NERIS Location Use Types

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NERIS Location Use Types

 

Main Groups

All of the location use top groups, presented together.

Value	Definition
Agriculture Structure	AGRICULTURE_STRUCT
Assembly	ASSEMBLY
Commercial	COMMERCIAL
Education	EDUCATION
Government	GOVERNMENT
Industrial	INDUSTRIAL
Health Care	HEALTH_CARE
Residential	RESIDENTIAL
Unclassified	UNCLASSIFIED
Utility and Misc	UTILITY_MISC
Storage	STORAGE
Roadway/Access	ROADWAY_ACCESS
Outdoor	OUTDOOR
Outdoor Industrial	OUTDOOR_INDUSTRIAL

  

 

Agriculture Structure Group (AGRICULTURE_STRUCT)

Sub-groups within the Agriculture Structure group:

Value	Definition
Crop or Product Storage / Silo	STORAGE_SILO
Farm (Building)	FARM_BUILDING
Auction / Feedlot	AUCTION_FEEDLOT
Animal Processing	ANIMAL_PROCESSING
Veterinary (Livestock)	VETERINARY_LIVESTOCK

  

 

Assembly Group (ASSEMBLY)

Sub-groups within the Assembly group:

Value	Definition
Community Center	COMMUNITY_CENTER
Convention Center	CONVENTION_CENTER
Indoor Arena	INDOOR_ARENA
Outdoor Arena / Amphitheater / Amusement Park	OUTDOOR_ARENA_AMPHITHEATER_PARK
Temporary Outdoor Structure / Event	TEMP_OUTDOOR_STRUCT_EVENT
Religious	RELIGIOUS
Museum / Exhibit Hall / Library	MUSEUM_EXHIBIT_HALL_LIBRARY

  

 

Commercial Group (COMMERCIAL)

Sub-groups within the Commercial group:

Value	Definition
Entertainment and Recreation	ENTERTAINMENT_RECREATION
Restaurant / Cafe	RESTAURANT_CAFE
Bar / Nightclub	BAR_NIGHTCLUB
Office / Other Technical Services	OFFICE_OTHER_TECHNICAL_SERVICES
Retail / Wholesale / Trade	RETAIL_WHOLESALE_TRADE
Theaters/Studio	THEATERS_STUDIO
Vehicle Repair Services	VEHICLE_REPAIR_SERVICES
Vehicle Fueling / Charging Station	VEHICLE_FUELING_CHARGING_STATION
Veterinary (Pet)	**VETERINARY_PET **

  

 

Education Group (EDUCATION)

Sub-groups within the Education group:

Value	Definition
Colleges/Universities	COLLEGES_UNIVERSITIES
Other Educational Buildings	OTHER_EDUCATIONAL_BUILDINGS
Pre-K / Day Care	PREK_DAYCARE
K - 12 Schools	K_12_SCHOOLS

  

 

Government Group (GOVERNMENT)

Sub-groups within the Government group:

Value	Definition
Police Station / Emergency Response	POLICE_EMERGENCY_STATION
Fire Station / Medical Response Station	FIRE_MEDICAL_STATION
Jail / Prison / Reformatory / Incarceration	JAIL_PRISON_REFORMATORY
General Services	GENERAL_SERVICES
Non-Civilian Structures (Defense, Military)	NON_CIVILIAN_STRUCTURES

  

 

Industrial Group (INDUSTRIAL)

Sub-groups within the Industrial group:

Value	Definition
Chemical	CHEMICAL
Cold Storage	COLD_STORAGE
Food / Drugs	FOOD_DRUGS
Heavy	HEAVY
Light	LIGHT
Metals/Minerals Processing	METALS_MINERALS_PROCESSING

  

 

Health Care Group (HEALTH_CARE)

Sub-groups within the Health Care group:

Value	Definition
Medical Office/Clinic	MEDICAL_OFFICE_CLINIC
Hospital / 24-Hour Medical Facilities / Institutional	**HOSPITAL_24_HOUR_MEDICAL_FACILITIES **
Nursing Home / Assisted Living / Residence with Onsite care and support	NURSING_HOME_ASSISTED_LIVING_RESIDENCE_ONSITE
Alcohol / Drug Rehabilitation Center	ALCOHOL_DRUG_REHABILITATION_CENTER

  

 

Residential Group (RESIDENTIAL)

Sub-groups within the Residential group:

Value	Definition
Congregate Housing	CONGREGATE_HOUSING
Manufactured/Mobile Home	MANUFACTURED_MOBILE_HOME
Detached Single Family Dwelling	DETATCHED_SINGLE_FAMILY_DWELLING
Attached Single Family Dwelling	ATTACHED_SINGLE_FAMILY_DWELLING
Multi-Family Lowrise Dwelling (<=4 Stories)	MULTI_FAMILY_LOWRISE_DWELLING
Multi-Family Midrise Dwelling (5-8 Stories)	MULTI_FAMILY_MIDRISE_DWELLING
Multi-Family Highrise Dwelling (>= 9 Stories)	MULTI_FAMILY_HIGHRISE_DWELLING
Detached Garage	DETATCHED_GARAGE
Unhoused/Temporary Shelter	UNHOUSED_TEMPORARY_SHELTER
Temporary Lodging / Hotel / Motel	TEMPORARY_LODGING_HOTEL_MOTEL

  

 

Unclassified Group (UNCLASSIFIED)

Sub-groups within the Unclassified group:

Value	Definition
Unclassified	UNCLASSIFIED

  

 

Utility and Misc Group (UTILITY_MISC)

Sub-groups within the Utility and Misc group:

Value	Definition
Transportation Station / Hub / Area (Airport / Bus / Train / Passenger Terminal	TRANSPORTATION_STATION_HUB_AREA
Energy Facility / Infrastructure	ENERGY_FACILITY_INFRASTRUCTURE
Water and Sanitation Facility / Infrastructure	WATER_SANITATION_FACILITY_INFRASTRUCTURE
Trash / Recycling Facility	TRASH_RECYCLING_FACILITY

  

 

Storage Group (STORAGE)

Sub-groups within the Storage group:

Value	Definition
Storage - Portable Building	STORAGE_PORTABLE_BUILDING
Storage - Multi-Tenant	STORAGE_MULTI_TENANT
Storage - Single-Tenant	STORAGE_SINGLE_TENANT

  

 

Roadway/Access Group (ROADWAY_ACCESS)

Sub-groups within the Roadway/Access group:

Value	Definition
Sidewalk	SIDEWALK
Street	STREET
Highway / Interstate	HIGHWAY_INTERSTATE
Limited Access Highway / Interstate	LIMITED_ACCESS_HIGHWAY_INTERSTATE
Bridge	BRIDGE
Tunnel	TUNNEL
Railroad or Railroad Yard	RAILROAD_RAILYARD
Parking Lot / Parking Garage	PARKING_LOT_GARAGE

  

 

Outdoor Group (OUTDOOR)

Sub-groups within the Outdoor group:

Value	Definition
Ground / Vacant Land	GROUND_VACANT_LAND
Camp Site	CAMP_SITE
Playground / Park / Recreational Area / Monument / Statue	PLAYGROUND_PARK_RECREATIONAL_AREA
Hiking Trail	HIKING_TRAIL
Orchard / Crops / Farm (non-building)	ORCHARD_CROPS_FARMLAND
Forest / Grasslands / Woodland / Wildland Area	FOREST_GRASSLANDS_WOODLAND_WILDLAND_AREAS
Waterfront (Beach / Dock)	WATERFRONT
Open Water (Lake / River/ Pond / Ocean)	OPEN_WATER

  

 

Outdoor Industrial Group (OUTDOOR_INDUSTRIAL)

Sub-groups within the Outdoor Industrial group:

Value	Definition
Dump / Landfill	DUMP_LANDFILL
Industrial Yard	INDUSTRIAL_YARD
Mine (non-building) / Oil Field	MINE
Construction Site	CONSTRUCTION_SITE

  

Summary

Yup, that is it. No more. NERIS is a simplification from NFIRS. These are all the main location-use types in NERIS:

Value	Definition
Agriculture Structure	AGRICULTURE_STRUCT
Assembly	ASSEMBLY
Commercial	COMMERCIAL
Education	EDUCATION
Government	GOVERNMENT
Industrial	INDUSTRIAL
Health Care	HEALTH_CARE
Residential	RESIDENTIAL
Unclassified	UNCLASSIFIED
Utility and Misc	UTILITY_MISC
Storage	STORAGE
Roadway/Access	ROADWAY_ACCESS
Outdoor	OUTDOOR
Outdoor Industrial	OUTDOOR_INDUSTRIAL

  

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