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Spatial mapping and attribution of Wyoming wind turbines, 2012

March 13, 2014

These data represent locations of wind turbines found within Wyoming as of August 2012. We assigned each wind turbine to a wind farm and, in these data, provide information about each turbine’s potential megawatt output, rotor diameter, hub height, rotor height, the status of the land ownership where the turbine exists, the county each turbine is located in, wind farm power capacity, the number of units currently associated with each wind farm, the wind turbine manufacturer and model, the wind farm developer, the owner of the wind farm, the current purchaser of power from the wind farm, the year the wind farm went online, and the status of its operation. Some of the attributes are estimates based on the information we found via the American Wind Energy Association and other on-line reports. The locations are derived from National Agriculture Imagery Program (2009 and 2012) true color aerial photographs and have a positional accuracy of approximately +/-5 meters.


These data will provide a planning tool for wildlife- and habitat-related projects underway at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Fort Collins Science Center and other government and non-government organizations. Specifically, we will use these data to support quantifying disturbances of the landscape as related to wind energy as well as to quantify indirect disturbances to flora and fauna. This data set represents an update to a previous version by O’Donnell and Fancher (2010).

Publication Year 2014
Title Spatial mapping and attribution of Wyoming wind turbines, 2012
DOI 10.3133/ds828
Authors Michael S. O'Donnell, Tammy S. Fancher
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Data Series
Series Number 828
Index ID ds828
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Fort Collins Science Center