U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Arkansas Spatial Data Sets

The data sets listed below are for larger scale data (1:24:000 up to 1:500,000) for the state of Arkansas. Data created by or maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is shown in the first table with links to the metadata and data where possible. Data from other agencies is shown in the second table, also with direct links.

Data of this sort tend to be dynamic. If you are aware of additional data not shown here please notify the contact person at the bottom of the page. Thank you !

Map of Arkansas

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DATA

OFFICE NAME THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
Bald Knob NWR, Big Lake NWR, Cache River NWR, Felsenthal NWR, Holla Bend NWR, Logan Cave NWR, Overflow NWR, Pond Creek NWR, Wapanocca NWR, White River NWR Refuge Boundaries statewide 1:24,000 Follow metadata link Region 4 Refuge Boundary files - Additional Refuge data will be added when it becomes available.
National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatcheries Public roads and related features such as parking lots that are located on National Wildlife Refuges Refuge Boundary 1:24,000 Follow metadata link ZIP data files in Shapefile Format
National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) Wetland Information scattered: 1:24,000 General NWI metadata  Data Downloads in Arc/Info export or DLG formats. Data is arranged by 1:250,000 quads. Quads for Arkansas are Tulsa, Harrison, Poplar Bluff, Dyersburg, Fort Smith, Russellville, Memphis, Blytheville, Mc Alester, Little Rock, Helena, Tupelo, Texarkana, El Dorado, Greenwood and West Point.

DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES

SOURCE THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
USGS DEM 10m - very limited
30m - statewide
1:24,000

1:100,000
USGS data with status maps for the data layers, scales, and formats identified.   7.5 minutes DEM data in SDTS format
USGS DEM statewide 1:250,000 DEM factsheet 1:250,000 data in DEM format
USGS DOQ statewide 1:12,000 USGS data with status maps for the data layers, scales, and formats identified.   
USGS DRG statewide 1:24,000 DRG factsheet  
USGS DLG (boundary, hypsography, hydrography, transportation) statewide 1:100,000 DLG factsheet 1:100,000 data in DLG format
USGS DLG (various  - see metadata link for status maps) various 1:24,000 DLG factsheet SDTS format data only
Arkansas - AR-GAP DLG statewide 1:100,000 Metadata is located under the data item GIS data sets are in Arc/Info and GeoTiff *(LZW Compressed) format.
Arkansas Geographic Information Office - GeoStor Maps, boundaries, aerial photography, facilities, and natural resources statewide   Follow the link on the Data page. GeoStor, the Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI)
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Soils  -  STATSGO statewide 1:250,000 Follow the link on the Data page. Download instructions for STATSGO data Available for DOS or UNIX, in DLG or Arc/Info export format.
NRCS Soils  -  SSURGO limited 1:24,000  Follow link to data files.  The metadata links are on the same lines as data links. Available SSURGO data from NRCS Data is listed alphabetically by state abbreviation.

For additional information regarding this Web page, contact Deb Southworth Green, in the Division of Information Resources Management, at Deb_Green@fws.gov


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