U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Colorado 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 Colorado. 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 Colorado

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DATA

National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatcheries
OFFICE NAME THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
Two Ponds, Alamosa, Arapahoe, Browns Park, Monte Vista and Rocky Mountain Arsenal Refuge Boundaries statewide 1:24,000   Region 6 GIS page
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 Colorado are Vernal, Craig, Greeley, Sterling, Grand Junction, Leadville, Denver, Limon, Moab, Montrose, Pueblo, Lamar, Cortez, Durango, Trinidad and La Junta.
National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatcheries Public Use Roads and Parking Areas All National Refuge and Hatcheries in the state with public road or parking facilities 1:24,000 Metadata - Roads, Parking Areas Data Link

DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES

SOURCE THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
USGS DEM 10m - spotty
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   Colorado 2005 National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) CCMs by county
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
Colorado Department of Transportation -Airport locations
-County boundaries
-Highways
-Public roads
-Public roads
-Rail lines
-CDOT GIS Data
mostly statewide by county 1:24,000 to 1:100,000 Metadata Colorado DOT Data is in ESRI Shapefile format.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Various statewide and county-level data   Follow data link Online data resources
Colorado Department of Local Affairs County, Municipal, Special district, School district boundaries statewide 1:50,000 Follow Documentation link for coverage. Download ARC/INFO coverages delivered as ARC Export files offered 'as is'.
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.

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