USDA · USDA-150 · record R1448

Cone Survey123 AI Image Cone Counts

Department of Agriculture · Natural Resources and Environment

Overview

Development stage: In development or acquisitionSource: a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.
High-impact designation: Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
Impact justification: Not reported
Start date: Not reported
Withheld from public reporting: Not reported

Mission

Topic area: Energy and the Environment
Operational functions: No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

High-quality seed is essential to sustain long-term reforestation goals and timber production, both identified as national priorities under Executive Order 14225 (Increasing Timber Production), Secretarial Memo 1078-006, and the Trillion Trees Act. Without reliable cone survey data, nurseries cannot collect sufficient seed, which jeopardizes seedling production, reduces reforestation capacity, and constrains timber production.

Expected benefits

Cone survey automation's primary return on investment is the time and cost savings from reducing manual cone counts and strengthening the reforestation pipeline.

System outputs

The outputs from the beta version of Survey123 are tabular counts of cones that are auto-populated in an excel spreadsheet.

Technology

AI classification: Computer visionSource: Computer Vision: AI that processes and interprets visual data (e.g., images and videos).
System name(s): Not reported
Custom-developed code: Not reported
Public source code: Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built: Not reported
Vendor (as reported): Not reported
Vendors (standardized): None on the standard list

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII: Not reported
Privacy Impact Assessment: Not reported
Authorization to Operate: Not reported
Demographic features: Not reported
Training and evaluation data: Not reported
Federal Data Catalog: Not reported

Governance

0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported

AI impact assessmentNo answer reported

Independent reviewNo answer reported

Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported

Operator trainingNo answer reported

Fail-safeNo answer reported

Appeal processNo answer reported

User and public consultationNo answer reported

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported