

National Geodatabase (zip) | National GeoPackage (zip)ĭownload PAD-US by Department of the Interior Region.Individual agencies/field offices are the best source of more time specific management practices.Ī Combined PAD-US Fee, Designation, Easement shapefile or KMZ is not available given file format size limitations. Values in the Date_Est field strive to represent the year the area received its current Name and Designation, but this is a complex topic due to changes over time with names and designations.

Currently this field is not fully attributed and data gaps are difficult to address. PAD-US does include a Date of Establishment field defined as: The Year (yyyy) the protected area was designated, decreed, or otherwise established. We strongly discourage comparing two PAD-US versions to look for changes in protection status as many changes reflect improvements to agency and organization GIS systems and data, rather than actual changes in protected area acquisition on the ground. Geological Survey (USGS) Gap Analysis Project (GAP), 2022, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) 3.0: U.S.
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The download options below provide access to PAD-US data. The latest version of the Protected Areas Database of the U.S.
