US Forest Service Data

Part of WikiProject United States.

Many national forests have GIS data available for download. A statement from region 6 (Pacific NW) http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/data-library/gis/disclaimers.shtml says that the data are public domain. Unfortunately each forest seems have their own index of data and data organization. There are some files very relevant to OSM (trails; recreation points listing campsites, docks etc) and some not so useful to the normal OSM reader (owl and fish habitats).

Contents 1 Regions 2 Tagging 2.1 National Forest Boundaries 2.2 National Forest Trails 2.2.1 Proposed specific tags: 2.2.2 Questions: 2.2.3 See Also: 3 National Forests 3.1 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest 3.2 George Washington & Jefferson National Forests 3.3 Kisatche National Forest 3.4 Pacific Northwest Region National Forests (Oregon and Washington) 3.5 Southwestern Region National Forests (Arizona and New Mexico) 3.6 Rocky Mountain Region 4 See also

Regions

This map shows the regions the US Forest Service is divided into.

Tagging

National Forest Boundaries

Proposed tagging:

• landuse=forest
• boundary=national_park
• boundary:type=protected_area
• protect_class=6
• protection_title=National Forest
• ownership=national

See boundary=protected_area for more info.

National Forest Trails

See the Hiking page for general tags related to hiking trails.

Proposed specific tags:

• route_owner = national_forest, private_on_nf, private_noton_nf, county, state, city_town
• route_no
• trail_no

Questions:

• Is there a U.S. equivalent of the sac_scale=*?

See Also:

• Walking_Routes
• Relation:route

National Forests

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest

See: Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest

• Website: [1]
• Status: Trails uploaded --Liber 16:16, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

George Washington & Jefferson National Forests

• Website: [2]
• Status: Working on uploading trails -- --Spesh 14:44, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Kisatche National Forest

• Website: [3]
• Status: Completed uploading park boundaries -- kepardue

Pacific Northwest Region National Forests (Oregon and Washington)

• Website: Region 6 GIS Data Library
• Olympic National Forest (Website)
  • Status:
    • Upload forest boundaries (done)
    • Began uploading Forest service trails --Tylerritchie 18:12, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
• Deschutes National Forest
  • Status: Forest boundary imported --Binary Alchemy 10:01, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
• Willamette National Forest
  • Status: Forest boundary & private land insets imported --Binary Alchemy 21:22, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
• Mt. Hood National Forest
  • Status: Forest boundary & private land insets imported --Binary Alchemy 10:01, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
• Umpqua National Forest
  • Status: Forest boundary imported --Binary Alchemy 11:34, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
• Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
  • Status: Forest boundary imported --Binary Alchemy 08:31, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
• Ochoco National Forest
  • Status: Forest boundary imported --Binary Alchemy 17:24, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
• Crooked River National Grassland
  • Status: Grassland boundary imported --Binary Alchemy 17:24, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
• Winema-Fremont National Forest
  • Status: Forest boundary imported --Binary Alchemy 02:32, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
• Umatilla National Forest
  • Status: Forest owned land boundary imported --Binary Alchemy 21:05, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
• Malheur National Forest
  • Status: Forest owned land boundary imported --Binary Alchemy 21:05, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
• Willowa-Whitman National Forest
  • Status: Forest owned land boundary imported --Binary Alchemy 21:05, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
• TODO:
  • Oregon: Siuslaw
  • Washington: Gifford Pinchot, Snoqualmie, Wenatchee, Mt. Baker, Okanogan, Colville

Southwestern Region National Forests (Arizona and New Mexico)

• Website: [4]
• Status:
  • Forest boundaries: finished (including grasslands and a national preserve)
  • Wilderness areas: finished
  • Trails:
    • Coronado National Forest: finished
    • Apache Sitgreaves National Forest: finished

--AndyAyre 19:42, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Rocky Mountain Region

• Website: [5]
• Status: Planning to start on boundaries within the next month --AndyAyre 22:31, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

I've added the tools and steps I am using at: Getting US Government Shapefiles Into OpenStreetMap.

See also

• US National Park Service Data