Note: Shapefile data also may be downloaded via OLIVER - MassGIS' Online Data Viewer - which allows you to map data interactively and download any or all layers on your map.

Each link below leads to a listing of downloadable data. To determine which tiles you need to download, click on the INDEX MAP links.

Single Tiles:

• Statewide Layers (single coverages for the entire state)
• Northeast Region Layers (single coverages for the extending beyond the state)
• Protected and Recreational Open Space (formerly available by Town tiles)
  
• Natural Heritage (NHESP) Regulatory Layers
• Insect Infestation (BUGS) (single statewide yearly coverages for most years from 1934-1997)
• Census 2000 Layers (see "Download" section at the top of each page to download statewide shapefiles and tables):
• Census 2000 Blocks
• Census 2000 Block Groups
• Census 2000 Tracts
• Census 2000 TIGER Linework
• Census 2000 TIGER Water Bodies
• Census 2000 TIGER Towns
• Environmental Justice Populations
  

• Land Use
• Executive Office of Transportation-OTP Roads [Formerly Mass. Highway Dept. Roads, tiled by USGS Quad]
  
• 1:5,000 Road and Rail Centerlines
• Municipal Zoning Districts

• National Wetlands Inventory
• Coastline (1:25,000)
• FEMA Q3 Flood
• Geographic Place Names

• Elevation Contours (1:5,000)
• Digital Orthophoto Topographic Breaklines (1:5,000)
• Digital Orthophoto Annotation
• Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) (ASCII text files in self-extracting executables)

• Aquifers
• Hydrography (1:100,000)
• Elevation Contours (1:250,000)
• Sub-basin Boundaries

• DEP Wetlands (1:12,000) [Formerly Orthophoto Wetlands & Streams (1:5,000)]
• Hydrography (1:25,000) (rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands) [Formerly tiled by USGS Quad]
• Title 5 Setback Areas [Formerly tiled by USGS Quad]
• Surficial Geology (1:250,000)
• Networked Hydro Centerlines

• Soils Polygons and Spot Features
  

For complete information on datalayers please see the Datalayer Descriptions pages.

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