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Terrestrial Condition Assessment (TCA) Road Density

Metadata Updated: October 2, 2025

Direct Download (Raster Data Gateway)Objective: Identify locations where roads are present at a density that impacts the quality of wildlife habitat and fragments the landscape.Data: A national roads vector dataset has been acquired from the USGS National Transportation Dataset. The data were reattributed to represent three classes: (1) Unimproved, (2) Paved, (3) Light Duty roads. The new classes correspond to the following classes from the National Transportation Dataset:Unimproved: Four-wheel drive roads.Paved: Controlled access highway, Secondary Highway or Major Connecting Road, RampsLight Duty: Local Connecting Roads, Local RoadsData Format: Polylines were converted to a raster for each TCA assessment year. The value at a pixel corresponds to the class of road at that location. Values differ slightly between the years:2024: 1- Light Duty, 2- Paved, 3- Unimproved, 4- Other2023: 1- Light Duty, 2- Paved, 3- Unimproved, 4- Other2022: 1- Light Duty, 2- Paved, 3- Unimproved2021: 1- Light Duty, 2- Paved, 3- Unimproved2020: 1- Light Duty, 2- Paved, 3- Unimproved, 4- Other, 5- DecommissionedSpatial Resolution: 10mSource data: USGS National Transportation DatasetAdditional Resources:Details on Method Changes and Source Data VersionsOverview of the Terrestrial Condition Assessment: TCA Hubsite or Landfire Office Hour PresentationExplore the results of the most recent assessment: TCA Interactive Data ViewerLearn more about the TCA KPI: TCA Dashboard*if you have trouble viewing the Dashboard, please submit a Tableau Viewer Access Request

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

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Metadata Created Date October 2, 2025
Metadata Updated Date October 2, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from USDA JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date October 2, 2025
Metadata Updated Date October 2, 2025
Publisher U.S. Forest Service
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2025-09-25
Data Last Modified 2025-09-25
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 005:96
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Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
Homepage URL https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usfs::terrestrial-condition-assessment-tca-road-density
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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