GEOSPATIAL DATA FOR COAL BEDS IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, MONTANA AND WYOMING By Scott A. Kinney, David C. Scott, Lee M. Osmonson, and James A. Luppens 2015 U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 912 ABSTRACT: The purpose of this report is to provide geospatial data for various layers and themes in a Geographic Information System (GIS) format for the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana. In 2015, as part of the U.S. Coal Resources and Reserves Assessment Project, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed an assessment of coal resources and reserves within the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana. This report is supplemental to USGS Professional Paper 1809 and contains GIS data that can be used to view digital layers or themes, including the Tertiary limit of the Powder River Basin boundary, locations of drill holes, clinker, mined coal, land use and technical restrictions, geology, mineral estate ownership, coal thickness, depth to the top of the coal bed (overburden), and coal reliability categories. Larger scale maps may be viewed using the GIS data provided in this report to complement the page-size maps provided in USGS Professional Paper 1809. Additionally, these GIS data can be exported to other digital applications as needed by the user. The database used for this report contains a total of 29,928 drill holes, of which 21,393 are in the public domain. The public domain database is linked to the geodatabase in this report so that the user can access the drill-hole data through GIS applications. Results of this report are available at the USGS Energy Resources Program Web site, http://energy.usgs.gov/RegionalStudies/PowderRiverBasin.aspx. DISCLAIMERS: Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also contains copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items for other than personal use must be secured from the copyright owner. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. This data base, identified as DS 912, has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey. Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the U.S. Geological Survey reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the U.S. geological Survey nor the U.S. Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use. CONTENTS: 00Readme.txt DS912.pdf datafiles: ArcReader.zip: This folder contains the PMF (clicking on this executable will open ArcReader) file and data. ArcReader is a free, easy-to-use desktop mapping application that allows users to view, explore, and print maps and globes. Anyone with ArcReader can view high-quality interactive maps authored by a high-level ArcGIS for Desktop product and published with the ArcGIS Publisher extension. The data folder contains the GIS data that are used in the ArcReader project. This is the published data from the original ArcMap document. data pmf ASCII_rasters: Generic text format for raster files. ASCII_rasters.zip Metadata.zip:This folder contains Metadata. Metadata is information about the GIS layers that are in the ArcMap Map Executable Document (MXD) and the ArcReader Published Map File (PMF). More detailed information about metadata can be found on the internet. Each metadata document is encoded in both .xml and .html formats. mining_restrictions.html/xml prb_coal_ovb.html/xml prb_coal_seams.html/xml previously_mined_html/xml reliability.html/xml PRB_Coal_Geology_gdb_and_mxd.zip PRB_Coal_Geology.gdb: This file contains all the Raster and vector files that have been used in this project. The .gdb is a proprietary Esri geodatabase for use in ArcMap and other Esri products. More information can be found at: http://www.esri.com/. Powder River Basin Coal and Geology.mxd: This is Esri proprietary ArcMap executable file format. The .gdb and the .mxd must be kept in the same folder for the mxd to work properly. Shapefiles.zip drill_holes.shp (.cpg/.dbf/.prj/.sbn/.sbx/shp.xml/.shx) prb_area_clink.shp (.cpg/.dbf/.prj/.sbn/.sbx/shp.xml/.shx) prb_bndy.shp (.cpg/.dbf/.prj/.sbn/.sbx/.xml/.shx) prb_geology.shp (.cpg/.dbf/.prj/.sbn/.sbx/shp.xml/.shx) prb_own.shp (.cpg/.dbf/.prj/.sbn/.sbx/shp.xml/.shx) prb_restric.shp (.cpg/.dbf/.prj/.sbn/.sbx/shp.xml/.shx) "3-letter coal bed code"_reli.shp (.dbf/.prj/.sbn/.sbx/.shx) NOTE: The background images are a service from ESRI.com and are not contained in the Geodatabase. World_Topo_Map -- Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, TomTom, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), swisstopo, MapmyIndia, ©OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community ASCII_rasters and shapefiles: The data that are in these folders are provided in ASCII (Text) format and Shapefile (ESRI) format. TO ACCESS THE DATA The data files can be downloaded via the web from http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/912 or from http://dx.doi.org/10.30133/ds912. The text product is a Portable Document Format (.pdf) pamphlet which requires Adobe Acrobat for viewing. Acrobat software runs on a variety of systems, and is available for download free of charge from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com. ArcReader is available free at: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcreader/. Software Recommended: Adobe Acrobat (6.x, 7.x, or 8.x), or Adobe Acrobat Pro (6.x, 7.x, or 8.x), or the free Adobe Reader (6.x, 7.x, or 8.x), 8.x is preferred. ArcGIS 10.0, or newer preferred.