Region 3
 

Geospatial Data

Gila National Forest GIS Data

Selected GIS data that encompass Gila 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: 12
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 Gila 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  05/2012 Shape
4.2 MB		  
iweb_FACTS_Activities Table - Tabular data from Forest Service Corporate database - FACTS ACTV160 Report (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata 05/2012 Excel table
4.0 MB
Activities Join to iweb_FACTS_Activities - Activities Polygons Joined to the Forest Service Corporate database - FACTS ACTV160 Report for Accomplished Activities in Fiscal Years 2007 to 2011.  05/2012 Shape
643 KB		 KMZ
1.3 MB
Constructed Features :
Constructed Feature Points - Points depicting Constructed features, (e.g, fences, bridges, culverts, buildings, communication systems, gates, helipads, parking lots, shooting ranges, etc.) and non-constructed features which may include natural barriers and other features that need to be maintained spatially.  Metadata  7/2011 Shapes
2.4 MB		 KMZ
131 KB
Constructed Feature Lines - Similar to "Constructed Feature points" but containing features better represented as lines.  Metadata  7/2011 KMZ
2.6 MB
Constructed Feature polygons - Similar to "Constructed Feature points" but containing features better represented as polygons.   Metadata  7/2011 KMZ
490 KB
Fire Management:
Fire History Points - Fire origins for fires occurring from 1970 through 2011  Metadata  2/2012 Shapes
1.5 KB		 KMZ
526 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 1925  Metadata  2/2012 KMZ
1.4 MB
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  08/2010 Shape 748 KB KMZ
1.1 MB
Land:
Administrative Forest Boundary - Shapefile depicting administrative boundaries on the Gila National Forest.  Metadata  9/2009 Shapes
2.8 MB		 KMZ
49 KB
Ranger District Boundaries - Shapefile depicting Gila National Forest's ranger district boundaries.  Metadata  9/2009 KMZ
475 KB
Other National Designations - Shapefile depicting the boundaries of Other National Designated Areas - A region subclass depicting National Forest System land parcels that have management or use limits placed on them by legal authority. Examples are: National Recreation Area, National Monument, and National Game Refuge.  Metadata  9/2009 KMZ
25 KB
Proclaimed Forest Boundary - Shapefile depicting the following area types: National Forest, Experimental Area, Experimental Forest, Experimental Range, Land Utilization Project, National Grassland, Purchase Unit, and Special Management Area.  Metadata  9/2009 KMZ
59 KB
Sections - Shapefile depicting the boundaries of Land Survey features called sections, defined by the Public Lands Survey System Grid. Normally, 36 sections make up a township.  Metadata  9/2009 KMZ
1.3 MB
Surface Ownership - Depicts ownership parcels of the surface estate.  Metadata  7/2011 KMZ
597 KB
Townships - Shapefile depicting the boundaries of Land Survey features called townships (normally comprised of 36 sections), defined by the Public Lands Survey System (PLSS) Grid.  Metadata  9/2009 KMZ
331 KB
Wilderness - Depicts National Forest System land parcels that have legal descriptions such as National Wilderness Area, Primitive Area, or Wilderness Study Area.  Metadata  9/2009 KMZ
216 KB
Congressional Districts - Shapefile depicting congressional district boundaries for the state of New Mexico.  Metadata  3/2009 Shapes
313 KB		 KMZ
107 KB
County - Shapefile depicting county boundaries for the state of New Mexico.  Metadata  3/2009 KMZ
390 KB
State - New Mexico state boundary shapefile.  Metadata  3/2009 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  7/2011 Shapes
2.0 MB		  
RMU_SubUnit (Pastures) - Depicts grazing implementation monitoring area boundaries within each Pasture.   Metadata  7/2011  
iweb_gc_allotments_v - Linkable Tabular data from iweb tables iweb_gc_allotments_v (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  7/2011 Excel Tables
116 KB
iweb_gc_pastures_v - Linkable Tabular data from iweb tables iweb_gc_pastures_v (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  7/2011
AllotmentJoin - RUM_Unit (Allotments) Join to table iweb_gc_allotments_v   7/2011 Shapes
1.8 MB		 KMZ
1.2 MB
PastueJoin - RMU_SubUnit (Pastures) Join to iweb_gc_pastures_v   7/2011 KMZ
2.3 MB
Recreation:
Recreation Site Points - Spatial location of recreation site points within or in close proximity to an administrative unit.  Metadata  7/2011 Shape
21 KB		 KMZ
6 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 Polygons - Polygons of mapped units of land based on ecological attributes.  Metadata  9/2009 Shape
12.5 MB		  
Transportation:
Road Routes - Depicts spatial location of roads within or in close proximity to an administrative boundary unit.  Metadata  7/2011 Shapes
15.6 MB		  
Trail Routes - Depicts spatial location of trails within or in close proximity to an administrative boundary unit.  Metadata  7/2011  
iweb Road Linear Events table - Tabular data from Infra Road Linear Events Report (Microsoft Excel Format).   Metadata  7/2011 Excel Table
801 KB
iweb Trail Linear Events table - Tabular data from Infra Trail Linear Events Report (Microsoft Excel Format).   Metadata  7/2011
RoadJoin - Road Route Joined to their respective event tables. These Roads exclude Operational Maintenance Level 1 Roads (Closed) and Decommissioned Roads.   7/2011 Shapes
12.9 MB		 KMZ
8.7 MB
TrailJoin - Trail Route Joined to their respective event tables.   7/2011 KMZ
2.4 MB
Vegetation:
Base Vegetation Locations - Depicts location (compartment) boundaries correlating to information including management units to group sites (stands).  Metadata  7/2011 Shapes
44.8 MB		  
Base Vegetation Sites - Forest and district-level thematic vegetation polygons correlating to vegetative inventories conducted by the forests.  Metadata  7/2011  
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
9.4 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
11 MB
Mid-Scale Existing Vegetation Life Form- Polygons representing the dominant life form. Metadata 3/2012 Shape
1.6 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
9.6 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  7/2011 Shapes
7.3 MB		 KMZ
1.8 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  7/2011 KMZ
2.6 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  7/2011 KMZ
7.4 MB
NHD Points - High-resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) with USFS CFF information depicting the spatial location of wells, springs, etc.  Metadata  7/2011 Shape
140 KB		 KMZ
116 KB
NHD Areas - High-resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) with USFS CFF information depicting the spatial location of named significant drainages on or near the forest.   Metadata  8/2010 Shape
1.3 MB		 KMZ
1.9 MB
NHD Water Bodies - High-resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) with USFS CFF information depicting the spatial location for large water bodies on or near the forest.  Metadata  7/2011 Shape
1.6 MB		 KMZ
2.2 MB
NHD Flow Lines - High-resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) with USFS CFF information depicting the spatial location of drainages and flowlines on or near the forest.  Metadata  8/2010 Shape
50.6 MB		  


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