This map shows the estimated probability of Clean Water Act regulation
for 400,000 randomly selected points. The map shows these estimated
probabilities separately for two different Clean Water Act rules — the
Supreme Court's 2006 Rapanos ruling and the Trump
Administration's 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR). Estimates
are obtained from a deep learning model with 79% accuracy;
Greenhill et al. (2024)
provides details. The 400,000 points are a random subset of the 4
million points that
Greenhill et al. (2024)
analyze; the subset is used to decrease map memory requirements. This
map shows model predictions and is not intended to substitute for
jurisdictional determinations from the Army Corps of Engineers.