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Geospatial Data Groupings

USGS Topographic series DRG maps, Public Land Survey System (Township-Range) boundaries
2006 Color DOQQs!!, Digital Ortho Quarter Quads, Satellite Imagery from various years.
90 m Shuttle Radar Elevation Data, 30 m , 10 m DEM data, continuous and seamless; 5m LIDAR for a few select areas
County level Order 2 Soil Survey (SSURGO) and Statewide Soil Associations (STATSGO)
Streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, hydrologic units (HUC), and other water related features. 1990 and 2000 Land use classifications, Impervious Surfaces, Canopy

Infrastructure Data

Roads, Railroads, airports, and other man-made features (Under Construction) Hard-rock geology, Eco-Regions, Major Land Resource Areas (MLRA)

Population and Economics

Reference Maps

(Under Construction) Preconstructed and really nice looking maps for downloading and printing (Under Construction)
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This website was developed by the ACES Water Quality Team, under the leadership of Dr. James E. Hairston. It is funded, in part, by USDA-CSREES water quality grant support under Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998.