r/MapsofAmerica Apr 24 '21

Watershed States

5 Upvotes

Hey Friends of MapsofAmerica, I need your input. What are your thoughts on implementing watershed boundaries for states and counties?

I believe we need to realign state and county borders based on 2 digit hydrologic units (regional watersheds) and 8 digit hydrologic units (subbasins). Meaning there would be 20 states throughout the USA and 2,270 counties. I aim to show the social, educational, and environmental benefits to aligning government borders with watersheds. This would effect taxation, representation, and governance.

Watershed state boundaries and county boundaries would allow Americans to increase number of elected officials in congress. 10 senators per state and 1 representative per county. 200 senators voted to congress and 2,270 representatives voted to congress.

This could potentially be a movement to unite Americans to a common cause that benefits social and environmental justice. Watershed states create river-centric boundaries as opposed to borders based on latitude and longitude.

Maps are available online showing Watershed Boundaries.

Maybe this reddit feed could collaborate to create new maps for this proposal. Thank you for your time and have a good day.

3 votes, Apr 29 '21
0 Maintain current state borders and county borders
2 Implement watershed boundaries at state and county levels
1 Create boundaries using other geographical features (groundwater, ecoregions, etc)

r/MapsofAmerica Mar 05 '20

Coronavirus overlay

3 Upvotes

Does anybody happen to have a Coronavirus case map overlaid on the 2016 Electoral College county map? Thanks.


r/MapsofAmerica Nov 14 '18

I made a engraved wood map of The Continental USA

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r/MapsofAmerica Apr 12 '18

Generalized Isochrone Map of California starting point of Arcata. [OC] [700x800 pixels]

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4 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Feb 02 '18

Here I am futzing about on a map of a continental union à la EU but where the states, provinces & territories of the US, Canada & Mexico/Caribbean/Central America become 'countries' under the Kanata Union state, looking at demographics & treaties going back to the Treaty of the Dish with One Spoon

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r/MapsofAmerica Dec 16 '17

United States Western Watershed Regions

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11 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Apr 25 '17

Percentage of Land Covered by Water, By County

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9 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Apr 21 '17

Fast Food vs Full Service.

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7 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Apr 13 '17

Does Your County Work More or Less Than the Nation's County Average?

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9 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Apr 12 '17

Percentage of Households on Food Stamps, By County

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12 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Apr 03 '17

Employment Characteristics of Married Couples by County.

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8 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Apr 02 '17

Planned Parenthood's Footprint

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7 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Mar 29 '17

Visualizing discovery of North America using ancient maps

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3 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Mar 15 '17

Percentage of Population Enrolled in Medicare Advantage Plans (2007-2015)

4 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Mar 09 '17

Nobody Lives Here: A map of census blocks with zero population by Nik Freeman [1280x1484] [xpost r/dataisbeautiful]

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17 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Mar 07 '17

41% of The US Population Lives Within 60 Miles of an Active Nuclear Power plant

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9 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Mar 07 '17

People, not lightning, are behind most US wildfires [xpost r/dataisbeautiful]

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r/MapsofAmerica Mar 06 '17

Prevalent Fuel Used to Heat Homes.

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6 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Feb 23 '17

Racial Diversity by County

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7 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Feb 23 '17

The Extremes of Educational Attainment

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6 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Feb 14 '17

What Year Did Your State Adopt a Sales Tax?

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4 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Feb 13 '17

What Time do Most People Leave for Work?

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9 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Feb 09 '17

Data maps reveal inequality and equity in Atlanta

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r/MapsofAmerica Feb 08 '17

How High Are Sales Taxes in Your State?

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6 Upvotes

r/MapsofAmerica Feb 08 '17

Radius From State Capitals to 1 Million People

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8 Upvotes