Here’s a compact, developer-friendly map of the Data.gov home you pasted.

Primary nav + key endpoints

  • Data → https://catalog.data.gov (CKAN catalog)
  • Metrics → /metrics
  • Open Government → /open-gov
  • Contact → /contact
  • User Guide (icon on right) → /user-guide/

Hero

  • Tagline: “The Home of the U.S. Government’s Open Data”
  • Dataset count: 346,474 (rendered in hero)
  • Search (submits to CKAN dataset search):
    GET https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=<query>

Quick filters (prebuilt queries)

  • Most Viewed Datasets → https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=&sort=views_recent+desc
  • Recently Added Datasets → https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=&sort=metadata_created+desc
  • Datasets by Organization → https://catalog.data.gov/organization/
  • Geospatial → https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/?metadata_type=geospatial

Mission & anniversary

  • Mission section + “About Us” → /about/
  • Data.gov at 15 timeline → /timeline/
    (Context about 2009 launch, 2013 Open Data Policy, 2019 Open Government Data Act)

Metrics (home tiles)

  • Bar/pie charts rendered from <canvas> with data-metric attributes.
  • Last Updated: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 05:00:30 GMT (shown under Metrics).

Sibling sites

  • resources.data.gov – playbooks, tools, governance, guidance, case studies, skills.
  • strategy.data.gov – 2020/2021 action plans + progress.

Footer & identifier

  • Footer links: About, Open Government, Website Policies, PERFORMANCE.GOV
  • Social: Twitter https://twitter.com/usdatagov, GitHub https://github.com/GSA/data.gov
  • USA.gov identifier: operated by GSA – Technology Transformation Services
    • required links (About GSA, Accessibility, FOIA, No FEAR, OIG, Performance, Privacy)

Analytics / assets / libs

  • USWDS design system classes
  • GTM: GTM-WZJC8CX7
  • DAP: https://dap.digitalgov.gov/Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js?agency=GSA
  • USA Search: <script> var usasearch_config = { siteHandle: "federalist-uswds-example" }; </script> <script async src="https://search.usa.gov/javascripts/remote.loader.js"></script>
  • CSS/JS bundles: /assets/styles/styles-*.css, /assets/js/app-*.js, /assets/js/fetch-index-*.js

Handy URL patterns (copy/paste)

  • Full-text dataset search:
    https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=<keywords>
  • Sort newest:
    https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?q=<keywords>&sort=metadata_created+desc
  • By organization (browse):
    https://catalog.data.gov/organization/ (then choose an org)
  • Geospatial only:
    https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/?metadata_type=geospatial
  • Site help: /user-guide/ • About: /about/ • Metrics: /metrics/

If you want, I can craft direct links for a specific org/topic (e.g., “USGS wildfire geospatial, newest first”) or show how to combine filters.