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GIS DATA LIBRARY

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Transportation	Physical Environment	Political/Administrative
DATA INDEX

Road Base Bus/Transit Rail Freight/Ports Airports Projects	Air Quality Soil and Vegetation Elevation Hydrography Shoreline	Cultural
		Imagery
		Map images (geo-referenced)

Other Infrastructure

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TRANSPORTATION

ROAD BASE
Description	Filename	Updated	Reviewed	Topology	Category

Agricultural Border Inspection Stations	ag_inspc	Sep 00	2000	point	I
Alternate Bike Routes	alt_bike	Dec 94	no review	line	I
Bridges - State Highway System	st_br	Jun 06	2006	point	I
High Occupancy Vehicle lanes	hov	Oct 07	2007	line	I
Highway Performance Monitoring System - Click Here	Click on links for current Caltrans HPMS data				I
Local Road Bridges	loc_br	Feb 06	2006	point	I
Caltrans Maintenance Facilites	maint_fac	June 07	2007	point	I
Park and Ride Lots	prk_rde	Nov 07	2007	point	I
Safety Roadside Rest Areas	rest	Jan 04	2004	point	I
State Highway Shields	shield	Jan 02	2002	point	I
State Highway Routes	st_hwy	Jan 04	2004	line	I
State Scenic Highway	scenic_hwys	Jan 08	2008	line	I
Summit Locations on State Highway System	summit	Aug 94	no review	point	I
Transportation Management Association Legislative Boundaries	tma_dot	Feb 98	no review	poly	I
Transportaion Management System Elements	tms	Nov 07	2007	point	I
Travel Plaza	tvl_plza	Oct 06	no review	point	I
Vista Points	vista	Jun 00	2000	point	I
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Functionally Classified Roads	func	Jan 04	2004	line	I
Tele Atlas Roads	tana_rds	Apr 08	2008	line	II
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BUS/TRANSIT
Bus Terminals	bus_term	Aug 95	no review	point	I
Fixed Route Bus System	fta_bus	Aug 01	no review	line	I
Amtrak Bus Station	amtrkbus	May 06	2006	point	I
Rail and Ferry Feeder Bus Routes	bus_fdr	Jun 94	no review	line	I
Commuter Ferry Routes and Terminals	com_frry	Jun 94	no review	line	I
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RAIL
Railroad Lines	rail	Apr 08	2008	line	I
Passenger Rail Stations	rr_sta	Jun 07	2007	point	I
Light Rail	lt_rail	Nov 03	2003	line	I
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FREIGHT/PORTS
Intermodal Freight Transfer Facilities	fr_facl	Jan 99	1999	point	I
Intermodal Transfer Facilities - Tanker Terminals	tnkr_trm	Jan 99	no review	point	I
Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facilities	cvef	May 07	2007	point	I
Truck Network	trknet	Jun 04	2006	line	I
Public and Private Ports	port	Jan 99	1999	point	I
Public and Private Port Boundaries	port_bnd	Jan 99	1999	poly	I
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AIRPORTS
Airport Boundaries	airp_bnd	Jan 99	1999	poly	I
Airport Runways	airp_rw	Apr 03	2003	line	I
Airports	airport	Apr 08	2008	point	I
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PROJECTS
Airport Planned	airpoint	Jun 07	no review	point	I
Highway Planned	ctis_h_pl	Jun 07	no review	line	I
Highway Programmed	ctis_h_pr	Jun 07	no review	line	I
Local Roads Planned	local_pl	Jun 07	no review	line	I
Local Roads Programmed	local_pr	Jun 07	no review	line	I
Bike, Ped, Transit Planned	pl_bpt	Jun 07	no review	point	I
Bike, Ped, Transit Programmed	pr_bpt	Jun 07	no review	point	I
Charted Planned (mapped at county seat)	pl_charted	Jun 07	no review	point	I
Charted Programmed (mapped at county seat)	pr_charted	Jun 07	no review	point	I
Rail Planned	rail_pl	Jun 07	no review	line	I
Rail Programmed	rail_pr	Jun 07	no review	line	I

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OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE

Description	Filename	Updated	Reviewed	Topology	Category

Aggregate Mines	agmine	Jun 06	2006	point	I
Health Care Facilities	hlthfac	Oct 97	no review	point	I
U.S. Weather Service Observation Stations	wxstna	Jul 06	2006	point	I

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PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

AIR QUALITY
Description	Filename		Updated	Reviewed	Topology	Category

Air Basins	abas		Mar 98	no review	poly	I
Air Monitoring Stations	amon		Apr 06	no review	point	I
CA Air Quality Standard - Carbon Monoxide	calco		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
CA Air Quality Standard - Ozone	caloz		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
CA Air Quality Standard - Fine Particulates	calpm2_5		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
CA Air Quality Standard - Particulates	calpm10		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
CA Air Quality Standard - Visibility Reducing Particulates	calvrp		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
CA Air Quality Standard - Sulfate	calsulf		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
CA Air Quality Standard - Sulfur Dioxide	calso2		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
CA Air Quality Standard - Nitrogen Dioxide	calno2		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
CA Air Quality Standard - Lead	callead		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
CA Air Quality Standard - Hydrogen Sulfide	calh2s		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
Federal Air Quality Standard - Carbon Monoxide	carbmnx		May 04	2006	poly	I
Federal Air Quality Standard - Ozone 1 Hour	ozone1hr		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
Federal Air Quality Standard - Ozone 8 Hour	ozone		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
Federal Air Quality Standard - Fine Particulates	pm2_5		Aug 06	2006	poly	I
Federal Air Quality Standard - Particulates	pm10		May 04	2006	poly	I
Federal Air Quality Standard - Sulfur Dioxide	so2		May 04	2006	poly	I
Federal Air Quality Standard - Nitrogen Dioxide	no2		May 04	2006	poly	I
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SOIL and VEGETATION
Soils - STATSGO (generalized soil data) - Click Here Note: Name is changing to Digital General Soil Map	Click on links for current STATSGO data and metadata from NRCS					I
Soils - SSURGO (detailed soil data) - Click Here	Click on links for current SSURGO data and metadata, or for General Information					I
Wilderness	wilderness		Dec 04	2004	poly	I
Coastal Redwood Ranges	redwood		Mar 94	2006	poly	I
Valley Oak	valoak		Dec 04	2004	poly	I
Landcover Vegetation, Habitat, Landuse	landcov		Jan 01	2001	poly	I
Dominant Vegetation Type Regions	veg		1981	no review	poly	I
National Land Cover Characterization	nlcd	Tiled	Apr 00	2001	grid	I
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ELEVATION
Terrain Elevation Contours - 500' interval	con500		Aug 92	no review	poly	I
Terrain Elevation Contours - 500' interval - Generalized	con500gn		Nov 00	no review	poly	I
Digital Elevation Model (DEM) 1:24k	dem24k	Tiled	Jan 00	no review	grid	I
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HYDROGRAPHY
FEMA Q3 flood data	floodzn		Jan 01	2001	poly	I
FEMA flood data	fema		1996	no review	poly	I
Groundwater Basins - Click Here	Click on links for DWR data and metadata. More related data can be found at the Water Data Library maintained by DWR.					II
California Watershed	calw221		Jul 06	2006	poly	I
Dept Water Resources Hydrologic Watersheds	hbas		Nov 95	no review	poly	I
Hydrography Features - General	hydro		Sep 93	no review	line	I
Hydrographic Point Feature	hydropo		Sep 92	no review	point	I
USGS Streamgages - Click Here	Click on links for current USGS Streamgage data and metadata					I
Major Lake and Reservoir Boundaries	lake500		Sep 95	no review	poly	I
National Wetlands Inventory - Click Here	Click on links for current FWS NWI data and metadata					I
National Wetlands Inventory - Bay Area	nwibay		Mar 97	no review	poly	I
National Wetlands Inventory -Delta Area	nwidelta		Mar 97	no review	poly	I
Mean Annual Precipitation Areas	precip		Jan 94	no review	poly	I
Major Rivers and Streams	river500		Aug 95	no review	line	I
Impaired Waters (303d) - Click Here	Click on links for current 303d data and metadata from the State Water Resources Control Board					I
Chinook Salmon ESU	chinesu		Jan 07	2007	poly	I
Coho Salmon ESU	cohoesu		Jan 07	2007	poly	I
Steelhead Salmon ESU	stlesu		Jan 07	2007	poly	I
National Hydrography Dataset - Click Here	Click on links for current NHD data and metadata from the USGS. Metadata for resolutions: High, Medium, Local					I
Vernal Pool Critical Habitat	vernal_pool		Sep 03	no review	poly	I
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SHORELINE
Offshore Islands	offsr_is		Dec 96	no review	poly	I
California Shoreline	coast24		Sep 93	no review	line	I