Region 3
 

Geospatial Data

Tonto National Forest GIS Data

Selected GIS data that encompass Tonto 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 Tonto 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  10/2010 Shape
176 KB		  
iweb_FACTS_Activities Table - Tabular data from Forest Service Corporate database - FACTS ACTV160 Report (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  10/2010 Excel Table
1.5 MB
Activities Join to iweb_FACTS_Activities Table - Activities Polygons Joined to the Forest Service Corporate database - FACTS ACTV160 Report for Accomplished Activities  10/2010 Shape
174 KB		 KMZ
303 KB
Fire Managment :
Fire History points  - Historic fire points (starts) for fires occurring from 1970 through 2011.  Metadata 3/2012 Shapes
983 KB		 KMZ
700 KB
Fire History polygons - Historic fire polygons for fires 10 acres or more in size for fires occurring from 1970 through 2011.  Metadata 3/2012 KMZ
618 KB
Land:
Administrative Forest Boundary - Shapefile depicting administrative boundaries on the Tonto National Forest.  Metadata  2/2008 Shapes
2.4 MB		 KMZ
204 KB
Ranger District Boundaries - Shapefile depicting Tonto National Forest's ranger district boundaries.  Metadata  2/2008 KMZ
715 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  2/2008 KMZ
1.2 MB
Special Interest Management - Depicts National Forest System land parcels that have management or use limits placed on them by legal authority.  Metadata  2/2008 KMZ
39 KB
Surface Ownership - Depicts ownership parcels of the surface estate.  Metadata  2/2008 KMZ
519 KB
PLSS 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  2/2008 KMZ
304 KB
Wild and Scenic Rivers - Depicts areas designated as Wild and Scenic Rivers.  Metadata  2/2008 KMZ
37 KB
Wilderness - Depicts National Forest System land parcels that have legal descriptions such as National Wilderness Area, Primitive Area, or Wilderness Study Area.  Metadata  2/2008 KMZ
308 KB
Congressional Districts - Shapefile depicting congressional district boundaries for Arizona.  Metadata 2/2008 Shapes
2.2 MB		 KMZ
610 KB
County Boundaries - Shapefile depicting county boundaries for Arizona.  Metadata  10/2010

KMZ
1.5 MB
State Boundary - Arizona state boundary shapefile.  Metadata  10/2010 KMZ
438 KB
Rangeland:
RMU_Unit (Allotments) - Depicts the gross grazing management area (allotment) boundaries, range general resource area boundaries, and wild horse territories boundaries.  Metadata  10/2010 Shapes
3.2 MB		  
RMU_SubUnit (Pastures) - Depicts grazing implementation monitoring area boundaries within each Pasture.  Metadata  10/2010  
iweb_gc_allotments_v - Linkable Tabular data from iweb tables iweb_gc_allotments_v (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  10/2010 Excel Tables
129 KB
iweb_gc_pastures_v - Linkable Tabular data from iweb tables iweb_gc_pastures_v (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  10/2010
AllotmentJoin - RUM_Unit (Allotments) Join to table iweb_gc_allotments_v  10/2010 Shapes
2.8 MB		 KMZ
1.9 MB
PastureJoin - RMU_SubUnit (Pastures) Join to iweb_gc_pastures_v  10/2010 KMZ
3.0 MB
Recreation:
Recreation Site points - Spatial location of recreation site points within or in close proximity to an administrative unit.  Metadata  2/2008 Shape
17 KB		 KMZ
25 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
Transportation:
Road - Depicts spatial location of roads within or in close proximity to an administrative boundary unit.  Metadata  10/2010 Shapes
4.4 MB		  
Trail - Depicts spatial location of trails within or in close proximity to an administrative boundary unit.  Metadata  10/2010  
iweb Road Linear Events table - Tabular data from Infra Road Linear Events Report (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  10/2010 Excel Tables
505 KB
iweb Trail Linear Events table - Tabular data from InfraTrail Linear Events Report (Microsoft Excel Format).  Metadata  10/2010
RoadJoin - Road Route Joined to their respective event tables. These Roads exclude Operational Maintenance Level 1 Roads (Closed) and Decommissioned Roads.  10/2010 Shapes
4.7 MB		 KMZ
5.3 MB
Trail Join - Trail Route Joined to their respective event tables.  10/2010 KMZ
1.0 MB
Vegetation:
Base Vegetation Locations - Depicts location (compartment) boundaries correlating to information including management units to group sites (stands).  Metadata  2/2008 Shapes
4.5 MB		  
Base Vegetation Sites - Forest and district-level thematic vegetation polygons correlating to vegetative inventories conducted by the forests.  Metadata  2/2008  
Potential Natural Vegetation - Depicts and labels potential natural vegetation for the Tonto National Forest. Used to provide vegetation information for forest planning and analysis.  Metadata 2/2008 Shape
7.9 MB		 KMZ
17.9 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
21.7 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
21.2 MB		  
Mid-Scale Existing Vegetation Life Form- Polygons representing the dominant life form. Metadata 3/2012 Shape
13.6 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
18.3 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  10/2010 Shapes
10.1 MB		 KMZ
1.3 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  10/2010 KMZ
3.0 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  10/2010 KMZ
8.3 MB
Stream Arcs - Stream Lines. Contains all stream arcs even if not named. Used to determine stream type (intermittent, ephemeral and perennial).  Metadata  2/2008 Shapes
13.0 MB		 KMZ
19.8 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  2/2008 KMZ
4.5 MB
Water Body polygons - Depicts surface water extent for all water bodies larger than 50 feet across their shortest axis.  Metadata  2/2008 Shape
831 KB		 KMZ
1.9 MB


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