Washington DC's public street tree inventory, stewarded by the District Department of Transportation's Urban Forestry Division. The dataset covers approximately 175,000 public trees and was last updated in March 2026. It is available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, KML, and CSV.
Use Cases
- Map tree canopy distribution and density across Washington DC based on the geospatial location data.
- Analyze urban forest health and maintenance needs based on the stewardship mission described.
- Model environmental benefits of street trees (e.g., heat island reduction) based on tree location and count.
- Plan municipal forestry operations and resource allocation based on the inventory of public trees.
Strengths
- Covers approximately 175,000 public trees, providing a substantial inventory.
- Available in multiple geospatial formats (KML, GeoJSON, CSV, REST API) for flexibility.
- Explicitly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse with attribution.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific analytical needs.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Urban Forestry Division, District of Columbia.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 08:36:17.226353; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA.