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Utah Terrain Base Map

Last update · Jan 2025

Category: Base maps Data Type: Imagery web service Steward: UGRC

The Terrain base map highlights natural land forms and vegetation. It uses land cover polygons in conjunction with a digital elevation model (DEM) to display the different regions, elevation, and physiography of the state. A unique 2 layer hillshade and 50 foot contours highlight landforms and the shadows they cast. Other unique layers include water related land use agricultural areas and 2016 Great Salt Lake level.

A screen shot of the terrain map of an area in the desert with a river and lake.

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A closer look

This base map contains contours, agricultural lands, and wetlands, as well as man made features like highways, rail, parks and some local, state, and federal boundaries. Local features like building footprints and address point house numbers display as you zoom in.

These raster tiles are pre-rendered at the common zoom scales , opens in a new tab . with a Web Mercator WGS84 projection (wkid/EPSG 3857).

Update history
  • Jan 2025

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