USGS 3D Hydrography Program
This is the USGS website with information about the new 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP) that will replace the National Hydrography Dataset, the Watershed Boundary Dataset, and NHDPlus High Resolution.
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Resource details
| Last updated | Sep 4, 2026 |
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| Part of | National Hydrography Data - NHD and 3DHP |
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- Access 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP) Data Products
- USGS - NHD Staged Products Directory
- Download NHD Data & Maps from The National Map
- National Hydrography Overlay Map Service (ArcGIS)
- The National Map Services
- Hydrography Presentations
- California NHD Stewardship Website
- USGS National Hydrography Website
- USGS 3D Hydrography Program
- NHD Data Dictionary
- 3D Hydrography Program Products: 3DHP_all 2023 Service Specification | U.S. Geological Survey
- NHD Stewardship Reports to the California Geographic Information Association Community Council
- California Business Rules for Updating the National Hydrography Dataset, 2021 update
- CDEC Flow Stations with NHD Attributes
- NHD Major Rivers Geodatabase
- NHD Major Rivers Geopackage
- NHD Major Rivers Shapefile
- NHD Major Rivers and Creeks Geodatabase
- NHD Major Rivers and Creeks Geopackage
- NHD Major Rivers and Creeks Shapefile
- NHD Major Lakes and Reservoirs Geodatabase
- NHD Major Lakes and Reservoirs Geopackage
- NHD Major Lakes and Reservoirs Shapefile
- How to Use the NHD Visibility Filter in a GIS
- Reference Data Used in Updating the California NHD
- NHD Data Model v2.3 Poster
- USGS Hydrography Datasets Playlist on YouTube
- USGS Letter re: End of NHD Editing
- Hydrography Data Stewardship: Transitioning to the 3D Hydrography Program
- Elevation-Derived Hydrography Challenges and Solutions, July 2023
- Elevation Derived Hydrography Presentation, Esri User Conference 20240716
- NHDPlus High Resolution User's Guide