USGS National Water-Use Data (Downloading UNIX data)

National Water-Use Data Archive

Water-resources cataloging unit data sets by State (compressed UNIX format)

From this page you can download water-use data sets from the National Water-Use Data Archive to your computer. This area contains water-resources accounting unit data files, by state, in compressed UNIX format. Data files are also available in compressed MSDOS format, or in plain ASCII format.

To download any of the files listed below, just click on the 'hotlinked' file name.

Get help on data-file types and data definitions.

(NOTE!! When downloading, be sure to have your browser option set to 'download to your local disk' and not to the screen!)

1990 1985 1990 1985 State file file State file file ----- -------- -------- ----- -------- -------- AK ak90w6 ak85w6 AL al90w6 a5w6 AR ar90w6 ar85w6 AZ az90w6 az85w6 CA ca90w6 ca85w6 CO co90w6 co85w6 CT ct90w6 ct85w6 DC dc90w6 dc85w6 DE de90w6 de85w6 FL fl90w6 no file GA ga90w6 ga85w6 HI hi90w6 hi85w6 IA ia90w6 ia85w6 ID id90w6 id85w6 IL il90w6 no file IN in90w6 no file KS ks90w6 ks85w6 KY ky90w6 ky85w6 LA la90w6 la85w6 MA ma90w6 ma85w6 MD md90w6 md85w6 ME me90w6 me85w6 MI mi90w6 mi85w6 MN mn90w6 mn85w6 MO mo90w6 mo85w6 MS ms90w6 ms85w6 MT mt90w6 mt85w6 NC nc90w6 nc85w6 ND nd90w6 nd85w6 NE ne90w6 ne85w6 NH nh90w6 nh85w6 NJ nj90w6 nj85w6 NM nm90w6 nm85w6 NV nv90w6 nv85w6 NY ny90w6 ny85w6 OH oh90w6 oh85w6 OK ok90w6 ok85w6 OR or90w6 or85w6 PA pa90w6 pa85w6 PR pr90w6 no file RI ri90w6 ri85w6 SC sc90w6 sc85w6 SD sd90w6 sd85w6 TN tn90w6 tn85w6 TX tx90w6 no file UT ut90w6 ut85w6 VA va90w6 va85w6 VI vi90w6 no file VT vt90w6 vt85w6 WA wa90w6 wa85w6 WI wi90w6 wi85w6 WV wv90w6 wv85w6 WY wy90w6 wy85w6 All 1985 files in a single file --->> us85w6st.tar (180 Kb)
All 1990 files in a single file --->> us90w6st.tar (220 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).

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