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Monongahela National Forest Geospatial Data

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posted on 2024-02-13, 12:50 authored by USDA Forest Service

Geospatial Services Land management within the US Forest Service and on the 900,000+ acre Monongahela National Forest (NF) is driven by a wide mix of resource and societal demands that prove a challenge in fulfilling the Forest Service’s mission of “Caring for the Land and Serving the People.” Programmatically, the 2006 Land and Resource Management Plan guide natural resource management activities on lands administered by the Monongahela National Forest. The Forest Plan describes management direction and practices, resource protection methods and monitoring, desired resource conditions, and the availability and suitability of lands for resource management. Technology enables staff to address these land management issues and Forest Plan direction by using a science-based approach to facilitate effective decisions. Monongahela NF geospatial services, using enabling-technologies, incorporate key tools such as Environmental Systems Research Institute’s ArcGIS desktop suite and Trimble’s global positioning system (GPS) units to meet program and Forest needs.

Geospatial Datasets The Forest has a broad set of geospatial datasets that capture geographic features across the eastern West Virginia landscape. Many of these datasets are available to the public through our download site.

Selected geospatial data that encompass the Monongahela National Forest are available for download from this page. A link to the FGDC-compliant metadata is provided for each dataset. All data are in zipped format (or available from the specified source), in one of two spatial data formats, and in the following coordinate system:

Coordinate System: Universal Transverse Mercator Zone: 17 Units: Meters Datum: NAD 1983 Spheroid: GRS 1980

Map files – All map files are in pdf format. These maps illustrate the correlated geospatial data. All maps are under 1 MB unless otherwise noted.

Metadata file – This FGDC-compliant metadata file contains information pertaining to the specific geospatial dataset.

Shapefile – This downloadable zipped file is in ESRI’s shapefile format.

KML file – This downloadable zipped file is in Google Earth’s KML format.


Resources in this dataset:

Funding

USDA-FS

History

Data contact name

Monongahela National Forest Information Request

Data contact email

r9_monong_website@fs.fed.us

Publisher

USDA Forest Service

Use limitations

Data disclaimer – The USDA Forest Service makes no warranty, expressed or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, reliability, completeness or utility of these geospatial data, or for the improper or incorrect use of these geospatial data. These geospatial data and related maps or graphics are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The data and maps may not be used to determine title, ownership, legal descriptions or boundaries, legal jurisdiction, or restrictions that may be in place on either public or private land. Natural hazards may or may not be depicted on the data and maps, and land users should exercise due caution. The data are dynamic and may change over time. The user is responsible to verify the limitations of the geospatial data and to use the data accordingly.

Temporal Extent Start Date

2009-01-01

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic Coverage

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Geographic location - description

Monongahela National Forest

ISO Topic Category

  • boundaries
  • geoscientificInformation
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

spatial data; data collection; Monongahela National Forest; NAD (coenzyme); land management; forests; resource management; private lands; West Virginia; geographic information systems; global positioning systems

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:96 - Forest Service

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Preferred dataset citation

USDA Forest Service (2018). Monongahela National Forest Geospatial Data. USDA Forest Service.

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    Keywords

    forestgeospatial dataland managementMonongahela National Forest

    Licence

    U.S. Public Domain

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