2022 Lidar Data Now Available

Sonoma County Ag + Open Space and Sonoma Water, together with the North Coast Resource Partnership, Humboldt County, and a broad coalition of state and federal agencies, academic institutions, and regional stakeholders, are proud to announce the public release of the Sonoma Countywide 2022 Lidar Products .

These high-resolution datasets are derived from lidar acquired between September and November 2022 as part of a larger Northern California regional collaboration and are now accessible for public use.

Data Access & Products

All 2022 lidar products are freely available to the public and can be downloaded through Pacific Veg Map or directly through links in this datasheet.

Select datasets will be available soon through:

Access Sonoma County 2022 Lidar

Each dataset includes:

36 raster lidar derivatives
45 area-based forest metrics at 10-meter resolution
Unified high-quality point clouds, harmonized from multiple sources
Detailed provenance, breaklines, and tile-specific metadata

All products use the following standard reference systems:

Horizontal: NAD 1983 (2011) UTM Zone 10N
Vertical: NAVD88 (Geoid 18)

In addition to Sonoma County, the 2022 lidar datasets cover the following counties:

Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Siskiyou, Solano, and Trinity.

This comprehensive release represents a major milestone in advancing environmental monitoring, land use planning, forest management, stormwater and water resource planning, and scientific research throughout the region.

This data release compliments the 2013 Sonoma County Vegetation Mapping & Lidar Program data products and provides an updated look at elevation, surface conditions, vegetation canopy cover, and much more.

Additional Products Pending

Updated Sonoma County Fine-Scale Vegetation & Habitat Map

Anticipated release: Spring/Summer 2026
Led by Ag + Open Space with Tukman Geospatial as technical consultant
Funded by Ag + Open Space and the Vegetation Management Grant Program

Updated Hydrography Data

USGS 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP) data, including updated elevation-derived stream network data
Anticipated release: Fall/Winter 2025
Led by Solano County
Funded by a USGS 3D National Topography Model Data Collaborate grant with contributions from partners across Sonoma, Solano, Napa, Marin, Mendocino, Sacramento, Yolo, Napa
Local funders include Permit Sonoma, Sonoma Water, and Ag + Open Space

Funders & Partners

This initiative was made possible through funding and support from:

California Natural Resources Agency
California State Coastal Conservancy
NASA
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
North Coast Resource Partnership
Sonoma County Ag + Open Space
Sonoma Water
University of California, San Diego
Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District
Solano County
Coastal San Luis RCD
San Mateo County RCD

Technical development was led by NV5 Geospatial and Tukman Geospatial, ensuring the highest standards of lidar processing and GIS integration.

About the Project

The Northern California Lidar project is a collaborative regional effort designed to support resilience, climate adaptation, and science-based stewardship across Northern California. The release of these harmonized, high-quality geospatial datasets marks a significant leap forward in data transparency, public access, and applied environmental science.

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