Integrated Resource Restoration (IRR): U.S. Forest Service Activity Polygons

Forest Service Units self-report annual acres treated for restoration activities funded through the NFRR Budget Line Item. The data likely contains polygons depicting areas where activities like timber sales, vegetation improvement, noxious weed treatment, and hazardous fuel reduction occurred. This dataset from the Department of Agriculture was last updated on March 13, 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping the spatial extent of forestland vegetation improvement projects based on reported acres.
• Analyzing the distribution of hazardous fuels reduction treatments outside the wildland/urban interface.
• Tracking annual progress on collaborative forest landscape restoration initiatives.
• Assessing resource allocation for noxious weed and invasive plant control on National Forest System lands.

Strengths

• Data is self-reported by Forest Service Units, providing operational-level detail.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, KML, and via ArcGIS REST API.
• License is CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse and distribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect reporting bias inherent to self-reported administrative systems.

Provenance

Source

Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service.

Collection Method

Activities are self-reported by Forest Service Units through the FACTS database.

Time Range

Annual reporting is suggested, but specific temporal coverage is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 22:51:44.575756; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers National Forest System lands within the United States.