Wild and Scenic River Corridor Boundaries in Oregon and Washington

Giving access to line representations of designated Wild and Scenic River corridor boundaries managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It covers rivers within Oregon and Washington, established under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System created by Congress in 1968.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial extent of designated Wild and Scenic River corridors for land management planning.
• Map the boundaries of protected river corridors to assess proximity to other land use features.
• Support hydrological studies by providing a geospatial reference for federally designated free-flowing rivers.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative source, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats, including GeoJSON, KML, and ArcGIS services.
• The dataset is actively maintained, with a last update recorded in March 2026.

Limitations

• The specific number of features (rows) and attribute columns is not documented in the provided metadata.
• Geographic coverage is limited to the states of Oregon and Washington, not the entire national system.
• A complete data description requires contacting the BLM Oregon Data Steward for a separate standard document.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Collection Method

Geospatial data compilation for BLM-managed Wild and Scenic River corridors.

Time Range

System established in 1968; specific temporal coverage of the spatial data is not provided.

Freshness

2026-03-21

Geography

Oregon and Washington, United States