Supporting Datasets

This page provides access to important supporting datasets often used with PRISM data.


  • PRISM Polygon Mesh:  GIS layers representing each PRISM grid cell as a polygon.
    • 4km polygon mesh (Esri shapefile format):  Download (15 MB .zip)
    • 800m polygon mesh (Esri shapefile format):  Download (341 MB .zip)

  • PRISM Digital Elevation Model (DEM):  These are the gridded elevation datasets used by the PRISM model at 4km and 800m resolutions.
    • 4km digitial elevation model grid (BIL format):  Download (835 KB .zip)
    • 800m digitial elevation model grid (BIL format):  Download (19 MB .zip)