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Data collected and managed by Forest Service programs is available in a map service and two downloadable file formats – in a shape file and an ESRI file geodatabase. Metadata is available that describes the content, source, and currency of the data. You can filter the list by the topic categories in the menu at the left to help you find information you are interested in. You can view the feature classes in a single dataset by clicking on the name of the parent dataset at the bottom of the abstract.

Shapefile Limitation Warning:
The Enterprise Data Warehouse Team has identified certain technical limitations of shapefiles which make them not suitable for all datasets within this clearinghouse. Due to file size limits as well as attribute name length and field length restrictions leading to inevitable data loss, the EDW Team is unable to support shapefile exports for larger datasets. There are other methods to accessing this data in addition to the Esri File Geodatabase (FGDB) including the map service or the Geospatial Data Discovery Tool.

Requests for KML/KMZ output
The Enterprise Data Warehouse Team tested exporting out to KML/KMZ files as a deliverable and due to the complexity and size of the datasets this has been unsuccessful. To obtain a KML file for any EDW dataset, go to the Geospatial Data Discovery Tool and search for the dataset. An option to download to KML is available from that website. If you have questions, contact: SM.FS.data@usda.gov.
 

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Feature Classes Abstract

Ecological Provinces

ESRI geodatabase  (5MB)
shape file  (9MB)

Date of last refresh: May 4, 2017

The EcoMap Provinces feature class contains ecological province polygons attributed with names and descriptions. The EcomapSections 2007 data set describes the ecological sections within the conterminous United States. It contains regional geographic delineations for analysis of ecological relationships across ecological
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parent dataset: EcomapSections_2007

Ecological Section: Soils

ESRI geodatabase  (7MB)
shape file  (13MB)

Date of last refresh: May 4, 2017

The Soil Section feature class contains ecological section polygons attributed with soil characteristics to show relationships between ECOMAP 2007 and soil data from STATSGO, 2005. The EcomapSections 2007 data set describes the ecological sections within the conterminous United States. It contains regional geographic
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parent dataset: EcomapSections_2007

Ecological Sections

ESRI geodatabase  (7MB)
shape file  (13MB)

Date of last refresh: May 4, 2017

The Ecomap Sections feature class contains ecological section polygons attributed with section names and descriptions. The EcomapSections 2007 data set describes the ecological sections within the conterminous United States. It contains regional geographic delineations for analysis of ecological relationships across ecological
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parent dataset: EcomapSections_2007

Fenneman-Johnson Physiographic Sections

ESRI geodatabase  (7MB)
shape file  (13MB)

Date of last refresh: May 4, 2017

The Fenneman-Johnson Physiographic Sections feature class contains ecological section polygons attributed with physiographic types to show the relationships between ECOMAP 2007 and Fenneman-Johnson physiographic mapping from USGS (1946). The EcomapSections 2007 data set contains polygons for ecological sections within the
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parent dataset: EcomapSections_2007

Ecological Subsection: Soils

ESRI geodatabase  (14MB)
shape file  (27MB)

Date of last refresh: May 4, 2017

The Soil Subsections feature class contains ecological subsection polygons attributed with soil characteristics to show relationships between ECOMAP 2007 and soil data from STATSGO, 2005. The EcomapSubsections 2007 data set describes the ecological sections within the conterminous United States. It contains regional geographic
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parent dataset: EcomapSubSections_2007

Ecological Subsections

ESRI geodatabase  (14MB)
shape file  (27MB)

Date of last refresh: May 4, 2017

The Ecomap Subsections feature class contains ecological subsection polygons attributed with subsection names and descriptions. The EcomapSubsections 2007 data set describes the ecological subsections within the conterminous United States. It contains regional geographic delineations for analysis of ecological relationships
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parent dataset: EcomapSubSections_2007

Tongass Landslide Areas

ESRI geodatabase  (5MB)

Date of last refresh: Aug 13, 2019

This is a once-over landslide inventory of the Tongass National Forest. This inventory includes all mass wasting features--including talus slopes, snow avalanche fields, and snow avalanche chutes. Each of these are coded differently in the attributes. It may be necssary to exclude several polygons in this data set when using
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Tongass Landslide Initiation

ESRI geodatabase  (375KB)

Date of last refresh: Aug 13, 2019

This is the point feature class for theonce-over landslide inventory of the Tongass National Forest. Most of the landslide polygons were digitized on the 1998 to 2010 ortho photos in GIS. Many of them were age bracketed using air photos back to the 1929 Navy Trimegon photos. It includes both field and photo interpreted
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