The U.S. Energy Information Administration provides an interactive map showing the major tight oil and shale gas plays in the lower 48 states.

Tight oil and shale gas are two of the main types of "unconventional" oil and gas resources, and played an important role in the early-21st-century resurgence in domestic production of oil (beginning around 2009) and natural gas (beginning around 2006).

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's nowCOAST web app provides real-time observations, forecasts, and warnings for a wide range of coastal and inland weather, water, air, and hazard issues. Available layers and services include:

The U.S. Geological Survey has produced a visualization that shows how much freshwater is used by each state for a variety of purposes. The visualization resizes the states according to how much freshwater they use.

The visualization shows freshwater withdrawals for thermoelectric power generation, public supply, irrigation, industrial use, or total withdrawals, with data available in 5-year intervals from 1950 to the present.

Click here to access the visualization of state water use.

The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality provides information about surface water quality across the state in interactive map form. The map includes:

• Detailed water quality data for lakes, rivers, and reservoirs
• Water quality impairment status for lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and streams
• Detailed hydrology for the state, including all surface water bodies and surficial aquifers

Additional map layers include information on administrative boundaries and the state's air, rail, and road transportation networks.

The U.S. Geological Survey's Produced Waters app provides information on over 100,000 samples of produced water from the oil and gas industry, waters extracted from hydrothermal systems (geothermal water), and some additional water wells.

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, under the direction of the U.S. Department of Energy and using data from the Energy Information Administration, has produced flow charts showing the major sources and uses of energy in every U.S. state in the year 2014.

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, under the direction of the U.S. Department of Energy and using data from the U.S. Geological Survey, has produced flow charts showing the major sources and uses of water in every U.S. state in the year 2005.

The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources provides an interactive map of the state's oil and gas resources. The map shows the locations and details of oil and gas fields, wells, active rigs, gas plants, seismic surveys, and other specifics.

Click here to access the North Dakota DMR's oil and gas map.

Source: North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources