Legacy Aerial Fire Retardant Avoidance Area Products Deprecation & Retirement

AFRAA Data Upgrade & Transition Plan for 2025 Fire Season

Given the mission-critical nature of AFRAA dataset and federal mandates, the FS Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and AFRAA data stewards will fully support the legacy map services throughout the 2025 fire season before retirement. The latest 2025 data, approved by Forest Service Regional Forester and GIS Coordinators, has been integrated into legacy schemas, ensuring authoritative data while maintaining backward compatibility for applications relying on legacy endpoints.

What You Need to Know

Where is the New Data

• Most users will use the new map image service REST endpoints:
• https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Aquatic_01/MapServer
• https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Terrestrial_01/MapServer
• Metadata is available in these ArcGIS items that reference the new map services:
• Fire_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Aquatic (Landing Page)
• Fire_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Terrestrial (Landing Page)
• Sync Enable ArcGIS Online Hosted Feature Services:
• Aquatic Hosted Feature Service
• Terrestrial Hosted Feature Service
• Internal FS users can make direct SDE connections (see detailed instructions on the AFRAA SharePoint ).
• Downloadable Data from the FS GeoData Clearinghouse:
• Fire_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Aquatic.gdb.zip
• Fire_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Terrestrial.gdb.zip

When Will the Legacy Product Be Retired?

• March 14, 2025 – New terrestrial map service available, and a deprecation watermark is added to the legacy service.
• March 14, 2025 - Region 3 approved 2025 aquatic data via the legacy service endpoint.
• April 1, 2025 – All 2025 approved data loaded into both new and legacy services.
• April 1, 2025 – New aquatic service published, and a deprecation watermark is added to the legacy service.
• April 1, 2025 – Legacy download products removed from the Clearinghouse and replaced with the new versions.
• April 7,  2025 – Sync enabled Hosted Feature Services published to ArcGIS Online
• October 1, 2025 – Legacy services stopped. Fire personnel can contact SM.FS.afraa@usda.gov during regular business hours if unknown dependencies are discovered. The services will be restarted if needed.
• November 1, 2025 – Unless an extension is requested, legacy services will be deleted, and all feature classes will be removed from EDW, making the data inaccessible.

What Products Are Being Deprecated?

Terrestrial Map Services & Associated Feature Classes

• Legacy Terrestrial:
• https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_01/MapServer
• S_USA.AerialFireRetardantAvoidance
• New Authoritative Terrestrial:
• https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Terrestrial_01/MapServer
• S_USA.Fire_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Terrestrial

Aquatic Map Services & Associated Feature Classes

• Legacy Aquatic:
• https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_AerialFireRetardantHydrographicAvoidanceAreas_01/MapServer
• S_R01.AFRAA_Hydro
• S_R02.AFRAA_Hydro
• S_R03.AFRAA_Hydro
• S_R04.AFRAA_Hydro
• S_R05.AFRAA_Hydro
• S_R06.AFRAA_Hydro
• S_R08.AFRAA_Hydro
• S_R09.AFRAA_Hydro
• S_R10.AFRAA_Hydro
• New Authoritative Aquatic Map Service and Feature Class:
• https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Aquatic_01/MapServer
• S_USA.Fire_AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas_Aquatic

• ISO-19139 metadata
• ArcGIS Hub Dataset
• ArcGIS GeoService