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    • Legacy Aerial Fire Retardant Avoidance Area Products Deprecation & Retirement

    Metadata Updated: May 8, 2025

    AFRAA Data Upgrade & Transition Plan for 2025 Fire Season

    Given the mission-critical nature of AFRAA dataset and federal mandates, the FS Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and AFRAA data stewards will fully support the legacy map services throughout the 2025 fire season before retirement. The latest 2025 data, approved by Forest Service Regional Forester and GIS Coordinators, has been integrated into legacy schemas, ensuring authoritative data while maintaining backward compatibility for applications relying on legacy endpoints.

    What You Need to KnowWhere is the New Data

    Most users will use the new map image service REST endpoints:

    https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Aquatic_01/MapServer https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Terrestrial_01/MapServer

    Metadata is available in these ArcGIS items that reference the new map services:

    Fire_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Aquatic (Landing Page) Fire_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Terrestrial (Landing Page)

    Sync Enable ArcGIS Online Hosted Feature Services:

    Aquatic Hosted Feature Service Terrestrial Hosted Feature Service

    Internal FS users can make direct SDE connections (see detailed instructions on the AFRAA SharePoint ). Downloadable Data from the FS GeoData Clearinghouse:

    Fire_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Aquatic.gdb.zip Fire_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Terrestrial.gdb.zip

    When Will the Legacy Product Be Retired?

    March 14, 2025 – New terrestrial map service available, and a deprecation watermark is added to the legacy service. March 14, 2025 - Region 3 approved 2025 aquatic data via the legacy service endpoint. April 1, 2025 – All 2025 approved data loaded into both new and legacy services. April 1, 2025 – New aquatic service published, and a deprecation watermark is added to the legacy service. April 1, 2025 – Legacy download products removed from the Clearinghouse and replaced with the new versions. April 7,  2025 – Sync enabled Hosted Feature Services published to ArcGIS Online October 1, 2025 – Legacy services stopped. Fire personnel can contact SM.FS.afraa@usda.gov during regular business hours if unknown dependencies are discovered. The services will be restarted if needed. November 1, 2025 – Unless an extension is requested, legacy services will be deleted, and all feature classes will be removed from EDW, making the data inaccessible.

    What Products Are Being Deprecated?

    Terrestrial Map Services & Associated Feature ClassesLegacy Terrestrial:

    https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_01/MapServerS_USA.AerialFireRetardantAvoidance

    New Authoritative Terrestrial:

    https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Terrestrial_01/MapServerS_USA.Fire_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Terrestrial

    Aquatic Map Services & Associated Feature Classes

    Legacy Aquatic:

    https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_AerialFireRetardantHydrographicAvoidanceAreas_01/MapServer

    S_R01.AFRAA_Hydro S_R02.AFRAA_Hydro S_R03.AFRAA_Hydro S_R04.AFRAA_Hydro S_R05.AFRAA_Hydro S_R06.AFRAA_Hydro S_R08.AFRAA_Hydro S_R09.AFRAA_Hydro S_R10.AFRAA_Hydro

    New Authoritative Aquatic Map Service and Feature Class:

    https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Aquatic_01/MapServerS_USA.Fire_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Aquatic

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 3, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date May 8, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date November 3, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date May 8, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Forest Service
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2020-08-13
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-17
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:96
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    Homepage URL https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/documents/usfs::legacy-aerial-fire-retardant-avoidance-area-products-deprecation-retirement
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Program Code 005:059
    Progresscode onGoing
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