The data sets listed below are for larger scale data (1:24:000 up to 1:500,000) for the state of Washington. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson, Columbia, Entiat, Grays Harbor, Arid Lands, Julia Butler Hansen, Lewis and Clark, Little Pend Oreille, Mid-Columbia River, Nisqually, Protection Island, Quillayute Needles, Ridgefield, Turnbull, Washington Maritime, Willapa, and Winthrop | Refuge Boundaries | statewide | 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 Washington are Cape Flattery, Victoria, Concrete, Okanogan, Sandpoint, Copalis Beach, Seattle, Wenatchee, Ritzville, Spokane, Cape Disappointment, Hoquiam, Yakima, Walla Walla, Pullman, Vancouver, The Dalles, Pendleton and Grangeville. |
| SOURCE | THEME | SPATIAL COVERAGE | SCALE | METADATA | DATA LINK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | DEM | 10m - north and
west areas of state 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 |
| Washington State Geospatial Data | DEM, DLG and LULC | statewide | 1:24,000 to 1:2,000,000 | Metadata: Follow data link for downloadable files. | Data can be downloaded in e00 format. |
| Washington State Geospatial Clearinghouse | statewide | Follow data link for metadata | Washington State Geospatial Clearinghouse Search page | ||
| Regional Ecosystem Office - Northwest Forest Plan | DRG's, DEM's, GIS data themes | statewide | 1:24,000 | Follow link at the top of the data site. | Data - available in 1 degree Quadrangles and zipped DRG files |
| 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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