Description: West Virginia County Boundaries. Digitized off of USGS 1:24,000-scale Digital Raster Graphics (scanned topographic maps) by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. First published January 2002, updated with Census 2000 attribute data and re-published March 2005.Scale: 1:24000Extent: StatewideAttribute Information: Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes and 2000 Census data.Data Created: 2002Coordinate System: Latitude/longitude in decimal degrees (NAD 83) and UTM Zone 17 (NAD 83, NAD27).File Format: Compressed ESRI shapefile
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Copyright Text: USGS, WV Department of Environmental Protection
Description: Digitized off of USGS 1:24,000-scale Digital Raster Graphics (scanned topographic maps) by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. WVGISTC dissolved county boundaries to create state boundary. Published May 2002.Scale: 1:600Extent: StatewideData Source: U.S. Geological SurveyData Created: 2002Coordinate System: Lat/Long NAD 1983,UTM NAD 1983File Format: Compressed ESRI shapefile
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Copyright Text: Digitized by WVDEP. WVGISTC (WVTech) dissolved county boundaries.
Description: Ecoregions were originally designated by the U.S. Forest Service in 1978 to provide a general description of the ecosystem geography of the United States. Prepared by the U.S. Forest Service in February 2000. Reprojected to UTM83 by WVGISTC.
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Copyright Text: Prepared by the U.S. Forest Service in February 2000. Reprojected to UTM83 by WVGISTC.
Description: This dataset contains boundaries and detailed attributes for lands managed by the WV Division of Natural Resources for wildlife management. Many of these lands are owned by the WVDNR, but some are owned by other agencies (USFS, etc.) or private landowners and managed by the WVDNR by agreement. The producer of this data is the WV Division of Natural Resources (WV DNR).Scale: 1:24000Extent: StatewideAttribute Information: This dataset includes sixty-eight (68) attributes including name, owner, contact information, available facilities and attributes describing hunting, fishing and trapping opportunities.Data Created:2013Coordinate System: UTM Zone 17 (NAD 83)File Format: ESRI Geodatabase, ESRI ShapefileUseful links and related datasets: West Virginia Division of Natural ResourcesWildlife Management Areas (WVDNR)Nmonongahela National Forest Datasets
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Copyright Text: Questions or comments should be directed to Alicia R. Mein, Alicia.R.Mein@wv.gov of the WVDNR.
Description: National Forest Boundaries were developed by the United States Forest Service and aggregated as a part of USGS's Protected Areas Database, a subset of the National Gap Analysis project. There are several datasets available, each clipped to different extents or containing unique information. Each dataset is described below:National Forest Proclamation Boundaries, 2017. These data has been clipped to the West Virginia boundary and contains the full extents of lands within the Monongahela, George Washington and the Jefferson National Forests. Since these are proclamation boundaries, the forest service does not own all land within the boundary, but may operate within the area.National Forest Surface Ownership Boundaries, 2017. These files contain polygons of the lands within the proclamation boundaries of each forest that the USFS actually owns and/or manages.National Forests of the Surrounding Region, 2017. These files are the complete boundaries of the National Forests that abut or are proximal to West Virginia.
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Copyright Text: U.S. Forest Service
WV GIS Technical Center
Description: National Park Boundaries were aggregated as a part of USGS's Protected Areas Database, a subset of the National Gap Analysis project in 2024. Data originated from deed descriptions by the National Park Service. PAD-US format data is a comprehensive dataset, including all national parks and attributes according to PADUS standards. Original surface ownership and proclamation boundary data are also available.This data set does not include information about private land parcels within National Park Service boundaries.
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Copyright Text: See disclaimer. Contact the National Park Service for more detailed surface ownership data. Contact Information: Andy Steel (GIS Specialist) 304 465-6556, andy_steel@nps.gov
Description: National Forest Boundaries were developed by the United States Forest Service and aggregated as a part of USGS's Protected Areas Database, a subset of the National Gap Analysis project. There are several datasets available, each clipped to different extents or containing unique information. Each dataset is described below:National Forest Proclamation Boundaries, 2017. These data has been clipped to the West Virginia boundary and contains the full extents of lands within the Monongahela, George Washington and the Jefferson National Forests. Since these are proclamation boundaries, the forest service does not own all land within the boundary, but may operate within the area.National Forest Surface Ownership Boundaries, 2017. These files contain polygons of the lands within the proclamation boundaries of each forest that the USFS actually owns and/or manages.National Forests of the Surrounding Region, 2017. These files are the complete boundaries of the National Forests that abut or are proximal to West Virginia.
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Copyright Text: U.S. Forest Service
WV GIS Technical Center
Description: Date Updated June 11th, 2025State Forests of West Virginia.Data sourced from WV DNR. https://services9.arcgis.com/SQbkdxLkuQJuLGtx/ArcGIS/rest/services/WV_Public_Lands/FeatureServer
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Copyright Text: For additional information, please contact the GIS and Technical Support Program at:
DNRGIS@wv.gov
(304) 637-0245
Elkins Operations Center
PO Box 67
Elkins, WV 26241
Description: The U.S. Census Bureau classifies as urban all territory, population, and housing units located within urbanized areas (UAs) and urban clusters (UCs). An urbanized area (UA) consists of densely settled territory that contains 50,000 or more people, while an urban cluster (UC) consists of densely settled territory that has at least 2,500 people but fewer than 50,000 people. Datasets are available below in two scales: 1:500,000 and 1:100,000.
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Copyright Text: Information source: WV Legislative Services. Published 2022
Description: House Districts created from the apportionments of 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. 2020 district boundary files were created from the State's Legislative Services 2020 redistricting plans and Census data using GIS redistricting software. (https://www.wvle2020 district boundary files were created from the State's Legislative Services 2020 redistricting plans and Census data using GIS redistricting software. (https://www.wvlegislature.gov/redistricting.cfm).
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Copyright Text: WV Voter Map 2022 - Public access site for voter information via address search: https://www.mapwv.gov/vote/
WV 2021 County Redistricting Resource Site for County Clerks (Not for general public use): https://www.mapwv.gov/redistricting/
For further information contact Redistricting Office, WV Legislative Services, Building MB-48 01, 1900 Kanawha Blvd E., Charleston, WV, 25305, phone 304/347-4826
Description: Senate Districts created from the apportionments of 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020.2020 district boundary files were created from the State's Legislative Services 2020 redistricting plans and Census data using GIS redistricting software. (https://www.wvlegislature.gov/redistricting.cfm).
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Copyright Text: WV Voter Map 2022 - Public access site for voter information via address search: https://www.mapwv.gov/vote/
WV 2021 County Redistricting Resource Site for County Clerks (Not for general public use): https://www.mapwv.gov/redistricting/
For further information contact Redistricting Office, WV Legislative Services, Building MB-48 01, 1900 Kanawha Blvd E., Charleston, WV, 25305, phone 304/347-4826
Description: Incorporated places are concentrations of population such as cities, towns, and villages, thathave legally prescribed boundaries, powers, and functions. Incorporated Places weredownloaded from the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER/Line Shapefiles 2023.Demographic data was joined to this feature class in the following fields:PopCalcYear contains the year that the PopCalc data is from.PopCalc contains total population estimates 2018-2022, Table DP05,PopDecYear contains the year of the latest biennial census survey.PopDecCount contains the 2020 official U.S. census population count.
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Copyright Text: "Polygon Layer: (2025) WVDOT IT Division changed the projection and joined the demographic data.
This polygon feature class was retrieved from the U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries and names are as of
2025.Retrieved April 16, 2025, from
https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.html
Population for PopCalc field: U.S. Census Bureau. (2023). ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING
ESTIMATES. American Community Survey, ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles, Table DP05. Retrieved
April 16, 2025, from https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP05?t=Population Total&g=040XX00US54$1600000
Population for PopDecCount: U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND
HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS. Decennial Census, DEC Demographic Profile, Table DP1. Retrieved
October 17, 2023, from
https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US54$1600000&d=DEC+Demograp
hic+Profile&tp=true
Description: *This layer is primarily composed of U.S. Census Data, but also contains updated polygons for incorporated places that have submitted annexed town boundaries to the WVDOTIncorporated places are concentrations of population such as cities, towns, and villages, thathave legally prescribed boundaries, powers, and functions. Incorporated Places weredownloaded from the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER/Line Shapefiles 2023.Demographic data was joined to this feature class in the following fields:PopCalcYear contains the year that the PopCalc data is from.PopCalc contains total population estimates 2018-2022, Table DP05,PopDecYear contains the year of the latest biennial census survey.PopDecCount contains the 2020 official U.S. census population count.
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Copyright Text: "Polygon Layer: (2025) WVDOT IT Division changed the projection and joined the demographic data.
This polygon feature class was retrieved from the U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries and names are as of
January 1, 2023. Released November 22, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2024, from
https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.html
Population for PopCalc field: U.S. Census Bureau. (2022). ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING
ESTIMATES. American Community Survey, ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles, Table DP05. Retrieved
April 30, 2024, from https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP05?t=Population Total&g=040XX00US54$1600000
Population for PopDecCount: U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND
HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS. Decennial Census, DEC Demographic Profile, Table DP1. Retrieved
October 17, 2023, from
https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US54$1600000&d=DEC+Demograp
hic+Profile&tp=true"
Description: Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (metro and micro areas) are geographic entities defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for use by Federal statistical agencies in collecting, tabulating, and publishing Federal statistics. The term "Core Based Statistical Area" (CBSA) is a collective term for both metro and micro areas. A metro area contains a core urban area of 50,000 or more population, and a micro area contains an urban core of at least 10,000 (but less than 50,000) population. Each metro or micro area consists of one or more counties and includes the counties containing the core urban area, as well as any adjacent counties that have a high degree of social and economic integration (as measured by commuting to work) with the urban core. Metro and micro areas were downloaded from the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER/Line Shapefiles. The WV GIS Technical Center added population and demographic attributes from U.S. Census Bureau American Fact Finder.
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Copyright Text: U.S. Census Bureau American Fact Finder
WV GIS Technical Center
Description: The Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) were given the first opportunity to adjust the boundaries. Second, the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) Linear Referencing Systems (LRS) Unit made additional minor adjustments to ensure routes that closely follow urban boundaries remained entirely within or entirely outside of the urban area to reduce slivers and excessive segmentation. These changes were sent to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and approved on September 25, 2024. Several data items, such as federal functional classification, in the LRS network reference this dataset for attribution. For more details on the adjustment process, visit https://transportation.org/ctpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2024/05/FHWA-Adjusted-Urban-Area-Boundaries-AUAB.pdf
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Copyright Text: U.S. Census Bureau, WV Metropolitan Planning Organizations, West Virginia Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
Description: This dataset contains the WVSP troops and districts for each county in West Virginia. This dataset is provided as a cartographic reference dataset only. For full detachment details, visit https://www.wvsp.gov/contact/Pages/detachments.aspx
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Copyright Text: Polygon layer created by the West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT)
All data was obtained from the West Virginia State Police (WVSP) Detachments Webpage (https://www.wvsp.gov/contact/Pages/detachments.aspx)
Description: The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. States and equivalent entities are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. In addition to the fifty States, the Census Bureau treats the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) as the statistical equivalents of States for the purpose of data presentation.