GIS Data and Maps

To use the data in Google Earth format you will need to have Google Earth and/or the Google Earth Plugin installed.  For help using Google Earth go to their Help Center.

 Download Key: Google Earth:   Web Browser:   Text File:   Shapefile:   PDF File:

DEP Interactive Maps and Data

    Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management

    • Hazardous Oil Spill System (HOSS) Sites    
    • Registered Petroleum Tanks Database    
    • Remediation Sites (Institutional Controls) Database    
    • Sites and Sampling Data  
    • Solid Waste - Closed Municipal Landfills    
    • Solid Waste H2S Gas Monitoring Data
      • Juniper Ridge Landfill - Old Town  
      • Pine Tree Landfill - Hampden  
    • Sites In The News
      • HoltraChem Site and Sampling Data  
      • Unitrode Site and Sampling Data  
      • Wallagrass - Noble Tank Truck Accident  

    Bureau of Land and Water Quality

    • Aquatic Invasive Plant Locations  
    • Aquifer Quantitative Use Assessment (AQUA) Index  
    • Biomonitoring Stream and Wetland Sampling Data  
    • Maine Healthy Beaches Program      
    • Maine Lake Information  
    • Marine Sewage Pumpouts    
    • Mining Sites      
    • Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer Systems Regulated Areas    
    • NRPA Bird Habitats (all)  
      • Inland Wading Waterfowl    
      • Tidal Wading Waterfowl  
      • Shorebird Feeding & Roosting    
      • Seabird Nesting Islands    
    • NRPA Vernal Pools    
    • Overboard Discharges    
    • Overboard Discharges, Bacterial Closures and Molluscan Shellfish Habitats  
    • Permit By Rule Locations    
    • Shoreland Zoning Inland Wading Waterfowl    
    • Site Location of Development and Stormwater Law Permits: 2006 to present    
    • Wastewater Licensed Dischargers and Critical Salmon Habitat
      • Androscoggin Rivershed  
      • Kennebec Rivershed  
      • Penobscot Rivershed  
    • Wastewater Facilities and Outfalls (MEPDES)  
      • Facilities  
      • Outfalls  
    • Waterbody Statutory Classification    

    Bureau of Air Quality

    • Air Monitoring Stations    
    • Air Quality Index (from EPA - preliminary data)    
    • Licensed Air Facilities and Stacks  
      • Facilities  
      • Stacks  

    All Bureaus

    • Environmental and Geographic Analysis Database (EGAD)
      • Site Types (Threats to Groundwater and Environmental Monitoring)    
      • Sampling Data  
    • Maine Public Water Resource Information System  

 

Downloading Data:  When downloadable data is available for GIS Users there are two options:
    Option 1:  Use the raw data file alternate links above to download a shapefile or text file.
    Option 2:  Click on the project or layer links in the Google Earth table of contents (Places window).  In the balloon, there will be a link to a text file with attribute data and spatial coordinates that can be imported into most GIS systems.

Feedback:  If you would like to comment on the use of Google Earth, provide suggestions for improving the functionality or report problems please go to our Feedback Form.

Disclaimers: 
-  The Maine DEP is only providing the data to be used in the Google Earth application on the user's computer.  We are not responsible for installing or maintaining this software product.
-  The Google Earth imagery dates provided do not necessarily represent the date the image was captured but show the date the imagery was processed and deployed.
-  For questions regarding data content or data accuracy please contact the staff in the responsible programs.  The staff contacts can be reached through the links in the Google Earth files. 
-  This data is for visual representation only and may not contain all data that is available by contacting the DEP directly.
-  The individual DEP Google Earth Map projects contain a number of statewide data layers.  These layers can be obtained from the Maine Office of GIS Data Catalog.
-  If you need to make detailed decisions using geospatial data please obtain origninal copies of the data.

 

Other Interactive Maps and Data

  • Maine Department of Conservation Boat Launches    
  • Maine Department of Conservation Navigational Aids  
  • Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Conservation Lands    
  • Maine Department of Marine Resources Bacteria Closure Areas  
  • Maine Department of Transportation Survey Control Points  
  • Maine Geological Survey - Maine Mineral Resources  
  • Maine Geological Survey - Publications Search Map  
  • Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Fishing Guide  
  • Maine Office of GIS Aerial Photography Viewer  
  • Maine Natural Areas Program Ecological Reserves  
  • Maine Office of GIS Basemap Viewer  
  • Maine State Planning Office - Land for Maine's Future Projects    
  • Maine Tax Parcels
    • Organized Towns    
    • Unorganized Towns (LURC)      
  • USGS Topographic Maps  
  • UTM Coordinate Conversion Tool  
  • Wetlands (from USFWS)  


GIS Data Distribution

MEDEP staff generate and utilize a large amount of GIS data.  Non-MEDEP GIS data are typically distributed by the Maine Office of GIS.

MEDEP GIS Data is now being distributed using Google Earth (above).  If you can't find the data you are interested in contact Chris Halsted (christian.h.halsted (at) maine.gov) or John Lynam (john.lynam (at) maine.gov).


GIS Data Collection

The MEDEP GIS Unit coordinates the collection and submittal of GIS data from MEDEP program staff and environmental consultants.  This data supports the geographic evaluation of sites and study areas in conjunction with environmental sampling data.  A set of Spatial Data Collection Guidelines is now available to assist with submittal of data to the MEDEP Spatial Database.