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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

National Wild and Scenic River Lines

ESRI geodatabase  (7MB)
shape file  (19MB)

Date of last refresh: Dec 1, 2023

This polyline feature class depicts the river corridors of each Wild and Scenic River designated by Congress or the Secretary of the Interior for the United States and Puerto Rico. This GIS data layer was created from a multi-agency effort by the US Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the US
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parent dataset: Land

National Wild and Scenic River Segments

ESRI geodatabase  (7MB)
shape file  (19MB)

Date of last refresh: Dec 1, 2023

This polyline feature class depicts the classification of each wild and scenic river segment designated by Congress and the Secretary of the Interior for the United States and Puerto Rico. This layer was created by a multi-agency effort including the US Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and the
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parent dataset: Land

National Wild and Scenic Rivers

ESRI geodatabase  (2MB)
shape file  (5MB)

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

A boundary depicting an area that has been designated as a National Wild, Scenic or Recreational River in the National Wild and Scenic River System.
parent dataset: Land

Wild and Scenic Rivers: Legal Status

ESRI geodatabase  (2MB)
shape file  (5MB)

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

A boundary of an area designation that comprises all or a portion of a National Wild, Scenic or Recreational River in the Wild and Scenic River System. Each area designation is characterized by a date, boundary status, and authority and may be just one of several designations that comprise a single National Wild and Scenic
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parent dataset: Land

Watershed Condition Classification

ESRI geodatabase  (947MB)
shape file  (239MB)

Date of last refresh: Mar 3, 2024

The Watershed Condition Classification feature class represents data on Watershed Condition on Forest Service lands in HUC12 (from the Watershed Boundary Dataset) watersheds that contain more than 5% USFS ownership. The feature class also includes data on high priority watersheds identified in the Watershed Condition Framework
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parent dataset: WatershedCondition

Aerial Fire Retardant Hydrographic Avoidance Areas: Aquatic - Region 1

ESRI geodatabase  (131MB)
shape file  (305MB)

Date of last refresh: Mar 31, 2023

Aerial retardant avoidance area for hydrographic feature data are based on high resolution National Hydrographic Dataset (NHD) produced by USGS and available from the USFS. Forests and/or regions have had the opportunity to modify the default NHD water representation (300ft buffer from all water features) for their areas of
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Aerial Fire Retardant Hydrographic Avoidance Areas: Aquatic - Region 2

ESRI geodatabase  (221MB)
shape file  (549MB)

Date of last refresh: Mar 31, 2023

Aerial retardant avoidance area for hydrographic feature data are based on high resolution National Hydrographic Dataset (NHD) produced by USGS and available from the USFS. Forests and/or regions have had the opportunity to modify the default NHD water representation (300ft buffer from all water features) for their areas of
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Aerial Fire Retardant Hydrographic Avoidance Areas: Aquatic - Region 3

ESRI geodatabase  (19MB)
shape file  (44MB)

Date of last refresh: Mar 31, 2023

Aerial retardant avoidance area for hydrographic feature data are based on high resolution National Hydrographic Dataset (NHD) produced by USGS and available from the USFS. Forests and/or regions have had the opportunity to modify the default NHD water representation (300ft buffer from all water features) for their areas of
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Aerial Fire Retardant Hydrographic Avoidance Areas: Aquatic - Region 4

ESRI geodatabase  (136MB)
shape file  (329MB)

Date of last refresh: Mar 31, 2023

Aerial retardant avoidance area for hydrographic feature data are based on high resolution National Hydrographic Dataset (NHD) produced by USGS and available from the USFS. Forests and/or regions have had the opportunity to modify the default NHD water representation (300ft buffer from all water features) for their areas of
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Aerial Fire Retardant Hydrographic Avoidance Areas: Aquatic - Region 5

ESRI geodatabase  (52MB)
shape file  (119MB)

Date of last refresh: Mar 31, 2023

Aerial retardant avoidance area for hydrographic feature data are based on high resolution National Hydrographic Dataset (NHD) produced by USGS and available from the USFS. Forests and/or regions have had the opportunity to modify the default NHD water representation (300ft buffer from all water features) for their areas of
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Aerial Fire Retardant Hydrographic Avoidance Areas: Aquatic - Region 6

ESRI geodatabase  (37MB)
shape file  (94MB)

Date of last refresh: Mar 31, 2023

Aerial retardant avoidance area for hydrographic feature data are based on high resolution National Hydrographic Dataset (NHD) produced by USGS and available from the USFS. Forests and/or regions have had the opportunity to modify the default NHD water representation (300ft buffer from all water features) for their areas of
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Aerial Fire Retardant Hydrographic Avoidance Areas: Aquatic - Region 8

ESRI geodatabase  (106MB)
shape file  (260MB)

Date of last refresh: Mar 31, 2023

Aerial retardant avoidance area for hydrographic feature data are based on high resolution National Hydrographic Dataset (NHD) produced by USGS and available from the USFS. Forests and/or regions have had the opportunity to modify the default NHD water representation (300ft buffer from all water features) for their areas of
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Aerial Fire Retardant Hydrographic Avoidance Areas: Aquatic - Region 9

ESRI geodatabase  (83MB)
shape file  (207MB)

Date of last refresh: Mar 31, 2023

Aerial retardant avoidance area for hydrographic feature data are based on high resolution National Hydrographic Dataset (NHD) produced by USGS and available from the USFS. Forests and/or regions have had the opportunity to modify the default NHD water representation (300ft buffer from all water features) for their areas of
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Fraction of Runoff from Forest Service Lands

ESRI geodatabase  (664MB)
shape file  (1121MB)

Date of last refresh: Apr 3, 2019

This feature class contains water runoff metrics from Forest Service lands. Note: 'Forest Service Lands' are here defined as those lands within the Forest Service administrative boundaries; these include some inholdings and other non-USFS lands enclosed within these boundaries. This feature class was generated from the
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Great Basin Montane Watersheds - Furthest Head

ESRI geodatabase  (344KB)
shape file  (87KB)

Date of last refresh: Nov 7, 2022

Multiple research and management partners collaboratively developed a multiscale approach for assessing the geomorphic sensitivity of streams and ecological resilience of riparian and meadow ecosystems in upland watersheds of the Great Basin to disturbances and management actions. The approach builds on long-term work by the
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Great Basin Montane Watersheds - Heads

ESRI geodatabase  (756KB)
shape file  (806KB)

Date of last refresh: Nov 7, 2022

Multiple research and management partners collaboratively developed a multiscale approach for assessing the geomorphic sensitivity of streams and ecological resilience of riparian and meadow ecosystems in upland watersheds of the Great Basin to disturbances and management actions. The approach builds on long-term work by the
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Great Basin Montane Watersheds - Longest Stream

ESRI geodatabase  (2MB)
shape file  (7MB)

Date of last refresh: Nov 7, 2022

Multiple research and management partners collaboratively developed a multiscale approach for assessing the geomorphic sensitivity of streams and ecological resilience of riparian and meadow ecosystems in upland watersheds of the Great Basin to disturbances and management actions. The approach builds on long-term work by the
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Great Basin Montane Watersheds - Mountain Ranges

ESRI geodatabase  (1MB)
shape file  (2MB)

Date of last refresh: Nov 7, 2022

Multiple research and management partners collaboratively developed a multiscale approach for assessing the geomorphic sensitivity of streams and ecological resilience of riparian and meadow ecosystems in upland watersheds of the Great Basin to disturbances and management actions. The approach builds on long-term work by the
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Great Basin Montane Watersheds - Pour Points

ESRI geodatabase  (345KB)
shape file  (88KB)

Date of last refresh: Nov 7, 2022

Multiple research and management partners collaboratively developed a multiscale approach for assessing the geomorphic sensitivity of streams and ecological resilience of riparian and meadow ecosystems in upland watersheds of the Great Basin to disturbances and management actions. The approach builds on long-term work by the
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Great Basin Montane Watersheds - Region

ESRI geodatabase  (277KB)
shape file  (11KB)

Date of last refresh: Nov 7, 2022

Multiple research and management partners collaboratively developed a multiscale approach for assessing the geomorphic sensitivity of streams and ecological resilience of riparian and meadow ecosystems in upland watersheds of the Great Basin to disturbances and management actions. The approach builds on long-term work by the
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Great Basin Montane Watersheds - Streams

ESRI geodatabase  (6MB)
shape file  (17MB)

Date of last refresh: Nov 7, 2022

Multiple research and management partners collaboratively developed a multiscale approach for assessing the geomorphic sensitivity of streams and ecological resilience of riparian and meadow ecosystems in upland watersheds of the Great Basin to disturbances and management actions. The approach builds on long-term work by the
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Great Basin Montane Watersheds - Valley Bottoms

ESRI geodatabase  (11MB)
shape file  (25MB)

Date of last refresh: Nov 7, 2022

Multiple research and management partners collaboratively developed a multiscale approach for assessing the geomorphic sensitivity of streams and ecological resilience of riparian and meadow ecosystems in upland watersheds of the Great Basin to disturbances and management actions. The approach builds on long-term work by the
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Great Basin Montane Watersheds - Watersheds

ESRI geodatabase  (7MB)
shape file  (31MB)

Date of last refresh: Nov 7, 2022

Multiple research and management partners collaboratively developed a multiscale approach for assessing the geomorphic sensitivity of streams and ecological resilience of riparian and meadow ecosystems in upland watersheds of the Great Basin to disturbances and management actions. The approach builds on long-term work by the
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Hydro Flow Metrics for the Contiguous United States (Absolute Change by End-of-Century)

ESRI geodatabase  (1095MB)
shape file  (1070MB)

Date of last refresh: May 11, 2022

This file represents modeled streamflow across the contiguous United States, for the absolute change between the historical (1977-2006) and projected future end-of-century time period (2070–2099), based on gridded simulations of daily total runoff. The flow regime is of fundamental importance in determining the physical and
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Hydro Flow Metrics for the Contiguous United States (Absolute Change by Mid-Century)

ESRI geodatabase  (1085MB)
shape file  (1064MB)

Date of last refresh: May 11, 2022

This file represents modeled streamflow across the contiguous United States, for the absolute change between the historical (1977-2006) and projected future mid-century time period (2030–2059), based on gridded simulations of daily total runoff. The flow regime is of fundamental importance in determining the physical and
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Hydro Flow Metrics for the Contiguous United States (End-of-Century)

ESRI geodatabase  (1089MB)
shape file  (1083MB)

Date of last refresh: May 10, 2022

This file represents modeled streamflow across the contiguous United States, for the projected future end-of-century time period (2070–2099), based on gridded simulations of daily total runoff. The flow regime is of fundamental importance in determining the physical and ecological characteristics of a river or stream, but
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Hydro Flow Metrics for the Contiguous United States (Historical)

ESRI geodatabase  (1089MB)
shape file  (1082MB)

Date of last refresh: May 10, 2022

This file represents modeled streamflow across the contiguous United States, for the historical time period (1977-2006), based on gridded simulations of daily total runoff. The flow regime is of fundamental importance in determining the physical and ecological characteristics of a river or stream, but actual flow measurements
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Hydro Flow Metrics for the Contiguous United States (Mid-Century)

ESRI geodatabase  (1082MB)
shape file  (1081MB)

Date of last refresh: May 10, 2022

This file represents modeled streamflow across the contiguous United States, for the projected future mid-century time period (2030–2059), based on gridded simulations of daily total runoff. The flow regime is of fundamental importance in determining the physical and ecological characteristics of a river or stream, but
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Hydro Flow Metrics for the Contiguous United States (Percent Change by End-of-Century)

ESRI geodatabase  (937MB)
shape file  (1038MB)

Date of last refresh: May 11, 2022

This file represents modeled streamflow across the contiguous United States, for the percent change between the historical (1977-2006) and projected future end-of-century time period (2070–2099), based on gridded simulations of daily total runoff.The flow regime is of fundamental importance in determining the physical and
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Hydro Flow Metrics for the Contiguous United States (Percent Change by Mid-Century)

ESRI geodatabase  (936MB)
shape file  (1033MB)

Date of last refresh: May 11, 2022

This file represents modeled streamflow across the contiguous United States, for the percent change between the historical (1977-2006) and projected future end-of-century time period (2070–2089), based on gridded simulations of daily total runoff. The flow regime is of fundamental importance in determining the physical and
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