Clark County Nevada Road Network Shapefile

Clark County, Nevada contains a detailed vector dataset of all road and path features from the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER/Line system. The data includes primary roads, secondary roads, local streets, alleys, bike paths, walkways, and stairways, extracted from the national Master Address File. It is part of a seamless national series designed to be used independently or combined for broader coverage.

Use Cases

• Analyze road network density and connectivity in Clark County using the MAF/TIGER Feature Classification Code (MTFCC) to distinguish between primary, secondary, and pedestrian paths.
• Perform spatial joins for address geocoding by leveraging the Street Centerline and Address Range attributes inherent in the TIGER/Line data.
• Map and visualize different transportation infrastructure types, such as vehicular trails, bike paths, and alleys, based on their MTFCC classification.
• Integrate this county-level road layer with other TIGER/Line shapefiles to model regional or national transportation networks.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative U.S. Census Bureau Master Address File / TIGER (MAF/TIGER) System, ensuring national consistency.
• The dataset is part of a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps, allowing for reliable combination with other TIGER/Line extracts.
• Comprehensively includes all features from the 'Road/Path Features' Super Class, covering a wide variety of transportation infrastructure.

Limitations

• Specific quantitative details such as row count, file size, and column schema are unavailable from the provided input.
• The dataset is limited to a single county (Clark County, NV), which restricts analysis to that geographic scope without combining other files.
• The description does not specify the temporal coverage or vintage of the road data, which is critical for time-sensitive applications.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Extracted from the Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-12-26, indicating it is a current extract.

Geography

Clark County, Nevada, USA