AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Weir Farm National Historic Site

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

Mapping was conducted using a combination of aerial photointerpretation and field delineation using a Trimble ProXR GPS with a TSCe datalogger/display unit. This device, running TerraSync software, was extremely useful during the multiple visits because it allowed us to view and verify existing data while collecting new information. Since Weir Farm is a relatively small site, walking the perimeter of each vegetation type with a GPS unit delineated most mapping polygons. Other polygons, such as the Northeastern Buttonbush Shrub Swamp and the mountain laurel variants of several of the upland forests, were determined by the photointerpretation of the 2001 DEP black and white aerial photos (1:12,000). Lines were drawn. on acetate overlays on the photos and then screen-digitized in ArcView 3x. This combination of field-collected lines and interpreted polygons was converted into the final map.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Wind Cave National Park

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

An ArcInfo(tm) (ESRI) GIS database was designed for WICA using the National Park GIS Database Design, Layout, and Procedures created by the BOR. This was created through Arc Macro Language (AML) scripts that helped automate the transfer process and ensure that all spatial and attribute data was consistent and stored properly. Actual transfer of information from the interpreted aerial photographs to a digital, geo-referenced format involved two techniques, scanning (for the vegetation classes) and on-screen digitizing (for the land-use classes). Both techniques required the use of 14 digital black-and-white orthophoto quarter quadrangles (DOQQ's) covering the study area. Transferred information was used to create vegetation polygon coverages and ancillary linear coverages in ArcInfo(tm) for each WICA DOQQ. Attribute information including vegetation map unit, location, and aerial photo number was subsequently entered for all polygons.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

We produced three versions of the vegetation map of the Whiskeytown Unit. The Association map offers maximum classification detail with 38 classes. Because we sometimes experienced confusion by the contextual classifier when defining associations, we aggregated to the alliance level and finally to an appropriately mixed alliance level of classes that we defined as “Mapping Units”.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Whitman Mission National Historic Site

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

Following segmentation, only those lines/polygons that matched the vegetation patterns within the WHMI project area were exported as ArcInfo shapefiles and converted into ArcInfo coverages. The resulting coverages were refined through a series of smoothing routines until no obvious artificial or relict breaks in the lines were visible. When the interpretation effort was considered complete, topology for the final polygon layer was built and attributed and then imported into a spatial database (geodatabase). Each polygon was attributed with a dedicated map unit name, code, and modifier. Polygon-specific modifiers included additional data on the height, density, and patterns of the dominant vegetation. Also polygons of disturbed sites were identified in a comments field along with any notable dominate understory or locally common plant species. Finally other map class data including the NVCS crosswalk and the land-use classes were added.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Tract and Boundary Data

These ESRI shape files are of National Park Service tract and boundary data that was created by the Land Resources Division. Tracts are numbered and created by the regional cartographic staff at the Land Resources Program Centers and are associated to the Land Status Maps. This data should be used to display properties that NPS owns and properties that NPS may have some type of interest such as scenic easements or right of ways.

Tags: boundaries, boundary, colorado, intermountain, lrdcab, national-park-service, ownership, parcels, planning-cadastre, sand-creek-massacre-national-historic-site, tracts, united-states
Organization: Department of the Interior
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail

This is a vector line ESRI Shapefile showing the approximate designated route of the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail.

Tags: ecological-framework-human-use-cultural-landscapes-cultural-landscapes, ecological-framework-human-use-visitor-and-recreation-use-visitor-use, illinois, iowa, mopi-nht, mormon-pioneer-national-historic-trail, national-historic-trail, national-park-service, national-trail-system, national-trails-intermountain-region, nebraska, nht, north-america, nps, ntir, nts, utah, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
LECL Lewis and Clark NHT Auto Route Webmap

This webmap highlights the official National Park Service centerline of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Auto Route. The spatial data was created by the National Park Service with the assistance of interns from the U.S. Department of State Virtual Student Federal Service program. This layer was derived from roads data using TIGER/Line shapefiles from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Auto Route is a system of roads and highways bracketing each side of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, which commemorates the 1803-1806 expedition of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery. A total of 16 Trail states are connected by the Auto Route (Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon). Each individual state designated the roads and highways that make up the Lewis and Clark Auto Route in collaboration with the National Park Service. The Auto Route provides the primary way in which visitors experience the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and travel to Trail destinations.

Tags: lewis-and-clark-lecl-lewis-and-clark-national-historic-trail-lewis-and-clark-trail-national-his
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Acadia National Park

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for Acadia National Park.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

The 53 vegetation communities are represented with 33 map classes. Fifty-eight map classes, including land use/land cover and park specific categories, were used to map Acadia NP and environs. Color infrared aerial photographs, collected in late May 1997 at a scale 1:15,840, were used for photointerpretation. Spring photography was chosen so fieldwork and mapping could begin that same year. Using spring photography limited the ability to map some NVCS vegetation types accurately. Photointerpretation data were manually transferred to orthophoto quadrangle maps (1:12,000-scale) and then digitally automated for use in geographic information systems (GIS).

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Old Spanish National Historic Trail Feasibility Study Line

This is a vector line ESRI Shapefile showing the approximate designated route of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail.

Tags: arizona, blm, bureau-of-land-management, california, colorado, ecological-framework-human-use-cultural-landscapes-cultural-landscapes, ecological-framework-human-use-visitor-and-recreation-use-visitor-use, national-historic-trail, national-park-service, national-trail-system, national-trails-intermountain-region, nevada, new-mexico, nht, north-america, nps, ntir, nts, old-spanish-national-historic-trail, olsp-nht, utah
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

The approach also used for Agate Fossil Beds National Monument involved mapping of association/community, height, density, and pattern.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Pony Express National Historic Trail

This is a vector line ESRI Shapefile showing the approximate designated route of the Pony Express National Historic Trail.

Tags: california, colorado, ecological-framework-human-use-cultural-landscapes-cultural-landscapes, ecological-framework-human-use-visitor-and-recreation-use-visitor-use, kansas, missouri, national-historic-trail, national-park-service, national-trail-system, national-trails-intermountain-region, nebraska, nevada, nht, north-america, nps, ntir, nts, oreg-nht, oregon-national-historic-trail, utah, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Oregon National Historic Trail

This is a vector line ESRI Shapefile showing the approximate designated route of the Oregon National Historic Trail.

Tags: ecological-framework-human-use-cultural-landscapes-cultural-landscapes, ecological-framework-human-use-visitor-and-recreation-use-visitor-use, idaho, kansas, missouri, national-historic-trail, national-park-service, national-trail-system, national-trails-intermountain-region, nebraska, nht, north-america, nps, ntir, nts, oreg-nht, oregon, oregon-national-historic-trail, washington, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

This is a vector feature service showing the approximate designated route of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.

Tags: alabama, arkansas, ecological-framework-human-use-cultural-landscapes-cultural-landscapes, ecological-framework-human-use-visitor-and-recreation-use-visitor-use, georgia, illinois, kentucky, missouri, national-historic-trail, national-park-service, national-trail-system, national-trails-intermountain-region, nht, north-america, north-carolina, nps, ntir, nts, oklahoma, tennessee, trail-of-tears-national-historic-trail, trte-nht
Organization: Department of the Interior
Santa Fe National Historic Trail

These are vector datasets for the Santa Fe National Historic Trail.

Tags: colorado, ecological-framework-human-use-cultural-landscapes-cultural-landscapes, ecological-framework-human-use-visitor-and-recreation-use-visitor-use, kansas, missouri, national-historic-trail, national-park-service, national-trail-system, national-trails-intermountain-region, new-mexico, nht, north-america, nps, ntir, nts, oklahoma, safe-nht, santa-fe-national-historic-trail
Organization: Department of the Interior
PWRO NR MCDBR overview 2025

This storymap introduces the public to the Mojave and Colorado Biosphere Region, outlining the area, climate, ecosystems, communities and challenge. Web maps include feature layers that outline the boundary of the MCDBR, population density, conservation areas, topography, temperature and rainfall. The Mojave and Colorado Biosphere Region is located in Southern California including Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Park, and Joshua Tree National Park. The boundary is current as of 2025. The MCDBR boundary is designated by UNESCO. This map is for the use of the MCDBR to introduce readers to the biosphere region. This map is currently maintained by the JOTR SIP and GIS team.

Tags: ca, california, collaboration, colorado-desert, desert, mcdbr, moja, mojave, mojave-and-colorado-desert-biosphere-region, mojave-desert, natural-resources, pacific-west-region, pwr, pwro
Organization: Department of the Interior
Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument and Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit.  Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles.

A total of 88,479 acres (35,806 ha) comprising LAMR, ALFL and its environ was mapped. The area mapped within the Park boundary was 43,037 acres (17, 417 ha). Thirty-four map units were developed to describe the landscape. Of all the map units, the most frequently occurring within the entire mapping area was Map Unit 8, Honey Mesquite Shrubland with 825 polygons ranging in size from under 0.01 acres to over 285 acres. The most abundant map unit in terms of area was Map Unit 17, Upland Slopes/Rolling Hills Vegetation Complex at 27,128 acres or about 31% of the total mapped area but 18% of the Park. Normally the standard minimum mapping unit for NPS vegetation mapping projects is defined as 0.5 hectares. However, this definition was used as a guideline and the actual minimum threshold defined by the high resolution of the aerial photography was more in the range of 1/4 acre.

Tags: accuracy-assessment, botanical-survey, classification, geodatabase, habitat-types, imagery, national-vegetation-classification, nvc, nvcs, plots, releve, remote-sensing, usnvcs, vegetation, vegetation-inventory, vegetation-map, vegetation-mapping
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics Database: LACH

Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics (HIS) is a National Park Service (NPS) Water Resources Division (WRD) project established to track certain goals created in response to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). One water resources management goal established by the Department of the Interior under GRPA requires NPS to track the percent of its managed surface waters that are meeting Clean Water Act (CWA) water quality standards. This goal requires an accurate inventory that spatially quantifies the surface water hydrography that each bureau manages and a procedure to determine and track which waterbodies are or are not meeting water quality standards as outlined by Section 303(d) of the CWA. This project helps meet this DOI GRPA goal by inventorying and monitoring in a geographic information system for the NPS: (1) CWA 303(d) quality impaired waters and causes; and (2) hydrographic statistics based on the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). Hydrographic and 303(d) impairment statistics were evaluated based on a combination of 1:24,000 (NHD) and finer scale data (frequently provided by state GIS layers).

Tags: 303d, boundaries, boundary, canal, clean-water-act, cwa, designated-uses, ditch, geoscientificinformation, his, hydrographic-and-impairment-statistics, hydrographic-statistics, hydrography, impaired-waters, impairment, impairment-statistics, inland-waters, inlandwaters, lach, lake, lake-chelan-national-recreation-area, marsh, national-hydrography-dataset, nhd, ocean, oceans, pond, regulatory, reservoir, resource-management, river, sea, seep, shoreline, spring, statistics, stream, swamp, tmdl, total-maximum-daily-load, water, waterfall, wetlands
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics Database: APIS

Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics (HIS) is a National Park Service (NPS) Water Resources Division (WRD) project established to track certain goals created in response to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). One water resources management goal established by the Department of the Interior under GRPA requires NPS to track the percent of its managed surface waters that are meeting Clean Water Act (CWA) water quality standards. This goal requires an accurate inventory that spatially quantifies the surface water hydrography that each bureau manages and a procedure to determine and track which waterbodies are or are not meeting water quality standards as outlined by Section 303(d) of the CWA. This project helps meet this DOI GRPA goal by inventorying and monitoring in a geographic information system for the NPS: (1) CWA 303(d) quality impaired waters and causes; and (2) hydrographic statistics based on the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). Hydrographic and 303(d) impairment statistics were evaluated based on a combination of 1:24,000 (NHD) and finer scale data (frequently provided by state GIS layers).

Tags: 303d, apis, apostle-islands-national-lakeshore, boundaries, boundary, canal, clean-water-act, cwa, designated-uses, ditch, geoscientificinformation, his, hydrographic-and-impairment-statistics, hydrographic-statistics, hydrography, impaired-waters, impairment, impairment-statistics, inland-waters, inlandwaters, lake, marsh, national-hydrography-dataset, nhd, ocean, oceans, pond, regulatory, reservoir, resource-management, river, sea, seep, shoreline, spring, statistics, stream, swamp, tmdl, total-maximum-daily-load, water, waterfall, wetlands
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics Database: LAKE

Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics (HIS) is a National Park Service (NPS) Water Resources Division (WRD) project established to track certain goals created in response to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). One water resources management goal established by the Department of the Interior under GRPA requires NPS to track the percent of its managed surface waters that are meeting Clean Water Act (CWA) water quality standards. This goal requires an accurate inventory that spatially quantifies the surface water hydrography that each bureau manages and a procedure to determine and track which waterbodies are or are not meeting water quality standards as outlined by Section 303(d) of the CWA. This project helps meet this DOI GRPA goal by inventorying and monitoring in a geographic information system for the NPS: (1) CWA 303(d) quality impaired waters and causes; and (2) hydrographic statistics based on the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). Hydrographic and 303(d) impairment statistics were evaluated based on a combination of 1:24,000 (NHD) and finer scale data (frequently provided by state GIS layers).

Tags: 303d, boundaries, boundary, canal, clean-water-act, cwa, designated-uses, ditch, geoscientificinformation, his, hydrographic-and-impairment-statistics, hydrographic-statistics, hydrography, impaired-waters, impairment, impairment-statistics, inland-waters, inlandwaters, lake, lake-mead-national-recreation-area, marsh, national-hydrography-dataset, nhd, ocean, oceans, pond, regulatory, reservoir, resource-management, river, sea, seep, shoreline, spring, statistics, stream, swamp, tmdl, total-maximum-daily-load, water, waterfall, wetlands
Organization: Department of the Interior
Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics Database: BUFF

Hydrographic and Impairment Statistics (HIS) is a National Park Service (NPS) Water Resources Division (WRD) project established to track certain goals created in response to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). One water resources management goal established by the Department of the Interior under GRPA requires NPS to track the percent of its managed surface waters that are meeting Clean Water Act (CWA) water quality standards. This goal requires an accurate inventory that spatially quantifies the surface water hydrography that each bureau manages and a procedure to determine and track which waterbodies are or are not meeting water quality standards as outlined by Section 303(d) of the CWA. This project helps meet this DOI GRPA goal by inventorying and monitoring in a geographic information system for the NPS: (1) CWA 303(d) quality impaired waters and causes; and (2) hydrographic statistics based on the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). Hydrographic and 303(d) impairment statistics were evaluated based on a combination of 1:24,000 (NHD) and finer scale data (frequently provided by state GIS layers).

Tags: 303d, boundaries, boundary, buff, buffalo-national-river, canal, clean-water-act, cwa, designated-uses, ditch, geoscientificinformation, his, hydrographic-and-impairment-statistics, hydrographic-statistics, hydrography, impaired-waters, impairment, impairment-statistics, inland-waters, inlandwaters, lake, marsh, national-hydrography-dataset, nhd, ocean, oceans, pond, regulatory, reservoir, resource-management, river, sea, seep, shoreline, spring, statistics, stream, swamp, tmdl, total-maximum-daily-load, water, waterfall, wetlands
Organization: Department of the Interior