FACTS Common Attributes: U.S. Forest Service Activity Tracking Data

The U.S. Forest Service's Forest Activity Tracking System (FACTS) provides data on activities related to fire/fuels, silviculture, and invasive species across U.S. national forests. The dataset is updated weekly and includes all activities regardless of spatial feature attachment. It is published by the Department of Agriculture under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Tracking timber harvest activities based on the silviculture activity types mentioned.
• Mapping hazardous fuels treatments for wildfire risk reduction planning.
• Monitoring invasive species management activities across forest service lands.
• Analyzing spatial and temporal trends in forest management interventions.

Strengths

• Data is updated weekly, ensuring relatively high recency.
• Covers multiple key forest management domains: fire/fuels, silviculture, and invasive species.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (KML, GEOJSON) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Collection Method

Collected via the Forest Service's Natural Resource Manager (NRM) Forest Activity Tracking System (FACTS).

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated weekly; last metadata update was 2026-03-13.

Geography

Likely covers U.S. national forests.