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Idaho National Laboratory

Virtual Hydropower Prospector
Data Sources

Feature SetSourceVintageURL
Water Energy Resource Sites (All)Idaho National Laboratory2004http://hydropower.inl.gov/resourceassessment/
Resource Assessment Report - Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources - DOE/ID-11111
 
Potential Projects 2005http://hydropower.inl.gov/resourceassessment/
DOE/ID-11263 - Currently not available on-line
 
Hydrography 
StreamsEnvironmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) (hydroln)2000http://www.esri.com/data/index.html
WaterbodiesEnvironmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) (hydroln)2000http://www.esri.com/data/index.html
Wild and Scenic RiversNational Atlas of the United States Parkways & Scenic Rivers http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp
NHDU.S. Geologic Survey2004http://nhd.usgs.gov/
EDNAU.S. Geologic Survey2002http://edna.usgs.gov
 
Power System (All)Global Energy Decisions2004http://www.globalenergy.com/
 
Transportation 
Primary Roads Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) (U.S. Major Roads) 2000http://www.esri.com/data/index.html
All RoadsBureau of Transportation Statistics Dynamap/10001999http://www.bts.gov/gis
RailroadsEnvironmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) (railroads)2000http://www.esri.com/data/datacd02.html
 
Areas & Places 
CitiesEnvironmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) (cities_dtl)2000http://www.esri.com/data/index.html
Populated PlacesEnvironmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) (placeply)2000http://www.esri.com/data/index.html
County BoundariesEnvironmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) (counties)2000http://www.esri.com/data/index.html
State BoundariesEnvironmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) (states)2000http://www.esri.com/data/index.html
Hydrologic RegionsU.S. Geologic Survey2002http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc.html
 
Land Use 
Excluded AreasConservation Biology Institute2005http://www.consbio.org/
Excluded AreasNational Atlas of the United States Federal & Indian Lands Parkways & Scenic Rivers2002http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp
BIANational Renewable Energy Laboratory2005http://www.nrel.gov
BLM, BOR, DOD, FS, FWS, NPS Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) (Subset of fedland.shp)2003http://www.esri.com/data/datacd03.html
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