Maps of Texas and Beyond

Texas = Biotic / Political - Population / Abiotic - Weather - Aquifers / Misc. 

United States - Population - Weather

Mexico // North America // Western Hemisphere // World

Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn

Texas

    Biotic

• Map of the Biotic Provinces of Texas - Blair, 1950 
  • With county outlines - TPWD
    
    
• Distribution of Texas Endemic Plants - Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group
  
  
• Biological - Map Gallery -  GIS Lab Map Downloads - TPWD
  
  
• Hydrological - Map Gallery -  GIS Lab Map Downloads - TPWD
  
  
• Natural & Cultural History the Lower Rio Grande Valley
  
  

• Rio Grande Valley Butterfly Trail - Mike Quinn

• Texas Coastal Monarch Migration Map - Fall 2007  - Mike Quinn

    Political

• County Highway Maps - TxDOT
  
  

• Texas County Map - U.S. Census Bureau (Landscape map w/ Lat & Long)
  
  

• County Formation Maps - 1834-1931 - Time Series
  
  

• Cartography of the Lower Rio Grande
  

• Cities with Latitude and Longitude
  
  

• MapQuest - Map shows county borders 
  
  

• State and National Park Maps of Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
  
  
• Yahoo! Get Local Maps

    Population

• Population - 2000  - U.S. Census Bureau
  
  

• County Population - 2000 - U.S. Census Bureau
  
  

• Metropolitan Statistical Areas - 2004 - Texas State Data Center
  
  

• Population Change - 1990 - 2000 - U.S. Census Bureau
  
  
• Texas Population Estimate - July 1, 1997 - U.S. Census Bureau

    Abiotic

• Aerial Photograph of Southwestern Hidalgo County  
  
  
• Land-Resource Map - UT

    Weather

Dynamic Maps

• Keetch-Byram Drought Index - (interactive version) - Texas Forest Service
  
  
• Outdoor Burning Bans - Texas Forest Service
  
  
• Palmer Drought Severity Index by Texas Climatic Divisions
  
  
• Enhanced Radar Mosaic - South Plains Sector - National Weather Service

Static Maps

• Climate of Texas - TDWR - (Text) 
  

• Cold hardiness zones - USDA
  
  
• Frost-free Period - Mean length in days
  
  
• Palmer Drought Severity Index for South Texas, 1895-2005
  
  
• Precipitation - TPWD
  

• Temperature - Mean annual (°F)

    Aquifers & Karst Regions

• Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer Region - EARDC
  
  
• Far West Texas Aquifers - TWDB
  
  
• Generalized Thickness of Edwards Group and Associated Carbonate Formations - AAPG
  
  
• Karst and Pseudo Karst Regions - William R. Elliott, Ph.D.
  
  
• Major Aquifers of Texas - TAMU
  
  
• Minor Aquifers of Texas

    Miscellaneous 

• "Map-Maker" Utility!!
  
  
• Perry-Castañeda Library Texas Map Collection Link - UT
  

United States

• Biodiversity Levels of Karst Landforms in the United States -  David Culver
  
  

• Odonata Diversity and Sampling Effort in the Lower 48 United States - Dennis Paulson
  
  

• Giant Spider Webs of Texas and Beyond - Mike Quinn
  
  

• "Map-Maker" Utility!! - Individual States
  
  

• MapQuest - Provides counties along with locations
  
  

• Physiographic Areas - Partners In Flight
  
  

• TerraFly - Virtually "FLY" over the entire United States!
  
  

• TerraServer-USA
  
  

• TopoZone by Maps a la carte, Inc.
  
  

• USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map - U.S. National Arboretum

Population

• Inhabitants per square mile, 1990
  
  

• Population Density of the United States
  
  

• U.S. Population Density (By Counties) - Population per square mile - U.S. Census Bureau

Weather

• NEXRAD radar image - University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) 
  
  
• NEXRAD images from WSR-88D radars - Univ. Corp. for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) 
  
  

• Palmer Drought Severity Index - Current - NOAA

• Palmer Drought Index - Last 12 Months - NOAA

  • Interpretation - NOAA
    
    

• Soil Moisture Anomaly - NOAA
  
  

• Surface Wind Chill Temperature (F) - Plymouth State Weather Center
  
  

• U.S. Drought Monitor - USDA/NOAA
  
  

• Insect Migration Risk Forecast (IMRF) - Northern Illinois University

  • Covers the area from the High Plains e. to the Appalachian Mtns & n. into southern Canada

   

• Daily U.S. Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) Maps - NOAA
  
  

• Climate Monitoring - Reports and Products - National Climatic Data Center 
  
  

• Other U.S. Weather Maps

Mexico  

     Biotic

• Faunistic and Ecosystem Regions
  
  

• Principle Vegetation Types
  
  

• Monarch Biosphere Reserve - Mike Quinn

    Abiotic

• Annual Precipitation Totals
  
  

• Median Annual Temperatures
  
  

• Physiographical Map
  
  

• Principle Climate Types

     Miscellaneous 

• Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática 
  
  
• Perry-Castañeda Library Mexico Map Collection

North America

• Centres of Plant Diversity and Endemism
  
  
• North American Continent Vegetation Health - NOAA
  
  
• North American Population Density - North & Central America & Northern South America

Western Hemisphere

• Perry-Castañeda Library Maps of the Americas Collection
  

World

• Biomes of the World - A clickable interactive map
  
  

• USGS Maps and Aerial Photo Images via their partners - maps scaleable to local areas
  
  

• World Biomes
  
  

• World Clock - Sun Position
  
  

• World's Megadiverse Countries:

  • These 12 countries harbor between 60 and 70% of the world's living species
    
    

• Zoogeographic Realms

16 Jan 2008 © Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology