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
Other
- Interactive Topographic Map Index
- West Virginia Broadband Mapping Program—for broadband availability within the state.
- West Virginia Geothermal Map

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)

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

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

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)

Page last revised December 28, 2021.

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