Map Resources: Nevada In Maps

NEVADA MAPS

Digital and Online: UNR, Local, State, Federal, and Private Sources

UNR

• Nevada and Great Basin Maps Digital Collection (formerly known as "Nevada In Maps") - The digital map collections include Sanborn Maps, General Land Office Maps (historical plat maps), and Nevada and the Great Basin Maps collections.

• W.M. Keck Earth Sciences & Mining Research Open Data Portal (also known as the "Keck Site") - hosts Nevada-specific GIS imagery and maps for the state and surrounding areas. Data includes NAIP, DOQ, CIR, DRG, Topographic Maps, SPOT, NED, DEM, Aster, Landsat, and Geologic Maps.

• Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology - Publications, Maps & Data, Topographic Map Index, MyHazards and Mining District Database Files

• UNR Seismo Lab, including an up-to-date Nevada Regional Earthquakes

• Digital Collections, UNR Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, Special Collections  

RENO

• City of Reno GIS MapServer- community maps and data ​

State and County Sources:

• UNLV Digital Map Collection - Southern Nevada & Las Vegas: History in Maps

• Nevada State Climate Office​

• Nevada Dept. of Transportation - Map Info - an assortment of NV maps online

• Nevada Commission on Tourism Travel Guides

• Nevada Dept. of Environmental Protection (NDEP) - GIS Map Resources

• Nevada Geospatial Data - EPA GIS (no longer being maintained but GIS data is available for download)

• Nevada Natural Heritage Program - central information source and inventory of the locations, biology, and status of all threatened, endangered, rare, and at-risk plants and animals in Nevada.

• Nevada Dept of Wildlife - extensive Geographic Information System (GIS) to manage the collection, maintenance, and analysis of wildlife resource data throughout the state.

• Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, - includes Watershed Maps and Land Capability Maps

• Washoe County, Nevada Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)​​

Federal Sources

• Nevada Water Science Center, USGS

• Bioregions of the Pacific Southwest, USGS

• Geo Data Portal, a one-stop site for government-produced data USGS

• Science in your Watershed - Great Basin - USGS

• Groundwater Atlas, California-Nevada, USGS HA 730-, Published 1995

• NED Shaded Relief Map, USGS - select Nevada to download JPG or TIF file

• U.S. Forest Service Maps and FSGeodata Clearinghouse

• U.S. Forest Services (USDA), Nevada Forests:

  • Eldorado National Forest

  • Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada

  • Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

• Nevada QuickFacts, US Census Bureau

• Find a National Park Service Map Listed by state

• Great Basin National Park, US National Park Service

• USDA - Soils of Nevada

• EPA - EPA in Nevada

• Great Basin geoscience database, USGS  I19.121:41

• National Weather Service, Reno, NV

• FEMA - Flood, and disaster maps

• Bureau of Land Management - Nevada

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory - NREL: Dynamic Maps, GIS Data and Analytical Tools

• WINDExchange - Wind Energy in Nevada, US Dept. of Energy

Private Sources and Organizations   

• NV Energy - Economic Development - Nevada    

• Nevada Trails - search for recreational trails, including maps

• David Rumsey Collection - historic

• US Color Landform Atlas: select Nevada