This dataset is intended to provide a statewide
depiction of land ownership in California. It includes lands owned by each
federal agency, state agency, local government entities, conservation organizations,
and special districts. It does not include lands that are in private ownership.
CAL FIRE tracks lands owned by federal agencies as part of our
efforts to maintain fire protection responsibility boundaries, captured as part
of our State Responsibility Areas (SRA) dataset. This effort draws on data
provided by various federal agencies including USDA Forest Service, BLM,
National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Indian
Affairs. Since SRA lands are matched to county parcel data where appropriate,
often federal land boundaries are also adjusted to match parcels, and may not
always exactly match the source federal data.
Federal lands from the SRA dataset are combined with ownership data
for non-federal lands from CPAD, in order to capture lands owned by various
state and local agencies, special districts, and conservation organizations.
Data from CPAD are imported directly and not adjusted to match parcels or other
features. However, CPAD features may be trimmed if they overlap federal lands
from the SRA dataset.
Areas without an ownership feature are ASSUMED to be private (but
not included in the dataset as such). This service represents the latest
release of the dataset by FRAP, and is updated twice a year when new versions
are released.
This service represents the latest release of the dataset by FRAP,
and is updated annually. As of November 2018, it represents ownership18_2.