U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Idaho 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 Idaho. 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 Idaho

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DATA

OFFICE NAME THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
Bear Lake, Camas, Deer Flat, Grays Lake, Kootenai, and Minidoka   statewide 1:24,000    
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 Idaho are Sandpoint, Spokane, Wallace, Pullman, Hamilton, Grangeville, Elk City, Dillon, Baker, Challis, Dubois, Ashton, Boise, Hailey, Idaho Falls, Driggs, Jordan Valley, Twin Falls, Pocatello and Preston.

DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES

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

1:100,000
Idaho USGS data with status maps for the data layers, scales, and formats identified.  Select product information at the top for metadata or click here for a factsheet.  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
INSIDE Idaho -
Idaho's statewide geospatial data clearinghouse
- other data
Rivers, roads, lakes, quad outlines, Landsat MSS various various Metadata - with data Idaho datasets - Brings up a list of sites, click on a site and additional information appears in the box.
INSIDE Idaho -
Idaho's statewide geospatial data clearinghouse
DLG, DEM, DRG, and TIGER Data statewide various Documentation is with the data file. Download data in e00.
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.
Idaho Department of Lands Geographic Information Systems various statewide various   Data files are available for download as TIFF, ESRI export format (E00 file), and ESRI ArcView shape formats..

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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