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Flow Classes

Class Description FlowBySector Reference Unit Flow Types
Chemicals Chemicals and groups of chemicals as defined in the Federal Elementary Flow List kg Modeled as ELEMENTARY_FLOWS produced by sectors
Employment Jobs p Modeled as ELEMENTARY_FLOWS produced by sectors
Energy Energy consumption, transfer as electricity or waste heat MJ All types
Geological Mineral and metal use kg All types
Land Land area occupied m2 Modeled as ELEMENTARY_FLOWS consumed by sectors
Money Purchases USDyear* Modeled as TECHNOSPHERE_FLOWS with producing and consuming sectors
Water Water use and release data, including wastewater kg All types
Other Misc flows used for supporting data varies All types

*USD unit value varies by year and is reported like 'USD2012'

Flow-By-Activity Datasets

Source data are imported and formatted into FlowByActivity datasets. The source data are only modified to meet column formatting criteria, meaning units are not standardized across "Class" types.

Code Dataset Class Geographic Scale Description Years
BEA_GDP_GrossOutput Bureau of Economic Analysis Gross Output by Industry Money National Gross output 2007-2018
BEA_Make_AR Bureau of Economic Analysis Make Table After Redefinition Money National Gross output, producer value, after redefinition 2002
BEA_Make_Detail_BeforeRedef [Bureau of Economic Analysis Make Before Redefinitions]((https://www.bea.gov/industry/input-output-accounts-data) Money National Gross output before redefinition, detail level 2012
BEA_Use_Detail_PRO_BeforeRedef [Bureau of Economic Analysis Use Before Redefinitions]((https://www.bea.gov/industry/input-output-accounts-data) Money National Gross output before redefinition, detail level, producer value 2012
BLM_PLS Bureau of Land Management Public Land Statistics Land National Land resources and information 2007, 2011, 2012
BLS_QCEW Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Employment, Money, Other County Number of employees per industry, Annual payroll per industry, Number of establishments per industry 2002, 2010-2018
Blackhurst_IO Input-Output Vector of 2002 Water Withdrawals for the United States Water National Input-Output vectors of US water withdrawals 2002
CalRecycle_WasteCharacterization CalRecycle Other California Disposal-Facility-Based Characterization of Solid Waste in California 2014
Census_CBP Census Bureau County Business Patterns Employment, Money, Other County Number of employees per industry, Annual payroll per industry, Number of establishments per industry 2010-2017
Census_PEP_Population Census Bureau Population Estimates Other County Population 2010, 2013-2017
Census_VIP Value of Construction Put in Place Money National Construction Spending 2009-2020
EIA_CBECS_Land Energy Information Administration Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey Land National Floorspace by building type 2012
EIA_CBECS_Water Energy Information Administration Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey Water Country Water consumption in large buildings 2012
EIA_MECS_Energy Energy Information Administration Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey Energy, Other Region Fuel and nonfuel consumption of energy flows by manufacturing industries 2010, 2014, 2018
EIA_MECS_Land Energy Information Administration Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey Land National, Regional Floorspace by building type 2010, 2014, 2018
EIA_MER Energy Information Administration Monthly Energy Review Energy National Energy consumption and production 2010-2020
EPA_CDDPath Construction and Demolition Debris Other National Estimates of amount and disposition of Construction and Demolition materials 2014
EPA_EQUATES Air QUAlity TimE Series Project Chemicals Chemical atmospheric concentrations and deposition 2002-2017
EPA_GHGI Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks Chemicals, Energy, Other National US GHG emissions and sinks by source, economic sector, and greenhouse gas 2010-2019
EPA_NEI_Nonpoint Environmental Protection Agency National Emissions Inventory Nonpoint sources Chemicals County Air emissions of criteria pollutants, criteria precursors, and hazardous air pollutants 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017
EPA_NEI_Nonroad Environmental Protection Agency National Emissions Inventory Nonroad sources Chemicals County Air emissions of criteria pollutants, criteria precursors, and hazardous air pollutants 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017
EPA_NEI_Onroad Environmental Protection Agency National Emissions Inventory Onroad sources Chemicals County Air emissions of criteria pollutants, criteria precursors, and hazardous air pollutants 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017
EPA_NI 2002, 2007, 2012
EPA_PI 2002, 2007, 2012
NETL_EIA_PlantWater 2015
NOAA_FisheryLandings National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Money State Fishery landings 2012-2018
StatCan_GDP Statistics Canada Gross Domestic Product Money Canada 2010-2015
StatCan_IWS_MI Statistics Canada Industrial Water Survey Water Country Water use by NAICS 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
StatCan_LFS Statistics Canada Labour Force Study Employment Canada 2010-2019
USDA_ACUP_Fertilizer 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020
USDA_ACUP_Pesticide 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020
USDA_CoA_Cropland USDA Census of Agriculture Land, Other County Crop area by farm size and irrigation status 2012, 2017
USDA_CoA_Cropland_NAICS USDA Census of Agriculture 2012, 2017
USDA_CoA_Livestock USDA Census of Agriculture Other County Livestock count by farm size 2012, 2017
USDA_ERS_FIWS USDA Farm Income and Wealth Statistics Money National 2010-2019
USDA_ERS_MLU USDA Major Land Use Land National 2007, 2012
USDA_IWMS USDA Irrigation and Water Management Survey Water State Water application rate by state and crop 2013, 2018
USGS_MYB USGS Mineral Yearbook 2012-2018
USGS_NWIS_WU US Geological Survey Water Use in the US Water County Annual national level water use by various activities 2010, 2015
USGS_SPARROW USGS SPARROW MAPPERS Chemicals HUC Phosphorus and Nitrogen in streams and coastal waters 2012
USGS_WU_Coef USDA Water Use Coefficients Water National 2005

Flow-By-Sector Datasets

Environmental data attributed to North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) Codes, formatted into standard FlowBySector datasets.

Description Code Years Number of methods of sector allocation
Commercial RCRA-defined hazardous waste CRHW_national_"year" 2017 1
Criteria and hazardous air emissions CAP_HAP_national_"year" 2017 1
Employment Employment_national_"year" 2017 1
Land use Land_national_"year" 2012 1
Point source industrial releases to ground GRDREL_national_"year" 2017 1
Point source releases to water TRI_DMR_national_"year" 2017 1
Water withdrawal Water_national_"year" 2010, 2015 3
Water withdrawal Water_state_"year" 2015 1