Description: This polygon feature class is an aggregation of information the WI DNR obtained from Wisconsin counties, municipalities, and Regional Planning Commissions, supplemented by data from ESRI Streetmap local parks data, intersected with V4 Statewide Parcels to obtain property owner type codes.Because this dataset varies greatly in accuracy from county to county, it is not recommended for boundary display in public-facing maps that display ownership. State lands and Federal lands are not included in this dataset, and should be displayed using other recommended DNR datasets. For information on recommended GIS data sources at DNR, see https://intranet.dnr.state.wi.us/technology/GIS/data/access/or contact the BTS-GIS Section.This dataset was originally created in 2012 using data largely from counties and Regional Planning Commissions.This data was last updated in December 2021 using the following sources:Park polygons for several counties have been updated using data submitted by counties to the University of Wisconsin - Madison geospatial data repository, GeoData@Wisconsin: Those counties include Adams ('17), Ashland ('20), Brown ('21), Burnett ('21), Calumet ('20), Chippewa ('21), Columbia ('19), Dodge ('18), Door ('21), Dunn ('19), Eau Claire ('20), Fond du Lac ('21), Green ('18), Jefferson ('16), Juneau ('16), Kenosha ('21), La Crosse ('16), Lafayette ('19), Lincoln ('21), Marathon ('21), Marinette ('21), Milwaukee ('21), Ozaukee ('17), Pierce ('17), Polk ('21), Portage ('21), Racine ('21), Rock ('18), Saint Croix ('21), Sauk ('21), Trempealeau ('21), Vernon ('21), Vilas ('20), Washington ('21), Waukesha ('21), Waupaca ('20), Waushara ('20), Winnebago ('19), and Wood ('20).Counties that continue to display 2012 data because new data were not available for them include Eau Claire, Menominee, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Racine, Walworth, and Waushara. Local parks information for those counties will be updated as new data is submitted to GeoData@Wisconsin, or made publicly available another way.This dataset is supplemented by Esri Streetmap Local Parks data for several counties where no other data was available. While these data are rather course and are only of approximately 2009 vintage, they can provide a general picture on a small scale until more current data is submitted to GeoData@Wisconsin, or made publicly available another way. The counties supplemented by Esri data include Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Clark, Douglas, Florence, Forest, Grant, Green Lake, Iron, Jackson, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Pepin, Price, Richland, Rusk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, and Washburn.*some Esri data was later edited as needed using other online resources as a reference.The City of Madison was updated using the city parks dataset download from their open data page: https://data-cityofmadison.opendata.arcgis.comon May 29, 2018.Dane County was updated using the county parks dataset downloaded from their open data page https://gis-countyofdane.opendata.arcgis.com/ on December 29, 2021.Some parcels were added in Douglas and Iron Counties from county tax parcels, at the request of DNR Recreation Management staff.Counties with no data: Crawford, Iowa, Langlade, Marquette, and Taylor.An AUXCLASS (Property Owner Type) field was added and populated by intersecting polygon centerpoints with the V4 Statewide Parcels feature class, and calculating local park polygons' AUXCLASS to the corresponding parcel's AUXCLASS (auxiliary class of property), only for parcels containing an X* value (tax exempt).From that intersection, all federal and state property (X1 and X2) polygons were deleted. Also deleted were records whose PROP_NAME were like school, academy, college, golf, private, club, church, or started with saint (or st), and those where both the PROP_NAME and AUXCLASS were null.Finally, a search was performed where AUXCLASS was null and the Property Name was similar to County Park or Municipal Park, and those AUXCLASS values were calculated accordingly based on the name.BTS-GIS plans to revisit GeoData@Wisconsin during mid 2020 to check for further updated data, but will update this dataset before that time if new information is discovered. For more information, contact Nina Rihn, DNR/BTS.
Copyright Text: Several Wisconsin County Land Information Offices and Regional Planning Commissions, the City of Madison, the City of Wisconsin Rapids, University of Wisconsin - Madison geospatial data repository, GeoData@Wisconsin, ESRI, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Technology Services - GIS Section.
Description: The Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL), as the oldest state agency, has been managing forest lands since the State's inception. As part of that management it has built and maintained a database of its current holdings, approximately 75,000 acres, throughout the State. This dataset uses a scale factor of .999600, with a resolution of 1 meter. It uses a WTM83/91 projected coordinate system.
Copyright Text: Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands
Description: This data layer depicts lands and waters administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in FWS Region 3 (Midwest), It may also include inholdings that are not administered by USFWS. The primary source for this information is the USFWS Realty program, publication date April 2024.WI DNR GIS Section staff downloaded the FWS Cadastral Geodatabase on 8/26/2024 from https://catalog.data.gov. Some text strings in the COMMENTS field were truncated to fit the DNR's legacy column definition; these strings are indicated by a trailing asterisk. In these cases, for the complete text string refer to the source USFWS data.
Copyright Text: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuge System, Division of Realty
Description: Fee owned National Park Service Lands in Wisconsin, last updated by DNR on 10/19/2023. Includes the St Croix Scenic Riverway (10/19/2023), the Lower St Croix Scenic Riverway (6/30/2022), the Ice Age National Scenic Trail (1/3/2024), the Apostle Islands (8/25/2017), and North Country National Scenic Trail (10/19/2023) Source data was queried for FED status and FEE estate, and State = WI.For the Lower St Croix Scenic Riverway, data was queried for ATTRIBUTE = FEDFEEFor more information, see: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Search/Quick(Search keywords: IATR or APIS or LOSA or SACN or NOCO TRACT)
Copyright Text: National Parks Service - Land Resources Division, WASO-FC
Description: This version of US Forest Service "Basic Ownership" data for the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (CNNF) was obtained on the USDA Forest Service's website http://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/datasets.php?dsetCategory=planningcadastre (Surface Ownership Parcels). These ownership boundaries were published by USDA Forest Service on August 7, 2024.Basic Ownership delineates Forest Service lands but contains no additional attributes. Visit http://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/datasets.php for more detailed information on Forest Service lands. USFS CNNF GIS Coordinator:Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest500 Hanson Lake RdRhinelander, WI 54501715-362-1300
Copyright Text: USDA Forest Service, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest