Wilderness Areas of Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona (Generated in 2003 by the Intermountain Region GIS Support Office)
National Park Service, Intermountain GIS Program Office. 2003. Wilderness Areas of Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona (Generated in 2003 by the Intermountain Region GIS Support Office). National Park Service Intermountain Region GIS Support Office
This shapefile contains boundaries for Designated Wilderness and Non-Wilderness in Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona. This dataset is based on the map identified in the law enacting wilderness for the park. The date of enactment is 10/20/1976. The Congressionally Designated Wilderness is based on careful study of roadless areas, public hearings, and written responses. This dataset has been revised from the map to adjust buffers along roads and utilities, account for changes to the boundary and land status, and reflect more accurate measurement available through new GIS technology. Land added to the boundary after the 1976 enactment, except as noted, has not been studied for wilderness. In May of 1984, Congress added adjacent U.S. Forest Service land that was made wilderness at the same time. This dataset identifies 10,466.94 acres within Chiricahua National Monument as Designated Wilderness (10,680 acres in 1977). This dataset identifies 0 acres within Chiricahua National Monument as Potential Wilderness (2 acres in 1977). The dataset did not contain the 2 acres because the map identified in the law enacting wilderness for the park did not show its location, however, the 2 acres still exist. The remaining 1,256.34 acres were determined to be not suitable for wilderness designation or potential wilderness at this time.
- Type
- Geospatial Dataset
- Authors
- National Park Service, Intermountain GIS Program Office
- Date of Issue
- 2003
- Publisher
- National Park Service Intermountain Region GIS Support Office
- Units
- CHIR
- Keywords
- Boundary, CHIR, Chiricahua National Monument, Environment, Land Use / Cover, Regulatory, Wilderness