Iowa geologic map data

A GIS database of geologic units and structural features in Iowa, with lithology, age, data structure, and format written and arranged just like the other states.

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Show in Google Earth or other KML viewer:

iageol.kml (Uncompressed, 43.5M)

iageol.kmz (Compressed, 15.0M)

List geologic units by state or county

Show in your GIS using OGC web services:

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/sgmc2 (WMS, version 1.3.0)

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/services/wfs/sgmc2 (WFS, version 1.1.0)

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Content Download Format
Geologic units and attributes IA.zip SHP + CSV format

Documentation

Metadata:

Outline - Questions & Answers - Plain text - XML
Legend indicating the meaning of colors on the interactive map

Publication

Sources

Hershey H. G. 1969, Geologic Map of Iowa: Iowa Geological Survey, scale 1:500K

Related topics

Geologic units in Iowa