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Wisconsin Maps and Geographic Information Systems Resources

• Atlases & Gazetteers
  • Breeding Bird Atlas (cooperative effort from   Wisconsin Society for Ornithology)
  • 1895 US Atlas - Wisconsin (Pam Rietsch) historical state, county maps, and data
  • USGS/GNIS Database of Wisconsin locations  Look up the location of cities, streams, lakes, beaches, etc.

• State Maps
  • Outline maps of Wisconsin (from State Cartographer's Office) 
  • Wisconsin Counties (from Wisconsin Department of Tourism)
  • Wisconsin original scale 1:2,500,000 U.S.G.S. 1972 limited update 1990 

• Cultural Maps
  • Population and Housing
    • Estimated Numeric Population Change by Municipality
    • Estimated Percentage Population Change by Municipality
    • Estimated Numeric Housing Unit Change by Municipality
    • Estimated Percentage Housing Unit Change by Municipality
    • Estimated Population Density by Municipality
    • Net Housing Unit Change in Wisconsin 1990-99 (Chart)
    • Housing Additions and Deletions by Units in Structure 1990-99 (Chart)

• Economic Maps
  • Wisconsin (World Sites Atlas)
  • Wisconsin major highways (from Wisconsin Dept. of Tourism)
  • Wisconsin county outline map (Caution- 520KB file size)
  • Map of downtown Madison
    

• Physical Maps
  
  • Environmental Issues
    • Chronic Wasting Disease (WI DNR)
    • National Priority List sites (from EPA) - map of Superfund sites; links to site descriptions, fact sheets, Federal Register notices.
  • Geology and Landforms
    • Areas with Bedrock at Less than 5 Feet (from the USDA NRCS)
    • Bedrock Geology of Wisconsin (from the Geological and Natural History Survey)
    • Geological Map and Mineral Deposits of Lake Superior Region (from USGS) ARC/INFO and ARCView files
    • Ice Age deposits of Wisconsin (from the Geological and Natural History Survey)
    • Landforms of Wisconsin (from the Geological and Natural History Survey)
    • Physical (Shaded Relief) Map of Wisconsin
    • Potential Gravel Source Areas (from the USDA NRCS)
    • Principal Mineral-Producing Localities (PDF format) (Go here if link isn't working)
    • Thickness of unconsolidated material in Wisconsin
  • Hydrology
    • Groundwater contamination susceptibility in Wisconsin (from the Geological and Natural History Survey)
  • Land Use/Land Cover
    • Land use/ Land cover in Wisconsin (from Wisconsin DNR) - Zoom in on a region by clicking on the map.
    • Land use/Land cover satellite scene (from Wisconsin DNR) - Zoom in on a region by clicking on the map.
    • Potential Prime Farmland (from the USDA NRCS)
  • Satellite and Space Shuttle Imagery

    • Ashland, Wisconsin and Lake Superior Coast (from Earthrise)

    • Green Bay Agriculture (from Earthrise)

    • Green Bay (from Earthrise)

    • Mississippi & Wisconsin River (from Earthrise)
    • Racine Sediment Flow (from Earthrise)
    • Satellite Image (original from NOAA AVHRR, 1996)
    • Links to AVHRR images of Wisconsin
  • Soils
    • Soil regions of Wisconsin (from the Geological and Natural History Survey)
    • Hydric Soils in Wisconsin (from the USDA NRCS)
  • Vegetation and Wildlife
    • Breeding Bird Atlas (UW Green Bay)c
    • Boreal Forest in Wisconsin (from Dr. Virginia Kline retired naturalist at the U.W. - Madison's Arboretum.)
    • Butterflies of Wisconsin (from USGS) links to both pictures and species distribution maps.
    • Chronic Wasting Disease (WI DNR)
    • Ecoregions of Wisconsin (from USGS)
    • Frog Abundance (from USGS)
    • Early vegetation of Wisconsin (from the Geological and Natural History Survey)
    • Mid-continent Prairie (from Dr. Virginia Kline retired naturalist at the U.W. - Madison's Arboretum.)
    • Moths of Wisconsin (from USGS) links to both pictures and species distribution maps.
    • Original Vegetation of Wisconsin (from Wisconsin DNR) - Zoom in on a region by clicking on the map.
    • Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Wisconsin (from USGS) includes information about soils, presettlement vegetation, natural disturbances, rare plants and animals.
    • Vegetation Change (from Wisconsin DNR) - Zoom in on a region by clicking on the map.
  • Weather and Climate Maps
    • Archived Monthly Precipitation maps (from NOAA) Scroll down to "Monthly Precipitation Maps"
    • Climate Divisions (from NOAA)
    • Current Climate Situation in the Midwest ( Last seven days and departures from normal -  precipitation, temperature, snowfall) (from the Midwest Regional Climate Center)
    • El Niņo Impacts: December - February Temperature (from NOAA) Choose from Normal vs El Niņo Average, Distribution if Means during El Niņo, U.S. rankings map, U.S. distributions map
    • Mean Annual Precipitation (from NOAA)
    • Satellite and radar imagery (from NOAA)
    • Snow Depth (from NOAA) experimental site
    • Estimated evapotranspiration (WI-MN Extension)
    • Insolation - Eastern US (WI-MN Extension)
  • Others
    • Chequamegon National Forest Map (185K) (from USDA Forest Service)
    • Nicolet National Forest Map (180K) (from USDA Forest Service)
    • Natural Divisions of Wisconsin (from Wisconsin DNR)  - Zoom in on a region by clicking on the map.

• Geographic Information Systems Resources
  • Department of Adminstration -- GIS Services Bureau
  • Department of Natural Resources -- Geographic Services Section
  • Environmental Remote Sensing Center (ERSC)
  • Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility (LICGF)
  • State Cartographer's Office
  • Wisconsin GIS Resources
  • Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors
  • Wisconsin Initiative for Statewide Cooperation on Land Cover Analysis and Data (WISCLAND)
  • Wisconsin Land Information Board (WLIB)
  • Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse

Wisconsin Page | UW-SP Geography/Geology | UW-SP

Created by Michael Ritter mritter@uwsp.edu. 
Last updated November 19, 2003