U.S. Forest Service
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S_USA.ResearchStationFacilities
vector digital data
http://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/datasets.php
https://www.fs.fed.us/research/locations/
These data are a point feature class that provides the location of Research and Development's offices across the United States.
Forest Service employees need to use this information. The public and various other stakeholders also have an interest in being able to discover and display where Forest Service Research does its work. Therefore, this geodatabase provides locations and descriptions of these facilities. Facilities include both headquarters and laboratory/research locations.
The location information in this geodatabase was provided directly by the Research Stations, and was not drawn from the official Forest Service Automated Lands Program database. Minor discrepancies in location information may occur due to differences in how the two databases define a research location. The data adheres to the quality procedures set by gPAS, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)'s Current Research Information System, USDA's VIVO, and the federal-wide STAR METRICS program.
20180110
Publication date
As needed
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Research & Development Taxonomy
National Resource Management & Use
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
structure
location
None
Northern Research Station
Research Station
Southern Research Station
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Pacific Southwest Research Station
headquarters
International Institute for Tropical Forestry
laboratories
Forest Products Laboratory
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
facilities
Research and Development
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
location
structure
None
Puerto Rico
United States
None
The USDA Forest Service makes no warranty, expressed or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, reliability, completeness or utility of these geospatial data, or for the improper or incorrect use of these geospatial data. These geospatial data and related maps or graphics are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The data and maps may not be used to determine title, ownership, legal descriptions or boundaries, legal jurisdiction, or restrictions that may be in place on either public or private land. Natural hazards may or may not be depicted on the data and maps, and users should exercise due caution. The data are dynamic and may change over time. The user is responsible to verify the limitations of the geospatial data and to use the data accordingly.
USFS Chief Information Office, Enterprise Data Warehouse
physical
Washington
DC
20250
Please send an e-mail to the address below.
data@fs.fed.us
John Pye, U.S. Forest Service
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Vector
Simple
FALSE
91
TRUE
FALSE
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Decimal Degrees
D North American 1983
GRS 1980
6378137.0
298.257222101
S_USA.ResearchStationFacilities is a collection of geographic features with the same geometry type (such as point, line, or polygon), the same attributes, and the same spatial reference.https://support.esri.com/en-us/gis-dictionary/feature-class
ResearchStationFacilities
Feature Class
91
OBJECTID
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
OBJECTID
OID
4
10
0
LOCATION_NAME
Name of the research office or lab
U.S. Forest Service
Name
LOCATION_NAME
String
255
0
0
ORG_ID
Organization abbreviation
U.S. Forest Service
FPL
Forest Products Laboratory
USFS
IITF
International Institute for Tropical Forestry
USFS
NRS
Northern Research Station
USFS
PNW
Pacific Northwest Research Station
USFS
PSW
Pacific Southwest Research Station
USFS
RMRS
Rocky Mountain Research Station
USFS
SRS
Southern Research Station
USFS
WO
Washington Office
USFS
STATION_ID
String
255
0
0
LOCATION_TYPE
Description of the type of facility
U.S. Forest Service
Headquarters
The location type is Headquarters
USFS
Laboratory
The location type is Laboratory
USFS
LOCATION_TYPE
String
60
0
0
ADDRESS_LINE1
Address of the research facility (1st line)
U.S. Forest Service
Text
ADDRESS_LINE1
String
255
0
0
ADDRESS_LINE2
Address of the research facility (2nd line)
U.S. Forest Service
Text
ADDRESS_LINE2
String
255
0
0
CITY
City in which the research facility is located
U.S. Forest Service
Name of city
CITY
String
255
0
0
STATE_CODE
standard 2-digit mailing abbreviation for the U.S. state in which the facility is located
U.S. Forest Service
State code
STATE_CODE
String
255
0
0
ZIP
9-digit ZIP code for the location
U.S. Forest Service
zip code
ZIP
String
255
0
0
COUNTRY_ID
ID for the country in which the facility is located.
U.S. Forest Service
236
United States
USFS
179
Puerto Rico
USFS
COUNTRY_ID
Double
8
38
8
COUNTRY_NAME
Name of country in which the research facility is located
U.S. Forest Service
Name
COUNTRY_NAME
String
255
0
0
LONGITUDE
Longitude in decimal degrees
U.S. Forest Service
decimal degrees
LONGITUDE
Double
8
38
8
LATITUDE
Latitude in decimal degrees
U.S. Forest Service
decimal degrees
LATITUDE
Double
8
38
8
Shape
Feature geometry.
Esri
Point
Point
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
SHAPE
Geometry
4
0
0
UTMZONE
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone
U.S. Forest Service
UTM zone information
UTMZONE
String
1073741822
0
0
URL
URL
String
250
0
0
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the Research Station or its facility
U.S. Forest Service
Text
MSCALE
Map scale
U.S. Forest Service
50000
1:50000
USFS
MSCALE
Integer
4
10
0
USFS Chief Information Office, Enterprise Data Warehouse
physical
Washington
DC
20250
Please send an e-mail to the address below.
data@fs.fed.us
The U.S. Forest Service makes no warranty, express or implied, nor assumes any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or utility of these geospatial data or for the improper or incorrect use of those data. The data are dynamic and may change over time. The user is responsible for verifying the limitations of the geospatial data and for using the data accordingly.
20180306
USFS Chief Information Office, Enterprise Data Warehouse
physical
Washington
DC
20250
Please send an e-mail to the address below.
data@fs.fed.us
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time
USA
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.9.1.28388
ResearchStationFacilities
2026-03-10T11:17:16
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-155.095427
-65.729943
64.857569
18.325188
Forest Service employees need to use this information. The public and various other stakeholders also have an interest in being able to discover and display where Forest Service Research does its work. Therefore, this geodatabase provides locations and descriptions of these facilities. Facilities include both headquarters and laboratory/research locations.
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U.S. Forest Service, Research & Development
National Resource Management & Use
structure
location
Northern Research Station
Research Station
Southern Research Station
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Pacific Southwest Research Station
headquarters
International Institute for Tropical Forestry
laboratories
Forest Products Laboratory
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station
facilities
Research and Development
location
structure
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The USDA Forest Service makes no warranty, expressed or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, reliability, completeness or utility of these geospatial data, or for the improper or incorrect use of these geospatial data. These geospatial data and related maps or graphics are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The data and maps may not be used to determine title, ownership, legal descriptions or boundaries, legal jurisdiction, or restrictions that may be in place on either public or private land. Natural hazards may or may not be depicted on the data and maps, and users should exercise due caution. The data are dynamic and may change over time. The user is responsible to verify the limitations of the geospatial data and to use the data accordingly.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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