Western US Digital Geothermal Maps and Databases

Abstract

The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) has produced digital geothermal resource maps for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). They were produced for the DOE GeoPowering the West Activity. The geothermal maps consist of the 13 western states were prepared for the general public to be used as an educational tool, promote the use of geothermal resources, show general trends and geothermal occurrences in the western U.S., and provide other information of interest such as land use, direct-use applications, etc. The information for these maps were gathered from many different sources, but due to time and funding limitation they do not represent an exhaustive search for geothermal data for each state. The Geo-Heat Center contributed several databases that were used to produce the maps. A brief description of the information included in the maps and how they were produced will be presented.