Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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GIS Data
The Gifford Pinchot National Forest (GPNF) GIS database contains many geospatial data themes for the western slope of the southern Washington Cascades. Most themes are focused on lands owned and administered by the GPNF, with limited information for privately-owned land.
- Data files served on this site are Arcinfo .e00 format unless otherwise noted.
- The projection is a local Albers projection defined for the Area of Oregon and Washington in the Pacific Northwest Region (R6) of the USDA-FS, NAD83, units are in meters.
- Windows users can use WinZip to expand files. Unix users should use the gunzip command to uncompress the data.
- Databases are zipped comma deliminated text files, MS Access Databases, or DBF files.
In the table below, click on a Theme name to view a metadata page for more information about the theme. Click the link in the Download file column to begin the download process (links are also provided in the metadata pages).
Available Themes
| Category | Theme | Dataset Name (and data type) |
Feature Type(s) | Scale | Additional Database files in .zip |
Download File |
| Admin | Forest Boundary | admin_forest (coverage |
polygon | variable | Download | |
| District Boundaries | ranger_dist (coverage) |
polygon | 1:24000 | Download | ||
| Climate | Precipitation | precip (coverage) |
polygon | 1:26720 | Download | |
| Geology | Hazards (areal) |
geohaz_pl | region | 1:24000 | yes | Download |
| Hazards (point) |
geohaz_pt | point | 1:24000 | Download | ||
| Land Survey / Ownership | Public Land Survey System and Ownership |
plss_own | polygon, regions |
variable | Download | |
| Management Direction |
Land and Resource Management Plan | lrmp (coverage) |
polygon | 1:24000 | Download | |
| Vegetation | Current Veg | ev_base (coverage) |
polygon | 1:15840 1:24000 |
yes | Download |
| Potential Veg | ev_pnv (coverage) |
polygon | 1:26720 | Download | ||
| Water | Streams | stream (coverage) |
polygon | 1:24000 | Download | |
| Waterbodies | waterbody (coverage) |
polygon | 1:24000 | Download | ||
| Watersheds | watershed (coverage) |
polygon, regions |
1:24000 | Download | ||
| Wetlands | wetland_pl (coverage) |
polygon | 1:24000 | Download | ||
| Municipal Watersheds | wsh_muni_pod (coverage) |
polygon | Download | |||
| Water point features | wtr_point (coverage) |
point | Download |
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DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY: The Forest Service cannot assure the reliability or suitability of this information for a particular purpose. Original data elements were compiled from various sources. Spatial information may not meet National Mapping Standards. This information may be updated, corrected, or otherwise modified without notification. For additional information about this data contact the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
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Available themes
US Forest Service
Gifford Pinchot National Forest - Vancouver, WA
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument - Amboy, WA
Last Modified: Thursday, 27 September 2007 at 18:37:47 EDT