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Andrew Keske
Forest Service
Geographer - GIS Specialist
125 S State Street Suite 7105
Salt Lake City
Utah
84138
andrew.keske@usda.gov
US
Peter Bonsall
USA
2026-06-11T16:12:59
Andrew Keske
Forest Service
Geographer - GIS Specialist
125 S State Street Suite 7105
Salt Lake City
Utah
84138
andrew.keske@usda.gov
US
Peter Bonsall
S_USA.BdyPlan_WSR_EligibleSuitableR_LN
ArcGIS REST Services Directory: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_WildScenicRiverEligibleSuitable_01/MapServer
Publication date: 01/15/2018
1971-02-01T00:00:00
2018-01-15T00:00:00
Enacted in 1968, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act preserves certain rivers in a natural, free-flowing condition for the enjoyment of present and future generations. To be designated, it must be shown that a river is both eligible and suitable. To be eligible, a river must be free-flowing, have good water quality, and have at least one value that is important or unique to the region or nation. To be suitable, a river must have proper designation support.
This feature class spatially represents eligible, eligible/suitable, eligible/not suitable, and ineligible rivers found in wild and scenic river studies performed by the Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish and Wild Life Service. These studies were performed on rivers on both public and private land, including NPS land. The spatial data was derived from river segments from the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), a feature-based database that interconnects and uniquely identifies the stream segments or reaches that make up the nation's surface water drainage system at a 1:24,000 scale. This feature class also includes information about the source documentation pertaining to the spatially connected river segments
Rivers
Eligible
Suitable
Water
Outstandingly Remarkable Values
Wild and Scenic Rivers
Eligible and Suitable Rivers
National Hydrography Dataset
NHD
NPS
Forest Service
National Park Service
Bureau of Land Management
Fish and Wild Life Service
United States
US
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>This vector line dataset represents the river center line that are eligible, eligible and suitable, and eligible and not suitable for designation as a National Wild and Scenic River within the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The data was designed for mapping and analysis. This should be used as a companion to the LSRS data.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish and Wild Life Service
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish and Wild Life Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. The related graphics are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not appropriate to use the related graphics as data. The Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish and Wild Life Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from an NPS server and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish and Wild Life Service, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. Finally, the Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish and Wild Life Service makes no claims of ownership rights to river and creek segments within this dataset which pass outside the boundaries of park managed lands.</SPAN></SPAN></P><DIV STYLE="font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Andrew Keske
Forest Service
Geographer - GIS Specialist
125 S State Street Suite 7105
Salt Lake City
Utah
84138
andrew.keske@usda.gov
US
Peter Bonsall
See Use Limitation/Constraints.
Esri ArcGIS 13.3.4.52636
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'inlandWaters', 'boundaries', 'ALP Land Dataset', 'USDA Forest Service', 'NFS Lands', 'Eligible Suitable', 'Recreation', 'Wild Scenic River', 'Wild Scenic River Name', 'Land Status'
Peter Bonsall
National Park Service
Geographer - GIS Specialist
PO Box 25287
Lakewood
Colorado
80228
peter_bonsall@nps.gov
US
(202) 763-3450
Peter Bonsall
National Hydrography Dataset
NHD
2026-06-11T16:12:59
The most recent high resolution NHD utilized for this feature class was updated in 2016. Specific dates of updates differ per state NHD.
2026-03-10
This data was derived from the Nationwide Hydrography Dataset (NHD) created by the U.S. Geological Survey. We utilized the most recent high resolution NHD (2016).
Spatial data from this feature class was derived from the Nationwide Hydrography Dataset (NHD) created by the U.S. Geological Survey. The most recent high resolution NHD was utilized for each attribute.
A select portion of the Nationwide Hydrography Dataset associated with each river segment within the eligible suitable was added, and a new feature was created via the Editor Union tool. Then, attribute data coming mainly from original source documentation populated the new feature's attribute fields.
2026-03-10
Data loaded from edw101d (development) to edw101p (production) using ArcCatalog
2026-03-10
Feature class was renamed to follow Forest Service EDW naming conventions. Source Feature Class name was "Eligible_Suitable_River_Ln
2026-03-10
Chris Strobl
USDA Forest Service
Checked that line segments do not overlap and whether vertices meet leaving no gaps. Some inconsistencies may exist. Each line segment is required to have at least one "outstandingly remarkable value" attribute though a small amount do not and are indicated as such in the data.
Topological analysis within the ESR dataset revealed any overlaps between the river and segment levels as well as overlaps within the individual feature classes themselves.
Currently the Miles_Within_Park field is not as precise as could be. A simple Intersect performed between the river segment and a park boundary polygon with a miles length calculation performed on the result. Future updates to this geodatabase should utilize the National Park Service Water Resource Division methodology in determining river miles in parks.
Current entries have not been evaluated for accuracy. Future updates should utilize the National Park Service Water Resource Division methodology in determining river miles in parks. Evaluation methods for this methodology can be found in the metadata for the National Park Service Hydrographic & Impairment Statistics database.
The following fields are optional for this database and thus are not filled for all attributes:
Wild_Miles
Scenic_Miles
Recreational_Miles
Date_To_OMB
Date_To_President
Eligibility_Source_Document_Type
State_WSR_Protection
Special_Protection
Water_Quality_Monitoring
Other_Management_Entity
Miles_Within_Park
WSR_Designation_Date
Notes
The following fields are part of an interagency database framework and thus the fields have not been filled:
BLM_Managed_Acreage
F_Of_BLM_Managed_Acreage
Boundary_Map_Filed_In_Field_Office
BdyPlan_WSR_EligibleSuitableR_LN
Feature Class
4154
Eligible Suitable Rivers
National Park Service, United State Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management
OBJECTID
OBJECTID
OID
4
10
0
Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
SHAPE
SHAPE
Geometry
8
0
0
Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
River_ID
River_ID
String
7
0
0
This attribute is a unique ID associated with spatially connected river systems.
NPS, USFS, BLM
List of unique river IDs.
River_Name
River_Name
String
75
0
0
The official name of the river (USGS).
NPS, USFS, BLM, USGS
Type: text
Domain: free text
River_Narrative
River_Narrative
String
255
0
0
Listing or descriptions of streams/rivers in the river system.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Type: text
Domain: free text
Statute
Statute
String
15
0
0
Legal mode of authorization for study.
Domain 'Statute' codes:
5(a)
5(d)(1)
NPS, USFS, BLM
Statute
NPS, BLM, USFS
Public_Law
Public_Law
String
15
0
0
Public Law number authorizing 5(a) study.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Type: text
Domain: free text
Status
Status
String
40
0
0
Eligibility and suitability status for designation of the river system.
Domain 'Status' codes:
Eligible
Suitable
Eligible and Found Not Suitable
Mixed - See Segment Status
NPS, USFS, BLM
Status
NPS, BLM, USFS
Miles
Miles
SmallInteger
2
5
0
Total miles of river, calculated within ArcMap.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Numerated values with no limit.
Wild_Miles
Wild_Miles
SmallInteger
2
5
0
Total wild miles, calculated within ArcMap.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Numerated values with no limit.
Scenic_Miles
Scenic_Miles
SmallInteger
2
5
0
Total scenic miles, calculated within ArcMap.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Numerated values with no limit.
Recreational_Miles
Recreational_Miles
SmallInteger
2
5
0
Total recreational miles, calculated within ArcMap.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Numerated values with no limit.
Suitability_Decision_Date
Suitability_Decision_Date
Date
8
0
0
Date of suitability decision (Date of Decision). If publishing date was listed as month/year, then this database lists the publishing date as the first of that month.
NPS, USFS, BLM
List of dates. No end date to values.
Study_Transmitted
Study_Transmitted
String
7
0
0
Whether the study was transmitted to Congress. Domain 'Yes_No' codes:
Yes
No
Unknown
NPS, USFS, BLM
Yes_No
NPS, BLM, USFS
Study_Transmitted_Date
Study_Transmitted_Date
Date
8
0
0
Date study transmitted to Congress.
NPS, USFS, BLM
List of dates. No end date to values.
Date_To_Secretary
Date_To_Secretary
Date
8
0
0
Date study transmitted to Secretary of Interior and/or Agriculture.
NPS, USFS, BLM
List of dates. No end date to values.
Date_To_OMB
Date_To_OMB
Date
8
0
0
Date study transmitted to Office of Management and Budget.
NPS, USFS, BLM
List of dates. No end date to values.
Date_To_President
Date_To_President
Date
8
0
0
Date study transmitted to the President.
NPS, USFS, BLM
List of dates. No end date to values.
State1
State1
String
20
0
0
State that the majority of the ESR segment flows within- usually the state containing the upstream portion of the river segment.
Domain 'State_Names' lists every US state, US territory, and 'None'.
NPS, USFS, BLM
State_Names
NPS, BLM, USFS
State2
State2
String
20
0
0
State the the ESR segment - stream may flow into State2 out of State1.
Domain 'State_Names' lists every US state, US territory, and 'None'.
NPS, USFS, BLM
State_Names
NPS, BLM, USFS
ELIGIBILITY_SOURCE_DOCUMENT_NA
Eligibility_Source_Document_Name
String
100
0
0
ELIGIBILITY_SOURCE_DOCUMENT_UR
Eligibility_Source_Document_URL
String
255
0
0
ELIGIBILITY_SOURCE_DOCUMENT_TY
Eligibility_Source_Document_Type
String
100
0
0
ELIGIBILITY_SOURCE_DOCUMENT_DA
Eligibility_Source_Document_Date
Date
8
0
0
SUITABILITY_SOURCE_DOCUMENT_NA
Suitability_Source_Document_Name
String
100
0
0
SUITABILITY_SOURCE_DOCUMENT_UR
Suitability_Source_Document_URL
String
255
0
0
SUITABILITY_SOURCE_DOCUMENT_DA
Suitability_Source_Document_Date
Date
8
0
0
State3
State3
String
20
0
0
State the the ESR segment - stream may flow into State 3 out of State2.
Domain 'State_Names' lists every US state, US territory, and 'None'.
NPS, USFS, BLM
State_Names
NPS, BLM, USFS
State_WSR_Protection
State_WSR_Protection
String
7
0
0
Whether the river is also part of state program.
Domain 'Yes_No' codes:
Yes
No
Unknown
NPS, USFS, BLM
Yes_No
NPS, BLM, USFS
Special_Protection
Special_Protection
String
255
0
0
Description if there is any special protections applied to this river. This could include Section 7(a) that is applied to an eligible river by Congress or any other river-related protections.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Type: text
Domain: free text
Water_Quality_Monitoring
Water_Quality_Monitoring
String
255
0
0
Description of how water quality is being monitored.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Type: text
Domain: free text
ROD
ROD
String
7
0
0
Whether there is a Record of Decision.
Domain 'Yes_No' codes:
Yes
No
Unknown
NPS, USFS, BLM
Yes_No
NPS, BLM, USFS
Administrative_Unit1
Administrative_Unit1
String
50
0
0
Name of the federally managed lands that the eligible or eligible & suitable segment flows within.
Domain 'Unit_Code' includes all NPS units, where 4 letter codes are respective to full unit names.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Unit_Code
NPS, BLM, USFS
Administrative_Unit2
Administrative_Unit2
String
50
0
0
Name of the federally managed lands that the eligible or eligible & suitable segment flows within.
Domain 'Unit_Code' includes all NPS units, where 4 letter codes are respective to full unit names.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Unit_Code
NPS, BLM, USFS
Federal_Management_Entities
Federal_Management_Entities
String
255
0
0
Name of which agency/s has primary managing authority (USFS, BLM, NPS, FWS, or any combination of these).
NPS, USFS, BLM
Type: text
Domain: free text
Other_Management_Entity
Other_Management_Entity
String
255
0
0
Any entity other than one of the four federal agencies (NPS, USFS, BLM, and USFWS) that may manage land that the ESR segment flows within. Include local, state, or tribal management.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Type: text
Domain: free text
Administrative_Region1
Administrative_Region1
String
20
0
0
The administrative region that the ESR segment flows within, usually upstream segment.
NPS, USFS, BLM
NPS_Region
NPS
Administrative_Region2
Adminstrative_Region2
String
20
0
0
The administrative region that the ESR segment flows within, usually downstream segment.
NPS, USFS, BLM
NPS_Region
NPS
Watershed_Name_6
Watershed_Name_6
String
50
0
0
Name of watershed that river flows within at HUC 6.
NPS, USFS, BLM, USGS
Type: text
Domain: free text
HUC_Code_6
HUC_Code_6
Integer
4
10
0
HUC Code of watershed that river flows within.
NPS, USFS, BLM, USGS
Type: integer
Domain: free text
Photo_URL
Photo_URL
String
255
0
0
URL pointing towards photo online.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Type: text
Domain: free text
Photo_Credit
Photo_Credit
String
70
0
0
Name of person or entity that provided photo.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Type: text
Domain: free text
Website
Website
String
255
0
0
URL of website associated with river.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Type: text
Domain: free text
Miles_Within_Park
Miles_Within_Park
SmallInteger
2
5
0
The miles calculated within ArcMap from the beginning to the end of the ESR segment with in park boundaries.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Numerated values with no limit.
BLM_Managed_Acreage
BLM_Managed_Acreage
SmallInteger
2
5
0
Acreage amount managed by BLM.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Type: small integer
Domain: free text
F_Of_Managed_Acreage
F_Of_Managed_Acreage
SmallInteger
2
5
0
Fraction of arceage managed by BLM.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Type: small integer
Domain: free text
BOUNDARY_MAP_FILED_IN_FIELD_OF
Boundary_Map_Filed_in_Field_Office
String
7
0
0
WSR_Designation_Date
WSR_Designation_Date
Date
8
0
0
Date the river was designated by Congress - this would also serve as a point the segment would move from this database into the designated rivers database.
NPS, USFS, BLM
List of dates. No end date to values.
Notes
Notes
String
255
0
0
Describes any issues that occured during the creation of spatial data. Provides space for describing though processes involved in decision making.
NPS, USFS, BLM
Type: text
Domain: free text
Map_Method
Map_Method
String
100
0
0
Description of how data was created.
NPS
Type: text
Domain: free text
Map_Source
Map_Source
String
100
0
0
Denotes source data used to create data.
NPS
Type: text
Domain: free text
Create_Date
Create_Date
Date
8
0
0
The date that the eligible suitable data was created.
NPS
List of dates. No end date to values.
Last_Edit_Date
Last_Edit_Date
Date
8
0
0
The date that the eligible suitable data was most recently updated.
NPS
List of dates. No end date to values.
Last_Edit_By
Last_Edit_By
String
50
0
0
Name of the individual who created or updated the data.
NPS
Type: text
Domain: free text
Originating_Institution
Originating_Institution
String
70
0
0
Institution managing the data creation process.
NPS
Type: text
Domain: free text
SHAPE.LEN
SHAPE.LEN
Double
0
0
0
Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class
dataset
EPSG
6.5(3.0.1)
4154
Simple
FALSE
4154
TRUE
FALSE
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