U.S. Geological Survey

National Water-Use Data Archive

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

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                                 Approx                                         Approx
         1990         1985        file                  1990         1985        file
State    file         file        size        State     file         file        size
-----  ---------    ---------    ------       -----   ---------    ---------    ------
 AK    ak90w8.gz    ak85w8.gz     10 Kb         AL    al90w8.gz    al85w8.gz     12 Kb
 AR    ar90w8.gz    ar85w8.gz     12 Kb         AZ    az90w8.gz    az85w8.gz     14 Kb
 CA    ca90w8.gz    ca85w8.gz     30 Kb         CO    co90w8.gz    co85w8.gz     17 Kb
 CT    ct90w8.gz    ct85w8.gz      4 Kb         DC    dc90w8.gz    dc85w8.gz      1 Kb
 DE    de90w8.gz    de85w8.gz      1 Kb         FL    fl90w8.gz     no file      13 Kb
 GA    ga90w8.gz    ga85w8.gz     12 Kb         HI    hi90w8.gz    hi85w8.gz      3 Kb
 IA    ia90w8.gz    ia85w8.gz     12 Kb         ID    id90w8.gz    id85w8.gz     12 Kb
 IL    il90w8.gz     no file      14 Kb         IN    in90w8.gz     no file      10 Kb
 KS    ks90w8.gz    ks85w8.gz     17 Kb         KY    ky90w8.gz    ky85w8.gz     10 Kb
 LA    la90w8.gz    la85w8.gz     12 Kb         MA    ma90w8.gz    ma85w8.gz      5 Kb
 MD    md90w8.gz    md85w8.gz      6 Kb         ME    me90w8.gz    me85w8.gz      5 Kb
 MI    mi90w8.gz    mi85w8.gz     15 Kb         MN    mn90w8.gz    mn85w8.gz     15 Kb
 MO    mo90w8.gz    mo85w8.gz     14 Kb         MS    ms90w8.gz    ms85w8.gz     11 Kb
 MT    mt90w8.gz    mt85w8.gz     17 Kb         NC    nc90w8.gz    nc85w8.gz     12 Kb
 ND    nd90w8.gz    nd85w8.gz      9 Kb         NE    ne90w8.gz    ne85w8.gz     15 Kb
 NH    nh90w8.gz    nh85w8.gz      3 Kb         NJ    nj90w8.gz    nj85w8.gz      4 Kb
 NM    nm90w8.gz    nm85w8.gz     13 Kb         NV    nv90w8.gz    nv85w8.gz     11 Kb
 NY    ny90w8.gz    ny85w8.gz     14 Kb         OH    oh90w8.gz    oh85w8.gz     11 Kb
 OK    ok90w8.gz    ok85w8.gz     13 Kb         OR    or90w8.gz    or85w8.gz     17 Kb
 PA    pa90w8.gz    pa85w8.gz     13 Kb         PR    pr90w8.gz     no file       2 Kb
 RI    ri90w8.gz    ri85w8.gz      2 Kb         SC    sc90w8.gz    sc85w8.gz      9 Kb
 SD    sd90w8.gz    sd85w8.gz     10 Kb         TN    tn90w8.gz    tn85w8.gz     12 Kb
 TX    tx90w8.gz     no file      40 Kb         UT    ut90w8.gz    ut85w8.gz     11 Kb
 VA    va90w8.gz    va85w8.gz     11 Kb         VI    vi90w8.gz     no file       1 Kb
 VT    vt90w8.gz    vt85w8.gz      4 Kb         WA    wa90w8.gz    wa85w8.gz     15 Kb
 WI    wi90w8.gz    wi85w8.gz     11 Kb         WV    wv90w8.gz    wv85w8.gz      8 Kb
 WY    wy90w8.gz    wy85w8.gz     14 Kb        

All 1985 files in a single file --->> us85w8st.tar (425 Kb)

All 1990 files in a single file --->> us90w8st.tar (524 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).