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Ohio geologic map data

[Legend for lithology colors]

View:

Show in a web browser window:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/sgmc/oh.html

Show in Google Earth or download KML:

• ohgeol.kml (41.0M bytes)
• ohgeol.kmz (13.9M bytes)

Show in your GIS using OGC WMS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/oh?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities& [Instructions]

or OGC WFS:

http://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/oh?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities& [Instructions]

Use lithology_symbology.lyr ArcGIS layer file to symbolize lithology when using WFS

Download:

Geological attributes:	OHcsv.zip	CSV format
Geologic units:	OHgeol_dd.zip	Shapefile, polygon
Faults:	OHfaults_dd.zip	Shapefile, arcs
Colors for lithology:	lith6_2.style	ArcMap Style [Instructions]

Metadata:

[Outline] - [Questions & Answers] - [Plain text]

Legend indicating the meaning of colors on the interactive map

Publication:

USGS Open-File Report 2005-1324

Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States : Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1324/

Methodology:

Detailed report of data standardization procedures

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1324/documents/CONUSdocumentation.pdf

GIS style files:

Methods used to create several styles for lithology or geologic time

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1314/

Sources:

Digital Ohio map from CD produced as a result of a contract between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Ohio Geological Survey. Released with permission of the Ohio Geological Survey, June 2005.

Geologic units in Ohio