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GIS: National Data

This guide is a space for all spatial data and GIS information at UNLV.

National Databases

U.S. Departments and Agencies

Forest Service

FS Geodata Clearinghouse
Repository for datasets that include all national forests.
Intermountain Region GIS Data Library
Region 4: Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
Northern Region
Region 1: Idaho, Montana, North Dakota
Pacific Southwest Region Geospatial Data
Region 5: California
Rocky Mountain Region Geospatial Data
Region 2: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming
Southwestern Region GIS Data
Region 3: Arizona and New Mexico

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Centers for Environmental Information Access
NCEI is a consolidation of NOAA's three data centers: the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). It provides access to oceanic, atmospheric and geophysical data. US and global coverage.
National Weather Service

National Center for Education Statistics

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Open Data
Los Alamos National Laboratory Open Data Server
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Office of Science Data Resources
Pantex Plant
DOE Global Energy Storage Database
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Maintained and hosted by Sandia National Laboratories.
Savannah River Site Data
Southwestern Power Administration
Y-12 National Security Complex

National Renewable Energy Lab

National Solar Radiation Database

U.S. Energy Information Administration

U.S. Energy Atlas
A comprehensive reference for data and interactive maps of energy infrastructure and resources in the United States.

Health Resources & Services Administration

Health Resources & Services Administration

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Bureau of Land Management

BLM Data

United States Geological Survey

USGS Data

Office of Justice Programs

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Geospatial at BTS
National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

NASA Earth Observations
Imagery of climate and environmental changes from satellite data. Imagery can be downloaded in jpeg, png, geotiff and kmz. Global coverage.

Smithsonian Open Access

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