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Environmental Protection Agency

Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
(formerly the Spatial Data Library System (ESDLS))

Description: A repository for the Agency's new and legacy geospatial data holdings. This system enables Agency access to its geospatial data in ARC/INFO format. Data sets are contained for county, state, and national levels. This data covers the conterminous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and are used in the Maps On Demand applications to generate user-created maps of environmental information.
Formats: Multi-scale census layers, TIGER files, zip code and political boundary layers, Superfund site boundaries, and more.
Data Access: Point and click format to access metadata. This site does not offer a search engine.

EPA Region 2 GIS Data Atlas
Region: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands

EPA Region 8 GIS Data Inventory
Description: A simple tabular listing of data, each entry with a metadata and download link. All data files in .e00 for ARC/Info 8.01.
Data Types: Various, including: Roads, potential vegetation, hill shading, Superfund boundaries, Toxic Release Inventory, wetland discharge permits and violations.

EPA Region 10 Environmental & Public Access Data Library
Region: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
Description: Links to data in list format. Not searchable. Access to metadata and datasets. Download in zipped ArcInterchange (.e00) format.

Geospatial Data Resources

Commercial Remote Sensing

NASA Archives

NOAA Archives

EPA Libraries

USGS Archives

Global Gateways

State-Level Geospatial Data Centers

 
These links are provided only for the convenience of the general public
and are not intended to imply endorsements by the KARS Program

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