BetaBetaDataset
To provide public access to environmental, water, ecological, and natural resource datasets published by Washington State agencies to support environmental management, research, planning, and public transparency.
The Washington State Open Data Portal (Data.WA.gov) is the official state government open data platform managed by Washington State agencies for publishing publicly accessible datasets across multiple sectors. Within the Natural Resources & Environment category, datasets are contributed by agencies such as the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). The portal serves as a centralized repository for environmental monitoring, ecological management, water resource management, climate reporting, regulatory compliance, and natural resource conservation data for public use.
The Natural Resources & Environment category contains various publicly accessible datasets focused primarily on water resources, flood risk mapping, environmental monitoring, climate and greenhouse gas emissions reporting, stormwater management, aquatic ecosystem monitoring, salmon and steelhead population monitoring, watershed and river basin management, drought planning, groundwater source capacity assessments, environmental cleanup and contaminated site monitoring, underground storage tank records, and ecological conservation datasets. Specific resources include Hoquiam flood depth datasets for flood insurance assessment, Municipal Stormwater Permit Outfall Data containing stormwater discharge water quality and flow monitoring, Industrial Facility greenhouse gas emissions reporting datasets, Integrated Site Information System (ISIS) for cleanup sites, brownfields, leaking underground storage tanks and environmental covenants, salmon recovery region datasets, water flow and precipitation monitoring graphics for Columbia, Snake, Puget Sound, and Northeast Washington regions, and public water system source capacity and well depth datasets used for drought planning and water supply assessments.
Data are collected and maintained by multiple Washington State agencies through environmental monitoring programs, regulatory reporting systems, climate reporting mechanisms, fisheries and ecological monitoring programs, stormwater permit compliance monitoring, hydrological monitoring systems, drought planning assessments, and environmental remediation tracking systems. Agencies publish datasets directly to the statewide open data platform where they are standardized for public download, API access, and visualization.