Maps and Map Files
Related to West Virginia Geology

To view or print maps, download map files, or find out about maps for sale, please select from the following.

• Maps designed for on-screen viewing:
  • Coal, Interactive
    • Coal Bed Mapping
  • Oil and Gas, Interactive
    • Appalachian Region Oil and Gas Data
  • Topographic, Interactive
    • Interactive Topographic Map Index
• Maps designed for printing (in .pdf format; for 8.5-inch x 11.0-inch paper):
  • General
    • Geologic Map of West Virginia (geologicmap.pdf--5.8 MB)
  • Coal
    • Probable Original Minable Extent (mpcomnbl.pdf--100 KB)
    • Coal Rank Map (mpcorank.pdf--108 KB)
    • Generalized Ash Content (mpcoash.pdf--99 KB)
    • Generalized BTU Heating Value (mpcobtu.pdf--105 KB)
    • Generalized Sulfur Content (mpcoslfr.pdf--102 KB)
  • Oil and Gas
    • Gas and Oil Fields (gasandoilfields.pdf--1 MB)

      

• Map files for downloading (ESRI shapefile format):
  • Oil and Gas
    • Coal-Bed Methane Wells
    • Recently-Permitted Trenton and Deeper Wells
    • Completed Martinsburg and Deeper Wells

      

• Maps for sale:
  • Please link to the on-line version of the Survey Publications Catalog for further information.
• Topographic, Interactive
  • Interactive Topographic Map Index

• Maps for reference:
  • Physiographic Provinces of West Virginia
  • West Virginia State Plane Coordinates (wvstpln.pdf--105 KB)
  • Link to West Virginia GIS Technical Center Description of State Plane Coordinate System for West Virginia Counties and Map Showing West Virginia State Plane Coordinate Zones and UTM Zones (spcs_wvcode.pdf)

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   Page last revised: May 22, 2008

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