National Water-Use Data Archive

County data sets by State (compressed UNIX format)

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         1990         1985        File                  1990         1985       File
State    file         file        size        State     file         file       size
-----  --------     --------     ------       -----   --------     --------     ------
 AK    ak90co.gz    ak85co.gz      5 Kb         AL    al90co.gz    al85co.gz     14 Kb
 AR    ar90co.gz    ar85co.gz     14 Kb         AZ    az90co.gz    az85co.gz      4 Kb
 CA    ca90co.gz    ca85co.gz     15 Kb         CO    co90co.gz    co85co.gz     14 Kb
 CT    ct90co.gz    ct85co.gz      3 Kb         DC    dc90co.gz    dc85co.gz      1 Kb
 DE    de90co.gz    de85co.gz      1 Kb         FL    fl90co.gz    fl85co.gz     16 Kb
 GA    ga90co.gz    ga85co.gz     26 Kb         HI    hi90co.gz    hi85co.gz      2 Kb
 IA    ia90co.gz    ia85co.gz     17 Kb         ID    id90co.gz    id85co.gz      9 Kb
 IL    il90co.gz    il85co.gz     20 Kb         IN    in90co.gz    in85co.gz     18 Kb
 KS    ks90co.gz    ks85co.gz     19 Kb         KY    ky90co.gz    ky85co.gz     19 Kb
 LA    la90co.gz    la85co.gz     13 Kb         MA    ma90co.gz    ma85co.gz      4 Kb
 MD    md90co.gz    md85co.gz      6 Kb         ME    me90co.gz    me85co.gz      4 Kb
 MI    mi90co.gz    mi85co.gz     18 Kb         MN    mn90co.gz    mn85co.gz     16 Kb
 MO    mo90co.gz    mo85co.gz     19 Kb         MS    ms90co.gz    ms85co.gz     15 Kb
 MT    mt90co.gz    mt85co.gz     11 Kb         NC    nc90co.gz    nc85co.gz     19 Kb
 ND    nd90co.gz    nd85co.gz      9 Kb         NE    ne90co.gz    ne85co.gz     18 Kb
 NH    nh90co.gz    nh85co.gz      3 Kb         NJ    nj90co.gz    nj85co.gz      6 Kb
 NM    nm90co.gz    nm85co.gz      7 Kb         NV    nv90co.gz    nv85co.gz      5 Kb
 NY    ny90co.gz    ny85co.gz     15 Kb         OH    oh90co.gz    oh85co.gz     18 Kb
 OK    ok90co.gz    ok85co.gz     15 Kb         OR    or90co.gz    or85co.gz      9 Kb
 PA    pa90co.gz    pa85co.gz     15 Kb         PR    pr90co.gz    pr85co.gz     11 Kb
 RI    ri90co.gz    ri85co.gz      2 Kb         SC    sc90co.gz    sc85co.gz     10 Kb
 SD    sd90co.gz    sd85co.gz     11 Kb         TN    tn90co.gz    tn85co.gz     17 Kb
 TX    tx90co.gz    tx85co.gz     46 Kb         UT    ut90co.gz    ut85co.gz      7 Kb
 VA    va90co.gz    va85co.gz     20 Kb         VI    vi90co.gz    vi85co.gz      1 Kb
 VT    vt90co.gz    vt85co.gz      3 Kb         WA    wa90co.gz    wa85co.gz     10 Kb
 WI    wi90co.gz    wi85co.gz     14 Kb         WV    wv90co.gz    wv85co.gz     11 Kb
 WY    wy90co.gz    wy85co.gz      6 Kb        

All 1985 files in a single file --->> us85cost.tar (520 Kb)

All 1990 files in a single file --->> us90cost.tar (590 Kb)


Be sure to download the water-use data dictionary also! (You'll only need it 
once - it describes all of USGS's water-use data files and data elements).