U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
California 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 California. 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 California

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DATA

OFFICE NAME THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
Humboldt Bay NWR, Kern NWR, Pixley NWR, Sacramento NWR, Colusa NWR, Delevan NWR, Sutter NWR, Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area, Willow Creek-Lurline Wildlife Management Area, Sacramento River NWR, North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area, Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR, Coachella Valley NWR, Farallon NWR, Salinas River NWR, Ellicott Slough NWR, San Pablo Bay NWR, Marin Islands NWR, Antioch Dunes NWR, Castle Rock NWR, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay NWR, Kesterson NWR, Merced NWR, Grasslands Wildlife Management Area, San Joaquin River NWR, San Luis NWR, Clear Lake NWR, Lower Klamath NWR, Tule Lake NWR, Upper Klamath NWR, Bear Valley NWR, Hopper Mountain NWR , Blue Ridge NWR, Bitter Creek NWR, Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes NWR, Tijuana Slough NWR, Sweetwater Marsh NWR, Seal Beach NWR, Modoc NWR, Stone Lakes NWR, San Diego NWR

Approved Acquisition Boundaries

 

 

Refuge Boundary 1:24,000

Follow Metadata Link

 

 

 

ZIP data files in Shapefile Format
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 California are Crescent City, Weed, Alturas, Eureka, Redding, Susanville, Ukiah, Chico, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Walker Lake, San Francisco, San Jose, Mariposa, Goldfield, Monterey, Fresno, Death Valley, Las Vegas, San Luis Obispo, Bakersfield, Trona, Kingman, Santa Maria, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Needles, Santa Rosa Island, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Salton Sea, San Clemente Island, San Diego and El Centro.

DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES

SOURCE THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
USGS DEM 10m  -  spotty
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
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.
Califronia Spatial Information Library various statewide various Follow Information link. All data are maintained in an Albers projection and are organized by county, quad area, or statewide units.

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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