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    • Forest Service Research Data Archive - Index

    Metadata Updated: October 2, 2025

    This archive publishes and preserves short and long-term research data collected from studies funded by:

  • Forest Service Research and Development (FS R&D)
  • Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)
  • Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute (ALWRI)

    • Of special interest, our collection includes data from a number of Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges.

    Each archived data set (i.e., "data publication") contains at least one data set, complete metadata for the data set(s), and any other documentation the researcher deemed important to understanding the data set(s). The data catalog entries present the metadata and a link to the data. In some cases the data link is to a different archive.

    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 October 2, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 3, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date October 2, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Forest Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=eaa8f2f9700a4c99986dbee09162f56f
    Data First Published 2017-11-01
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-04
    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 91924d50-65f4-47f1-83d4-98988d9427c4
    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    Homepage URL https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/documents/usfs::forest-service-research-data-archive-index
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -131.3620,6.8980,-65.6380,72.6220
    Program Code 005:059
    Progresscode onGoing
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash b4df7f4e11e9eccc4da05ecf1411be224c9f53113f971ce4cd4275aa9144d105
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -131.3620, 6.8980, -131.3620, 72.6220, -65.6380, 72.6220, -65.6380, 6.8980, -131.3620, 6.8980}

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