The following represent GIS tools provided by WRP partners during the 2016-2017 WRP Regional Assessment effort to gather inputs from all WRP partners on their current priorities, emerging issues, and available resources. This list is not exhaustive of WRP GIS-related partner tools but rather represents some of what is available. The WRP will continue to add to these resources as additional ones are identified.
An online tool for Federal agencies, project developers, and interested members of the public to track the Federal government’s environmental review and authorization processes for large or complex infrastructure projects, part of a government-wide effort to improve coordination, transparency, and accountability. The project map function brings up project-specific information.
GeoPlatform provides shared and trusted geospatial data, services, and applications for use by the public and government agencies and partners to meet their mission needs.
A collection of national geospatial datasets of modal and intermodal transportation facilities and networks; flows of people, good, vehicle, and craft over the transportation networks across all modes; and social, economic, and environmental conditions that affect or are affected by the transportation networks.
Arizona Department of Real Estate site with links to maps depicting military assets within the state. Note: data is current as of 07/2022.
The AZ Geographic Information Council public platform is for exploring and downloading open data, discovering and building apps, and engaging to solve important local issues. Users can analyze and combine open data sets using maps, as well as develop new web and mobile applications.
The San Joaquin Valley Gateway provides a regional tool to help planners and resource managers develop and implement integrated multiple-benefit solutions for long-term environmental and economic sustainability. Users can: Explore and organize data & information; create custom visualizations, drawings, & analyses; use collaborative tools in groups; publish datasets, maps, & galleries; and develop decision-support and custom tools
The Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI) 2.0 Gateway supports the public process of the California Energy Commission, California Public Utilities Commission, and the California Independent System Operator to identify potential transmission that could access and integrate renewable energy with the most environmental, economic, and community benefits.
Data are available in six categories: conservation, energy, oceans, recreation, water, and wildlife.
Link to mapping tool with ability to determine if a project has the potential to affect areas important to military readiness.
Provides the most detailed geologic framework mapping of California’s most iconic landscape to date.
New and improved water rights data system, replacing the legacy eWRIMS platform. With CalWATRS, water right holders now have a streamlined way to view all their water right records, file annual reports, and request water rights services.
Find data from state agencies and partners, get assistance from OIT-GIS, and view other data tools.
A mapping tool that contains data collected from authoritative sources around the state, federal government, and sometimes from open data sources (noted on the dataset). The data is organized by categories and updated in real-time with the source.
Web-based geographic tool that displays interactive water data, well permits, and water rights across the state. It provides access to over 100 spatial datasets managed through Colorado's Decision Support Systems.
Colorado Parks & Wildlife application for viewing wildlife species GIS range data.
Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC) at The University of New Mexico (UNM) develops, manages, and enhances the New Mexico Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS) Program and Clearinghouse. Nationally, NM RGIS is among the largest of state-based programs for digital geospatial data and information and continues to add to its data offerings, services, and technology.
The RGIS Program mission is to develop and expand geographic information and use of GIS technology, creating a comprehensive GIS resource for state and local governments, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and private businesses; to promote geospatial information and GIS technology as primary analytical tools for decision makers and researchers; and to provide a central Clearinghouse to avoid duplication and improve information transfer efficiency.
As a repository for digital geospatial data acquired from local and national public agencies and data created expressly for RGIS, the clearinghouse serves as a major hub in New Mexico’s network for inter-agency and intergovernmental coordination, data sharing, information transfer, and electronic communication. Data sets available for download include political and administrative boundaries, place names and locations, census data (current and historical), 30 years of digital orthophotography, 80 years of historic aerial photography, satellite imagery, elevation data, transportation data, wildfire boundaries and natural resource data. Click on 'Get Data' here or on the main website to access the portal.
The Water Data Catalog brings together water data from across New Mexico into a single, accessible platform for scientists, policymakers, water managers, communities, and the public. The new powerful geospatial search capabilities are designed to help users find data faster and more intuitively.
A free, web-based planning tool to help water systems managers across the state find funding, fix vulnerabilities, and plan for a more reliable water future.
This site allows users to browse all datasets available for download on the NV Bureau of Mines and Geology open data page.
The Utah Geographic Reference Center site includes GIS data and tools for a wide range of information across the state.
A web mapping tool that provides Public Land Survey System data
The West-Wide Wind Mapping Project maps wind energy resources on the public lands and identifies existing land use exclusions and other potential resource sensitivities that may affect wind energy development opportunities across 11 western states.
This mapper is to support the public in their review of the BLM's Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendments for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development.
Provides mapping data for designated Section 368 energy corridors in 11 western states, with much of the available geospatial information relevant to corridor routing decisions.
DOI effort to work with States, Tribes, local governments, and non-governmental organizations to pursue a sustainable water supply; this visual tool contains interactive maps and project tours.
Geospatial Energy Mapper (GEM) provides mapping data and analysis tools for planning energy infrastructure in a geographic context.
This national carbon sequestration database and geographic information system (NATCARB) provides web based access to data, query, and analytical tools. Data sources include both DOE and non-DOE information.
In April 2018, DOE launched the U.S. Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB) in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, AWEA, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), a continuously updated data portal of U.S. wind turbine locations and characteristics. The data set contains not only the geo-rectified locations of the turbines but also a suite of important characteristics, such as the turbine height, rotor diameter, capacity, and year online. The latest release includes data on 74,833 turbines covering 45 states (plus Guam and PR). The most recent turbines added to the USWTDB became operational as recently as the first quarter of 2024, with a few from the second quarter of 2024.
Interactive geospatial application that allows tribes to conduct their own analyses of installed energy projects and resource potential on tribal lands.
Provides partners with GIS locations of all military installations with completed REPI transactions, along with relevant information and resources for these projects.
Mapping tool where the user can either download individual state data or take the national data; the data cannot be grouped specific to just the WRP states. Users can compare from one state to another but not more than two at time. EIA state level data is also available via https://www.eia.gov/beta/states/overview
Website that provides hourly electricity supply and demand.
The U.S. Energy Atlas is a comprehensive reference for data and interactive maps of energy infrastructure and resources in the United States.
Assists with identifying which regulatory agency has the authority to review and approve permits corresponding to EPA’s Permitting Programs and their supporting environmental statutes. The Map supports all types of stakeholders- federal agencies, states, territories, Tribal nations, local agencies/governments, and the general public with the following:
The ability to make a quick determination whether the permitting authority is with EPA or if there has been an approved delegation, primacy, or authorization given to a state, territory, Tribal nation, or local agency.
The use of a Geo Platform based web map provides maximum flexibility for site visualization and project planning ability.
Search and download our catalog of +1000 maps directly to your mobile device or print and hang on your wall at home. All NPS maps produced by Harpers Ferry Center are free and available as JPEGs, PDFs, or Adobe production files.
Web based one-stop for data and information related to NPS natural and cultural resources. Intermountain Region (CO, UT, NM, AZ) specific data.
Collaborating on Regulatory Process for Renewable Energy and Bulk Transmission Projects – uses a wiki environment to share permitting guidance, regulations, contacts, and other relevant information.
Map-based tools that support the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) of USDA and other land-based conservation and restoration programs in the U.S.
A set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, networks and associated infrastructure.
An online search, discovery, and ordering tool developed by USGS that supports searching of satellite, aircraft, and other remote sensing inventories through interactive and textual-based queries.
Global visualization viewer that provides access to select data sets within the USGS remote sensing archive.
The United States Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB) provides the locations of land-based and offshore wind turbines in the United States, corresponding wind project information, and turbine technical specifications. Wind turbine records are collected and compiled from various public and private sources, digitized and position-verified from aerial imagery, and quality checked. The USWTDB is available for download in a variety of tabular and geospatial file formats, to meet a range of user/software needs. Cached and dynamic web services are available for users that wish to access the USWTDB as a Representational State Transfer Services (RESTful) web service.
As one of the cornerstones of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geospatial Program, The National Map is a collaborative effort among the USGS and other Federal, State, and local partners to improve and deliver topographic information for the Nation. It has many uses ranging from recreation to scientific analysis to emergency response.
The MAPLand Viewer is part of the Federal government’s implementation of the Modernizing Access to Our Public Land (MAPLand) Act. The Viewer currently includes Access Easements, along with basemap data and federal land boundaries for context.
This tool delivers current streamflow drought conditions and weekly forecasts of streamflow drought at select streamgages with long-term, complete records across the lower 48 states (the conterminous U.S., or CONUS).
Most detailed national-scale geologic map of the country to date, offering a unique regional view of geology at and beneath the Earth’s surface.
The National Water Availability Assessment Data Companion (NWDC) provides regularly updated, model-based estimates of water availability and use, derived from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientific models.
Explore monthly model estimates of water supply, human demand, and consumptive loss across 80,000+ sub-watersheds in the contiguous U.S. Users can now explore this complex hydrologic data directly in a browser in an interactive map. Visualize the balance between available groundwater and surface water supply and human/ecological demand to identify local areas facing water stress. Track sector-specific water use patterns, including crop irrigation, public supply, and thermoelectric power. You can also view monthly physical metrics like soil moisture, snow water equivalent (SWE), evapotranspiration, and runoff to track conditions across historical wet and dry periods.
ECOS serves a variety of reports related to FWS Threatened and Endangered Species. The site also includes the Wildlife & Contaminants Mapper, a tool that displays the location of over 100,000 samples from the Environmental Contaminants Database Management System.
The Wetlands mapper is designed to deliver easy-to-use, map like views of America’s Wetland resources. It integrates digital map data along with other resource information to produce current information on the status, extent, characteristics and functions of wetlands, riparian , and deepwater habitats