This page provides a list of websites that can be used to obtain data for GIS use.

If collecting data personally check out this list of GIS Mobile Apps.
GIS Data Sources
This data is already in a GIS data format
Find Spatial Data for Mapping
  • This is a list of an assortment of websites and resources for GIS Data, though this data is all Nationwide and not Kentucky specific.
  • Some of this data is in a GIS Data format; some of the data is not.

Kentucky Elevation Data and Aerial Maps
  • Can be used as basemaps
  • Can be georeferenced and used to digitize data

KY Geoportal

Kentucky Open Data Portal

National Weather Service Data

Weather Basemaps

Flood Forecasts

Flood Shapefiles

Kentucky Shapefiles
  • Some shapefiles on this site are free; others must be paid for.

Kentucky Population Data

FEMA Disaster Regions (Current and Historical)

Severe Weather Watch and Warning Shapefiles

Kentucky Downloadable Shapefiles
  • Contains options for a large array of data relating to Kentucky
Sources of Data
This data can be turned into GIS data through excel and the use of GIS tools
Kentucky Mesonet

Tornado, Hail, and Damaging Wind
  • This data is in the form of .csv files.

Severe Weather Events in Kentucky
  • The data is in the form of .csv files
  • Can specify what counties, time frame, and form of severe weather to be included.

FEMA Open Data Sets
  • This data can be obtained as a .csv

United Nation Climate Change
  • This has a large array of greenhouse gas and socio-economic data.
  • Users would have to add longitude and latitude to the data
    • This data is for countries, and the countries could be google for their longitude and latitude to be used with the data.

Census Date Tables
  • This contains tables of census data.
  • Users would have to add longitude and latitude to the data
  • Users would have to transfer the data to .csv format.
    • This can be done by clicking Customize Table and then Excel.

 United States Census Data
  • This contains information related to the census and the entirety of the United States
  • Users would have to add longitude and latitude to the data
  • Users would have to transfer the data to a .csv format.

Kentucky Census Data
  • This contains information related to the census and the state of Kentucky.
  • Users would have to add longitude and latitude to the data
  • Users would have to transfer the data to a .csv format.