Timber Reserves: Forestry Land Boundaries for New South Wales

NSW Timber Reserves boundaries created by Forestry Corporation of NSW from the state's cadastre. The dataset is a shapefile download of approximately 280 kilobytes, though boundaries may not align with the most current cadastre due to ongoing positional improvements by Spatial Services. It was last updated on 2026-05-13.

Use Cases

• Map forestry land tenure based on official cadastral boundaries.
• Analyze spatial relationships between timber reserves and other land features.
• Support land-use planning and resource management decisions for state forests.
• Perform geospatial analysis on forestry land allocation and boundaries.

Strengths

• Provides official cadastre-derived boundaries from NSW Spatial Services.
• Dataset is approximately 280 kilobytes in size for the full extent shapefile.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Boundaries may not match the current cadastre due to ongoing positional improvements.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW), derived from NSW Department of Finance, Spatial Services cadastre.

Collection Method

Created by FCNSW from official cadastral data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 02:18:36.543482; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.