GIS Data Available to
Download:
This GIS data pertains to
the electric, natural gas, telecommunications, and water and sewer utilities in
Kentucky. This is raw data intended for users to download and use with Geographic
Information Systems (GIS), Automated Mapping/Facilities Mapping (AM/FM), or
Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) software. This data has been used to
produce maps that are available
on the PSC web page.
The
following information applies to all of the data files available to download
from the Public Service Commission:
This data was created using software produced by the Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI).
Data is
available as ArcView (ESRI) shapefiles. A shapefile is actually composed of a
minimum of three files: *.shp for the feature geometry; *.shx for
the index of the feature geometry; and *.dbf, a dBASE file that stores
the attribute information. These files can be used in any ESRI software and in
many CADD packages.
All
geographic features are in decimal degrees NAD83 and Kentucky State Plane Single
Zone.
Each data
set has metadata, or data about the data, which includes information about the
spatial coordinates and their accuracy, the source of the data, and definitions
for the accompanying attributes. Please read this information so that you use
the data appropriately. The metadata is included as a *.xml file with the
shapefiles for ESRI users and as a *.htm file for other users.
Data is
compressed into ZIP files. Windows users will need to unzip these files using
software, such as WinZip, which has a free
evaluation download.
In order to
view the data use the free ESRI software, ArcExplorer.
Data which has relatively
precise locations of utility structures is available to government agencies by
written request. See PSC
Procedure for Distributing Maps and GIS Data that are Security Sensitive
ELECTRIC
Power
Plants: Point
locations for electric power plants in Kentucky have attributes for the plant's
operational status (existing or proposed), the Kentucky Public Service
Commission's regulatory status, generating capacity, and fuel.
This data is only
available to public agencies when the data will be used to serve a legitimate
governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a legitimate government
function. The request must be in writing and must also include a signature,
printed name, name of the public agency, mailing address, phone number, e-mail
address. The letter must contain a signed or authenticated Use Constraint
Agreemnt, reading: "I understand that since September 11, 2001, location data of
critical utility structures is considered sensitive information for security
reasons. I will not publish this data or maps made using this data on the World
Wide Web. I will not redistribute this data to others, but shall refer requests
by others for such information to the Kentucky Public Service Commission. I will
give credit to the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC). I will abide by the
following data disclaimer: All information within the product is believed
accurate but is not guaranteed without error. While attempts have been made to
ensure the correctness of the information presented, neither the Kentucky Public
Service Commission nor any party involved in the creation and compilation of the
data guarantees their accuracy, completeness, or suitability for a particular
use. All critical information should be independently verified." Please address
the request to Ruth Rowles, GIS Manager, Kentucky Public Service Commission,
P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, KY 40601.
Electric Service
Areas: The PSC has
digitized the certified service territories of all retail electric suppliers in
Kentucky at a scale of 1:24,000. The establishment of geographical service areas
for retail electric suppliers, the rights of utilities operating within their
own territories, and the requirement of map submission to the Kentucky Public
Service Commission (PSC) are provided for in Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS)
sections 278.016 to 278.020. This data is available as a geodatabase for ESRI
users, since there are both polygon and arc attributes linked by topology rules.
This data is also provided as a set of two shapefiles, one of lines and one for
polygons. The polygon attribute table identifies the utility operating in a
service territory and the arc attribute table details the source and regulatory
classification of the boundary segments.
Metadata
for Electric Service Areas
Download geodatabase in
Kentucky Single Zone
Download shapefile in decimal
degrees
Download shapefile in
Kentucky Single Zone
Electric
Transmission Map: In 2004 the PSC produced a reference
map titled "Electric Generation and Transmission in Kentucky", which will be
updated as needed. The map is available at 34" x 22" or 17" x 11". This map
shows electric transmission lines, their operators and kilovolts, as well as
electric generating power plants with their fuel type and name. The smaller map
does not have the kilovolts labeled on the transmission lines. The electric data
is superimposed on Kentucky counties. The large map is $6 plus postage. Adobe
Acrobat pdf files can be mailed electronically at no cost. Maps or pdf files are
only available by written request.
The written request
must include a signature, printed name, company/firm name if applicable, mailing
address, phone number and e-mail address. A signed Use Constraint Agreement must
be included that reads: "I understand that since September 11, 2001, location
data of critical utility structures is considered sensitive information for
security reasons. I will not publish this map or any part of it on the World
Wide Web. I will not redistribute this map to others, but shall refer requests
by others for such information to the Kentucky Public Service Commission. I will
give credit to the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) and I will abide by
the following data disclaimer: All information within the product is believed
accurate but is not guaranteed without error. While attempts have been made to
ensure the correctness of the information presented, neither the Kentucky Public
Service Commission nor any party involved in the creation and compilation of the
data guarantees their accuracy, completeness, or suitability for a particular
use. All critical information should be independently verified." Please address
the request for maps or pdf files to Ruth Rowles, GIS Manager, Kentucky Public
Service Commission, P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, KY
40601.
Electric Transmission
Lines: This is a
statewide layer of the electric transmission system at a scale of 1:24,000. Data
was collected from electric transmission companies beginning in late 2001,
except for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The data for TVA was compiled
from publically available sources and must be regarded as preliminary data.
This data is only
available to public agencies when the data will be used to serve a legitimate
governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a legitimate government
function. The request must be in writing and must also include a signature,
printed name, name of the public agency, mailing address, phone number, e-mail
address. The letter must contain a signed or authenticated Use Constraint
Agreemnt, reading: "I understand that since September 11, 2001, location data of
critical utility structures is considered sensitive information for security
reasons. I will not publish this data or maps made using this data on the World
Wide Web. I will not redistribute this data to others, but shall refer requests
by others for such information to the Kentucky Public Service Commission. I will
give credit to the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC). I will abide by the
following data disclaimer: All information within the product is believed
accurate but is not guaranteed without error. While attempts have been made to
ensure the correctness of the information presented, neither the Kentucky Public
Service Commission nor any party involved in the creation and compilation of the
data guarantees their accuracy, completeness, or suitability for a particular
use. All critical information should be independently verified." Please address
the request to Ruth Rowles, GIS Manager, Kentucky Public Service Commission,
P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, KY 40601.
Metadata
for Electric Transmission Lines
NATURAL GAS
1984 Pipelines:
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) scanned the paper map published by
the Kentucky Department of Economic Development in 1984 into a 1.1 megabyte
*.gif file. Given the scale of the original map and the way that adjacent
pipelines are symbolized, it is estimated that the pipelines are depicted within
2 miles of their ground location. The map, gif file, or pdf file is available by
written request.
The written request
must include a signature, printed name, company/firm name if applicable, mailing
address, phone number and e-mail address. A signed Use Constraint Agreement must
be included that reads: "I understand that since September 11, 2001, location
data of critical utility structures is considered sensitive information for
security reasons. I will not publish this map or any part of it on the World
Wide Web. I will not redistribute this map to others, but shall refer requests
by others for such information to the Kentucky Public Service Commission. I will
give credit to the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) and I will abide by
the following data disclaimer: All information within the product is believed
accurate but is not guaranteed without error. While attempts have been made to
ensure the correctness of the information presented, neither the Kentucky Public
Service Commission nor any party involved in the creation and compilation of the
data guarantees their accuracy, completeness, or suitability for a particular
use. All critical information should be independently verified." Please address
the request for maps or pdf files to Ruth Rowles, GIS Manager, Kentucky Public
Service Commission, P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, KY
40601.
Natural Gas Storage Fields:
These are depleted natural gas fields used by utilities to store natural gas
during off season when gas prices are low, and to draw from during periods of
peak consumption. Three state agencies, the Division of Oil and Gas
Conservation, the Public Service Commission, and the Kentucky Geological Survey,
by state statute, have a regulatory or programmatic interest in natural gas
storage fields. Data has been compiled from all three agencies. For further
instructions on acquiring maps or data files, please contact James Gallagher, at
the Division of Oil and Gas Conservation, by e-mail at james.gallagher@ky.gov or by telephone
at (502) 573-0147.
National Pipeline Mapping System
(NPMS): The NPMS is a GIS database that contains
the locations and selected attributes of natural gas transmission lines,
hazardous liquid trunklines, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities
operating in onshore and offshore territories of the United States. All pipeline
operators were required to submit data by June 17, 2003, so NPMS now has a
complete data set. There are thirty-nine companies with over 9,000 miles of
pipeline in 109 Kentucky counties. The Pipeline Integrity Management Mapping
Application (PIMMA) is an internet mapping application, which places the
pipelines on a 1:24,000 USGS quad. State and local government officials may use
PIMMA once they acquire permission. The only public information is a list of
companies and contact information for operations in a selected county or zip
code. Government officials who have a need for the GIS pipeline data
can write and obtain it from the Office of Pipeline Safety. Downloads are also
available of national data layers for populated areas (1:100,000), commercially
navigable waterways, state and county boundaries, and natural disaster
probability areas (1:500,000). Unusually Sensitive Areas (USA's) are provided to
pipeline operators only.
Gas Distribution
Utilities by County (Excluding Municipal Utilities): Each county has the names of the
natural gas (or propane) distribution systems operating within that county. This
serves as general reference information for the Kentucky Public Service
Commission, which regulates these utilities.
Municipally Owned Gas
Distribution Systems: Gas distribution companies in
Kentucky that are municipally owned are symbolized with a circle extending to
the municipal boundaries of the government entity that owns the utility. This
shows the approximate area of service, since the gas service may cover only a
small area within the municipality or extend beyond the muncipality boundaries.
Gas distribution companies that are not municipally owned may also operate
within the municipality boundaries. Circles are drawn on Kentucky Single Zone
state plane coordinate system. (Areas may not appear circular in another
projection.)
Metadata
for Municipally Owned Gas Distribution
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Geography of Local Exchange
Carriers: This is a document
describing the industry terminology for the geographic features associated with
local exchange carriers, or local telephone companies that provide local
telephone service over land lines.
Exchange
Areas: An exchange
area contains at least one switching center and is associated with an incumbent
local exchange carrier (a local telephone company that provides local telephone
service over land lines). Area codes, LATAs (Local Access Transportation Areas),
and service areas for local telephone companies follow exchange area boundaries.
LATAs: LATAs are Local Access Transport
Areas, which are defined by grouping exchange areas. Local telephone companies
are permitted to offer local or long distance telecommunications services within
these regions. It initially provided a basis for determining how the assets of
the former Bell System were to be divided at divestiture. A LATA may cross state
boundaries.
Local Exchange Carriers
(LECs): Local
Exchange Carriers are local telephone companies that operate land lines. Their
service area was determined by grouping exchange areas.
Metadata for
Local Exchange Carriers
Area
Codes: Area Codes
were defined by grouping exchange areas. Area codes are part of the North
American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Public Switched Telephone Network in the
United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and many Caribbean nations.
NANP numbers are ten digits in length, and they are in the format: NXX-NXX-XXXX,
where N is any digit 2-9 and X is any digit 0-9. The first three digits are
called the numbering plan area (NPA) code, often called simply the area code.
The area codes are usually assigned to a discrete geographic area, except for
some numbers such as 800 that transcend specific geographic boundaries.
FCC Market Areas for
Wireless Communications: The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) has been assigning area based radio licenses since the
inception of Cellular Market Areas in 1982. Every area is an aggregation of
counties. The Kentucky Public Service Commission took ten definitions of market
boundaries and assigned each county in Kentucky to its appropriate area, using
the Kentucky county coverage maintained by the Kentucky Infrastructure
Authority. The following market areas are included: Cellular Market Areas, Basic
Trading Areas, Major Trading Areas, Regional PCS Areas, Basic Economic Areas,
Major Economic Areas, Regional Economic Areas, economic Area Groupings, VHF
Public Coast Station Areas, and Public Safety Planning Regions.
Antenna
Structures: The
Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has downloaded and extracted the
Kentucky data on Antenna Structure Registration from the Federal Communication
Commission's (FCC) web site. The PSC takes no responsibility for the accuracy or
completeness of the data. To promote air safety, the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) requires owners to register antenna structures more than 200
feet in height or located near an airport with the FCC. An antenna structure can
be free-standing, built specifically to support or act as an antenna, or it can
be mounted on another object such as a building, bridge, smoke stack, or tree.
Because the Antenna Structure Registration requirements only apply to those
antenna structures that may create a hazard to air navigation (either by their
height or proximity to an airport), the registration files do not contain a
comprehensive record of all antenna structures. Contacts for the structures are
contained in a separate table that can be linked to the GIS data.
This data is only
available to public agencies when the data will be used to serve a legitimate
governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a legitimate government
function. The request must be in writing and must also include a signature,
printed name, name of the public agency, mailing address, phone number, and
e-mail address. The letter must contain a signed or authenticated Use Constraint
Agreement, reading: "I understand that since September 11, 2001, location data
of critical utility structures is considered sensitive information for security
reasons. I will not publish this data or maps made using this data on the World
Wide Web. I will not redistribute this data to others, but shall refer requests
by others for such information to the Kentucky Public Service Commission. I will
give credit to the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC). I will abide by the
following data disclaimer: All information within the product is believed
accurate but is not guaranteed without error. While attempts have been made to
ensure the correctness of the information presented, neither the Kentucky Public
Service Commission nor any party involved in the creation and compilation of the
data guarantees their accuracy, completeness, or suitability for a particular
use. All critical information should be independently verified." Please address
the request to Ruth Rowles, GIS Manager, Kentucky Public Service Commission,
P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, KY 40601.
Metadata
for Antenna Structures
Cellular
Licenses: The
Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has downloaded and extracted the
Kentucky data on Cellular (47 CFR Part 22) Licenses from the Federal
Communication Commission's (FCC) web site. This also includes all licenses
within 50 miles of Kentucky. The PSC takes no responsibility for the accuracy or
completeness of the data. Separate tables from the FCC with contact information,
radial data, and licensing history can be linked to the GIS data. The Public
Service Commission has added a service provider name. This license database does
not include broadband PCS and some other technologies also associated with
mobile telephone services.
This data is only
available to public agencies when the data will be used to serve a legitimate
governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a legitimate government
function. The request must be in writing and must also include a signature,
printed name, name of the public agency, mailing address, phone number, and
e-mail address. The letter must contain a signed or authenticated Use Constraint
Agreement, reading: "I understand that since September 11, 2001, location data
of critical utility structures is considered sensitive information for security
reasons. I will not publish this data or maps made using this data on the World
Wide Web. I will not redistribute this data to others, but shall refer requests
by others for such information to the Kentucky Public Service Commission. I will
give credit to the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC). I will abide by the
following data disclaimer: All information within the product is believed
accurate but is not guaranteed without error. While attempts have been made to
ensure the correctness of the information presented, neither the Kentucky Public
Service Commission nor any party involved in the creation and compilation of the
data guarantees their accuracy, completeness, or suitability for a particular
use. All critical information should be independently verified." Please address
the request to Ruth Rowles, GIS Manager, Kentucky Public Service Commission,
P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, KY 40601.
Metadata
for Cellular License Data
WATER AND
SEWER
Water
Resource Information System (WRIS) is a GIS developed to support the
goal of Governor Patton's planning initiative to provide drinking water to all
Kentuckians by the year 2020. Water and wastewater data has been collected since
1998, first under the Water Resource Development Commission, and then under the
Kentucky Infrastructure Authority. GIS data for
water and wastewater data are
available for download over the internet. For water this includes water lines,
tanks, treatment plants, surface sources, well sources, purchase sources, pump
stations, and pumps. For wastewater this includes sewer lines, lift stations,
outfalls, and treatment plants. In addition there is base map data at this site
including counties, city boundaries, road centerlines, topographic maps (DRGs or
digital raster graphics), digital elevation models, ortho quarter quadrangle
images (georectified aerial imagery), and geologic quadrangles.
Kentucky Water and Sewer GIS Feature
Attribute Standard
is a document
with recommendations for the utilities to use in developing their own GIS
database. The intent is to encourage utilities to use GIS and to develop data
that can be shared with other utilities and state agencies. This standard is not
intended to be software specific.
GIS
Links for Kentucky Utilities
Contact: Please direct any comments,
questions, or suggestions regarding GIS data or maps to Ruth Rowles, GIS
Manager, at rarowles@ky.gov. Feedback is
encouraged regarding corrections that need to be made to the data so that we
have the most accurate information possible.
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Revised October 31,
2006