• Interactive Maps •
• Maps for Printing •
• Downloadable GIS Files •
• Maps for Sale •
• Reference Maps

Maps and GIS Files Related to West Virginia Geology

Interactive Maps (through your web browser) are also available at the Interactive Mapping Portal

Interactive Mapping Portal
coal, oil and gas, geothermal, and more.

• Coal
  • All Mining Map
  • Coal Bed Mapping Project Maps
• Oil and Gas
  • West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Wells
  • 'Utica' Shale Play
  • Lithostratigraphy of Middle and Upper Devonian Organic-Rich Shales in WV, RI-35
  • Marcellus Formation in West Virginia
  • Appalachian Basin Tight Gas Plays
  • Regional Geology of the Ordovician Trenton-Black River Formations
• Other
  • Interactive Topographic Map Index
  • West Virginia Broadband Mapping Program—for broadband availability within the state.
  • West Virginia Geothermal Map

Please visit the Interactive Mapping Portal for more information on the above maps.

Maps Designed for Printing (in PDF or PNG formats for 8.5-inch x 11.0-inch paper):

Simplified WV bedrock geology map
Download yours here.

• General
  • Geologic Map of West Virginia (high and low resolution maps to download)
  • Earthquake Epicenters of West Virginia (from the Seismicity in West Virginia and the Region page).
  • West Virginia Broadband Mapping Program — broadband availability within the state (72 maps as PDF or PNG).
• Coal
  • Generalized Geologic Map of the Coal Fields (MAP_WV2_GeneralizedGeologicMapCoalFieldsWVpagesize.pdf--631 KB)
  • Probable Original Minable Extent (mpcomnbl_Map27.pdf--596 KB)
  • Coal Rank Map (mpcorank_MapWV8.pdf--604 KB)
  • Generalized Ash Content (mpcoash_MapWV4.pdf--595 KB)
  • Generalized BTU Heating Value (mpcobtu_MapWV3.pdf--600 KB)
  • Generalized Sulfur Content (mpcoslfr_MapWV1.pdf--597 KB)
• Oil and Gas
  • Oil and Gas Wells in West Virginia (Oil_and_Gas_Wells_in_WV.pdf--2.44 MB). This map is also available as a PNG image.
  • Gas and Oil Fields (gasandoilfields_MapWV9A.pdf--1362 KB) (Soon to be discontinued. "Oil and Gas Wells in West Virginia" supersedes this map. A new "technical fields" map is in process of development.)
  • Selected Shale-Gas Resources (mostly Marcellus) in West Virginia (Various maps and information are available on this page.)
• Industrial Minerals
  • Limestone Outcrops and Probable Area Underlain by Rock Salt and Natural Brine (LSOutcropsSaltBrine_Map26.pdf--775 KB)

Map GIS Files for Downloading (ESRI shapefile and MS Excel spreadsheet formats)

• Coal
  • Coal feature shapefiles or file geodatabases are available from the Coal Bed Mapping Project. Complete this form to access download page: https://arcg.is/1uLeey .
• Oil and Gas
  • Marcellus Thickness and Outcrop, also Top of Onondaga
  • West Virginia Horizontal Wells spreadsheet Updated daily
  • A Geologic Play Book for Utica Shale Appalachian Basin Exploration (downloadable data in "Downloads" and "Data" sections)
  • Trenton-Black River Project's Gas/Oil Wells and Related Geology
  • Coal-Bed Methane Wells (dated)
  • Trenton and Deeper Wells
  • Completed Martinsburg and Deeper Wells
• Other West Virginia Data from the West Virginia GIS Technical Center

Maps for Sale

• Please link to the on-line version of the Survey Publications Catalog for further information.
• Interactive Topographic Map Index

Other Mapping

• STATEMAP: WVGES and USGS-funded surficial and bedrock mapping
• National Park Service: Surficial and bedrock mapping funded by the National Park Service
• WVGES Geologic Mapping portal (interactive coal, oil & gas, and other maps)
• Page-Size Geologic Map of WV (2.7 MB PDF - lower resolution)
• More state geology maps, including a downloadable higher-resolution page-size map

Legacy Maps and Maps for Reference

• Landsat Images: Eastern West Virginia (MAP_WV5_LandsatImage_Eastern_WV_1979.pdf--855 KB); Western West Virginia (MAP WV6 LandsatImage Western WV 1979, pdf--1008 KB)
• Physiographic Provinces of West Virginia
• West Virginia State Plane Coordinate Zones/Counties (wvstpln.pdf--105 KB)
• West Virginia GIS Technical Center's Description of State Plane Coordinate System for West Virginia Counties and Map Showing West Virginia State Plane Coordinate Zones and UTM Zones (spcs_wvcode.pdf)
• Topographic Map Symbols (provided by the USGS) (topomapsymbols_MapX1B.pdf--1957 KB)