U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wyoming 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 Wyoming. 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 Wyoming GIS Data Sets Wyoming

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DATA

OFFICE NAME THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
Bamforth, Cokeville Meadows, Hutton Lake, Motenson Lake, National Elk Refuge, Pathfinder, and Seedskadee. Refuge Boundaries statewide 1:24,000   Region 6 GIS page
National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) Wetland Information scattered:   A good status map exists on the Wyoming Natural Resources Data Clearinghouse page under wetlands
Data can be downloaded as well.
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 Wyoming are Ashton, Cody, Sheridan, Gillette, Driggs, Thermopolis, Arminto, Newcastle, Preston, Lander, Casper, Torrington, Ogden, Rock Springs, Rawlins, and Cheyenne .
Data is also available in shapefile format from the State of Wyoming (see spatial coverage)
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, most of western part of state
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

30 meter data in Arc/Info export format (grid) from Wyoming

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.  DOQQ Data is available on-line from the State of Wyoming in reduced resolution JPEG format.
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 from USGS
Arc/Info export format from the state of Wyoming for limited hydrography.
State of Wyoming Political Boundaries, Groundwater, land cover, ownership, GAP data, soils, roads watersheds, hydrology, wetlands, DEM's, DOQ's, DRG data various 1:12,000 to 1:500,000 Follow link in data section. Wyoming Natural Resources Data Clearinghouse This is an extensive site. The table accessed has information on scales, metadata, generally a graphic illustrating the data, sources, file size, and a brief description. Data is in shapefile and/or Arc/Info export format.
Wyoming Geographic Information Advisory Council - WGIAC various various     WGIAC maintains inventories of available GIS data and assists with GIS data sharing throughout the state.
Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC) various various   Follow data link Data Services
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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