U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Ohio 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 Ohio. 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 Ohio

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DATA

OFFICE NAME THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
Cedar Point, Ottawa, and West Sister Island Refuge Boundaries statewide 1:24,000 Follow Metadata link ZIP data files 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 Ohio are Fort Wayne, Toledo, Cleveland, Muncie, Marion, Canton, Cincinnati, Columbus, Clarksburg, Louisville, Huntington and Charleston.
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

DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES

SOURCE THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
USGS DEM 10m - very limited
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
Cleveland State University various various   Follow data link. Data - limited to Northeast Ohio
Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program (OGRIP)
various various   Metadata Explorer Data is available from metadata
OhioView Landsat 7     Follow data link. Satelite Data
Ohio Department of Natural Resources       Follow data link.> Geographic Information Management Systems (GIMS)
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.

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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