diff --git a/csep/core/forecasts.py b/csep/core/forecasts.py
index 4b2f863f..c7dd6058 100644
--- a/csep/core/forecasts.py
+++ b/csep/core/forecasts.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-import itertools
 import time
 import os
 import datetime
+from typing import Optional
 
 # third-party imports
 import numpy
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as eTree
+import h5py
+import pandas
 
 from csep.utils.log import LoggingMixin
-from csep.core.regions import CartesianGrid2D, create_space_magnitude_region
+from csep.core.regions import CartesianGrid2D, create_space_magnitude_region, QuadtreeGrid2D
 from csep.models import Polygon
 from csep.utils.calc import bin1d_vec
 from csep.utils.time_utils import decimal_year, datetime_to_utc_epoch
@@ -753,4 +756,250 @@ def load_ascii(cls, fname, **kwargs):
         Returns:
               :class:`csep.core.forecasts.CatalogForecast
         """
-        raise NotImplementedError("load_ascii is not implemented!")
\ No newline at end of file
+        raise NotImplementedError("load_ascii is not implemented!")
+
+
+class GriddedForecastFactory:
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_dat(filename: str,
+                 swap_latlon: bool = False,
+                 name: Optional[str] = None,
+                 start_date: Optional[datetime] = None,
+                 end_date: Optional[datetime] = None,
+                 **kwargs) -> GriddedForecast:
+        """ Creates a :class:`GriddedCatalog` from a.dat file."""
+
+        data = numpy.loadtxt(filename)
+        all_polys = data[:, :4]
+        all_poly_mask = data[:, -1]
+        sorted_idx = numpy.sort(
+            numpy.unique(all_polys, return_index=True, axis=0)[1], kind="stable"
+        )
+        unique_poly = all_polys[sorted_idx]
+        poly_mask = all_poly_mask[sorted_idx]
+        all_mws = data[:, -4]
+        sorted_idx = numpy.sort(numpy.unique(all_mws, return_index=True)[1], kind="stable")
+
+        magnitudes = all_mws[sorted_idx]
+        if swap_latlon:
+            bboxes = [((i[2], i[0]), (i[3], i[0]),
+                       (i[3], i[1]), (i[2], i[1])) for i in unique_poly]
+        else:
+            bboxes = [((i[0], i[2]), (i[0], i[3]),
+                       (i[1], i[3]), (i[1], i[2])) for i in unique_poly]
+
+        dh = float(unique_poly[0, 3] - unique_poly[0, 2])
+
+        n_mag_bins = len(magnitudes)
+        rates = data[:, -2].reshape(len(bboxes), n_mag_bins)
+
+        region = CartesianGrid2D([Polygon(bbox) for bbox in bboxes], dh, mask=poly_mask)
+
+        forecast = GriddedForecast(
+            name=f"{name}",
+            data=rates,
+            region=region,
+            magnitudes=magnitudes,
+            start_time=start_date,
+            end_time=end_date,
+            **kwargs
+        )
+
+        return forecast
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_xml(filename: str,
+            **kwargs):
+        tree = eTree.parse(filename)
+        root = tree.getroot()
+        metadata = {}
+        data_ijm = []
+        m_bins = []
+        cells = []
+        cell_dim = {}
+        for k, children in enumerate(list(root[0])):
+            if "modelName" in children.tag:
+                name_xml = children.text
+                metadata["name"] = name_xml
+            elif "author" in children.tag:
+                author_xml = children.text
+                metadata["author"] = author_xml
+            elif "forecastStartDate" in children.tag:
+                start_date = children.text.replace("Z", "")
+                metadata["forecastStartDate"] = start_date
+            elif "forecastEndDate" in children.tag:
+                end_date = children.text.replace("Z", "")
+                metadata["forecastEndDate"] = end_date
+            elif "defaultMagBinDimension" in children.tag:
+                m_bin_width = float(children.text)
+                metadata["defaultMagBinDimension"] = m_bin_width
+            elif "lastMagBinOpen" in children.tag:
+                lastmbin = float(children.text)
+                metadata["lastMagBinOpen"] = lastmbin
+            elif "defaultCellDimension" in children.tag:
+                cell_dim = {i[0]: float(i[1]) for i in children.attrib.items()}
+                metadata["defaultCellDimension"] = cell_dim
+            elif "depthLayer" in children.tag:
+                depth = {i[0]: float(i[1]) for i in root[0][k].attrib.items()}
+                cells = root[0][k]
+                metadata["depthLayer"] = depth
+
+        for cell in cells:
+            cell_data = []
+            m_cell_bins = []
+            for i, m in enumerate(cell.iter()):
+                if i == 0:
+                    cell_data.extend([float(m.attrib["lon"]), float(m.attrib["lat"])])
+                else:
+                    cell_data.append(float(m.text))
+                    m_cell_bins.append(float(m.attrib["m"]))
+            data_ijm.append(cell_data)
+            m_bins.append(m_cell_bins)
+        try:
+            data_ijm = numpy.array(data_ijm)
+            m_bins = numpy.array(m_bins)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            raise Exception("Data is not square")
+
+        magnitudes = m_bins[0, :]
+        rates = data_ijm[:, -len(magnitudes) :]
+        all_polys = numpy.vstack(
+            (
+                data_ijm[:, 0] - cell_dim["lonRange"] / 2.0,
+                data_ijm[:, 0] + cell_dim["lonRange"] / 2.0,
+                data_ijm[:, 1] - cell_dim["latRange"] / 2.0,
+                data_ijm[:, 1] + cell_dim["latRange"] / 2.0,
+            )
+        ).T
+        bboxes = [((i[0], i[2]), (i[0], i[3]), (i[1], i[3]), (i[1], i[2])) for i in all_polys]
+        dh = float(all_polys[0, 3] - all_polys[0, 2])
+        poly_mask = numpy.ones(len(bboxes))
+        region = CartesianGrid2D([Polygon(bbox) for bbox in bboxes], dh, mask=poly_mask)
+
+        forecast = GriddedForecast(
+            name=f"{metadata['name']}",
+            data=rates,
+            region=region,
+            magnitudes=magnitudes,
+            start_time=datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(metadata["forecastStartDate"]),
+            end_time=datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(metadata["forecastEndDate"]),
+            **kwargs
+        )
+        return forecast
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_quadtree(filename: str,
+                 name: Optional[str] = None,
+                 start_date: Optional[datetime] = None,
+                 end_date: Optional[datetime] = None,
+                 **kwargs) -> GriddedForecast:
+
+        with open(filename, "r") as file_:
+            qt_header = file_.readline().split(",")
+            formats = [str]
+            for i in range(len(qt_header) - 1):
+                formats.append(float)
+
+        qt_formats = {i: j for i, j in zip(qt_header, formats)}
+        data = pandas.read_csv(filename, header=0, dtype=qt_formats)
+
+        quadkeys = numpy.array([i.encode("ascii", "ignore") for i in data.tile])
+        magnitudes = numpy.array(data.keys()[3:]).astype(float)
+        rates = data[magnitudes.astype(str)].to_numpy()
+
+        region = QuadtreeGrid2D.from_quadkeys([str(i) for i in quadkeys], magnitudes=magnitudes)
+        region.get_cell_area()
+
+        forecast = GriddedForecast(
+            name=f"{name}",
+            data=rates,
+            region=region,
+            magnitudes=magnitudes,
+            start_time=start_date,
+            end_time=end_date,
+            **kwargs
+        )
+
+        return forecast
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_csv(filename):
+        def is_mag(num):
+            try:
+                m = float(num)
+                if -1 < m < 12.0:
+                    return True
+                else:
+                    return False
+            except ValueError:
+                return False
+
+        with open(filename, "r") as file_:
+            line = file_.readline()
+            if len(line.split(",")) > 3:
+                sep = ","
+            else:
+                sep = " "
+
+        data = pandas.read_csv(
+            filename, header=0, sep=sep, escapechar="#", skipinitialspace=True
+        )
+
+        data.columns = [i.strip() for i in data.columns]
+        magnitudes = numpy.array([float(i) for i in data.columns if is_mag(i)])
+        rates = data[[i for i in data.columns if is_mag(i)]].to_numpy()
+        all_polys = data[["lon_min", "lon_max", "lat_min", "lat_max"]].to_numpy()
+        bboxes = [((i[0], i[2]), (i[0], i[3]), (i[1], i[3]), (i[1], i[2])) for i in all_polys]
+        dh = float(all_polys[0, 3] - all_polys[0, 2])
+
+        try:
+            poly_mask = data["mask"]
+        except KeyError:
+            poly_mask = numpy.ones(len(bboxes))
+
+        region = CartesianGrid2D([Polygon(bbox) for bbox in bboxes], dh, mask=poly_mask)
+
+        return rates, region, magnitudes
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_hdf5(filename: str,
+                  group: str = "",
+                  name: Optional[str] = None,
+                  start_date: Optional[datetime] = None,
+                  end_date: Optional[datetime] = None,
+                  **kwargs) -> GriddedForecast:
+        """
+        Load a gridded forecast from an HDF5 file.
+
+        Arguments:
+            filename: The name of the HDF5 file.
+            group: The HDF5 group to load the forecast from. Usually represents the forecast
+                time
+            name: The name of the gridded forecast.
+            start_date: The start date of the forecast.
+            end_date: The end date of the forecast.
+            **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments passed to `read`.
+
+        """
+
+        with h5py.File(filename, "r") as db:
+            rates = db[f"{group}/rates"][:]
+            magnitudes = db[f"{group}/magnitudes"][:]
+
+            dh = db[f"{group}/dh"][:][0]
+            bboxes = db[f"{group}/bboxes"][:]
+            poly_mask = db[f"{group}/poly_mask"][:]
+            region = CartesianGrid2D([Polygon(bbox) for bbox in bboxes], dh, mask=poly_mask)
+
+        forecast = GriddedForecast(
+            name=f"{name}",
+            data=rates,
+            region=region,
+            magnitudes=magnitudes,
+            start_time=start_date,
+            end_time=end_date,
+            **kwargs
+        )
+
+        return forecast
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index df3845be..79b5517d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ scipy
 pandas
 matplotlib
 cartopy
+h5py
 obspy
 pyproj
 python-dateutil
diff --git a/requirements.yml b/requirements.yml
index be2fd220..3a424759 100644
--- a/requirements.yml
+++ b/requirements.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ dependencies:
   - numpy
   - pandas
   - scipy
+  - h5py
   - matplotlib
   - pyproj
   - obspy
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 6a95af5b..a497fead 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pandas
 matplotlib
 cartopy
 obspy
+h5py
 pyproj
 python-dateutil
 pytest
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5390de9f..4b7f088f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def get_version():
         'numpy',
         'scipy',
         'pandas',
+        'h5py',
         'matplotlib',
         'cartopy',
         'obspy',