Alternative Fueling Stations

Department of Transportation (DOT) / National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
The Alternative Fueling Stations dataset is updated daily from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). It shows all station access types (public and private) and statuses (available, planned, and temporarily unavailable) for alternative fueling stations including electric vehicle charging, compressed natural gas, hydrogen, biodiesel, ethanol, propane, and liquefied natural gas stations across the United States.
Data Format WFS, Open Data Catalog (CSV, GeoJSON, Shapefile, and other formats available via download page)
Download Url https://geodata.bts.gov/datasets/usdot::alternative-fueli...
Download Url Validated True
Validation Message Valid JSON data
Alternate Download Urls https://geodata.bts.gov/datasets/usdot::alterna...
https://geodata.bts.gov/datasets/usdot::alterna...
https://doi.org/10.21949/1522011
Update Frequency Daily
Last Updated February 3, 2026
Geospatial Bounds -176.6364,17.9958,-65.6508,70.2912
Portal Type ckan
Success True
Quality Score
100%
Usable
Yes
Total Rows
99,158
Valid Geometries
99,158 / 99,158

Schema Compliance

Geometry Type Point
CRS {"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjso...
WGS84 Yes
Required Columns Yes

Spatial Bounds

SW: (-176.6364, 17.9958)
NE: (-65.6508, 70.2912)

Column Completeness

Column Completeness
id 100.0%
names 100.0%
categories 100.0%
operating_status 100.0%
addresses 100.0%
phones 100.0%
websites 100.0%
socials 100.0%
emails 100.0%
sources 100.0%
source_properties 100.0%

Top Categories

ev_charging_station (89,459) gas_station (6,692) propane_supplier (3,007)

Issues

Overture Comparison

ev_charging_station (auto-inferred)
Candidate POIs
99,158
Overture POIs
9,091

H3 Cell Coverage (res 10)

Candidate Cells 69,134
Overture Cells 8,743
Overlapping 5,860
Candidate Only 63,274
Overture Only 2,883

Coverage Ratios

Overlap Ratio
8.5%
Unique Coverage
91.5%

Density Statistics

Mean Max Min
Candidate 1.43 70 1
Overture 1.04 3 1