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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

Land Utilization

ESRI geodatabase  (251KB)
shape file  (499KB)

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

A unit designated by the Secretary of Agriculture for conservation and utilization under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act.
parent dataset: Land

Other Sub Surface Right

ESRI geodatabase  (29KB)
shape file  (28KB)

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

An area depicting ownership parcels of the subsurface estate, excluding mineral rights; it is collected only if the subsurface estate is different than the overlying surface estate.
parent dataset: Land

Other Surface Right

ESRI geodatabase  (13MB)
shape file  (27MB)

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

An area depicting a right to a surface resource, excluding rights of way.
parent dataset: Land

Parcels withdrawn from settlement, sale, mineral location, and/or entry

ESRI geodatabase  (3MB)
shape file  (8MB)

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

Federal land parcels that are withdrawn from settlement, sale, location, or entry under some or all of the general land and mineral laws in order to maintain other public values or purposes. A withdrawal area has one or more associated segregations. A segregation is a specific activity from which the area has been withdrawn
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parent dataset: Land

Public Land Survey Corner

ESRI geodatabase  (72MB)
shape file  (113MB)

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

A land survey point from a GCDB LX file, survey plat, or captured from a CFF land net coverage. Includes points generated by calculating an aliquot breakdown of a section.
parent dataset: Land

Public Land Survey Monument

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

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

A featureclass depicting survey monuments. A monument is a permanent marker placed at the location of a corner. Today, permanent monuments can be an aluminum pipe and cap or an iron rod and plastic cap. In the past, original PLSS surveys often utilized wooden stakes or posts, marked trees, or stones, mounds of rocks, pits, or
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parent dataset: Land

Public Land Survey System Sections

ESRI geodatabase  (86MB)
shape file  (121MB)

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

An area defined by the Public Lands Survey System Grid. Normally, 36 sections make up a township.
parent dataset: Land

Public Land Survey System Townships

ESRI geodatabase  (11MB)
shape file  (23MB)

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

An area defined by the Public Lands Survey System grid that is referenced by its tier and range numbers, and is normally a rectangle approximately 6 miles on a side with boundaries conforming to meridians and parallels.
parent dataset: Land

Purchase Units under the Weeks Law

ESRI geodatabase  (242KB)
shape file  (497KB)

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

A unit designated by the Secretary of Agriculture or previously approved by the National Forest Reservation Commission for purposes of Weeks Law acquisition.
parent dataset: Land

Right of Way

ESRI geodatabase  (38MB)
shape file  (77MB)

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

An area depicting a privilege to pass over the land of another in some particular path; usually an easement over the land of another; a strip of land used in this way for railroad and highway purposes, for pipelines or pole lines and for private and public passage.
parent dataset: Land

Surface Ownership Parcels

ESRI geodatabase  (47MB)
shape file  (101MB)

Date of last refresh: Jan 28, 2024

An area depicted as surface ownership parcels dissolved on the same ownership classification.
parent dataset: Land

Surface Ownership Parcels, detailed

ESRI geodatabase  (64MB)
shape file  (119MB)

Date of last refresh: Mar 3, 2024

An area depicting ownership parcels of the surface estate. Each surface ownership parcel is tied to a particular legal transaction. The same individual or organization may currently own many parcels that may or may not have been acquired through the same legal transaction. Therefore, they are captured as separate entities
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parent dataset: Land