Washington State Department of Ecology

Washington State County Maps

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Major Public Lands	Land Use	Population Density	Soils	Zip Codes

Map Information:

All of our maps are designed to be printed on 8½ x 11 media.

All maps are designed to be used in overlay format with one another using paper and transparency film.

Maps can be printed on 11 x 14 media without loss of resolution.

All maps are available in PDF format, other formats such as JPG and EPS, are available by request.

All County maps are covered by Ecology Copyright.

All maps are produced from Statewide GIS data from the sources listed below.

There are NO individual County GIS data layers available.

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If you are unfamiliar with using Adobe Acrobat, we have some tips on using Adobe Acrobat Reader with our maps.

We created the maps using ESRI's ArcInfo 9.x, ArcPlot software in postscript format, which were then exported to PDF format.

Data Sources:

To obtain the digital GIS data, please click on the links below to go to the source website or organization:

Please note: All GIS data layers described here are for the entire state of Washington. County specific data is not available.

Ecology GIS Data

Layer	Organization	Scale	Year
Counties	Washington State Department of Ecology	1:24,000	1992
Cities	Washington State Department of Ecology	1:24,000	2011
Highway and Roads	Washington State Department of Transportation	1:24,000	2002
Rivers and Water Bodies	Washington State Department of Ecology	1:100,000	2000
Public Lands - including Tribal	Washington State Department of Natural Resources	varies	2005
Township/Range/Section	Washington State Department of Natural Resources	1:24,000	2001
Population Density	Washington State Office of Financial Management	1:100,000	2001
Zip Codes	U.S. Bureau of Census	1:100,000	2000
Boat launches	Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office	1:24,000	2005
Land Use	Washington State Department of Ecology	1:24,000	2010
Soils	Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)	1:24,000	2008

Other Map Formats
WRIA	State

Recent changes to County map content:

October 13, 2011 - Major Public Lands maps updated. Clickable Resource links.
March 1, 2010 - County Land Use Maps.
October 30, 2008 - Major Public Lands maps updated. Resource links.
May 1, 2008 - Washington State Farm Soil maps.
May 3, 2007 - Township Range Section (TRS) and Urban Growth Areas (UGA) added to Major Public Lands maps.
October 24, 2005 - DNR Lands updated in Major Public Lands maps.
June 15, 2005 - Campgrounds and Boat Launches added to Major Public Lands maps.
May 12, 2004 - Zip Code Maps
January 22, 2004 - Major Public Lands maps updated.
May 30, 2003 - Population Density Maps
June 2, 2003 - Major Public Lands Maps

Have questions and/or comments about the County maps? Please contact:

Mike Woodall, GIS Analyst/Cartographer
GIS Technical Services
Washington State Department of Ecology
P.O. Box 47600
Olympia, Washington 98504-7600

Phone: (360) 407-6088
Fax: (360) 407-6493
E-Mail: miwo461@ecy.wa.gov

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