National Forest System Inventoried Roadless Area Acreage by Ecoregion and Protected Status
ecoregion code # outst. total NFS land total NFS land wild. non-wild. SDA IRA 1b+1b1 IRA 1c wild.+IRA all SDA+IRA
(acres) (rounded acres) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Alaska Geographic Division
Northern Pacific Coast 23 X 10,985,495 10,985,000 25 8 26 17 69 77
Icefields and Tundra 104   10,678,596 10,679,000 21 15 34 23 79 94
Eastern Geographic Division
Western Great Lakes 7   10,884,786 10,885,000 11 1 0 1 12 14
New England/Acadia 12   1,473,782 1,474,000 11 2 8 9 28 30
Allegheny Highlands 15   755,817 756,000 1 6 1 0 2 8
Appalachian/Blue Ridge 16 X 9,319,500 9,320,000 4 4 4 4 12 16
Mixed Mesophytic 17 X 4,598,902 4,599,000 2 0 0 2 4 5
Central US Hardwoods 18   4,794,837 4,795,000 2 0 0 1 3 4
Ozark Mountains 19   3,517,469 3,517,000 3 3 1 2 6 9
Southeast Mixed Forests 22 X 3,091,947 3,092,000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Piney Woods 48   2,876,939 2,877,000 2 0 0 0 2 2
Middle Atlantic Coast 50   712,405 712,000 6 1 0 3 9 10
Southeastern Conifer 51 X 1,975,271 1,975,000 4 1 1 1 6 6
Florida Sand Pine Scrub 52 X 252,613 253,000 4 0 0 1 5 5
Northern Tall Grasslands 59   136,693 137,000 0 0 0 34 34 34
Western Geographic Division
North Central Rockies 30   17,180,168 17,180,000 20 3 11 16 47 49
Okanogan Forests 31   802,195 802,000 0 1 1 16 17 18
Cascade Mnts. Leeward 32   3,164,919 3,165,000 37 15 12 6 56 72
North Cascades 33 X 1,787,923 1,788,000 43 11 18 4 65 76
Central Pacific Coastal 34 X 1,696,450 1,696,000 5 3 5 2 12 15
Central/South. Cascades 36   6,929,364 6,929,000 19 8 6 4 30 38
Eastern Cascades 37   7,603,916 7,604,000 2 3 2 4 8 11
Blue Mountains 38   6,735,297 6,735,000 15 4 5 8 28 32
Klamath-Siskiyou 39 X 6,944,081 6,944,000 20 10 7 8 34 44
Sierra Nevada 41 X 8,936,063 8,936,000 21 5 4 7 32 37
Great Basin Montane 42   961,852 962,000 29 7 6 46 80 87
South Central Rockies 43   27,968,075 27,968,000 24 5 12 27 63 69
Wasatch/Uinta Montane 44   6,950,877 6,951,000 9 1 6 38 54 55
Colorado Rockies 45   18,908,663 18,909,000 19 2 5 20 44 45
Arizona Mountains 46   15,667,128 15,667,000 12 4 5 6 23 26
Madrean Sky Islands 47 X 1,501,457 1,501,000 20 4 24 0 44 48
Palouse Grasslands 53   421,460 421,000 7 51 1 12 20 70
Montana Valley/Foothill 57   1,298,634 1,299,000 2 2 4 27 33 35
NW Mixed Grasslands 58   7,062,118 7,062,000 0 0 1 5 6 6
West. Short Grasslands 63   3,149,027 3,149,000 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Cal. Shrub/Savanna 70 X 1,088,738 1,089,000 9 15 5 19 33 48
S. Cal. Woods/Shrub 71 X 2,928,135 2,928,000 32 1 9 19 61 61
S. Cal. Coastal Scrub 72 X 729,377 729,000 14 2 11 9 34 36
Snake/Col. Shrub Steppe 75   1,285,337 1,285,000 1 6 9 24 34 40
Grt. Basin Shrub Steppe 76   8,108,880 8,109,000 9 3 4 47 60 63
Wyoming Basin 77   594,970 595,000 3 24 1 35 38 63
Colorado Plateau 78   3,268,870 3,269,000 6 11 3 19 28 39
Mojave Desert 79   424,626 425,000 23 59 2 3 28 87
Sonoran Desert 80 X 192,522 193,000 25 0 7 3 35 35
Chihuahuan Desert 81 X 338,450 338,000 5 0 15 11 30 31
Definitions of Categories of Inventoried Roadless Areas
1B Inventoried roadless area where road construction or reconstruction is not allowed
1B-1 Inventoried roadless area where road construction or reconstruction is not allowed, and the forest plan recommends as wilderness
1C Inventoried roadless area where road construction or reconstruction is allowed