dataset · USA

Designation: USGS GAP PAD-US v2.0

PAD-US is America's official national inventory of U.S. terrestrial and marine protected areas that are dedicated to the preservation of biological diversity and to other natural, recreation and cultural uses, managed for these purposes through legal or other effective means. This database is separated into 4 separate table assets: designation, easement, fee, and proclamation. The 'Designation' asset includes areas expected to overlap fee-owned lands, including designations such as 'Wilderness A

Source details

Licence: proprietary

Evidence quality: 12

Listed in gee public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z

Evidence

• ee.FeatureCollection('USGS/GAP/PAD-US/v20/designation')
• https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/USGS_GAP_PAD-US_v20_designation

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