This data layer is an element of the Oregon GIS Framework. This theme delineates urban growth boundaries (UGBs) in the state of Oregon. The line work was created by various sources including the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD), the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Metro Regional Council of Governments (Metro), county and city GIS departments, and the Oregon Department of Administrative Services - Geospatial Enterprise Office (DAS-GEO). UGB areas consist of unincorporated lands surrounding a city that show where the city plans to grow over the next 20 years. When a city needs to develop more residential, commercial, industrial, or public land, it annexes the needed area from its UGB. If a city runs out of needed land within the UGB, it can expand its UGB. Original UGBs were established under the Oregon Statewide Planning Goals in 1973 by the Oregon State Legislature (Senate Bill 100). Goal 14 of the statewide planning program is, "To provide for an orderly and efficient transition from rural to urban land use, to accommodate urban population and urban employment inside urban growth boundaries, to ensure efficient use of land, and to provide for livable communities." The process and requirements for designating and amending UGBs are in Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 660, Division 24 (OAR 660-024). Designating or amending a UGB requires a public process, as required by Planning Goal 1, followed by approval by both the city and county elected officials and acknowledgement by the DLCD. This process includes the city submitting a Post Acknowledgement Plan Amendment (PAPA) to DLCD to review for consistency with Goal 14. The PAPA submittal includes GIS files that delineate the changes to the UGB. DLCD aggregates the local GIS layers into the statewide UGB layer. UGB line work and attributes are verified with the city PAPA submittals entered in DLCD’s tabular database to ensure that all UGB updates reported to DLCD have been included in this dataset. UGBs that are currently in the appeal process at the time of publication of this layer are not included. The effDate attribute indicates the year in which the UGB amendment was acknowledged by DLCD. In 2022, DLCD acknowledged amendments to the following UGBs: Central Point, Dayton, Phoenix, and Turner. Corrections were also made to the Astoria and Condon UGBs to reflect the current acknowledged boundary.

An area encompassing all the National Forest System lands administered by an administrative unit. The area encompasses private lands, other governmental agency lands, and may contain National Forest System lands within the proclaimed boundaries of another administrative unit. All National Forest System lands fall within one and only one Administrative Forest Area.

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This map shows the 45 Oregon Soil and Water Conservation District boundaries. Oregon’s Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD) are special districts which provide for the conservation of the renewable resources of the state. They function as local units of government that work with local landowners and residents, natural resource organizations, natural resource users, and local, state, and the federal government to conserve natural resources, control and prevent soil erosion, conserve and develop water resources and water quality, preserve wildlife, conserve natural beauty, and promote collaborative conservation efforts to protect and enhance healthy watershed functions. SWCDS provide information and assistance for conservation planning, invasive weeds, native plants, livestock management, grant funding, wildlife, healthy forests, habitat restoration, K–12 students, and other issues for landowners, SWCDs in Oregon are governed by an independently elected board of directors.

Oregon’s Agricultural Water Quality Management Act (Act) was passed in 1993, with the input and support of the agricultural industry and the Oregon Board of Agriculture, to help farmers and ranchers address water pollution.This legislation is the foundation of the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s (ODA) Agricultural Water Quality Management Program(Program). The Act directed ODA to assist the industry in preventing and controlling pollution from agricultural sources. Working in partnership with Oregon’s 45 local Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), ODA identified 38 watershed-based Agricultural Water Quality Management Areas(Management Areas) throughout the state. ODA Water Quality Specialists work with farmers, ranchers, community leaders, and other stakeholders who serve as Local Advisory Committee (LAC) members for each Management Area. Each LAC identifies local agricultural water quality problems and opportunities for improvement. The 38 resulting Agricultural Water Quality Management Area Plans (Area Plans) address agricultural water quality issues in Oregon. As the LACs helped create the plans, they also helped write Area Rules (regulations) for that Management Area. The regulations ensure that all landowners do their part to prevent and control water pollution. The Program is designed to help anyone engaged in agricultural activities prevent water pollution.