The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service provides a geospatial layer of silviculture Timber Stand Improvement activities. The data is sourced from the Forest Service Activity Tracking System (FACTS) and represents activities associated with the Forest Vegetation Improved performance measure, including release, weeding, cleaning, precommercial thinning, pruning, and fertilization. The layer was last updated on March 13, 2026.
Use Cases
- Mapping forest vegetation improvement projects based on reported silviculture activities.
- Analyzing the spatial distribution of timber stand treatments like thinning and pruning.
- Monitoring agency performance toward strategic goals using the reported performance measures.
- Assessing regional patterns in funded silviculture work from the budget allocation process.
Strengths
- Data is provided by the authoritative U.S. Forest Service via the FACTS database.
- Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, KML, and ArcGIS REST API.
- Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
Limitations
- The description notes the layer may not contain all accomplished activities, as spatial reporting is not fully enforced.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and spatial completeness are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
- Collection Method
- Reported through the Forest Service Activity Tracking System (FACTS) database as part of performance measures.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-13 22:52:18.781490; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Likely covers areas managed by the U.S. Forest Service.