BLM FOIVEG: Forest Vegetation Inventory Polygons for Western Oregon

FOIVEG_PUB_POLY is a polygon feature class covering 100% of western Oregon lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It provides detailed classifications for forested areas and broader classifications for non-forest lands. The data was published by the Department of the Interior and last updated on March 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Forest cover mapping based on polygon-based vegetation classification.
• Land use planning analysis based on forest-centric vegetation inventory.
• Natural resource management based on detailed forest and general non-forest classifications.
• Geospatial modeling of forest operations based on the FOI Vegetation Spatial Data Standard.

Strengths

• Polygons cover 100% of western Oregon BLM lands.
• Forested lands are described in great detail.
• Data is structured according to the FOI Vegetation Spatial Data Standard.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Non-forest lands are described with broad and general classifications.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 11:14:01.754990; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Western Oregon