GAP Analysis Project
PAD-US Data Manual
For inclusion in PAD-US, data submissions must meet the following requirements:
- Areas meet the PAD-US definition of a protected area
- Basic attributes for each protected area are included
- Polygons (areas), not lines
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Definition of a Protected Area: PAD-US is an inventory of marine and terrestrial protected areas that are defined as being:
- “Dedicated to the preservation of biological diversity and to other natural (including extraction), recreation and cultural uses, managed for these purposes through legal or other effective means.”
The database was originally designed to support biodiversity assessments; however, its scope expanded in recent years to include all public and nonprofit held lands and waters. Most are public lands owned in fee; however, long-term easements, leases, agreements, Congressional (e.g. 'Wilderness Area'), Executive (e.g. 'National Monument'), and administrative designations (e.g. 'Area of Critical Environmental Concern') documented in agency management plans are also included. The PAD-US strives to be a complete inventory of lands in the public interest, compiling “best available” data provided by managing agencies and organizations.
Federal, State, and non-profit data-stewards and other stakeholders assisted the PAD-US Team with the development of current requirements and continually suggest improvements during the open review periods.
PAD-US Data Manual: New versions of the Data Manual will be made available as needed. Access to the manual will be via this Web page. Please contact the PAD-US Dataset Manager (Julie Prior-Magee - jpmagee@usgs.gov) or the PAD-US Coordinator (Lisa Johnson – lisajjohnson@boisestate.edu) for the current blank schema and draft data manual if you are beginning work now. Please note that translation scripts and crosswalks for the most current version of PAD-US (2.0) can be found in the ScienceBase collection for PAD-US 2.0. See the child items under that collection.
PAD-US Data Tables and Crosswalks: Use the index below to access provisional PAD-US 2.0 geodatabase domain tables and development crosswalks or search by keyword. You can also download the all tables [PDF].
GAP Status Code Assignment: To learn more about the GAP Status Code Assignment process including assumptions, criteria, and methods please access this reference document.
Table Index:
Table 1. PAD-US attributes and field properties
Table 2. Feature class reference for Combined fields in the PAD-US geodatabase
Table 3. Category domain codes and descriptions
Table 4. Agency Type domain codes and descriptions
Table 5. Agency Name domain codes and descriptions
Table 6. Agency Name to Agency Type crosswalk
Table 7. Standardized Agency Name and Type crosswalk from source data (Local Manager, Local Owner)
Table 8. Designation Type domain codes and descriptions
Table 9. Standardized Designation Type crosswalk from source data (Local Designation)
Table 10. GAP Status Code domain codes and descriptions
Table 11. IUCN Category domain and descriptions
Table 12. Categorical GAP Status Code or IUCN Category domain assignments by Designation Type
Table 13. Categorical GAP Status Code for Marine Protected Areas (MPA) by IUCN Category
Table 14. Public Access domain codes and descriptions
Table 15. Categorical Access domain assignment by Designation Type
Table 16. State Name domain codes and descriptions
Agency Type Domain Code | Agency Name Domain Code | Agency Name Description | Local Agency |
---|---|---|---|
FED | ARS | Agricultural Research Service | Agricultural Research Service (ARS) |
FED | ARS | Agricultural Research Service | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
FED | ARS | Agricultural Research Service | U.S. Department of Agriculture – Farm Service Agency |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Ancestral Lands Commission |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Bureau of Indian Affairs |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Burns Paiute Tribe |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Cheroenhaka Indian Tribal Heritage Foundation |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Chickasaw Nation |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Coeur D’ Alene Tribe |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Mattaponi Indian Reservation |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Mattaponi Tribe |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | New York State |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Nez Perce Tribe |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Nisqually Indian Tribe |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Pamunkey Tribe |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Poarch Band of Creek Indians |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Schagticoke Tribe |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Seneca Nation Of Indians |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Skokomish Indian Tribe |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Skokomish Tribe |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | TRIB |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Tribal |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | TRIBAL NATION |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Unknown |
TRIB | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Wind River Reservation |
TERR | TRIB | American Indian Lands | TRIB |
STAT | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Pamunkey Tribe |
PVT | TRIB | American Indian Lands | Pamunkey Tribe |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Albuquerque District |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Army Corps of Engineers |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Baltimore |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Baltimore District |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Buffalo District |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Fort Worth |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Fort Worth District |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Forth Worth |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Galveston District |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Huntington |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Huntington District |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Jacksonville District |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Kansas City |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Kansas City District |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Little Rock |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Little Rock District |
FED | USACE | Army Corps of Engineers | Los Angeles District |
Domain Code | Designation Type Description | Local Designation Type Description |
---|---|---|
ACC | Access Area | Access Point |
ACC | Access Area | BOAT |
ACC | Access Area | Boat Landing |
ACC | Access Area | Boat Ramp |
ACC | Access Area | BOYD CREEK LANDING |
ACC | Access Area | Hunter Access |
ACC | Access Area | JIMMY MEETZE LANDING |
ACC | Access Area | Public Boat Ramp |
ACC | Access Area | Trails |
ACEC | Area of Critical Environmental Concern | Important Bird Area |
ACEC | Area of Critical Environmental Concern | Outstanding Natural Area |
ACEC | Area of Critical Environmental Concern | Research Natural Area |
ACEC | Area of Critical Environmental Concern | Wilderness Study Area |
ACEC | Area of Critical Environmental Concern | |
AGRE | Agricultural Easement | ACEP-ALE |
AGRE | Agricultural Easement | FARM |
AGRE | Agricultural Easement | FRPP |
CONE | Conservation Easement | ACEP-WRE |
CONE | Conservation Easement | Conservation Easement |
CONE | Conservation Easement | CONSERVATION EASEMENT |
CONE | Conservation Easement | Easement |
CONE | Conservation Easement | ENV |
CONE | Conservation Easement | Environmental System |
CONE | Conservation Easement | EWPP-FPE |
CONE | Conservation Easement | EWRP |
CONE | Conservation Easement | FSA |
CONE | Conservation Easement | GRP |
CONE | Conservation Easement | Metro/Regional Park |
CONE | Conservation Easement | National Lakeshore |
CONE | Conservation Easement | National Monument |
CONE | Conservation Easement | National Park |
CONE | Conservation Easement | National Preserve |
CONE | Conservation Easement | National River |
CONE | Conservation Easement | National Scenic Riverway |
CONE | Conservation Easement | National Seashore |
CONE | Conservation Easement | NWR |
CONE | Conservation Easement | Privately-owned open space or common area |
CONE | Conservation Easement | Trail |
CONE | Conservation Easement | WMA |
CONE | Conservation Easement | WPA |
CONE | Conservation Easement | WRP |
FORE | Forest Stewardship Easement | FOR |
FORE | Forest Stewardship Easement | HFRP |
FOTH | Federal Other or Unknown | Administration Site |
FOTH | Federal Other or Unknown | Alaska State Selection |
FOTH | Federal Other or Unknown | AS |
FOTH | Federal Other or Unknown | Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) |
FOTH | Federal Other or Unknown | Bureau of Reclamation Land |
FOTH | Federal Other or Unknown | Cercla Site |
FOTH | Federal Other or Unknown | Data Not Available |