Public Lands & Access

Public-land access designations.

Part of the Regrid Parcel Schemas reference. Label definitions, source/standardization value meanings, and live coverage access are on that parent page. ⭐ marks the recommended field for its job; fields marked API Queryable can filter the /parcels/query endpoint (max 4 fields per query).

padus_public_access — PAD-US Public Access Designation

SchemasTypeSourceStandardizedAPI Queryable
Premium onlytextAuthoritative (Federal)Yes

Description: United States Geological Survey Protected Areas Database of the United States Public Access designation.

Use it for: Is the land open to public access?

How it's made: Spatial query against the PAD-US dataset
Units: Code · Example: "Open Access", "Restricted Access", "Unknown (Closed)", "Closed"
Coverage: Very little public land in the US by parcel count See padus_public_access_pct in the live Coverage Report CSV.

Also known as: public access, open to public, park access, public land (field aliases: PADUS_access, public_access)


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