Forest Cover Polygons with Stand Characteristics for New Brunswick

Forest cover polygons for the province of New Brunswick, interpreted from aerial imagery on a 10-year cycle. The attributes contain information describing the stand characteristics for each polygon area. The data is hosted by the Government of New Brunswick on the Socrata platform and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Classifying forest stand types using species composition columns like L2S1, L2S3, and L2S5.
• Modeling forest growth or yield by analyzing height (L2HT) and crown closure (L2CC, L2CCI) metrics.
• Tracking forest management history and harvest cycles using treatment (LHARVTRT) and year-specific columns (H1YR, H2, H3YR, H4YR).
• Estimating polygon area for spatial analysis using the SHAPE_Area column.

Strengths

• Data is updated on a regular 10-year interpretation cycle, providing temporal consistency.
• Contains over 30 attributes describing forest stand characteristics, species, and management history.
• Polygon geometry is explicitly indicated by the SHAPE_Area column, enabling spatial analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

gnb.socrata.com (Government of New Brunswick)

Collection Method

Interpreted from aerial imagery.

Time Range

Data is collected on a 10-year cycle; specific years are indicated in columns like L1DATAYR, RFYR, SIYR.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 03:40:50.

Geography

Province of New Brunswick, Canada.