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Every year in December, layers from Esri\u2019s content catalog are retired. The layers listed below will no longer be available. These layers have been in mature support, marked as deprecated, and not actively maintained for at least two years, following the Process for Deprecating Maps and Layers<\/a>. Each has a replacement layer which is actively maintained and updated every year. If you haven\u2019t done so already, please update your webmaps and apps to use the updated layers so you are always working with the best data available. If you have maps and apps using any of the layers listed below, please swap in the replacement layer, or please check your layers to make sure they are not marked as Deprecated<\/em>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Retired Content<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Retired Layer<\/strong><\/td>\nReplacement Layer<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USA Active Quaternary Faults<\/td>\nEarthquake Faults and Folds in the USA<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USA Hazardous Waste Sites<\/td>\nFacility Registry Service (FRS) Interests<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USA Permitted Point Source Water Pollution<\/td>\nEPA Facility Registry Service – National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Sites (NPDES)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USA Watershed Boundary Dataset<\/td>\nWatershed Boundaries<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USA Insect and Disease Risk<\/td>\nRisk of Tree Mortality Due to Insects and Disease<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Ecophysiographic Diversity 2014<\/td>\nWorld Ecophysiographic Diversity 2015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Ecophysiographic Facets 2014<\/td>\nWorld Ecophysiographic Facets 2015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Ecophysiographic Land Units 2014<\/td>\nWorld Ecophysiographic Land Units 2015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Land Cover ESA 2009<\/td>\nEuropean Space Agency WorldCover 2020 Land Cover<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Landforms MORAP Method 2014<\/td>\nWorld Ecological Facets Landform Classes<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Population Estimate<\/td>\nWorldPop Total Population 2000-2020 100m<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Land Cover ESA 2010 Quality<\/td>\nGlobal Land Cover 1992-2019<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Land Cover ESA 2010<\/td>\nGlobal Land Cover 1992-2019<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Population Density Estimate 2016<\/td>\nWorldPop Population Density 2000-2020<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Population Estimate 2016<\/td>\nWorldPop Total Population 2000-2020 100m<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Population Estimated 2015<\/td>\nWorldPop Total Population 2000-2020 100m<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Population Estimated Density 2015<\/td>\nWorldPop Population Density 2000-2020 100m<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Settlement Score 2016<\/td>\nWorldPop Total Population 2000-2020 100m<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USA Historic Sites<\/td>\nUSA Historic Sites<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Note for ArcGIS Enterprise Users<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you use ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6 to ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.1, you may see these layers in searches throughout your Enterprise portal. Please note that once retired, the underlying data will be inaccessible, and the layer will be broken. Therefore, please make the appropriate replacements. For more information on the lifecycle of Living Atlas content in ArcGIS Enterprise, please see the Living Atlas content life cycles and updates<\/a> help topic.<\/p>\n"}],"related_articles":"","authors":[{"ID":4911,"user_firstname":"Caitlin","user_lastname":"Scopel","nickname":"Caitlin Scopel","user_nicename":"coscopel","display_name":"Caitlin Scopel","user_email":"CScopel@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:31","user_description":"Senior Project Manager for the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World Environment Team. 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