MAPS Atlas provides ready access to nearly three million estimates of land and climate conditions in Montana. Realtors can show clients how climate differs between farms, ranches and other properties. Students can quickly gather information for use in reports on Montana environments and land resources. Anyone can use MAPS Atlas to estimate specific climatic conditions anywhere in the state at any time of year. MAPS Atlas should be used only when site-specific information is unavailable.
Most attribute values represent long-term average conditions for the area.
Unusual conditions are not represented. Data provided by MAPS Atlas are estimated values derived from maps or extrapolated from specific sites. Actual conditions at specific locations within cells could be very different. The computer will draw a map showing all areas of the state having these characteristics. In all, the computer can combine information from the 18,000 geographic areas in thousands of different ways.