Geology – GIS at Tufts

State / Province

Arizona GeoData Portal

The data and services available on the Arizona Geodata Portal are contributed by a variety of public agencies in Arizona, some of which produce earth science data.

Arkansas Geostor

This official site provides access to GIS applications, data, and web services in the state of Arkansas.

California Geological Survey

Geologic information related to California can be found here.

Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

Colorado oil and gas data can be found here through the Conservation Commission.

Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center

Texas geographic data provided by the Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center are the result of a collaborative effort by local, regional, state and national government agencies as well as educational and research institutions. These data are available for free download from this site. A section dedicated to Louisiana is also included.

Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection GIS Data

GIS Data from the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection are downloadable in Shapefile and File Geodatabase format. FGDC metadata and cartographic symbology defined in .lyr files are included with each download. They include environmental, geology, soil, hydrography, and conservation themed data.

Delaware Geological Survey Digital Datasets

Digital data released by the Delaware Geological Survey represent the results of original professional research and as such are used by professionals and the public. This research includes groundwater, lithology, and seismic GIS data.

EPA Landscape Ecology: Nevada Geospatial GIS Data

This website contains 37 downloadable geospatial datasets of Nevada with complete metadata. These include mine shafts, caves, soils, and water bodies.

Florida Geographic Data Library

The Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) is a mechanism for distributing spatial data throughout the state of Florida. Currently, there are over 350 current and historic GIS layers in the FGDL, from over 35 local, state, federal, and private agencies. FGDL includes data on Land Use/ Land Cover, Hydrography, Soils, Transportation, Boundaries, Environmental Quality, Conservation, Census, and more. FGDL contains primarily vector GIS data layers.

Florida Geological Survey – Data and Maps

The Florida Geological Survey page includes lithology, petroleum, and subsidence GIS data.

Geologic Map of the State of Hawaii

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1089 includes GIS data for geologic units, faults, dikes, and ash in Hawaii.

Geological Survey of Alabama GIS Data

This site includes Alabama GIS data related to groundwater, sinkholes, hydrocarbon, and coastal processes.

Kansas Data Access & Support Center Data Catalog

The DASC Data Catalog is your resource for finding and downloading Kansas GIS data. These data are provided as a service of the State of Kansas, the Kansas GIS Policy Board as well as other local, state and federal agencies. This includes aquifer, surficial geology, and environmental data. (Free Login Required)

Kentucky Geological Survey Maps and GIS

The Kentucky Geological Survey and other state and federal agencies have electronic maps and GIS data that you can download for your use. This includes geologic coverages of state, oil and gas wells, coal exploration sites, watersheds, water wells, and karst dye traces.

Minnesota Geospatial Information Office Geology Data

This first-stop information website provides an overview of major geologic GIS datasets, maps, and educational information, including geologic mapping standards, available for Minnesota.

Montana Geographic Information Clearinghouse

The Montana Natural Resource Information System includes mining, water, and geology data.

New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources Cartography and GIS

Good links for geology GIS data for New Mexico.

New York State GIS Clearinghouse Geology/Soils Data

A subset of the NYSGIS Clearinghouse. This page displays all data sets tagged with soils/geology.

New York State GIS Clearinghouse USGS New York Water Science Center Data

A subset of the NYSGIS Clearinghouse. This page displays all data sets owned by the US Geological Survey (USGS) New York Water Science Center.

New York State Museum GIS

A series of GIS files provided by NYS Museum. This data includes surficial, bedrock, and fault information.

NH Geographically Referenced Analysis and Information Transfer System (NH GRANIT)

New Hampshire’s Statewide GIS Clearinghouse includes groundwater, glacial, bedrock, and inland water resources data.

NJ Department of Environmental Protection Geological and Water Survey Digital Geodata Series

This site offers many reports with New Jersey GIS data including reports with geology, groundwater, and geophysics topics.

North Carolina OneMap Geospatial Portal

North Carolina OneMap includes landslide, fault, dikes, and lithology data.

North Dakota GIS

This web site is the portal to North Dakota geospatial data and information. The data, interactive maps, and other information available here are the result of a collaborative effort by North Dakota state agencies, local and federal government, and the private sector.

Office of the Massachusetts State Geologist

If you’re looking for a particular type of Massachusetts geologic data, such as subsurface information, water data, fracture-characterization maps, etc. they can be found here. Some good Massachusetts links are also here.

Oklahoma Geological Survey

The Oklahoma Geological Survey site includes petroleum, water, and geology data.

Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey

The Bureau has developed several Pennsylvania data sets, both by using in-house resources and by engaging in cooperative projects with other government agencies, universities, and organizations. They include bedrock, structural, and petroleum research GIS data.

Pennsylvania Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) is the official public access geospatial clearinghouse for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This site has good soil, glacial, coal, oil/gas shale, and watershed data among other geologic themes.

RIGIS Geospatial Data Catalog

The mission of the RIGIS is to monitor, coordinate, and provide leadership for activities related to the use of GIS technology within Rhode Island, to support initiatives to implement or use the technology, and to manage and provide access to a common database of geographically referenced information including bedrock, glacial, and surficial geology.

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Many different natural resource and geology themed GIS data sets are available from South Carolina DNR.

South Carolina Geological Survey Digital Geologic Data

These datasets were developed by the South Carolina Geological Survey and are provided for general use. They are basic geologic GIS layers both in statewide and 24k Quads.

State of Hawaii Office of Planning GIS Program

This site has GIS files for Hawaii which include coastal, hazard, and natural resource themed data.

TNRIS Data Catalog

The Texas Natural Resources Information System includes bathymetry, geology, hydro, and landcover GIS data.

University of Connecticut Map and Geographic Information Center Connecticut GIS Data

This site has GIS files for Connecticut which include bedrock geology, solid waste sites, open space, soils, and surficial materials.

University of Washington Digital Geologic Data

Quadrangle GIS data for Washington including geologic units, faults, fold axes, volcanic vents, dikes, and glacial features.

University of Washington Geomorphological Research Group

University of Washington Department of Earth and Space Sciences Quaternary Research Center hosts some GIS files related mostly to Washington, specifically King County and Puget Sound.

Utah Geological Survey GIS Map Data

Utah GIS geologic map data files are produced from published or open-filed geologic maps, and include geologic units, contacts, hazards, and other map information.

Utah’s State Geographic Information Database

Utah’s State Geographic Information Database contains hundereds of GIS data layers. This includes aquifer, fault, contact, landslide, mineral, petroleum, and soil data and many more.

Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

GIS data from the Vermont Geological Survey and Agency of Natural Resources.

Virginia Environmental GIS

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality provides shapefiles with water, petroleum, and pollution data.

Country / Continent

European Environmental Agency

Downloadable data about Europe’s environment. Many raster and vector files are available covering different portions of Europe.

Alberta Geological Survey

Many good shapefiles representing surface and subsurface features in Alberta (including kimberlites, bedrock, sand and gravel deposits etc.) are provided by the Alberta Geological Survey.

Yukon Geological Survey

GIS data found here in includes mineral, geochemical, glacial, and structural themed data for the Yukon.

British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

Geospatial data downloads for British Columbia include mineral and water themed information.

Geological Survey of Brazil – GEOBANK

Lithology and hydrology resources from the Brazil Geological Survey. (FREE LOGIN, SOME PORTUGUESE)

Mexico National Institute of Statistics and Geography

Earth science related vector data available for Mexico as part of a topographic and natural resources series. (IN SPANISH)

Geology and Minerals Institute of Spain (El Instituto Geológico y Minero de España)

Multiple scale geoscientific information available for Spain. Geomorphology, hydrogeology, lithostratigraphy are among the GIS data files downloadable. A search feature is implemented for querying the catalog. (IN SPANISH)

GeoCatmin

INGEMMET, Peru’s Mineral and Cadastral System, uses a portal for viewing and querying geospatial information, GeoCatmin. Some geology GIS data is available for download in shapefile form. Others are only downloadable as KML. (SOME SPANISH)

Geoscience Australia

The Australian government provides access to GIS data with many geoscience themes available.

British Geological Survey

Digital geological map data are available both onshore and offshore at a range of resolutions from small to large scale.

Geological Survey of Ireland

The Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) is the National Earth Science Agency. It is responsible for providing geological advice and information, and for the acquisition of data for this purpose. GSI produces a range of products including maps, reports and databases and acts as a knowledge centre and project partner in all aspects of Irish geology.

QMAP GIS data

A wide variety of GIS data is available for download for New Zealand.

USGS Projects in Afghanistan

A variety of downloadable geospatial reference datasets relating to Afghanistan. They range from Landsat images to topographic products and the results of airborne surveys. Some are commercially available products. Some were compiled from existing data, both historical and current. Others were assembled and/or created specifically to support USGS Projects in Afghanistan acitivities. All are accessible here at no cost.

Czech Geological Survey

In the frame of activities of the state geological survey, the Czech Geological Survey collects, acquires, stores, and assesses data about the geological composition of the state territory and provides it to the state authorities of different level. The CGS conveys regional geological data and information also to the professional and lay public. Beside free of charge information services of free accessible data on the CGS Information Portal or the CGS Map Server vector data from geodatabases, raster data from digital archive, excerpts of analytical and non-analytical data can be ordered.

Repositories

CEOS International Directory Network Portals

Many earth science data files are linked into this searchable portal.

EarthScope

EarthScope is freely-accessible data and data products from thousands of geophysical instruments that measure motions of the Earth’s surface, record seismic waves, and recover rock samples from depths at which earthquakes originate.

National States Geographic Information Council GIS Inventory

The GIS Inventory is produced by the National States Geographic Information Council as a tool for states and their partners. Its primary purpose is to track data availability and the status of GIS implementation in state and local governments to aid the planning and building of Spatial Data Infrastructures. The Random access metadata for online nationwide assessments (Ramona) database is a critical component of the GIS Inventory. Use this tool if you are having trouble finding data for a specific area of interest.

USGS Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

The USGS Alaska Science Center Geographic Science operates and maintains the AGDC National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Clearinghouse to coordinate geospatial data activities and to promote data sharing among the Federal, state, Native, local, commercial, and non-governmental (NGO) member agencies.