Names of streams or hydro features

DavidTilley

I work along the Appalachians over 6 states, and work in close to study natural features such as contour and especially streams. I have searched quite a bit to find on line feature sources for streams that are very complete and or have the stream name. It may be that I just have not found the right sources, typically having to go to each state or each county to get some degree of what i need, and it is frustrating to have to have a google map open along with ArcGIS Pro in order to go to the Google map to find the more detailed/complete streams with names. I find the same with streets as well, and mostly rely of local counties sharing their data, needing anything that can be considered a road or driveway, in use or abandoned. Also, because I am often in remote areas, I need data that I can download in order to have it available off line. 

Any suggestions greatly appreciated. 

ThomasHamill

Hi @DavidTilley, have you tried the USGS National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)?  If not, I recommend checking the NHD geodatabases distributed by state (.zip)—These feature classes for NHD Lines and NHD Flowlines will often have proper name attribution for named streams and water bodies, though not every single feature may have complete attribution.