U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Arizona 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 Arizona. 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 Arizona

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DATA

OFFICE NAME THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
Bill Williams River, Buenos Aires, Cabeza Prieta, Cibola, Havasu, Imperial, Kofa, Lower Colorado River Refuge Complex, and San Bernardino/Leslie Canyon Approved Acquisition Boundaries 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 Arizona are Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Marble Canyon, Shiprock, Kingman, Williams, Flagstaff, Gallup, Needles, Prescott, Holbrook, St. Johns, Salton Sea, Phoenix, Mesa, Clifton, El Centro, Ajo, Tucson, Silver City, Lukeville, Nogales and Douglas.

DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES

SOURCE THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
USGS DEM 10m - northeastern area of state
30m - most of state
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
The Arizona Land Resource Information System (ALRIS) Counties, cites, land ownership, 90 meter DEM, others statewide 1:12,000 to 1:500,000 Documentation on data sets. Follow instructions to get data  
Arizona Spatial Data Libraries Various statewide 1:12,000 to 1:500,000 Documentation is with data sets. Spatial Datasets
Arizona State Cartographer's Office Various statewide   Data Standards and Metadata GIS Data Download Sources
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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