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    • FS National Forests Dataset (US Forest Service Proclaimed Forests)

    Metadata Updated: July 11, 2025

    The FS National Forests Dataset (US Forest Service Proclaimed Forests) is a depiction of the boundaries encompassing the National Forest System (NFS) lands within the original proclaimed National Forests, along with subsequent Executive Orders, Proclamations, Public Laws, Public Land Orders, Secretary of Agriculture Orders, and Secretary of Interior Orders creating modifications thereto, along with lands added to the NFS which have taken on the status of 'reserved from the public domain' under the General Exchange Act. The following area types are included: National Forest, Experimental Area, Experimental Forest, Experimental Range, Land Utilization Project, National Grassland, Purchase Unit, and Special Management Area.Metadata and Downloads - https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/datasets.php?xmlKeyword=Original+Proclaimed+National+Forests

    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 July 11, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 3, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date July 11, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Forest Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3451bcca1dbc45168ed0b3f54c6098d3&sublayer=0
    Data First Published 2017-04-14
    Data Last Modified 2023-05-23
    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 35344609-3a86-4f9e-9d6a-c753096574f0
    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    Homepage URL https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usfs::fs-national-forests-dataset-us-forest-service-proclaimed-forests
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -150.0079,18.2312,-65.6997,61.5190
    Program Code 005:059
    Progresscode onGoing
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 711eabdcec788bc74e7b0e395a4582f0d6503318c9ed7ab926441c5c8d5c3426
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -150.0079, 18.2312, -150.0079, 61.5190, -65.6997, 61.5190, -65.6997, 18.2312, -150.0079, 18.2312}

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