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    • Ecosys EcoMapSections 2025

    Metadata Updated: March 13, 2026

    The Ecomap 2025 contains a feature class for five different levels of the National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units (the Hierarchy. FSM 2060): Ecological Domains, Ecological Divisions, Ecological Provinces, Ecological Sections, and Ecological Subsections. The Ecomap 2025 data set describes the ecological hierarchy within the conterminous United States. Each feature class contains polygons attributed with the code and name of the ecological unit along with the codes and names of broader scale units into which a given ecological unit is nested. It contains regional geographic delineations for analysis of ecological relationships across ecological units. ECOMAP is the term used for a USDA Forest Service initiative to map ecological units and encourage their use in ecosystem-based approaches to forest and range land conservation and management. This is a collaborative effort with many partners. It is coordinated at the national and regional levels by USDA Forest Service staff and implemented in cooperation with State forestry agencies and others. ECOMAP mapping criteria are outlined in the National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units (Cleland et al. 1997, FSM 2060). The framework systematically divides the country into progressively smaller areas that have similar geophysical and biological characteristics and ecological processes.

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

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 13, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date March 13, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 13, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date March 13, 2026
    Publisher U.S. Forest Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=50edb69f438b4ee5afa894758c88d18f&sublayer=3
    Data First Published 2026-02-06
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-20
    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
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id caa88cbf-716a-4b2d-ac8c-0a65ce9a6291
    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    Homepage URL https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usfs::ecosys-ecomapsections-2025
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -124.7626,24.5452,-66.9572,49.3844
    Program Code 005:059
    Progresscode onGoing
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 06fbd93c93eba08260aa05a7af63aa6f9464aef7625502c4e15da02ce519d980
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -124.7626, 24.5452, -124.7626, 49.3844, -66.9572, 49.3844, -66.9572, 24.5452, -124.7626, 24.5452}

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