Hazardous Fuel Treatment Reduction Polygons for U.S. Forest Service Lands

The Forest Service's Natural Resource Manager (NRM) Forest Activity Tracking System (FACTS) is the agency standard for managing information about activities related to fire/fuels, silviculture, and invasive species. This geospatial layer represents polygon activities of hazardous fuel treatment reduction designed to create resilient landscapes and reduce wildland fire intensity. The dataset is provided by the Department of Agriculture and was last updated on 2026-03 13.

Use Cases

• Mapping fuel treatment project locations based on the polygon feature layer.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of vegetative manipulation activities for fire resilience.
• Monitoring progress toward hazardous fuels reduction targets using the activity tracking system.
• Integrating treatment data with fire behavior prediction models as referenced in the description.

Strengths

• Data originates from the official Forest Service FACTS system, the agency standard for activity tracking.
• Includes a clear operational definition for hazardous fuel treatment reduction activities.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including shapefile, geodatabase, and GeoJSON.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.

Collection Method

Tracked via the Natural Resource Manager (NRM) Forest Activity Tracking System (FACTS).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 22:51:33.282854; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers U.S. Forest Service lands, but specific spatial coverage is not detailed.