PAD-US Data Download
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Download the Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) 1.4 Data:
Data are available for download Nationally, by Region, LCC, or State/Territory boundary. Select your desired file type — either ESRI ArcGIS 10 Geodatabase or Shapefile. KMZ files are also available.
Access to PAD-US 2.0: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5b030c7ae4b0da30c1c1d6de . Additional download options for PAD-US 2.0 will be made available soon.
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Download options below provide access to PAD-US 1.4 data.
Download PAD-US Nationally
Download PAD-US by Region
- Midwest Region Geodatabase | Midwest Region Shapefile
- Northeast Region Geodatabase | Northeast Region Shapefile
- Northwest Region Geodatabase | Northwest Region Shapefile
- Southcentral Region Geodatabase | Southcentral Region Shapefile
- Southeast Region Geodatabase | Southeast Region Shapefile
- Southwest Region Geodatabase | Southwest Region Shapefile
Download PAD-US by Landscape Conservation Cooperative Unit
- Appalachian Geodatabase | Appalachian Shapefile
- California Geodatabase | California Shapefile
- Desert Geodatabase | Desert Shapefile
- Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Rivers Geodatabase | Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Rivers Shapefile
- Great Basin Geodatabase | Great Basin Shapefile
- Great Northern Geodatabase | Great Northern Shapefile
- Great Plains Geodatabase | Great Plains Shapefile
- Gulf Coast Prairie Geodatabase | Gulf Coast Prairie Shapefile
- Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Geodatabase | Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks Shapefile
- North Atlantic Geodatabase | North Atlantic Shapefile
- North Pacific Geodatabase | North Pacific Shapefile
- Peninsular Florida Geodatabase | Peninsular Florida Shapefile
- Plains and Prairie Potholes Geodatabase | Plains and Prairie Potholes Shapefile
- South Atlantic Geodatabase | South Atlantic Shapefile
- Southern Rockies Geodatabase | Southern Rockies Shapefile
- Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Geodatabase | Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Shapefile
- Aleutian and Bering Sea Islands Geodatabase | Aleutian and Bering Sea Islands Shapefile
- Arctic Geodatabase | Arctic Shapefile
- Northwest Boreal Geodatabase | Northwest Boreal Shapefile
- Western Alaska Geodatabase | Western Alaska Shapefile
- Pacific Islands Geodatabase | Pacific Islands Shapefile
- Caribbean Geodatabase | Caribbean Shapefile
Download PAD-US by State / Territory
- Alabama Geodatabase | Alabama Shapefile
- Alaska Geodatabase | Alaska Shapefile
- American Samoa Geodatabase | American Samoa Shapefile
- Arizona Geodatabase | Arizona Shapefile
- Arkansas Geodatabase | Arkansas Shapefile
- California Geodatabase | California Shapefile
- Colorado Geodatabase | Colorado Shapefile
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Geodatabase | Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Shapefile
- Connecticut Geodatabase | Connecticut Shapefile
- Delaware Geodatabase | Delaware Shapefile
- District of Columbia Geodatabase | District of Columbia Shapefile
- Florida Geodatabase | Florida Shapefile
- Georgia Geodatabase | Georgia Shapefile
- Guam Geodatabase | Guam Shapefile
- Hawaii Geodatabase | Hawaii Shapefile
- Idaho Geodatabase | Idaho Shapefile
- Illinois Geodatabase | Illinois Shapefile
- Indiana Geodatabase | Indiana Shapefile
- Iowa Geodatabase | Iowa Shapefile
- Kansas Geodatabase | Kansas Shapefile
- Kentucky Geodatabase | Kentucky Shapefile
- Louisiana Geodatabase | Louisiana Shapefile
- Maine Geodatabase | Maine Shapefile
- Maryland Geodatabase | Maryland Shapefile
- Massachusetts Geodatabase | Massachusetts Shapefile
- Michigan Geodatabase | Michigan Shapefile
- Minnesota Geodatabase | Minnesota Shapefile
- Mississippi Geodatabase | Mississippi Shapefile
- Missouri Geodatabase | Missouri Shapefile
- Montana Geodatabase | Montana Shapefile
- Nebraska Geodatabase | Nebraska Shapefile
- Nevada Geodatabase | Nevada Shapefile
- New Hampshire Geodatabase | New Hampshire Shapefile
- New Jersey Geodatabase | New Jersey Shapefile
- New Mexico Geodatabase | New Mexico Shapefile
- New York Geodatabase | New York Shapefile
- North Carolina Geodatabase | North Carolina Shapefile
- North Dakota Geodatabase | North Dakota Shapefile
- Ohio Geodatabase | Ohio Shapefile
- Oklahoma Geodatabase | Oklahoma Shapefile
- Oregon Geodatabase | Oregon Shapefile
- Pennsylvania Geodatabase | Pennsylvania Shapefile
- Puerto Rico Geodatabase | Puerto Rico Shapefile
- Rhode Island Geodatabase | Rhode Island Shapefile
- South Carolina Geodatabase | South Carolina Shapefile
- South Dakota Geodatabase | South Dakota Shapefile
- Tennessee Geodatabase | Tennessee Shapefile
- Texas Geodatabase | Texas Shapefile
- United States Virgin Islands Geodatabase | United States Virgin Islands Shapefile
- Utah Geodatabase | Utah Shapefile
- Vermont Geodatabase | Vermont Shapefile
- Virginia Geodatabase | Virginia Shapefile
- Washington Geodatabase | Washington Shapefile
- West Virginia Geodatabase | West Virginia Shapefile
- Wisconsin Geodatabase | Wisconsin Shapefile
- Wyoming Geodatabase | Wyoming Shapefile
Data are also available as national KMZ files. This .zip file contains 23 symbology layers. Download as .kmz
How to Cite Data:
U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Program (GAP). May 2016. Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), version 1.4 Combined Feature Class.