U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Montana 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 Montana. 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  Montana

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DATA

OFFICE NAME THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
Benton Lake, Black Coulee, Bowdoin, Charles M. Russell, Creedman Coulee, Hailstone, Halfbreed Lake, Hewitt Lake, Lake Mason, Lake Thibadeau, Lamesteer, Lee Metcalf, Lost Trail, Medicine Lake, National Bison Range, Ninepipe, Pablo, Red Rock Lakes, Swan River, UL Bend, and War Horse. 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 Montana are Sandpoint, Kalispell, Cut Bank, Shelby, Havre, Glasgow, Wolf Point, Spokane, Wallace, Choteau, Great Falls, Lewistown, Jordan, Glendive, Hamilton, Butte, White Sulphur Springs, Roundup, Forsyth, Miles City, Elk City, Dillon, Bozeman, Billings, Hardin, Ekalaka, Dubois, Ashton, Sheridan and Gillette.
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 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
Montana State Library: Natural Resource Information System (GIS) GIS Date statewide 1:12,000 to 1:500,000 Go to data site: Metadata is in description column Data in e00 or shapefile format.
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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