Navigation Charts are 8½” x 14” scaled color maps that indicate important navigation features of special interest. Features shown on the charts include channel sailing line, U.S. navigation lights, daymarks, arrival point marks for locks, normal pool elevations, mouth of tributary streams, location of bars, channel buoys, bridges, aerial and submarine crossings, docks, terminals, landings and navigation structures. No soundings are shown. A listing of small boat harbors, ramps, landings and commercial river terminals are included at the back of each navigation chart book.
Download Pittsburgh District Inland Electronic Navigation Charts (IENC)
The Inland Electronic Navigation Charts (IENC) are digital charts referred to as “cells”. The cells are updated on a monthly basis to allow the general public to stay up-to-date. There are RSS feeds set up for each of the cells. The USACE does not require anyone to create a Login to download IENC data, but we do ask for some basic information from the requestor to be used for statistical purposes. The cells are currently available in three different formats, linked below:
Google Earth KML
IHO S-57 cells
ESRI shapefiles
Download Pittsburgh District Navigation Chart Books (PDF)
USACE Navigation Charts are maps that indicate features important for navigation on the waterways. Features shown on the Charts include: channel, sailing line, navigation lights, daymarks, arrival points for locks, normal pool elevations, tributaries, location of bars, channel buoys, bridges, aerial and submarine crossings, docks, terminals, landings, and more.
Allegheny River Navigation Charts
Monongahela River Navigation Charts
Ohio River Navigation Charts
Soundings are NOT shown on the Navigation Charts; the only depths illustrated are the 9 Foot Depth Contours within the navigable waterways. Soundings for many miles of the Pittsburgh District’s navigable waterways are available for download here in basic ASCII text format.
Purchase Navigation Chart Books (spiral bound hardcopy)
Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio River Navigation Charts are available for purchase from the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) via: the GPO Online Bookstore, by mail order with the GPO Order Form, or by calling the GPO Customer Service Center toll-free at (866) 512-1800. Please note that the Pittsburgh District Office no longer maintains any stock of hardcopies to be sold locally or via mail order.