Data & Tools
The Colorado State Forest Service offers data on forests, trees and wildfire risk in Colorado.
Explore the Data
The Colorado State Forest Service provides tools to the public and partners to access and utilize the latest data on Colorado’s forests, trees and wildfire risk.
Colorado Forest Atlas
Wildfire Risk and Forest Action Plan 2020
The Colorado Forest Atlas serves as a one-stop shop to access statewide geospatial data and information related to wildfire risk, forestry and natural resources. Applications in the Colorado Forest Atlas can be used as decision support tools for developing new projects, writing forestry plans, assessing wildfire risk to communities, evaluating forest conditions and more. These applications are updated on a regular basis using the best available science and data.
Colorado Forest Ecosystem Carbon Inventory
Carbon Stock and Flux Estimates
The Colorado Forest Ecosystem Carbon Inventory dashboard provides an interactive platform to explore forest carbon dynamics at statewide, regional and county scales. Users can visualize and download carbon stock and flux estimates across various carbon pools, forest types and disturbances, with tabs offering detailed breakdowns by Colorado State Forest Service area or individual counties. Please reference the full report for more information on disturbances, land ownership, National Forest Units and harvested wood product carbon.
Colorado Forest Tracker
Forest Management Locations
The Colorado Forest Tracker provides a comprehensive resource of forest management locations across Colorado. The Colorado State Forest Service and the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, both a part of Colorado State University, have partnered to leverage the unique expertise of each organization to provide the Colorado Forest Tracker.
Colorado Tree View
Trees in Cities and Towns
Communities can house and manage their tree data on the Colorado Tree View (CO-TreeView) platform. CO-TreeView is an online, user-friendly tree inventory and mapping tool that records the location, species and condition of the trees that make up Colorado’s urban forests.
Forest Health Maps
Insects and Diseases
The Colorado State Forest Service provides the latest information on insects and diseases affecting Colorado’s forests through data gathered during an annual aerial forest health survey with the USDA Forest Service. The data are presented in both a searchable map and ArcGIS Story Map.
GIS Open Data Portal
Datasets and Data Visualizations
The GIS Open Data Portal is a public resource to search, access and stream authoritative datasets and data visualizations from the Colorado State Forest Service. Partners, Colorado residents and others can browse CSFS web maps, dashboards and datasets; stream layers into their own web maps; or view layers in their GIS software of choice.