How to Obtain GIS Data from NRIS

Clicking on a Download link for NRIS will take you to one of 3 places:

1. If the link takes you to the NRIS home page, this data type can be downloaded from Data List under GIS Data Access on the right side of the page. Click on the Data List link, then use the search function to find the appropriate theme. These are statewide coverages in Montana State Plane Projection.
2. If the link takes you to the On-Line GIS Data Bundler, this data type can be custom ordered and clipped out by county, watershed, or a wide variety of other criteria. After choosing your criteria, the next page allows you to choose something specific within your criteria, like a particular county. The next page provides several tabbed lists of GIS data. Check the box next to any data layers that you want to download. Pick a projection, enter your email, and click Go. All the data layers selected will be automatically clipped to your selected boundary, projected to your selected projection, and you will receive an email in a few moments containing a link for downloading.
3. The link may take you to a page dedicated to that particular data theme. Just follow the directions on that page to access the data.

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