUAttributeExtension 021_07 021_04 021_07
EROMExtension 021_11 021_06 021_07
VogelExtension 021_06 021_01 021_04
VPUAttributeExtensionNLCD 021_01 021_03 021_03
Simplified Catchments 021_03 021_03 021_03
DATASET R07_VERSION R08_VERSION R09_VERSION
FdrFac 021_01 021_01 021_01
Catchment 021_01 021_01 021_01
NHDSnapShot 021_08 021_07 021_07
NHDPlusAttributes 021_10 021_09 021_07
VPUAttributeExtension 021_04 021_03 021_06
EROMExtension 021_07 021_06 021_05
VogelExtension 021_01 021_01 021_01
VPUAttributeExtensionNLCD 021_02 021_03 021_01
Simplified Catchments 021_03 021_03 021_03
DATASET R10L_VERSION R10U_VERSION R11_VERSION
FdrFac 021_01 021_02 021_01
Catchment 021_01 021_02 021_01
NHDSnapShot 021_06 021_07 021_06
NHDPlusAttributes 021_12 021_10 021_08
VPUAttributeExtension 021_04 021_05 021_04
EROMExtension 021_08 021_07 021_04
VogelExtension 021_01 021_02 021_01
VPUAttributeExtensionNLCD 021_02 021_02 021_01
Simplified Catchments 021_03 021_03 021_03
DATASET R12_VERSION R13_VERSION R14_VERSION
FdrFac 021_01 021_01 021_01
Catchment 021_01 021_02 021_01
NHDSnapShot 021_05 021_05 021_07
NHDPlusAttributes 021_09 021_07 021_10
VPUAttributeExtension 021_06 021_04 021_05
EROMExtension 021_06 021_05 021_05
VogelExtension 021_02 021_01 021_01
VPUAttributeExtensionNLCD 021_01 021_01 021_02
Simplified Catchments 021_03 021_03 021_03
DATASET R15_VERSION R16_VERSION R17_VERSION
FdrFac 021_01 021_01 021_01
Catchment 021_01 021_01 021_02
NHDSnapShot 021_04 021_06 021_06
NHDPlusAttributes 021_09 021_06 021_10
VPUAttributeExtension 021_04 021_04 021_06
EROMExtension 021_07 021_04 021_09
VogelExtension 021_03 021_01 021_02
VPUAttributeExtensionNLCD 021_02 021_01 021_02
Simplified Catchments 021_03 021_03 021_03
DATASET R18_VERSION R20_VERSION R21_VERSION
FdrFac 021_01 021_01 021_01
Catchment 021_01 021_01 021_01
NHDSnapShot 021_05 021_02 021_02
NHDPlusAttributes 021_08 021_02 021_02
VPUAttributeExtension 021_04 NOT AVAILABLE NOT AVAILABLE
EROMExtension 021_07 021_03 021_03
VogelExtension 021_02 021_01 NOT AVAILABLE
VPUAttributeExtensionNLCD 021_01 NOT AVAILABLE NOT AVAILABLE
Simplified Catchments 021_03 021_01 021_01
DATASET R22A_VERSION R22G_VERSION R22M_VERSION
FdrFac 021_01 021_01 021_01
Catchment 021_01 021_01 021_01
NHDSnapShot 021_01 021_01 021_01
NHDPlusAttributes 021_02 021_02 021_02
VPUAttributeExtension NOT AVAILABLE NOT AVAILABLE NOT AVAILABLE
EROMExtension NOT AVAILABLE NOT AVAILABLE NOT AVAILABLE
VogelExtension NOT AVAILABLE NOT AVAILABLE NOT AVAILABLE
VPUAttributeExtensionNLCD NOT AVAILABLE NOT AVAILABLE NOT AVAILABLE
Simplified Catchments 021_01 021_02 021_02

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