Region 3
 

Geospatial Data

Carson National Forest GIS Data

Selected GIS data that encompass Carson National Forest are available for download from this page. A link to the FGDC compliant metadata is provided for each dataset. All data are in zipped shapefile format, in the following projection:

Universal Transverse Mercator
Zone: 13
Units: Meters
Datum: NAD 1983
Spheroid: GRS 1980

In the event GIS data other than what is listed on this page is of interest, please complete a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. For more information, please visit the U.S. Forest Service FOIA website.

Instructions for downloading and viewing GIS data:
1. Click on the ZIP file link.
2. Save the ZIP file to the desired location on your hard drive.
3. Open the ZIP file with WINZIP and EXTRACT all the files to a folder on your hard drive.
4. To view the GIS data, download the freeware ArcExplorer from http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/index.html. Instructions for using ArcExplorer can be found at this site.

Instructions for downloading and viewing Google Earth KMZ files:
1. To view Google Earth KMZ files, download the freeware Google Earth from. http://earth.google.com/intl/en/download-earth.html. Instructions for using Google Earth can be found at this site.
2. Click on the KMZ file link.
3. Save the KMZ file to the desired location on your hard drive.
4. Open the KMZ file. Select Open from the same File Download window you selected Save from.

 Selected GIS Datasets for Carson National Forest
  Shape KMZ
Activities:
Activity Polygons - Activities either with a signed NEPA document, laid out on the ground and/or accomplished on the ground.  Metadata  4/2012 Shape
414 KB		  
iweb_FACTS_Activities Table - Tabular data from Forest Service Corporate database - FACTS ACTV160 Report (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  4/2012 Excel Table
3.6 MB
Activities Join - Activities Polygons Joined to the Forest Service Corporate database - FACTS ACTV160 Report for Accomplished Activities  4/2012 Shape
866 KB		 KMZ
1.8 MB
Fire Management:
Fire History points - Fire origins for fires occurring from 1970 through 2011 with some points dating back to 1967.   Metadata  2/2012 Shapes
325 KB		 KMZ
115 KB
Fire History polygons - Fire Perimeters. Includes all fires greater than or equal to 10 acres. Includes all fire perimeters from 1970 to 2011 with some polygons dating back to 1967.   Metadata  2/2012 KMZ
184 KB
Wildland Urban Interface - Wildland Urban Interface areas as identified by the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). The area or zone where structures and other human development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland or vegetative fuels  Metadata  9/2010 Shape
173 KB		 KMZ
298 KB
Land:
Administrative Forest Boundary - Shapefile depicting administrative boundaries on the Carson National Forest.  Metadata  6/2009 Shapes
1.3 MB		 KMZ
150 KB 
Ranger District Boundaries - Shapefile depicting Carson National Forest's ranger district boundaries.  Metadata  6/2009 KMZ
197 KB 
Special Interest Management - Depicts areas under special or unique management prescriptions on the Carson National Forest. Examples: Anadromous Spawning Area, Indian Reserve Classification Area, Archeological Area, and Scenic Area.  Metadata  6/2009 KMZ
13 KB 
Surface Ownership - Depicts ownership parcels of the surface estate.  Metadata  6/2009 KMZ
324 KB 
Wild and Scenic Rivers - Depicts areas designated as Wild and Scenic Rivers on the Carson National Forest.  Metadata  6/2009 KMZ
7 KB 
Wilderness - Depicts National Forest System land parcels that have legal descriptions such as National Wilderness Area, Primitive Area, or Wilderness Study Area.  Metadata  6/2009 KMZ
83 KB 
Quad Grid - Depicts 7 1/2 minute USGS quadrangle boundaries for the Carson Forest.  Metadata  6/2009 KMZ
49 KB 
PLSS Sections - Boundaries of Land Survey features called sections, defined by the Public Lands Survey System (PLSS) Grid. Normally, 36 sections make up a township.  Metadata  6/2009 Shapes
615 KB		 KMZ
555 KB
PLSS Townships - Boundaries of Land Survey features called townships (normally comprised of 36 sections), defined by the PLSS Grid.  Metadata  6/2009 KMZ
119 KB
Congressional Districts - Shapefile depicting congressional district boundaries for the state of New Mexico.  Metadata  6/2009 Shapes
2.8 MB		 KMZ
107 KB
County - Shapefile depicting county boundaries for the state of New Mexico.  Metadata  6/2009 KMZ
390 KB
State - New Mexico state boundary shapefile.  Metadata  6/2009 KMZ
26 KB
Rangeland:
RMU_Unit (Allotments) - Depicts the gross grazing management area (allotment) boundaries, range general resource area boundaries, and wild horse territories boundaries.  Metadata  9/2010 Shapes
801 KB		  
RMU_SubUnit (Pastures) - Depicts grazing implementation monitoring area boundaries within each Pasture.  Metadata  9/2010  
iweb_gc_allotments_v - Linkable Tabular data from iweb tables iweb_gc_allotments_v (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  9/2010 Excel Tables
48 KB
iweb_gc_pastures_v - Linkable Tabular data from iweb tables iweb_gc_pastures_v (Microsoft Excel Format). Metadata  9/2010
AllotmentJoin - RUM_Unit (Allotments) Join to table iweb_gc_allotments_v   9/2010 Shapes
867 KB		 KMZ
549 KB
PastueJoin - RMU_SubUnit (Pastures) Join to iweb_gc_pastures_v  9/2010 KMZ
637 KB
Recreation:
Recreation Opportunity Spectrum - Recreation Opportuntiy Spectrum (ROS) - Existing Condition.  Metadata  6/2009 Shape
378 KB		 KMZ
559 KB
Single Edition Quadrangles (SEQ):
Single Edition 1:24000 Quadrangles - Also known as Softcopy Maps, are raster images of published Forest Service 1:24000 maps. Softcopy 1:24000 data reflect the content of published maps, downloadable in Geotiff format. Note: To obtain georeferenced 1:24000 Forest Service topographic quadrangles, please click on the link and select the "Raster Data" link. Once at the site, see the associated metadata files for complete information.  FS Geodata Clearinghouse
Terrestrial Ecological Units:
TEU_Land_Type - Terrestrial Ecosystem Survey (TES) or Soil data.  Metadata  6/2009 Shape
5.9 MB		  
TEUI_Classes - TEUI Classes Aggregated To Map Unit. A list of aggregated TEUI class information for a number of TEUI classes including PNVT, Soil Class, Mineralogy. etc. from Forest Service corporate I-Web tables at Kansas City (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  9/2010 Excel Tables
267 KB
TEUI_Interpretations - TEUI Interpretations Aggregated To Map Unit. Aggregated TEUI interpretation information from Forest Service corporate I-Web tables at Kansas City (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  9/2010
Potential Natural  Vegetation - Table Join Displays the Potential Natural Vegetation (PNV) classifications attached to the map unit components aggregated to the map unit.  9/2010 Shape
5.8 MB		 KMZ
10.6 MB
Soil Class - Table Join Displays the Soil classifications attached to the map unit components aggregated to the map unit.  9/2010 Shape
5.9 MB		 KMZ
10.7 MB
Transportation:
Road - Depicts spatial location of roads within or in close proximity to an administrative boundary unit.  Metadata  9/2010 Shapes
5.0 MB		  
Trail - Depicts spatial location of trails within or in close proximity to an administrative boundary unit.  Metadata  9/2010  
iweb Road Linear Events table - Tabular data from Infra Road Linear Events Report (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  9/2010 Excel Tables
629 KB
iweb Trail Linear Events table - Tabular data from Infra Trail Linear Events Report (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  9/2010
RoadJoin - Road Route, Joined to their respective event tables. These Roads exclude Operational Maintenance Level 1 Roads (Closed) and Decommissioned Roads.  9/2010 Shapes
1.6 MB		 KMZ
2.6 MB
TrailJoin - Trail Route Joined to their respective event tables.  9/2010 KMZ
877 KB
Vegetation:
Base Vegetation Locations - Depicts location (compartment) boundaries correlating to information including management units to group sites (stands).  Metadata  6/2009 Shapes
16.9 MB		  
Base Vegetation Sites - Forest and district-level thematic vegetation polygons correlating to vegetative inventories conducted by the forests. Cover Typre as KMZ  Metadata 6/2009 KMZ
26.3 MB
Invasive_Plant - Invasive Plant (Noxious Weed) Locations.  Metadata 6/2009 Shape
702 KB		 KMZ
1.2 MB
Mid-Scale Existing Vegetation Canopy Cover Map Units - Canopy cover map units of trees for tree life form polygons or shrubs for shrub life form polygons Metadata 3/2012 Shape
4.5 MB		  
Mid-Scale Existing Vegetation Dominance Type Map Units - Polygons of dominance type in the map units. Dominance types are defined by the species or genera of greatest abundance, usually of the uppermost canopy of the plant community. Metadata 3/2012 Shape
5.5 MB		  
Mid-Scale Existing Vegetation Life Form - Polygons representing the dominant life form. Metadata 3/2012 Shape
1.8 MB		  
Mid-Scale Existing Vegetation Size Map Units - Diameter class map unit of dominant trees for tree life form polygons or shrub height class for shrub life form polygons. Metadata 3/2012 Shape
4.1 MB		  
Water:
4th Code HUCs - Depicts 2-dimensional spatial location of hierarchical hydrologic unit delineations based on Natural Resource Conservation Service and U.S. Geological Survey approved subbasins within or partially within a Forest Service administrative unit.  Metadata  9/2010 Shapes
9.0 MB		 KMZ
1.4 MB
5th Code HUCs - Depicts 2-dimensional spatial location of hierarchical hydrologic unit delineations based on Natural Resource Conservation Service and U.S. Geological Survey approved watersheds within or partially within a Forest Service administrative unit.  Metadata  9/2010 KMZ
4.8 MB
6th Code HUCs - Depicts 2-dimensional spatial location of hierarchical hydrologic unit delineations based on Natural Resource Conservation Service and U.S. Geological Survey approved subwatersheds within or partially within a Forest Service administrative unit.  Metadata  9/2010 KMZ
10.8 MB
Stream Arcs - Stream Lines. Contains all stream arcs even if not named. Used to determine stream type (intermittent, ephemeral and perennial).  Metadata  9/2010 Shapes
9.8 MB		 KMZ
11.5 MB
Stream Routes - Streams. Contains only those streams that are named on the PBS (Primary Base Series) quads. See "Stream Arcs" for all streams. Metadata  9/2010 KMZ
2.6 MB
Water Bodies - Depicts surface water extent for all water bodies larger than 50 feet across their shortest axis.  Metadata  6/2009 Shape
859 KB		 KMZ
1.2 MB
Wildlife:
Goshawk Polygons - Goshawk management areas as identified and delineated by forest specialists.  Metadata  6/2009 Shape
19 KB		 KMZ
19 KB
Mexican Spotted Owl Polygons - Mexican spotted owl management areas as identified and delineated by forest specialists.  Metadata  6/2009 Shape
11 KB		 KMZ
5 KB


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