Title:

Forest ownership in the conterminous United States circa 2022: distribution of seven ownership types - geospatial dataset

Author(s):

Harris, Vance; Caputo, Jesse; Butler, Brett J.

Publication Year:

2025

How to Cite:

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Harris, Vance; Caputo, Jesse; Butler, Brett J. 2025. Forest ownership in the conterminous United States circa 2022: distribution of seven ownership types - geospatial dataset. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0045

Abstract:

This geospatial dataset depicts ownership patterns of forest land across the conterminous United States circa 2022. Seven forest ownership categories are included, including three public ownerships: federal, state, and local; two private categories: family and corporate (including not-for-profit organizations and institutions); Native American tribal land; and unknown forest ownership. Two additional categories are also included, non-forest and water. The data are derived from the National Land Cover Database (NLCD), third-party ownership data, and current up-to-date publicly available boundaries of public and tribal lands.

Keywords:

boundaries; environment; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Resource inventory; Environment and People; Impact of people on environment; forest ownership; forest land; non-forest; owner types; public; private; corporate; tribal; conterminous United States; CONUS; contiguous United States; lower 48

Related publications:

• Harris, Vance; Caputo, Jesse; Finley, Andrew; Butler, Brett J.; Bowlick, Forrest; Catanzaro, Paul. 2021. Small-area estimation for the USDA Forest Service, National Woodland Owner Survey: Creating a fine-scale land cover and ownership layer to support county-level population estimates. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 4: 745840. 11 p. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.745840 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/65570
• Nelson, Mark D.; Liknes, Greg C.; Butler, Brett J. 2010. Forest ownership in the conterminous United States: ForestOwn_v1 geospatial dataset. Newtown Square, PA: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2010-0002
• Hewes, Jaketon H.; Butler, Brett J.; Liknes, Greg C.; Nelson, Mark D.; Snyder, Stephanie A. 2014. Public and private forest ownership in the conterminous United States: distribution of six ownership types - geospatial dataset. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2014-0002
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