BasinViewer Help Files: Download Data

A few of the data sets that are used by the BasinVeiwer have been made available for the public to download.  These data sets in most cases are a subsets of a larger data set that has been clipped to a 25 mile buffer around the Red River Basin.  All data sets are in shapefile format and UTM Zone 14 NAD83 projection.  The shapefiles have been compressed, use WinZip to uncompress files.  Click on the filename to download data set.  For more information about a data layer or to find information about attributes, click on the BasinViewer layer name to view the metadata.

Data Set Name

Filename & Size

Comments

Coverage

Data Source

Water Features        
Watercourses rrb_wtrcourses_dwnld.zip (11.5mb) Subset of Watercourses from FGDC Project.  Only the U.S. data is available because of licensing restrictions. U.S. FGDC Project
Waterbodies rrb_wtrbdys_dwnld.zip (15.0mb) Subset of Waterbodies from FGDC Project.  Only the U.S. data is available because of licensing restrictions. U.S. FGDC Project
Watershed Boundaries        
Major Watersheds rrb_majwtrshdbnd.zip (1.2mb) Merged Major Watersheds RRB FGDC Project
Transportation        
Roads rrb_rds_dwnld.zip (11.0mb) Subset of Roads from FGDC Project.  Only the U.S. data is available because of licensing restrictions.  U.S. FGDC Project