Washington State Department of Ecology

Washington State Maps

Statewide Theme Maps by Month
Precipitation	Temperature	Solar

Statewide Theme Maps
Counties, WRIAs & Ecology Regions	Legislative Districts with Counties and WRIAs	Population Density
Tribal Lands and Reservations	Tribal Reservations and Treaty Ceded Areas	Topography
Major Public Lands w/Counties	Major Public Lands w/WRIA's	County/WRIA-black&white
Flood Hazard Areas	Land Use / Land Cover	Zip Codes
Solar and Wind Energy	HUC4-8	EcoRegions

Information:

All State Theme maps are in color and are designed to be printed on 8½ x 11 paper.
Maps can be enlarged up to 11 x 14 paper size without loss of resolution.
All maps are available in PDF format. JPG and EPS formats are available by request.
All maps are produced from Statewide GIS data from the sources listed below.
All State maps are covered by Ecology Copyright.

To view the county maps in PDF format, your computer needs to have Adobe Acrobat installed. The Adobe Acrobat Reader is free and available by clicking on the icon below:

If you are unfamiliar with using Adobe Acrobat, we have some tips on using Adobe Acrobat Reader with our maps. Maps were created using ESRI's ArcInfo 9.x, ArcPlot software.

Data Sources:

Data for the state maps came from several sources. To obtain the digital data, please click on the links below to go to the source website or organization:

Layer	Organization	Scale	Year
Counties and Ecology Regions	Washington State Department of Ecology	1:24,000	1992
Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIA)	Washington State Department of Ecology	1:24,000	2000
Rivers and Water Bodies	Washington State Department of Ecology	1:100,000	2000
Precipitation, Solar and Temperature	Daymet U.S. Data Center	1 kilometer	1997
30 meter Digital Elevation Model (DEM)	University of Washington	30 meter	2001
Incorporated Cities	Washington State Department of Transportation	1:24,000	2002
FEMA Q3 Flood Maps	Federal Emergency Management Agency and Ecology	1:24,000	1998
Population Density	Washington State Office of Financial Management	1:100,000	2010
Major Public Lands	Washington State Department of Natural Resources	varies	2005
Legislative District boundaries	Washington State Redistricting Commission / OFM	unknown	2002
National Land Cover Data	United States Geological Survey	1:100,000	1992
Solar/Wind Energy Potential	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	varies	2002-2007
HUC 4-8 Watersheds	Washington State Department of Ecology	1:24,000	2012
EcoRegions	Environmental Protection Agency	1:250,000	2002

Other Map Formats
WRIA	County

What's new?

September 7, 2012 - 2010 Population Density map
September 1, 2012 - HUC 4-8 Watershed map
Feb. 20, 2009 - Updated Tribal Ceded Lands map
Sept 13, 2007 - Hot links in Tribal maps and Ecology Regions map
Sept 1, 2007 - Solar and Wind Energy Potential maps
August 20, 2007 - EcoRegions, Solar Maps by Month
June 14, 2007 - Flood Hazard, Land Cover and Zip Code maps
August 22, 2006 -Map of Legislative Districts with Counties and WRIAs
July 11, 2006 - Map of counties, WRIAs & Ecology Regions and Tribal Maps
August 20, 2003 - Temperature Maps by Month
July 3, 2003 - Precipitation Maps by Month

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

Liz O'Dea, GIS Analyst/Cartographer
Washington State Department of Ecology
P.O. Box 47600
Olympia, Washington 98504-7600
Phone: (360) 407-6142
Fax: (360) 407-6493
E-Mail (liz.odea@ecy.wa.gov)

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