Major Dams, USA, 2013

Description:

This dataset is provided as part of the USGS National Hydrology Dataset and depicts the point locations for major dams in all fifty states and Puerto Rico. The dams locations in this dataset were pulled from the United States Army Corps or Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID) database. Dams that are included in the NID must meet one of the following criteria: 1) High hazard classification - loss of one human life is likely if the dam fails, 2) Significant hazard classification - possible loss of human life and likely significant property or environmental destruction, 3) Equal or exceed 25 feet in height and exceed 15 acre-feet in storage, 4) Equal or exceed 50 acre-feet storage and exceed 6 feet in height. This dataset was retrieved from the USGS National Hydrology Dataset (NHD) website here: ftp://nhdftp.usgs.gov/DataSets/National/

Creator:

United States. Geological Survey

Publisher:

United States Geological Survey

Provider:

University of Arizona

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Point data

Subject:

farming, structure, inlandWater, location, utilitiesCommunication, environment, Farming, Environment, Structure, utilitiesCommunication, and Location

Temporal Coverage:

2013-06-28T00:00:00

Date Issued:

2013-06-28T:00:00:00

Spatial Coverage:

State of Arkansas, State of North Dakota, State of Ohio, State of Oklahoma, State of Louisiana, State of Rhode Island, State of Pennsylvania, State of California, State of Wisconsin, State of Illinois, State of Virgina, State of Hawaii, State of West Virginia, State of Washington, State of Mississippi, State of Arizona, State of Iowa, State of Georgia, State of Delaware, State of Kentucky, State of Maryland, State of New Hampshire, State of Alabama, State of Puerto Rico, State of Florida, State of Texas, State of Tennessee, State of Kansas, State of Wyoming, State of Indiana, State of Vermont, State of Oregon, State of South Carolina, State of Minnesota, State of Missouri, State of Nebraska, State of Idaho, State of Massachusetts, State of New Jersey, State of Alaska, State of Michigan, State of New York, State of Nevada, State of Montana, State of Colorado, State of North Carolina, State of Utah, State of South Dakota, State of New Mexico, State of Connecticut, and State of Maine

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

File Size:

3.36 MB