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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) @ CMU

Resources and information on GIS created by the CMU Library and other CMU entities. Based on the CSU GIS guide - thank you!

Western Colorado

Colorado GIS Data Resources

Geospatial Centroid at CSU - http://gis.colostate.edu
- GIS Data Resources: https://gis.colostate.edu/software-data/data/
Fort Collins Geographic Information Services Division
Larimer County
City of Loveland
Colorado GIS Portal (unofficial)

Colorado Department of Transportation (Geographic Data): Various sources and scales. Goes beyond transportation and data issues.
Colorado Division of Water Resources: Downloads pertinent to aquifers, basins, districts, and divisions.
Colorado Geological Survey: Downloads pertinent to geology, minerals, geologic mapping and similar topics.

Map Indexes GIS Clearinghouse (Colorado School of Mines): Lengthy list of links for GIS and other digitized formats.

Colorado Department of Local Affairs - State Demography Office Map Gallery: Municipal boundaries, special districts, census data, economic data.

Colorado Division of Water Resources

Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment

Water Quality Control Division (WQCD) GIS data

Hazardous Materials GIS data

Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety

Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

Colorado Parks and Wildlife:

Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology - GIS

Colorado Data Sharing Network

USGS - National Map Viewer
US Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region)
Bureau of Land Management Colorado: Geospatial data and metadata statewide GIS layers for Colorado BLM.
Census Bureau - American Factfinder: Reference and thematic maps of census data.
Soil Data Mart (Natural Resources Conservation Service): Use "Select State" to find Colorado data.