This dataset contains existing National Forest Service System Roads with attributes representing their characteristics that are located in the State of Florida. Each feature represents a segment of road where the attributes are the same. Attributes apply either to the entire road or to some measured distance along the road. The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's national forests and national grasslands. Major divisions of the agency include the National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, Business Operations, and the Research and Development branch. Managing approximately 25% of federal lands, it is the only major national land agency that is outside the U.S. Department of the Interior.
This feature class represents existing National Forest System (NFSR) roads necessary for the protection, administration and utilization of the National Forest. Only roads under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service are included.
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GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
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Generally the source information used to record spatial locations are from: 1) on-screen digitizing with a georeferenced topographic or image background; or 2) GPS field collected positions.
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Spatial and Attribute Information
Dynamic segmentation, using the "Make Route Event Layer" process is used to segment the measured routes in each of the Forest feature classes. The resulting segmented feature classes are appended together to form an intermediate agency-wide feature class. The geometry originated as feature classes managed by individual National Forests. The feature classes managed by each National Forest are copied into a central location for processing.
USDA Data is updated daily and posted to Clearinghouse website monthly.
The publication date in the metadata for files on the Clearinghouse site is the date
the data is extracted from EDW and posted to the site, it actually says 2019-11-25,
the last successful weekly refresh.
The publication date in the metadata is the date to go by.
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The GeoPlan Center downloaded the National Forest System Roads dataset on November 26th, 2019 from the USDA Enterprise Data Warehouse: USDA Forest Service Download National Datasets https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/datasets.php https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/edw_resources/fc/S_USA.RoadCore_FS.gdb.zip https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/edw_resources/meta/S_USA.RoadCore_FS.xml Date of last refresh: Nov 25, 2019 S_USA.RoadCore_FS.gdb.zip S_USA.RoadCore_FS.gdb\RoadCore_FS The GDB layer was exported to shapefile for areas near and within Florida. The dataset's projection was reprojected from NAD83 to FGDL Albers. During the QA/QC process the following tasks were undertaken: - Deleted the OBJECTID field. - Uppercased all records in the table. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on SYMBOL_NAM. - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source. - Renamed file to NATL_FOREST_RDS_NOV19.
Dataset copied.
Internal feature number.
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Feature geometry.
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Unique identifier of a route. It is a unique number within the Forest Service that is composed of a sequence number concatenated with the Oracle database instance identifier. It is a foreign key to the CN column in RTE_BASICS. It is used to join the route features to the II_Road_Core_ATM table in the ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) process.
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Beginning measure point of the route segment, expressed in miles.
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Ending measure point of the route segment, expressed in miles
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The official identifier of the route.
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Common name of the road
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Field is populated using an SQL query SYSTEM, SURFACE_TYPE, and OPER_MAINT_LEVEL to assign the using Cartographic Feature File (CFF) to the road segment
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ROAD NOT MAINTAINED FOR PASSENGER CARS
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DIRT ROAD SUITABLE FOR PASSENGER CAR
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GRAVEL ROAD, SUITABLE FOR PASSENGER CAR
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PAVED ROAD SUITABLE FOR PASSENGER CAR
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Length of the segment in miles as the difference between EMP and BMP. BMP and EMP are derived from field measurements and are different than the length of the segment calculated by ArcGIS (GIS_MILES). The Seg_Length is the official length on record of the segment.
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The legal right to control or regulate use of a transportation facility. Jurisdiction requires authority, but not necessarily ownership. The authority to construct or maintain a road may be derived from fee title, an easement, an agreement or some other similar method.
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A network of travel ways serving a common need or purpose, managed by an entity with the authority to finance, build, operate and maintain the routes.
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A forest road other than a road which has been authorized by a legally documented right-of-way held by a State, County or other local public road authority. (36 CFR 212.1, 36 CFR 251.51, 36 CFR 261.2). Previously known as FDR - Forest Development Road.
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Current physical state of being of the route segment
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Operational Maintenance Level defines the level to which the road is currently being maintained. The maintenance level currently assigned to the road considering current needs, road condition, budget constraints and environmental concerns.
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Assigned to roads open for use by high clearance vehicles.
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Assigned to roads that have been placed in storage (greater than one year) between intermittent uses. Basic custodial maintenance is performed. Road is closed to vehicular traffic
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Assigned to roads open for and maintained for travel by a prudent driver in a standard passenger car.
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Assigned to roads that provide a high degree of user comfort and convenience
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Assigned to roads that provide a moderate degree of user comfort and convenience at moderate travel speeds.
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No data
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The maintenance level to be assigned at a future date considering future road management objectives, traffic needs, budget constraints and environmental concerns.
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Assigned to roads open for use by high clearance vehicles.
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Assigned to roads that have been placed in storage (greater than one year) between intermittent uses. Basic custodial maintenance is performed. Road is closed to vehicular traffic
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Assigned to roads that have been or are to be decommissioned.
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Assigned to roads open for and maintained for travel by a prudent driver in a standard passenger car.
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Assigned to roads that provide a high degree of user comfort and convenience.
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Convert use of the facility to another use such as a trail.
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Assigned to roads that provide a moderate degree of user comfort and convenience at moderate travel speeds.
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No Data
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The grouping of roads by the character of service they provide.
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An NFS road that connects a terminal facility with collector roads, arterial roads, or public highways and that usually serves a single purpose involving intermittent use.
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An NFS road that serves smaller areas than an arterial road and that usually connects arterial roads to local roads or terminal facilities. Provides service to smaller land areas than an arterial road. It usually connects forest arterial roads to local forest roads or terminal facilities.
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An NFS road that serves smaller areas than an arterial road and that usually connects arterial roads to local roads or terminal facilities.
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No Data
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The wearing course; usually designed to resist skidding, traffic abrasion and the disintegrating effects of weather.
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No imported or processed materials
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Imported or processed material (pit run, select borrow, or admixture added to the surface soil and compacted)
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Asphaltic Concrete
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Crushed or screened graded material
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Built up surface of asphalt emulsion and aggregate, not a dust palliative.
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No data
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Unknown manufactured hard surface
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The number of lanes the travel way has.
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Single Lane Road
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No Data
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Double Lane Road
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The agency or party having primary (largest share) financial responsibility for maintenance.
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USDA Forest Service
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No data
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County, Parish, Borough
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Private (profit; not for profit)
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State Agency
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Cooperator (industrial cost share)
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Commercial user
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Other Federal Agencies
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Town, Township, Municipal Agency (City or other local civil government)
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State and County/Borough/Parish/Township in which the route segment physical resides.
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The Congressional District where the route segment physically resides.
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The Forest Service unit where the route segment physical resides or the primary Forest Service unit served by the route segment.
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The length of time that a facility is expected to provide a specified service.
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Continuous or annual recurrent service
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No data
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A road which is closed to vehicle traffic between periods of use. The closed period must exceed one year
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Short term use (including temporary roads)
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A description of the roads significant traffic characteristics and operating conditions. The levels reflect a number of factors, such as speed, travel time, traffic interruptions, freedom to maneuver, safety, driver comfort, convenience and operating cost. Specific definition differ by facility type such as Controlled Access highways, Multilane Rural without Access Control, Two Lanes, Urban and Suburban Arterials. Level of Service is classified by flow and ADT (Average Daily Traffic) greater than or less than 400. Refer to American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) for full descriptions.
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Traffic flow is slow and may be blocked by management activities. Two-way traffic is difficult, backing may be required. Rough and irregular surface. Travel with low clearance vehicles is difficult. Single purpose facility.
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No data
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Interrupted traffic flow, limited passing facilities, may not accommodate some vehicles. Low design speeds. Unstable surface under certain traffic or weather.
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Free flowing, mixed traffic; stable, smooth surface. Provides safe service to all traffic.
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Congested during heavy traffic, slower speeds and periodic dust; accommodates any legal-size load or vehicle.
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APPROACHING UNSTABLE FLOW > 400 ADT
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Interrupted traffic flow, limited passing facilities, may not accommodate some vehicles. Low design speeds. Unstable surface under certain traffic or weather.
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Federal Lands Transportation Program (FLTP) Road meets the requirements of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) guidance to provide access to high-use Federal recreation sites or Federal economic generators per 23 USC 203. The FLTPO classification indicates the status of FLTP designation.
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No data
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Identification and inclusion in a network, of those FS roads meeting the criteria of a FLTP Designation.
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A subset of miles of roads within the FLTP NETWORK-PROPOSED upon which progress will be measured and reported to the FHWA - Federal Lands Highway Division
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The Managing Organization is the Forest Service unit (region/forest/district) that has the long-term responsibility for the management of the route segment. Format: RRFFDD where RR is the 2-digit code for the Region, FF is the 2-digit code for the Forest, and DD is the 2-digit code for the District
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The Location Error is generated by the ESRI software when placing event data against a Linear Referencing System. It is used to flag errors created when matching spatial feature with corresponding Oracle database records. It indicates where there are inconsistencies between the measure point(s) of a linear event and the measure values of the spatial feature.
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Locating was successful.
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Could not find the entire route location's shape, the to-measure is outside of the route measure range.
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Could not find the entire route location's shape, the from-measure is outside of the route measure range.
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Shape length of a feature in miles, calculated by converting the data from Decimal Degrees to meters with the formula LengthMeters * 0.000621469277.
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The number identifies to which organization the asset (routes, features, land units, etc.) belongs and acts as a filter that controls what asset records a user can see and edit.
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OpenForUseTo identifies if a road segment is open to the public for motorized travel.
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Open for FS Administrative use for at least some portion of the year. This segment is not open for public motorized use.
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Open for public motorized travel for at least some portion of the year
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No data
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The IVM Symbol is used to label road in the FS Interactive Visitor Map.
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Descriptive name for the category of the road segment, based on the Cartographic Feature File (CFF) Code. This field often is used in map legends.
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106 - Road, Not Maintained for Passenger Car
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515 - Dirt Road, Suitable for Passenger Car
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518 - Gravel Road, Suitable for Passenger Car
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517 - Paved Road
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Field added by FGDL based on SYMBOL_NAM.
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The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.
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Unique ID added by GeoPlan
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Length in meters
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