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Simplified refuge boundaries in the Alaska Region (geoJSONs for import into mdEditor)

Published by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Department of the Interior | Catalog Last Checked: March 04, 2026 at 06:50 AM | Dataset Last Updated: June 01, 2021 at 12:00 AM
These polygon features depict simplified boundaries of the national wildlife refuges and refuge complexes in the Alaska Region for small-scale reference. They were created to have less than 500 vertices per feature class, with specific intent to be imported as geographic extents in mdEditor (open-source software) during metadata creation. They are provided in geoJSON format.

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Complete Metadata
@type dcat:Dataset
accessLevel public
bureauCode 
                                            [
  "010:18"
]
contactPoint 
                                            {
  "fn": "Todd Sutherland",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:todd_sutherland@fws.gov"
}
description These polygon features depict simplified boundaries of the national wildlife refuges and refuge complexes in the Alaska Region for small-scale reference. They were created to have less than 500 vertices per feature class, with specific intent to be imported as geographic extents in mdEditor (open-source software) during metadata creation. They are provided in geoJSON format.
distribution 
                                            [
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "AKMaritime.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Alaska Maritime NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200639?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "AKPeninsula.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Alaska Peninsula NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200640?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "APB_Peninsula_Becharof.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Alaska Peninsula/Becharof NWR complex",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200642?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "AlaskaRegion_NWRs_all.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Alaska Region NWRs, all 16 refuges combined into single geoJSON (1 MB)",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200641?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Arctic.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Arctic NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200643?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Becharof.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Becharof NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200644?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Innoko.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Innoko NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200645?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Izembek.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Izembek NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200646?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Kanuti.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Kanuti NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200647?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Kenai.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Kenai NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200648?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Kodiak.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Kodiak NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200650?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Koyukuk.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Koyukuk NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200651?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "KNI_Koyukuk_Nowitna_Innoko.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Koyukuk/Nowitna/Innoko NWR complex",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200649?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "simplified_refuge_boundaries_AlaskaRegion.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "MASTER, includes all of the file folders below (14.4 MB)",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200638?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Nowitna.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Nowitna NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200652?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Selawik.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Selawik NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200653?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Tetlin.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Tetlin NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200654?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Togiak.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Togiak NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200655?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "YukonDelta.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Yukon Delta NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200656?Reference=108262"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "YukonFlats.zip",
    "format": "zip",
    "mediaType": "application/zip",
    "description": "Yukon Flats NWR",
    "downloadURL": "https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/DownloadFile/200657?Reference=108262"
  }
]
identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/FWS_ServCat_108262
issued 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
keyword 
                                            [
  "Alaska Maritime",
  "Alaska Peninsula",
  "Arctic",
  "Becharof",
  "FWS",
  "Innoko",
  "Izembek",
  "Kanuti",
  "Kenai",
  "Kodiak",
  "Koyukuk",
  "NWR",
  "National Wildlife Refuge",
  "Nowitna",
  "Selawik",
  "Tetlin",
  "Togiak",
  "USFWS",
  "Yukon Delta",
  "Yukon Flats",
  "boundary",
  "extent",
  "generalized",
  "mdEditor",
  "refuge",
  "simplified",
  "unofficial"
]
landingPage https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/108262
modified 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
programCode 
                                            [
  "010:028",
  "010:094"
]
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
spatial -179.150085,51.2099228,-133.48848,70.32941
theme 
                                            [
  "geospatial"
]
title Simplified refuge boundaries in the Alaska Region (geoJSONs for import into mdEditor)

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