California Interagency Watershed Mapping Committee

CalWater Commonly Used Acronyms

Acronym Title
CU Cataloging Unit
DLG Digital Line Graph
DOI Department of the Interior
DOQ Digital Ortho Quadrangle
DOQQ Digital Ortho Quarter Quadrangle
FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee
GIS Geographic Information System
HUC Hydrologic Unit Code
IWMC Interagency Watershed Mapping Committee
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NHD National Hydrographic Dataset
NHQ National Headquarters (NRCS)
NMAPS National Mapping Standard
RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board
SCS Soil Conservation Service
USDA US Department of Agriculture
WBD Watershed Boundary Dataset

State Agencies

CDF - California Department of Forestry
DFG - California Department of Fish and Game
DWR - California Department of Water Resources
SWRCB - State Water Resources Control Board
CaSIL - California Spatial Information Library

 Federal Agencies

DOI BLM - Bureau of Land Management
DOI BOR - Bureau of Reclamation
DOI USGS - US Geological Service
DOI US FWS - US Fish and Wildlife Service
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
USDA NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA USFS - US Forest Service



This NBII Hosted site is developed and maintained
on behalf of the CalWater Committee by
the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Information Center for the EnvironmentFirstGovscience.gov