US Forest Service Administrative Forest Boundaries

A map service on the www depicting all the National Forest System lands administered by an unit. These areas encompasse private lands, other governmental agency lands, and may contain National Forest System lands within the proclaimed boundaries of another administrative unit. All National Forest System lands fall within one and only one Administrative Forest Area. This map service provides display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS Specialists, and others. This map service is symbolized with a light green fill and a darker green outline. Labeling for each administrative unit starts at 1:10,000,000.

Best available source with a target scale of 1:24000 for Continental U.S., Puerto Rico, and Hawaii and 1:63360 for Alaska. The map consists of two layers that display at different scale levels. The National Extent layer is using a generalized feature class designed for fast display at small scales while the Regional Extent layer is using a non-generalized feature class for display at larger scales. Labels are turned off for all scales. At small scales, administrative forest units are symoblized with a green outline and light green fill. At large scales the administrative forest units are symbolized with a dark green outline and no fill symbol.