Maps and Map Files
Related to West Virginia Geology

To view or print maps, download map files, or find out about maps for sale, please select from the following.

• Interactive Maps: (through your web browser)
  New users should first visit the Interactive Mapping Portal and read the"What You will Need to View Our Maps" section.
  • Coal
    • All Mining Map
    • Coal Bed Mapping Project Maps
    • Pocahontas Formation Combined Maps
  • Oil and Gas
    • West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Wells
    • Geology of the Marcellus Shale
    • Appalachian Basin Tight Gas Plays
    • Regional Geology of the Ordovician Trenton-Black River Formations
    • Selected Appalachian Region Oil and Gas Wells
  • Other
    • Interactive Topographic Map Index
    • West Virginia Broadband Mapping Program—for broadband availability within the state.
    • West Virginia Geothermal Map
  • Visit the Interactive Mapping Portal for further information on these maps.

• Maps Designed for Printing (in PDF or PNG formats for 8.5-inch x 11.0-inch paper):
  • General
    • Geologic Map of West Virginia (high and low resolution maps to download)
    • Earthquake Epicenters of West Virginia (Both PDF and PNG formats on the "Seismicity in West Virginia and Region" page).
    • West Virginia Broadband Mapping Program—for broadband availability within the state (72 maps, in both PDF and PNG formats on the "Maps" page).
  • 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
    • Gas and Oil Fields (gasandoilfields_MapWV9A.pdf--1362 KB)
    • Marcellus Shale in West Virginia (Both PDF and PNG formats can be found on the "Selected References about Devonian Shales" 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 format):
  • Coal
    • Coal feature shapefiles can be extracted from any of the Coal Bed Mapping Project's Interactive Maps
  • Oil and Gas
    • Marcellus Wells and Related Data
    • Trenton-Black River Project's Gas/Oil Wells and Related Geology
    • Coal-Bed Methane Wells
    • 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.
• Topographic, Interactive
  • Interactive Topographic Map Index

• 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)
  • Link to West Virginia GIS Technical Center 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)

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   Page last revised: February 8, 2013

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