Forestry GIS Map Gallery
At the DNR, maps come in a variety of different formats and file sizes. To request forestry GIS files, please see our contact information web page ("Forestry GIS Information").
Existing Map Products * Sample Data Themes * Map SeriesForestry Sample Data Themes
These are maps that show one layer of GIS data at a time (PDF files for 8.5 x 11 printing). The following maps are organized by topic. They are examples of the type of GIS data at DNR. Feel free to download the PDF versions of each example for your use, just click on the thumbnail to do this.
Administrative Forestry
DNR Regions 
DNR Forestry offices Forest Sciences
Wisconsin Land (WISCLAND) - The map depicts the state of Wisconsin via 13 types
of land cover, from open water and wetland to deciduous forest and farm fields. (PDF, 2.15MB) 
Wisconsin Land (WISCLAND) Deciduous - The map depicts the state of Wisconsin’s
deciduous forest land cover. (PDF, 1.78MB) 
Water - This map depicts 100,000 scale water features of Wisconsin delinated
from USGS Digital Line Graph infromation. (PDF, 3.8MB) 
Finley PreSettlement Vegetation - Orginal map created by Robert W. Finley - 1976.
Professor of Geography Emeritus. University of Wisconsin Center System. Digital data prepared by
Maribeth Milner and Steve Ventura, University of Wisconsin – Madison. (PDF, 1.71MB) 
Mid-1800s Vegetation -
This is a map of pre-European settlement vegetation points, based on the US General Land Office's Public Lands Survey
original surveyor's notes for Wisconsin. 
Ecological Landscapes - Ecological Landscapes of Wisconsin are aggregations
of the National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units (NHFEU) Subsections that have been assigned descriptive names. The Wisconsin
Ecological Landscape data depicted on this map are a subset of information derived from the Wisconsin LTA Database. Wisconsin
Ecological Landscapes are maintained as a separate ecological classification system (ECS) derived from information in the Wisconsin
LTA Database. (PDF, 670KB) Forest Fire Protection
Fire Hazards - The fire hazards map was derived from the 1990 Wisconsin Fire Hazard Plan Map,
however it was updated in June of 2001 as per recommendations by DNR fire personnel. It depicts fire fuel type by township,
from pine to marsh. The fire hazard digital data also contains information on fire occurrences, Christmas tree
plantation coverage, and number of improved parcels per township, however that is not portrayed on this map.
Fire Occurrences - Fire Occurrences portrays a point for each reported fire occurrence in DNR Fire Protection from 1982 to 2005.
Levels of Protection (LOP) - This map shows the levels of protection assigned by the DNR to each
township for fire protection. The levels are based of township-wide fuel type characteristics and number of improved
parcels. Last Revised: Monday July 30 2007
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