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FS National Forests Dataset (US Forest Service Proclaimed Forests)

Published by U.S. Forest Service | Department of Agriculture | Catalog Last Checked: June 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM | Dataset Last Updated: May 27, 2026
The FS National Forests Dataset (US Forest Service Proclaimed Forests) is a depiction of the boundaries encompassing the National Forest System (NFS) lands within the original proclaimed National Forests, along with subsequent Executive Orders, Proclamations, Public Laws, Public Land Orders, Secretary of Agriculture Orders, and Secretary of Interior Orders creating modifications thereto, along with lands added to the NFS which have taken on the status of 'reserved from the public domain' under the General Exchange Act. The following area types are included: National Forest, Experimental Area, Experimental Forest, Experimental Range, Land Utilization Project, National Grassland, Purchase Unit, and Special Management Area.Metadata and Downloads - https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/datasets.php?xmlKeyword=Original+Proclaimed+National+Forests

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Complete Metadata
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accessLevel public
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}
description The FS National Forests Dataset (US Forest Service Proclaimed Forests) is a depiction of the boundaries encompassing the National Forest System (NFS) lands within the original proclaimed National Forests, along with subsequent Executive Orders, Proclamations, Public Laws, Public Land Orders, Secretary of Agriculture Orders, and Secretary of Interior Orders creating modifications thereto, along with lands added to the NFS which have taken on the status of 'reserved from the public domain' under the General Exchange Act. The following area types are included: National Forest, Experimental Area, Experimental Forest, Experimental Range, Land Utilization Project, National Grassland, Purchase Unit, and Special Management Area.<div><br /></div><div><a href='https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/datasets.php?xmlKeyword=Original+Proclaimed+National+Forests' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Metadata and Downloads</a> - https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/datasets.php?xmlKeyword=Original+Proclaimed+National+Forests</div>
distribution 
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  },
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  },
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issued 2017-04-14
keyword 
[
  "ALP Land Dataset",
  "Cadastre Theme",
  "Forest Name",
  "Land Status",
  "NFS Lands",
  "NGDA",
  "NGDA13",
  "National Geospatial Data Asset",
  "Open Data",
  "Proclaimed Forest",
  "USDA Forest Service",
  "boundaries",
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]
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license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2026-05-27
programCode 
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]
progressCode onGoing
publisher 
{
  "name": "U.S. Forest Service",
  "source": "USFS Chief Information Office, Enterprise Data Warehouse"
}
spatial -150.0079,18.2312,-65.6997,61.5190
theme 
[
  "geospatial"
]
title FS National Forests Dataset (US Forest Service Proclaimed Forests)

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