Aerial Detection Survey
In partnership with the Oregon Department of Forestry and Washington Department of Natural Resources, the Aerial Detection Survey collection program provides spatial data of forests that is used to address pests, identify areas for salvage timber harvests, improve forest health conditions, and manage wildfire risk.
Aerial Detection Survey Data and Products
Aerial Detection Survey Data Download
Download aerial detection survey data from 1947 to the present.
Current Year Data Viewer
View the most current aerial detection survey data on an interactive geospatial mapping interface. Download or print a map to help you navigate to areas of interest with possible forest health concerns.
Forest Health Aerial Detection Survey Data Dashboard
Interact with this dashboard to learn more about forest health concerns for forested lands you are interested in. Get acres impacted by land management unit, tree species, or damage causal agent.
About Aerial Detection Surveys
Staffed aerial detection surveys provide an annual snapshot of forest health conditions over large areas. Most aerial surveys are conducted in fixed-wing aircraft, such as small planes, while some special surveys are conducted using helicopters.
Aerial surveys can be used as the first step with coarse estimates of recent damage across vast areas as part of a multi-tiered approach for detection, evaluation, and research.
Data collected during these surveys has proven useful in early detection of invasive species, rapid response actions such as quarantine, control, or eradication.