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USFWS National Wetlands Inventory: Wetlands Mapper

Interactive Wetlands Mapper and seamless wetlands data services for the United States, providing on-the-fly viewing plus geospatial download of NWI wetland classification polygons by watershed or state.

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At a glance

Region
United States (North America)
Coverage
United States
Access
Free
Category
Government
Last updated
2025

What's inside

  • wetland inventory
  • wetland polygons

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Storage tracking

    Follow storage and releases through the season.

    Because it has: wetland inventory

  2. 02

    Change over time

    See how lakes and wetlands have grown or shrunk.

  3. 03

    Operations

    Support release and supply decisions.

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Storage from space

    Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.

  2. 02

    Release decisions

    Optimise releases against inflow forecasts.

  3. 03

    Shrinkage alerts

    Detect water bodies that are drying or being encroached.

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