Geospatial Data

Santa Fe National Forest GIS Data

Selected GIS data that encompass Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe National Forest
   Shape  KMZ  
Activities:
ActivityPolygon - Activities either with a signed NEPA document, laid out on the ground and/or accomplished on the ground.  Metadata  2/2012 Shape
4.6 MB 
 
iweb_FACTS_Activities Table - Tabular data from FACTS ACTV160 Report (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  2/2012 Excel Table
3.3 MB
Activities Join to iweb_FACTS_Activities Table - Activities Polygons Joined to FACTS ACTV160 Report for Accomplished Activities in Fiscal Years 2007 to 2011  2/2012 Shape
787 KB
KMZ
1.5 MB
FACTS_Glossary.doc  - Field definitions  3/2009 Word Document
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  7/2010 Shapes
784 KB
KMZ
80 KB
Constructed Feature lines - Similar to "Constructed Feature points" but containing features better represented as lines.  Metadata  7/2010 KMZ
1.0 MB
Fire Management:
Fire History points - Fire origins for fires occurring from 1970 through 2011  Metadata  2/2012 Shapes
812 KB
KMZ
245 KB 
Fire History polygons - Fire Perimeters. Includes all fires greater than or equal to 10 acres. Includes all fire perimeters from 1970 to 2011.  Metadata  2/2012 KMZ
803 KB
Wildland Urban Interface polygons - 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  7/2010 Shape
124 KB
KMZ
203 KB 
Land:
Other National Designation - Depicts National Forest System land parcels that have management or use limits placed on them by legal authority. Examples are: National Recreation Area and National Monument.  Metadata  3/2009 Shapes
62 KB
KMZ
38 KB
Special Interest Managment - Depicts National Forest System land parcels that have management or use limits placed on them by legal authority.  Metadata  3/2009 KMZ
5 KB
Wild and Scenic Rivers - Depicts areas designated as Wild and Scenic Rivers.  Metadata  3/2009 KMZ
18 KB

Other Land-related datasets

Region wide Land Shapefile datasets for the following are located with the Southwest Region GIS datasets:

Forest Administrative Boundary

  KMZ
115 KB

Ranger Didtrict Boundary

  KMZ
320 KB

Sections

  KMZ
809 KB

Townships

  KMZ
809 KB

Surface Ownership

  KMZ
732 KB

Wilderness

  KMZ
106 KB
Planning:
Management Areas - Depicts Forest Plan Management Area boundaries.  Metadata  3/2009 Shape
2.0 MB
KMZ
3.5 MB 
Rangeland:
RMU_Unit (Allotments) - Depicts the gross grazing management area (allotment) boundaries, range general resource area boundaries, and wild horse territories boundaries.  Metadata  8/2011 Shapes
2.3 MB
 

RMU_Keyarea - Depicts grazing implementation monitoring area boundaries within each Pasture.  Metadata 8/2011

KMZ
RMU_SubUnit (Pastures) - Depicts pasture and exclosure boundaries within each Allotment.  Metadata  8/2011  
iweb_gc_allotments_v - Linkable Tabular data from iweb table iweb_gc_allotments_v (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  8/2011 Excel Tables
124 KB
iweb_gc_pastures_v - Linkable Tabular data from iweb table  iweb_gc_pastures_v (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  8/2011
AllotmentsJoin - RMU_Unit (Allotments) Join to table iweb_gc_allotments_v  8/2011 Shapes
2.2 MB
KMZ
1.3 MB
PasturesJoin - RMU_SubUnit (Pastures) Join to iweb_gc_pastures_v  8/2011 KMZ
2.2 MB
Recreation:
Recreation Site Points - Depicts developed recreation sites as Points.  Metadata  7/2010 Shape
28 KB
KMZ
12 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 - Terrestrial Ecosystem Survey (TES) or Soil data. Polygons of mapped units of land based on ecological attributes.  Metadata  3/2009 Shape
3/2009
 
TEU Database - Associated tables with soil interpretations and other data.  8/2010 Access Database
TEU Documents - Additional documentation including TE Survey, field definitions, etc. Word Document
Soils Class - Soil classification by dominant type. Join with Associated tables.   Metadata  3/2009   KMZ
20.2 MB
Transportation:
Road Routes - Depicts spatial location of Forest Service roads within or in close proximity to an administrative boundary unit.  Metadata  7/2010 Shapes
7.6 MB
 
Trail Routes - Depicts spatial location of trails within or in close proximity to an administrative boundary unit.  Metadata  7/2010  
iweb Road Linear Events table - Tabular data from Infra Road Linear Events Report (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  7/2010 Excel Tables
1.0 MB
iweb Trail Linear Events table - Tabular data from Infra Trail Linear Events Report (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  7/2010
RoadJoin - Road Route Joined to their respective event tables. These Roads exclude Operational Maintenance Level 1 Roads (Closed) and Decommissioned Roads.  7/2010 Shapes
5.7 MB
KMZ
5.2 MB
TrailJoin - Trail Route Joined to their respective event tables.   7/2010 KMZ
2.0 MB
Vegetation:
Base Vegetation Sites - Site (stand) boundaries which depict the dominant cover type for a homogeneous unit on the ground.  Metadata  07/2010 Shape
25.0 MB
KMZ
25.0 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
9.3 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
10.7 MB
 
Mid-Scale Existing Vegetation Life Form- Polygons representing the dominant life form. Metadata 3/2012 Shape
3.6 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
8.6 MB
 
Water:
Stream Arcs - Stream Lines. Contains all stream arcs even if not named. Used to determine stream type (intermittent, ephemeral and perennial). 1:24,000 data.  Metadata  3/2009 Shapes
11.2 MB
KMZ
17.9 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 3/2009 KMZ
4.8 MB
Water Body Polygons - Depicts surface water extent for all perennial and intermittent water bodies larger than 50 feet across their shortest axis.  Metadata 3/2009 Shapes
818 KB
KMZ
1.7 MB
NHD Water Points - Water points (springs, lakes, etc.).  Metadata 3/2009 KMZ
22 KB

Other Water-related datasets:

Region wide Water-related datasets for the following are located with the Southwest Region GIS datasets:

4th Code Hydrologic Units

  KMZ
1.2 MB

5th Code Hydrologic Units

  KMZ
3.6 MB

6th Code Hydrologic Units

  KMZ
4.5 MB
Visitor Map:
Visitor Map: NAD83 MrSid format - Merged east and west halves. This map is projected in UTM 13, NAD83.
*Please allow for extended download time due to the size of the zip file.   Metadata  3/2009
MrSid Image
54.0 MB


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