The data sets listed below are for larger scale data (1:24:000 up to 1:500,000) for the state of Mississippi. 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 !
| OFFICE NAME | THEME | SPATIAL COVERAGE | SCALE | METADATA | DATA LINK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogue Chitto NWR, Coldwater River NWR, Dahomey NWR, Grand Bay NWR, Hillside NWR, Mathews Brake NWR,Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR, Morgan Brake NWR, Noxubee NWR, Panther Swamp NWR, St. Catherine Creek NWR, Tallahatchie NWR, Yazoo NWR | Refuge Boundaries | National Wildlife Refuge Approved Acquisition Boundaries | 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 Mississippi are Helena, Tupelo, Greenwood, West Point, Jackson, Meridan, Natchez, Hattiesburg, Baton Rouge and Mobile. |
| 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 |
| Mississippi Automated Resource Infomation System (MARIS) | Various - Borders of the counties, Railroads, Surface Geology, ect.. | statewide | 1:100,000 | Metadata: Follow data link. Search by topic. | Data is available in ARC/INFO e00, CAD .DXF, or UNIX tar file format. From the Data Warehouse link, follow the Spatial Data Available link. |
| Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) | Soils - STATSGO | statewide | 1:250,000 | Follow link on 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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