Playa County Maps

These maps show the locations of more than 60,000 playas in 155 counties across the PLJV region. Multiple sources of geographic data went into making the maps, including the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI), Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database and satellite imagery. The data were analyzed for each state where playas are found - Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas - to create the most accurate playa location maps possible using remote sources. Given the seasonal nature of playas, and that many have been lost to sedimentation, some playas may have been missed. If you know of a playa not on one of these maps, or you would like a finer scale map, contact PLJV GIS Analyst Megan McLachlan. For detailed information on how they were created, click here

(Maps are in PDF format and range in size from 2MB to 10MB.)

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