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The Idaho State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has been in the process of developing an Idaho Cultural Information System (ICRIS). The ICRIS is a GIS enabled application which provides internal SHPO workflow management tools resulting in efficiencies that will decrease turn-around times for federal project review. Additionally, it is a portal through which external stakeholders, who are professionally qualified can view all SHPO data via a GIS, and create, upload, and track projects. The general public can view unrestricted data through the guest portal.

To submit Section 106 or 110 reviews, surveys, resource records, monitoring and annual reports, or to start new PA consultation, use ICRIS.

For the best functionality and experience, use a Chrome browser for ICRIS. 

ICRIS Access Policy

Access to exempt and sensitive information in ICRIS will generally be granted to the following, provided a signed ICRIS Confidentially Agreement and CV/resume is uploaded to a user’s profile:

  • Professionals who meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards in archaeology/anthropology, history, architectural history, or historic preservation, for purposes related to professional duties;
  • Tribal cultural resource staff for purposes related to professional duties;
  • Federal or State of Idaho agency, or City Section 106 Compliance Managers, for purposes related to professional duties, provided the agreement is co-signed by the Compliance Manager’s senior manager;
  • Archaeologists with a B.A. in archaeology from an accredited institution, provided the agreement is co-signed by a senior SOI-Qualified professional within the user’s organization/agency;
  • Students at an accredited college or university doing archaeological research provided the agreement is co-signed by their professor, who must meet SOI Standards for Archaeology/Anthropology. Research access will have a specified termination date based on the research project objectives and anticipated completion;
  • State of Idaho Information Technology (IT) employees for the purpose of fixing ICRIS bugs or building functionality;
  • SHPO contractors/vendors for the purpose of fixing ICRIS bugs or building functionality.

The Idaho SHPO reserves the right to deny access to ICRIS to a requested user at its own discretion.

The Idaho SHPO reserves the right to terminate a user’s access to ICRIS at its own discretion.

ICRIS Training

ICRIS Improvements and Bug Fixes

If you notice any bugs or have potential improvements email: icris@ishs.idaho.gov

Upcoming Improvements

The Idaho SHPO has the following ICRIS improvements in development: 

  • Ability to search project resources 
  • Sorting resources on project view by name, status, and field number
  • Exporting literature review results from the projects page
  • Zoom to project location when creating a resource
  • Resource GIS information 
  • Searching maps by Township, Range, and Section (TRS)
6/27/2024 Updates

The following ICRIS improvements and bug fixes were deployed:

  • Unable to change/update resources without a property type (bug)
  • Not allowing a project to be submitted until the GIS is saved (bug)
  • MOA sub status (bug)
  • Resource photo print view – organize photos by resource version (improvement)
  • Resources associated with legacy surveys having wrong eligibility on survey view page (bug)
  • Improve performance/reorganize survey page (improvement) 
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