The major river basin lines in NC are drawn based on the nationally recognized hydrologic unit codes (6-digits). Some basins have been split apart due to previously written general statutes. This feature service was uploaded in December 2014. This feature layer can be found in the NC Surface Water Classification map application.

These polygon boundaries, inundation extents, and depth rasters were created to provide an extent of flood inundation along the Tar River within the community of Princeville, North Carolina. The upstream and downstream reach extent is determined by the location of high-water marks, not extending the boundary far past the outermost high-water marks. In areas of uncertainty of flood extent, the model boundary is lined up with the flood inundation polygon extent. This boundary polygon was used to extract the final flood inundation polygon and depth layer from the flood water surface raster file. The passage of Hurricane Matthew through central and eastern North Carolina during October 7-9, 2016, brought heavy rainfall which resulted in major flooding. More than 15 inches of rain were recorded in some areas. Over 600 roads were closed including Interstates 95 and 40, and nearly 99,000 structures were impacted by floodwaters. Immediately after the flooding, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) documented 267 high-water marks (HWM), of which 254 were surveyed. The North Carolina Emergency Management documented and surveyed 353 HWMs. The North Carolina Geodetic Survey documented and surveyed 12 HWMs within the town of Princeville. Seven communities were mapped using Geographic Information Systems. This is the model inundated area layer for the community of Princeville.

These polygon boundaries, inundation extents, and depth rasters were created to provide an extent of flood inundation along the Neuse River within the community of Smithfield, North Carolina. The upstream and downstream reach extent is determined by the location of high-water marks, not extending the boundary far past the outermost high-water marks. In areas of uncertainty of flood extent, the model boundary is lined up with the flood inundation polygon extent. This boundary polygon was used to extract the final flood inundation polygon and depth layer from the flood water surface raster file.
The passage of Hurricane Matthew through central and eastern North Carolina during October 7-9, 2016, brought heavy rainfall which resulted in major flooding. More than 15 inches of rain were recorded in some areas. Over 600 roads were closed including Interstates 95 and 40, and nearly 99,000 structures were impacted by floodwaters. Immediately after the flooding, the U.S. Geological Surve ...

These polygon boundaries, inundation extents, and depth rasters were created to provide an extent of flood inundation along the Neuse River within the community of Goldsboro, North Carolina. The upstream and downstream reach extent is determined by the location of high-water marks, not extending the boundary far past the outermost high-water marks. In areas of uncertainty of flood extent, the model boundary is lined up with the flood inundation polygon extent. This boundary polygon was used to extract the final flood inundation polygon and depth layer from the flood water surface raster file. The passage of Hurricane Matthew through central and eastern North Carolina during October 7-9, 2016, brought heavy rainfall which resulted in major flooding. More than 15 inches of rain were recorded in some areas. Over 600 roads were closed including Interstates 95 and 40, and nearly 99,000 structures were impacted by floodwaters. Immediately after the flooding, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) documented 267 high-water marks (HWM), of which 254 were surveyed. The North Carolina Emergency Management documented and surveyed 353 HWMs. Six communities were mapped using Geographic Information Systems.

These polygon boundaries, inundation extents, and depth rasters were created to provide an extent of flood inundation along the Neuse River within the community of Kinston, North Carolina. The upstream and downstream reach extent is determined by the location of high-water marks, not extending the boundary far past the outermost high-water marks. In areas of uncertainty of flood extent, the model boundary is lined up with the flood inundation polygon extent. This boundary polygon was used to extract the final flood inundation polygon and depth layer from the flood water surface raster file.
The passage of Hurricane Matthew through central and eastern North Carolina during October 7-9, 2016, brought heavy rainfall which resulted in major flooding. More than 15 inches of rain were recorded in some areas. Over 600 roads were closed including Interstates 95 and 40, and nearly 99,000 structures were impacted by floodwaters. Immediately after the flooding, the U.S. Geological Survey ( ...

NOTE: Due to the size of this file, it can only be downloaded as a File Geodatabase.This statewide shapefile contains the freshwater surface water classifications for all named streams in North Carolina. This data was first uploaded on March 6, 2015 and originally pulled from BIMS in November 2014. To learn more about what classifications are, see the Classifications and Standards/Rule Review Branch website. Download this dataset from the DEQ Open Data PageThe Tile Layer for this Feature Layer is DWR Surface Water Classifications.Attributes:BIMS_INDEX: Index number BIMS_Names: Stream Name BIMS_Descr: Description of stream segment (from - to) BIMS_Class: Surface Water Classification BIMS_Date: Date the classification was given to that segment ClassURL: Link to the Classifications website that defines each classification Name: River Basin Contacts:Data Contact: Chris VentaloroLayer/Service Contact: Melanie Williams Updates: 05/24/2016: Changed the URL for the classifications page; fixed the Clear Creek (FBR) line segment; re-uploaded this as a new feature service with the ability to overwrite. 6/1/2017: Geometry for Index Numbers 18-(71) of the Cape Fear River and 18-88-1 of Walden Creek were missing from the feature service. The geometry was corrected with the existing file on local servers and the online feature service was overwritten. This feature layer can be found in the NC Surface Water Classification map application.

A 49" x 23" general reference river basin wall map containing river basin boundaries, county boundaries, roads, major water bodies, and cities.

These polygon boundaries, inundation extents, and depth rasters were created to provide an extent of flood inundation along the Lumber River within the community of Lumberton, North Carolina. The upstream and downstream reach extent is determined by the location of high-water marks, not extending the boundary far past the outermost high-water marks. In areas of uncertainty of flood extent, the model boundary is lined up with the flood inundation polygon extent. This boundary polygon was used to extract the final flood inundation polygon and depth layer from the flood water surface raster file. The passage of Hurricane Matthew through central and eastern North Carolina during October 7-9, 2016, brought heavy rainfall which resulted in major flooding. More than 15 inches of rain were recorded in some areas. Over 600 roads were closed including Interstates 95 and 40, and nearly 99,000 structures were impacted by floodwaters. Immediately after the flooding, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) documented 267 high-water marks (HWM), of which 254 were surveyed. The North Carolina Emergency Management documented and surveyed 353 HWMs. Six communities were mapped using Geographic Information Systems.

This publication is a preliminary map and geodatabase of the coseismic surface rupture and other coseismic features generated from the August 9, 2020, Mw 5.1 earthquake near Sparta, North Carolina. Geologic mapping facilitated by analysis of post-earthquake quality level 0 to 1 lidar, document the coseismic surface rupture, named the Little River fault, and other coseismic features. The Little River fault is traced for approximately 4 kilometers and cuts the regional Paleozoic fabric (mean foliation, 063°/57°), and the dominant strike of joint sets are 0°–10°, 130°–150° and 320°–340°. Individual fault strands occur in an en echelon pattern within an approximately 10-meter-wide zone. Trenches across the Little River fault document a thrust fault oriented 110°/45° with at least 10 centimeters (cm) of displacement. The Little River fault is marked by a flexure or scarp with a height of 5-30 cm and a local maximum height of 50 cm. Southwest-side-up displacement is consistent along the fault and indicates thrust kinematics. The strike of the Little River fault changes from 110° to 130° near Duncan Farm where it crosses Chestnut Grove Church Road (NC Rt. 1426). Although the surface expression of the fault terminates and (or) is imperceptible at both ends, deformation is still clear in residual surface maps showing the change between pre- and post-earthquake lidar elevations. Other coseismic features documented are rockfalls, ground cracks, fissures, lateral spreading on a sandbar, and mass-wasting scarps; several possible faults that were identified from lidar analyses strike E-W and oblique to the Little River fault.

The North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Management, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, developed the digital Water Supply Watersheds data to enhance planning, siting and impact analysis in areas directly affecting water supply intakes. This file outlines the extent of protected and critical areas and stream classifications for areas around water supply watersheds in which development directly affects a water supply intake. This file enables users to identify the areas which have special restrictions for building and development based on water supply intakes. This file is updated as changes occur.

This data was created to assist governmental agencies and others in making resource management decisions through use of a Geographic Information System (GIS).

system filename: wsw Revisions and updates to this layer include:

18.) filename: wsw496 The April 1, 1996 update: A) The Upper Frech Broad River (Asheville) water supply watershed was moved from the proposed coverage to the adopted coverage. B) The Mills River (Asheville) water supply watershed was moved from the proposed coverage to the adopted coverage. C) The French Broad River water supply watershed was moved from the adopted coverage into the proposed coverage. These edits affect Buncombe and Henderson Counties. 17.) filename: wsw396 The March 6, 1996 update: A) The Reedy Fork critical area was changed to 'WS-III NSW' to match the protected area. This affected the Greensboro 100k tile area. B) The Belews Creek protected area was changed to 'WS-IV' to match the critical area. This affected the Winston-Salem 100k tile area. 16.) filename: wsw196 The January 25, 1996 update: A) Protected boundary was altered in the Long Creek (Little Tennessee) watershed. The watershed name was renamed to be Rock Creek (Little Tennessee). This affected the Robbinsville 24k quad. B) Protected boundary was altered in the South Fork Catawba River watershed. This affected the Banoke 24k quad. C) Addition of protected boundary for the Belews Creek watershed. This affected the Belews Creek 24k quad. D) Watersheds were deleted by request of DEM-Tranters Creek which was on the Rocky Mount & Plymouth 100k quads and Stokely Hollow which was on the Asheville 100k quad. E) Extensive changes to the actual boundaries of the watersheds throughout the state in an effort to have them coincident with the Hydrologic Units adopted earlier by EHNR-DEM and USDA-NRCS. Boundaries coincident in both coverages were deleted from the watershed file and copied back from the hydrologic units file. PREVIOUS TO THE 1/25/96 FILE, THIS FILE WAS NAMED: NC.WSW 15.) filname: nc.wsw695 The June 30, 1995 update: A) Protected and critical boundaries were altered in the Hiawassee River watershed. This affected the Mocksville, Peachtree, Marble, and Andrews 24k quads. B) The protected boundary was altered in the South Fork Catawba River watershed in Catawbaw and Lincoln Counties. The Banoak, Reepsville, and Maiden 24k quads were affected. C) The entire WSW area in Bear Creek was deleted in Davie County, affecting the Mocksville and Calahan 24k quads. D) Protected and critical boundaries were altered in the North Toe watershed in Avery and Mitchell counties. This affects the Carvers Gap, Newland, Spruce Pine, and Linville Falls 24k quads. 14.) filename: nc.wsw595 The May 4, 1995 update: an arc was deleted which divided the South Yadkin River-Cooleemee protected area. The change affects the area within the Cool Springs, Cooleemee, Calahan, and Mocksville 24k quads. 13.) filename: nc.wsw195 The January 13, 1995 update: A) A new boundary was added to the Hiawassee River (Murphy) in the Hiawassee River Basin. This addition split the existing watershed, and the western half was deleted. The change affects the Hayesville, Peachtree, and Murphy 24k quads. 12.) filename: nc.wsw1194 The November 4, 1994 update: A) The Smith River WSW, in the Roanoke river basin, had one of its boundaries altered. The change affects the Northeastern Eden 24k quad. 11.) filename: nc.wsw994 The September 13, 1994 update: A) The Lands Creek in the Little Tennessee River Basin in Swain County on the Fontana Lake 100k quad had the PAT attributes added. 10.) filename: nc.wsw894 The August 26, 1994 update consisted of the following watershed adoptions (additions). A) The Deep River in Lee County, in the Cape Fear River Basin. B) The Deep Creek in Swain County, in the Little Tennessee River Basin. C) The Yadkin River in Davie County, in the Yadkin River Basin. D.) The Yadkin River in King County, in the Yadkin River Basin, E) The South Yadkin River in Cooleemee City, in the Yadkin River Basin. 9.) filename: nc.wsw594 The May 18, 1994 update: A) The Tar River WSW within the Tar-Pamlico river basin was deleted. 8.) filename: nc.wsw494 The April 28, 1994 update: A) All proposed areas were removed from the data and are managed separately. Only amended areas are now reflected in this data. 7.) filename: nc.wsw194 The January 12, 1994 update: A) The Campbell Creek watershed in the French Broad river basin had the northern boundary moved. The edits affected the Dellwood 24k quad. B) The South Fork Catawba in the Catawba Watershed had its classification modified from WS-IV CA to WS-IV. C)The South Fork Catawba in the Catawba Watershed had its protected area reduced in size. The change affects the Banoak and Reepsville 24k quads. 6.) filename: nc.wsw102893 The October 28, 1993 update: A) The South Fork Catawba had previously had the protected area deleted. An additional portion of the boundary had been deleted, which was supposed to remain. The boundary was added back into the coverage. The affected maps were the 24k Maiden, Reepsville, Lincolnton West, Hickory, and Banoak, 100k quads were Hickory and Gastonia. 5.) filename: nc.wsw101593 The October 15, 1993 update: A) The northern protected area boundary for Clark Creek was deleted and the east and west critical area buffers were redigitized. Affected maps are the 24k Reepsville and Maiden and the Hickory 100k quad. 4.) filename: The September 8, 1993 update: A) The Little Tennessee River (Fontana Lake) protected area had the southeastern radius line removed, and had a northern ridgeline added. Affected maps are the 24k Fontana Dam and Tuskeegee quads, and the Fontana Lake 100k quad. 3.) filename: wsw193 The January 22, 1993 update: A) Cold Water Creek (Lake Fisher) in the Yadkin River Basin was changed from WS-III to WS-IV. 2.) filename: The November 17, 1992 update: A) Stokely Hollow, 100k Asheboro quad changed from WS-I to WS-II. B) Corrected location of Reddies River intake for the Yadkin river basin, Wilkesboro 24k, Boone 100k. C) Changed location of watershed boundary, intake, and critical area for the South Fork New River, New River Basin, Jefferson 24k, West Jefferson 24k Boone 100k. 1.) filename: nc.pcarv.old (protected/critical area with the same state lake as the .coe coverage, but this version was interpreted from USGS maps) filename: nc.pcarv.coe (protected/critical area with the Army Corp of Engineers version of a state lake) filename: nc.pcarv Previous to August 1992, this file was called Public Water Supply watersheds and only included WS-I, WS-II, WS-III classifications. filename: nc.pca filename: nc.pca2

These polygon boundaries, inundation extents, and depth rasters were created to provide an extent of flood inundation along the Lumber River within the community of Fair Bluff, North Carolina. The upstream and downstream reach extent is determined by the location of high-water marks, not extending the boundary far past the outermost high-water marks. In areas of uncertainty of flood extent, the model boundary is lined up with the flood inundation polygon extent. This boundary polygon was used to extract the final flood inundation polygon and depth layer from the flood water surface raster file. The passage of Hurricane Matthew through central and eastern North Carolina during October 7-9, 2016, brought heavy rainfall which resulted in major flooding. More than 15 inches of rain were recorded in some areas. Over 600 roads were closed including Interstates 95 and 40, and nearly 99,000 structures were impacted by floodwaters. Immediately after the flooding, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) documented 267 high-water marks (HWM), of which 254 were surveyed. The North Carolina Emergency Management documented and surveyed 353 HWMs. Six communities were mapped using Geographic Information Systems.

U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Lines represents the linear water features (for example, aqueducts, canals, intracoastal waterways, and streams) of the United States.

This story map serves as an educational tool for learning about North Carolina's Broad River Basin. Information is taken from the Broad River Basin brochure, published by the NC Office of Environmental Education. These print brochures are available at no cost through the office's website at http://www.eenorthcarolina.org/riverbasins.htmlFor technical information about North Carolina's river basins, contact NC DEQ's Basin Planning Branch at https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/planning/basin-planning

The geodatabase for the Charlotte 1 degree × 2 degrees quadrangle by Goldsmith and others (1988) was compiled in the Geologic Map Schema (GeMS). The geologic map extends across four lithotectonic belts of the Piedmont from the Coastal Plain and Wadesboro Triassic basin on the east to the Blue Ridge belt in the vicinity of the Grandfather Mountain window on the west. The Wadesboro Triassic basin contains arkosic sandstone, siltstone and conglomerate unconformably overlain by small inliers of late Cretaceous Coastal Plain sediment of the Middendorf Formation (?). The Blue Ridge, Inner Piedmont, Kings Mountain, Charlotte, and Carolina Slate belts consist of different Mesoproterozoic to Late Paleozoic metamorphosed and deformed stratified, and meta-igneous and igneous rocks. The belts of rocks are foliated and folded. Regional structures within the map include the Grandfather Mountain window, Brevard fault zone, Kings Mountain shear zone, Eufola fault zone, and Gold Hill and Silver Hill shear zones. These rocks and structures are cut by Triassic to Jurassic diabase dikes. Surficial deposits were not compiled in the database.

These data were automated to provide an accurate high-resolution historical shoreline of Upper Part of Bay River, North Carolina suitable as a geographic information system (GIS) data layer. These data are derived from shoreline maps that were produced by the NOAA National Ocean Service including its predecessor agencies which were based on an office interpretation of imagery and/or field survey. The NGS attribution scheme 'Coastal Cartographic Object Attribute Source Table (C-COAST)' was developed to conform the attribution of various sources of shoreline data into one attribution catalog. C-COAST is not a recognized standard, but was influenced by the International Hydrographic Organization's S-57 Object-Attribute standard so the data would be more accurately translated into S-57. This resource is a member of https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39808

Flowlines such as artificial paths, canals, ditches, streams, and rivers mapped for 19 western counties in North Carolina. For more information visit the NC Stream Mapping Program website at www.nconemap.gov/pages/streams.NOTE: Do not download the data by using the map above. Download the shapefile by clicking the Download drop-down menu on the right side of this page.

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) contracted with Phillip A. Townsend to determine and map the plant communities within the Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge, in coastal North Carolina. The vegetation map was created by Townsend using a combination of aerial photo interpretation and on-the-ground field assessment. The goal of the project was to classify the vegetation communities in the NWR using the National Vegetation Classification Standard (USNVC) and map to the USNVCS association level wherever possible. This geodatabase contains the GIS data associated with that work.

U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Lines represents the linear water features (for example, aqueducts, canals, intracoastal waterways, and streams) of the United States.

This story map serves as an educational tool for learning about North Carolina's Chowan River Basin. Information is taken from the Chowan River Basin brochure, published by the NC Office of Environmental Education. These print brochures are available at no cost through the office's website at http://www.eenorthcarolina.org/riverbasins.htmlFor technical information about North Carolina's river basins, contact NC DEQ's Basin Planning Branch at https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/planning/basin-planning

These data were automated to provide an accurate high-resolution historical shoreline of Pamlico River, Vicinity of Washington, North Carolina suitable as a geographic information system (GIS) data layer. These data are derived from shoreline maps that were produced by the NOAA National Ocean Service including its predecessor agencies which were based on an office interpretation of imagery a...