Maps Main Page

• Publications, Maps & Reports main page
  • This page:
    • General Purpose Maps
    • Maps on other web sites
    • Critical Lands Project Maps
    • North Fork Coal Mining Maps

General Purpose Maps:

• Bathymetric Map of Flathead Lake. Digital (vector) map adapted from a map from the Kalispell office of Montana's Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. Suitable for both printing and viewing.
  • On-screen version (54K GIF). Opens in new window.
  • Letter-sized for downloading and printing (200K PDF). PC users should right click and choose "download to disk" or the functional equivalent. Mac users should click and hold.
  • Tabloid-sized for downloading and print (200K PDF). PC users should right click and choose "download to disk" or the functional equivalent. Mac users should click and hold.
• Flathead Lake catchment basin and Montana lakes and rivers (GIF, 95K). Adapted from a map by the Natural Resource Information System (NRIS) division at the Montana State Library.
• Flathead Lake and immediately adjacent land (GIF, 126K). From the 1991 map of the Flathead National Forest. The larger version (GIF, 441K) is much easier to read.
• The Flathead River Basin. Adapted from the International Joint Commission's report on the Flathead River Reference.

Maps on other web sites (will open in a new window):

• Facts About Flathead Lake. Excellent summary of facts about Flathead Lake. Also has a link to a Bathymetric Map of Flathead Lake (219K). Provided by the University of Montana biological station at Yellow Bay.
• Montana Natural Resource Information System (NRIS). Operated by the state library in Helena. Excellent collections of maps, including digitized 7.5-minute quadrangles that can be downloaded.

Critical Lands Project Maps

• Maps. PDF. Download.
• Depth to water table. New (August, 2005). Shows depth to ground water in the Flathead Valley north of Flathead Lake. A fascinating and valuable resource.

North Fork Coal Mining Maps

• Canadian North Fork (small map). Shows sites of coal leases and previous hydrocarbon extraction activity. Large map (JPEG, 500 K).
• Publication quality map (TIFF, 2 MB).