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EnviroMapper Map Legend Descriptions



Envirofacts Points

Envirofacts Points are maintained by the Envirofacts Warehouse. These points are latitude and longitude coordinates for the following types of regulated facilities: Discharges to Water, Superfund Sites, Hazardous Waste Handlers, Toxic Releases, Air Emissions and Biennial Reporting System (BRS) In many cases, facilities report more than one environmental activity to EPA. These are designated as "multi-activities" or "multiple-program-system" facilities.

Churches, Hospitals, Schools, and Populated Places

Schools, Churches, Hospitals, and Populated Places are extracted from Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) which is part of EPA's National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse.

Counties, States, Streams, Streets, and Waterbodies

The County, State, Stream, Streets, and Waterbodies layers are extracted from GDT's Wessex , which is a division of Geographic Data Technology .

Zip Codes

EnviroMapper's ZIP Code Regions layer is generated using Geographic Data Technologies (GDT) Dynamap/ZIP .

Major Roads

The Department of Transportation's (DOT) Office of Geographic Information Services provides the Major Roads layer for EnviroMapper.

Railroads

The Department of Transportation's (DOT) Office of Geographic Information Services provides the Railroads layer for EnviroMapper.

Watersheds

The Watersheds layer is composed of the U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Catalog Units.

Rivers

The Rivers layer is composed of the River Reach File 1 (RF1) generated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This map layer portrays the American rivers information.

Federal Lands

The Federal Lands layer is downloaded from the United States Geological Survey Map Layers Warehouse . This map layer portrays the federally administered lands of the United States that have any area equal to or greater than 640 acres.

Interstates

The Interstates layer is extracted from DOT Major Roads.


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This page was updated December 28, 2003.