Utah Wetlands is derived from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wetlands Inventory (NWI). NWI attributes wetlands with codes from the Cowardin Classification System; codes can be interpreted online. Cowardin classes in this derived layer have been split into separate System, Class, and Water Regime fields. Wetlands spatial data were produced from a combination of aerial imagery examination and on-the-ground assessment and are not meant to be used as the basis for a jurisdictional wetland delineation. The associated metadata for each wetland mapping project can be found below in Wetlands Mapping Projects.

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• Utah Geologic Survey

Comments, questions, compliments, or concerns can be directed to Diane Menuz from DNR at dmenuz@utah.gov or 801-538-7436.

Wetland Mapping Projects are the associated metadata and descriptions of wetland areas that have been mapped. Wetland mapping project areas are generally represented by USGS topo quad boundaries or aggregations of topo quads, in some cases they are shown as a watershed boundary. This data includes the scale at which wetlands mapping was conducted and the imagery year used for the mapping. Some mapping projects include supplemental map information that describes the projects in more detail. The location of recent and ongoing mapping projects can be found in the Projects Mapper.

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• Utah Geologic Survey

Comments, questions, compliments, or concerns can be directed to Diane Menuz from DNR at dmenuz@utah.gov or 801-538-7436.

Extent, approximate location, and type of riparian habitat of Utah developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory. These data delineate the aerial extent of riparian habitats as defined by A System For Mapping Riparian Areas in the United States (USFWS 2009).

Comments, questions, compliments, or concerns can be directed to Diane Menuz from DNR at dmenuz@utah.gov or 801-538-7436.