This dataset shows point locations of public trees inventoried by the City of Austin as of March 13th, 2020. Data is compiled from various sources: Development Services Department's Tree Division, AISD, Parks and Recreation Department, and Public Works Department's downtown tree inventory (2013). This is not a complete comprehensive inventory of all trees. Some errors and/or duplicate data may exist. For more information on Austin's urban forest, visit the U.S. Forest Service's Urban Forest Inventory and Analysis report: https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/50393

Tree canopy digitized from aerial images using a supervised image classification method. Aerial images were flown over Austin, TX in 2018 during the "leaf-on" agricultural growing season and are sourced from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). Data are updated every 4 years and each update is provided as a separate dataset. For historical data, search for tree canopy 2006, 2010, and 2014. The NAIP imagery resolution for 2018 is 60cm (~2 feet). This is 4-band imagery (Red, Green, Blue, and Infrared bands) available in both true color and color-infrared. Tree canopy data is provided in both raster and vector GIS formats housed in a Geodatabase. Download and unzip the folder to get started. Please note, errors may exist in this dataset due to the variation in species composition and land use found across the study area. This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate relative location of property boundaries.

This product has been produced by the City of Austin for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness.

This is a map depicting tree canopy in Austin, Texas summer of 2022.

Tree canopy digitized from aerial images using a supervised image classification method. Aerial images were flown over Austin, TX in 2014 during the "leaf-on" agricultural growing season and are sourced from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). Data are updated every 4 years and each update is provided as a separate dataset. For historical data, search for tree canopy 2006, 2010, and 2018. The NAIP imagery resolution for 2014 is 1m (~3.3 feet). This is 4-band imagery (Red, Green, Blue, and Infrared bands) available in both true color and color-infrared. Tree canopy data is provided in both raster and vector GIS formats housed in a Geodatabase. Download and unzip the folder to get started. Please note, errors may exist in this dataset due to the variation in species composition and land use found across the study area. This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate relative location of property boundaries.

This product has been produced by the City of Austin for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness.

The City of Austin’s Community Tree Priority Map (formerly Planting Prioritization) serves as a decision support tool to determine where to focus forestry activities in Austin, Texas. This map shows U.S. Census tracts (2010) containing tabular data related to community forestry priorities determined by the Community Tree Preservation Division’s Urban Forest Program. Prioritization is determined through the priority score. This score combines nine measures normalized and summarized into four broad categories. The score is aggregated at the neighborhood (U.S. Census tract) level. Scores can range from 0 to 100 with higher scores meaning a higher need for community forestry activities to achieve more equitable canopy distribution. Finally, the priority level provides a categorical representation of the data for a simplified view.

Priority Score = ( Σ Natural Environment + Σ Social Vulnerability + Σ Community Investment + Σ Health & Well-Being ) / 4

This map was updated in 2020. Minor updates are made as-needed with a review and data update scheduled for 2025 (every 5 years).

Ultimately, this map is used to aggregate Urban Forest Grant/Portal projects and tree planting/distribution data to assess program performance.

This dataset is intended to be downloaded as a GIS Shapefile but may also be viewed in Excel. It's also available in ArcGIS Online at https://austin.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=7d7c5260e60c4f8ab811d2c5fda6c40f

Tree canopy digitized from aerial images using a supervised image classification method. Aerial images were flown over Austin, TX in 2006 during the "leaf-on" agricultural growing season and are sourced from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). Data are updated every 4 years and each update is provided as a separate dataset. For historical data, search for tree canopy 2010, 2014, and 2018. The NAIP imagery resolution for 2006 is 2m (~6.6 feet). This is 4-band imagery (Red, Green, Blue, and Infrared bands) available in both true color and color-infrared. Tree canopy data is provided in both raster and vector GIS formats housed in a Geodatabase. Download and unzip the folder to get started. Please note, errors may exist in this dataset due to the variation in species composition and land use found across the study area. This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate relative location of property boundaries.

This product has been produced by the City of Austin for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness.

Survey conducted in 2013 of all trees and vacant planting sites in the right of way and all trees of heritage species greater than or equal to 19 inches on private and city of Austin owned property in the central business district.

Tree canopy digitized from aerial images using a supervised image classification method. Aerial images were flown over Austin, TX in 2010 during the "leaf-on" agricultural growing season and are sourced from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). Data are updated every 4 years and each update is provided as a separate dataset. For historical data, search for tree canopy 2006, 2014, and 2018. The NAIP imagery resolution for 2010 is 1m (~3.3 feet). This is 4-band imagery (Red, Green, Blue, and Infrared bands) available in both true color and color-infrared. Tree canopy data is provided in both raster and vector GIS formats housed in a Geodatabase. Download and unzip the folder to get started. Please note, errors may exist in this dataset due to the variation in species composition and land use found across the study area. This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate relative location of property boundaries.

This product has been produced by the City of Austin for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness.

Survey conducted in 2013 of all trees and vacant planting sites in the right of way and all trees of heritage species greater than or equal to 19 inches on private and city of Austin owned property in the central business district.

Possible planting space, abbreviated PPS, or plantable space, estimates land available for tree planting. Data were derived using a U.S. Forest Service method called the Urban Tree Canopy assessment. This assessment determines existing tree canopy cover then finds areas where it is "biophysically feasible" to plant new trees rather than were it may be preferred. For this dataset, a “possible” planting location was determined if the location contained pervious land not covered by existing tree canopy cover, surface water, impervious surfaces, or some pervious surfaces deemed to be not plantable (e.g. baseball diamonds, golf courses, etc.). Data were derived from the following data: NAIP-derived tree canopy cover (2014), the National Hydrography Dataset, and City of Austin impervious cover planimetric data (2015). Data are updated every 4 years and each update is provided as a separate dataset. Download and unzip the folder to get started. Please note, errors may exist in this dataset due to the various source data capture years, differences in spatial resolution, and analysis methods used.

This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate relative location of property boundaries.

This product has been produced by the City of Austin for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness.