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    • Geoecology: County-Level Environmental Data for the United States, 1941-1981

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

    The Geoecology database is a compilation of environmental data for the period 1941 to 1981. The Geoecology database contains selected data on terrain and soils, water resources, forestry, vegetation, agriculture, land use, wildlife, air quality, climate, natural areas, and endangered species. Data on selected human population characteristics are also included to complement the environmental files. Data represent the conterminous United States at the county level. These historical data are provided as a source of 1970s baseline environmental conditions for the United States.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/656
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-11
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    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 42aa6f74-d8f0-4d58-8247-2da39c713e01
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=geoecology_R1_656&ac=true
    Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":-124.763,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":49.3844,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-66.9499,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":24.4981},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c701b6ccd036db9b3721df06c5f62cebe4f1aed95d0785bbd4d8ad76117d7704
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1941-01-01/1941-01-01

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