GAP Status Code Assignment: Assumptions, Criteria, and Methods

This information sheet describes the Gap Analysis Project (GAP) Status Code assignment process for land units included in the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). For more information about the Gap Analysis Project see: https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/science-analytics-and-synthesis/gap  For more information about PAD-US see: https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/science-analytics-and-synthesis/gap/science/protected-areas