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Land Use / Land Cover by HUC

Data Dictionary (Horizontal Format)

LUSE_HUC_H

Header/Field Name

Description/Long Name

Format

Allow Nulls

Definitions/Contents

Units

Codes (Y/N)

USGS_HUC 8-Digit USGS Cataloging Unit Code Num 8

N

8-Digit USGS Cataloging Unit  

Y

USGS_HHUC 8-Digit USGS Cataloging Unit Code Char 8

N

8-Digit USGS Cataloging Unit  

Y

HUC_NAME 8-Digit USGS Cataloging Unit Name Char 50

N

8-Digit USGS Cataloging Unit Name  

N

HUC_AREA HUC Area (square miles) - Source: USGS Num 8

Y

HUC Area - Source: USGS square miles

N

H_LUNODATA HUC Landuse Type Area: No Data Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: No Data square miles

N

H_PLNODATA HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: No Data Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: No Data percent

N

H_LUEURBAN HUC Landuse Type Area: Enhanced Urban Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Enhanced Urban square miles

N

H_PLEURBAN HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Enhanced Urban Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Enhanced Urban percent

N

H_LURSDNTL HUC Landuse Type Area: Residential Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Residential square miles

N

H_PLRSDNTL HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Residential Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Residential percent

N

H_LUCOMSER HUC Landuse Type Area: Commercial and Services Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Commercial and Services square miles

N

H_PLCOMSER HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Commercial and Services Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Commercial and Services percent

N

H_LUINDUST HUC Landuse Type Area: Industrial Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Industrial square miles

N

H_PLINDUST HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Industrial Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Industrial percent

N

H_LUTRCOUT HUC Landuse Type Area: Transportation, Communications, and Utilities Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Transportation, Communications, and Utilities square miles

N

H_PLTRCOUT HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Transportation, Communications, and Utilities Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Transportation, Communications, and Utilities percent

N

H_LUINCOCO HUC Landuse Type Area: Industrial and Commercial Complexes Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Industrial and Commercial Complexes square miles

N

H_PLINCOCO HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Industrial and Commercial Complexes Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Industrial and Commercial Complexes percent

N

H_LUMURBAN HUC Landuse Type Area: Mixed Urban and Built-up Land Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Mixed Urban and Built-up Land square miles

N

H_PLMURBAN HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Mixed Urban and Built-up Land Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Mixed Urban and Built-up Land percent

N

H_LUOURBAN HUC Landuse Type Area: Other Urban or Built-up Land Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Other Urban or Built-up Land square miles

N

H_PLOURBAN HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Other Urban or Built-up Land Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Other Urban or Built-up Land percent

N

H_LUCRPPST HUC Landuse Type Area: Cropland and Pasture Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Cropland and Pasture square miles

N

H_PLCRPPST HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Cropland and Pasture Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Cropland and Pasture percent

N

H_LUOGVNOH HUC Landuse Type Area: Orchards, Groves, Vineyards, Nurseries, and Ornamental Horticultural Areas Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Orchards, Groves, Vineyards, Nurseries, and Ornamental Horticultural Areas square miles

N

H_PLOGVNOH HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Orchards, Groves, Vineyards, Nurseries, and Ornamental Horticultural Areas Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Orchards, Groves, Vineyards, Nurseries, and Ornamental Horticultural Areas percent

N

H_LUCFDOPS HUC Landuse Type Area: Confined Feeding Operations Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Confined Feeding Operations square miles

N

H_PLCFDOPS HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Confined Feeding Operations Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Confined Feeding Operations percent

N

H_LUOAGLND HUC Landuse Type Area: Other Agricultural Land Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Other Agricultural Land square miles

N

H_PLOAGLND HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Other Agricultural Land Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Other Agricultural Land percent

N

H_LUHRGLND HUC Landuse Type Area: Herbaceous Rangeland Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Herbaceous Rangeland square miles

N

H_PLHRGLND HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Herbaceous Rangeland Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Herbaceous Rangeland percent

N

H_LUSBRLND HUC Landuse Type Area: Shrub and Brush Rangeland Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Shrub and Brush Rangeland square miles

N

H_PLSBRLND HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Shrub and Brush Rangeland Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Shrub and Brush Rangeland percent

N

H_LUMXRLND HUC Landuse Type Area: Mixed Rangeland Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Mixed Rangeland square miles

N

H_PLMXRLND HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Mixed Rangeland Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Mixed Rangeland percent

N

H_LUDFRLND HUC Landuse Type Area: Deciduous Forest Land Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Deciduous Forest Land square miles

N

H_PLDFRLND HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Deciduous Forest Land Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Deciduous Forest Land percent

N

H_LUEFRLND HUC Landuse Type Area: Evergreen Forest Land Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Evergreen Forest Land square miles

N

H_PLEFRLND HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Evergreen Forest Land Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Evergreen Forest Land percent

N

H_LUMFRLND HUC Landuse Type Area: Mixed Forest Land Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Mixed Forest Land square miles

N

H_PLMFRLND HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Mixed Forest Land Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Mixed Forest Land percent

N

H_LUSTRCAN HUC Landuse Type Area: Streams and Canals Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Streams and Canals square miles

N

H_PLSTRCAN HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Streams and Canals Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Streams and Canals percent

N

H_LULAKES HUC Landuse Type Area: Lakes Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Lakes square miles

N

H_PLLAKES HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Lakes Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Lakes percent

N

H_LURSRVRS HUC Landuse Type Area: Reservoirs Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Reservoirs square miles

N

H_PLRSRVRS HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Reservoirs Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Reservoirs percent

N

H_LUBAYEST HUC Landuse Type Area: Bays and Estuaries Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Bays and Estuaries square miles

N

H_PLBAYEST HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Bays and Estuaries Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Bays and Estuaries percent

N

H_LUFORWET HUC Landuse Type Area: Forested Wetland Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Forested Wetland square miles

N

H_PLFORWET HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Forested Wetland Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Forested Wetland percent

N

H_LUNFRWET HUC Landuse Type Area: Non-forested Wetland Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Non-forested Wetland square miles

N

H_PLNFRWET HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Non-forested Wetland Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Non-forested Wetland percent

N

H_LUDSFLTS HUC Landuse Type Area: Dry Salt Flats Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Dry salt Flats square miles

N

H_PLDSFLTS HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Dry Salt Flats Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Dry Salt Flats percent

N

H_LUBEACHS HUC Landuse Type Area: Beaches Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Beaches square miles

N

H_PLBEACHS HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Beaches Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Beaches percent

N

H_LUSNDYAR HUC Landuse Type Area: Sandy Areas Other than Beaches Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Sandy Areas Other than Beaches square miles

N

H_PLSNDYAR HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Sandy Areas Other than Beaches Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Sandy Areas Other than Beaches percent

N

H_LUBEROCK HUC Landuse Type Area: Bare Exposed Rock Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Bare Exposed Rock square miles

N

H_PLBEROCK HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Bare Exposed Rock Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Bare Exposed Rock percent

N

H_LUSMQGPS HUC Landuse Type Area: Strip Mines, Quarries, and Gravel Pits Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Strip Mines, Quarries, and Gravel Pits square miles

N

H_PLSMQGPS HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Strip Mines, Quarries, and Gravel Pits Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Strip Mines, Quarries, and Gravel Pits percent

N

H_LUTRNSAR HUC Landuse Type Area: Transitional Areas Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Transitional Areas square miles

N

H_PLTRNSAR HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Transitional Areas Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Transitional Areas percent

N

H_LUMXBLND HUC Landuse Type Area: Mixed Barren Land Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Mixed Barren Land square miles

N

H_PLMXBLND HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Mixed Barren Land Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Mixed Barren Land percent

N

H_LUSBTNDR HUC Landuse Type Area: Shrub and Brush Tundra Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Shrub and Brush Tundra square miles

N

H_PLSBTNDR HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Shrub and Brush Tundra Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Shrub and Brush Tundra percent

N

H_LUHBTNDR HUC Landuse Type Area: Herbaceous Tundra Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Herbaceous Tundra square miles

N

H_PLHBTNDR HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Herbaceous Tundra Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Herbaceous Tundra percent

N

H_LUBRGRND HUC Landuse Type Area: Bare Ground Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Bare Ground square miles

N

H_PLBRGRND HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Bare Ground Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Bare Ground percent

N

H_LUWTTNDR HUC Landuse Type Area: Wet Tundra Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Wet Tundra square miles

N

H_PLWTTNDR HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Wet Tundra Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Wet Tundra percent

N

H_LUMXTNDR HUC Landuse Type Area: Mixed Tundra Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Mixed Tundra square miles

N

H_PLMXTNDR HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Mixed Tundra Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Mixed Tundra percent

N

H_LUPERSNO HUC Landuse Type Area: Perennial Snowfields Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Perennial Snowfields square miles

N

H_PLPERSNO HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Perennial Snowfields Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Perennial Snowfields percent

N

H_LUGLACRS HUC Landuse Type Area: Glaciers Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Glaciers square miles

N

H_PLGLACRS HUC Landuse Type Percent Area: Glaciers Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Type: Glaciers percent

N

H_LUURBAN HUC Landuse Class Area: Urban Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Urban square miles

N

H_PLURBAN HUC Landuse Class Percent Area: Bare Exposed Rock Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Urban percent

N

H_LUAGLAND HUC Landuse Class Area: Agricultural Land Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Agricultural Land square miles

N

H_PLAGLAND HUC Landuse Class Percent Area: Agricultural Land Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Agricultural Land percent

N

H_LURGLAND HUC Landuse Class Area: Rangeland Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Rangeland square miles

N

H_PLRGLAND HUC Landuse Class Percent Area: Rangeland Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Rangeland percent

N

H_LUFRLAND HUC Landuse Class Area: Forest Land Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Forest Land square miles

N

H_PLFRLAND HUC Landuse Class Percent Area: Forest Land Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Forest Land percent

N

H_LUWATER HUC Landuse Class Area: Water Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Water square miles

N

H_PLWATER HUC Landuse Class Percent Area: Water Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Water percent

N

H_LUWTLAND HUC Landuse Class Area: Wetland Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Wetland square miles

N

H_PLWTLAND HUC Landuse Class Percent Area: Wetland Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Wetland percent

N

H_LUBRLAND HUC Landuse Class Area: Barren Land Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Barren Land square miles

N

H_PLBRLAND HUC Landuse Class Percent Area: Barren Land Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Barren Land percent

N

H_LUTUNDRA HUC Landuse Class Area: Tundra Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Tundra square miles

N

H_PLTUNDRA HUC Landuse Class Percent Area: Tundra Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Tundra percent

N

H_LUPRSNIC HUC Landuse Class Area: Perennial Snow or Ice Num 12,4

N

Area of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Perennial Snow or Ice square miles

N

H_PLPRSNIC HUC Landuse Class Percent Area: Perennial Snow or Ice Num 8,4

N

Percent of entire Hydrologic Unit that is comprised of Landuse Class: Perennial Snow or Ice percent

N


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