National Forest Closures Layer

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klaus5115

• April 12, 2021 20:56

Please add a layer showing national forest closure areas, closed roads, and closed trails.

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  rockymountaindiva

  • May 25, 2021 17:35

  For example in Colorado there is an app called COTREX that does this very well, but it would be nice to have this information for other areas, all in one place,

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  David H

  • May 27, 2021 02:21

  Agreed!

  Would be helpful to have a major forest/park closure layer. I'm not talking about small 'muddy trail' type events, but big events often related to fires. 

  From some quick googling some US Forest Service regions have maps, but other do not. I think US Park Service also have park-specific maps.

  Examples (links work as of this date, but likely to change in future)- 

  https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd868364.pdf

  https://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/upload/ROMO_Area_Closure_20210519_revised.jpg

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  Chris Hillbee

  • June 02, 2021 15:43

  Hello! We don't have plans for a specific layer like this at the moment, but this does seem like a feature that would be useful. It's more likely that this info would be added to a layer that's already in use, like Gaia Topo. 

  Thanks for opening this request! 

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  chopchopturtleboy

  • July 19, 2021 22:22

  Please consider adding US Forest Service closures layer! It's very much needed with the expanding fires in the west.

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  Jeff Moon

  • July 27, 2021 15:40

  This would be incredibly useful. I find this step is often the most laborious and time consuming when planning trips. There is nothing worse than driving for hours to a site and arrive to a locked gate.

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  IdahoRanger

  • November 12, 2021 15:21

  This would be highly useful. Living in the west, we have wildfires every summer with closures that affect our plans.  Sometimes the closures are much larger than the fire to aid the firefighters transportation corridors, and these areas are not always obvious.  A closure area would be a very helpful layer, add to our safety, and help avoid getting in firefighters way. 

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  chulak

  • May 18, 2022 04:01

  here is the usfs map showing closures.  i'd add it myself as an custom source xyz tile map but it is not in that format.  should be easy for someone at gaia to make an overlay layer from this.

  https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/santafe/alerts-notices?cid=FSEPRD649508

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  chopchopturtleboy

  • May 18, 2022 04:20

  Please please PLEASE Gaia GPS, please consider adding US Forest Service closures layer! It's very much needed with the expanding fires in the west. This feature will sadly be more and more useful as climate change and increasing wildfires occur.

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  Mark Groeneveld

  • June 26, 2022 21:17

  I would like this feature too.

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  Vince

  • January 12, 2023 04:10

  This is very much needed as a "live layer" like the wildfire related maps and would be relatively easy to implement since many national forests already maintain these maps online for the public and their own staff. Here's a map for all NF closures in Oregon and Washington: USFS Pacific Northwest Region: Emergency Closures (arcgis.com)

  I'm not sure if the forest service would charge Gaia GPS to incorporate the data, but I would think it's in the forest service and the public's best interest to disseminate this kind of information for safety reasons.

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