In this research, different geospatial data and metadata were integrated and used to show the potential PFAS hot-spot areas within the State of Kentucky. The ArcGIS (Aeronautical Reconnaissance Coverage Geographic Information System) Online mapping and analytics software was used to perform this geospatial analysis and generate maps. However, ArcGIS maps can be deleted by the user and the platform is thus not a true data repository providing dataset permanence. In addition, the ArcGIS platform is developed, maintained, and marketed by Esri, a software company headquartered in Redlands, California. Thus, ArcGIS is not free and must be licensed. Also, ArcGIS does not provide unique identifiers for datasets. Moreover, the ArcGIS object-relational database formats are proprietary. Fortunately, one of the ArcGIS map formats, Esri JSON, is in JavaScript Object Notation format; however, even this JSON format is only interoperable with some mapping and visualization tools, like open source QGIS . While robust ecosystems of software tools have been developed to analyse geographical data and information, for example ArcGIS and QGIS, no common public repository exists for depositing such datasets in a FAIR manner. This is partly due to the development of this research community largely from civic purpose with a variety of government entities at the country, state, county, and even city level. As a government function, many GIS maps are continually maintained by these government entities, without the concerns for permanence and FAIRness for the broader research enterprise. Since no such repository exists, we have developed a draft Minimum Information About Geospatial Information System (MIAGIS) with associated deposition procedures for maximizing the FAIRness of ArcGIS analysed datasets and associated GIS maps. We describe this draft MIAGIS in terms of a JSON data schema for GIS metadata deposition. The associated procedures describe: i) generating a dataset on ArcGIS, ii) organizing the dataset under a consistent directory structure , iii) creation of adequate metadata and description in draft MIAGIS JSON format, iv) uploading the dataset to a general open data repository like Figshare or Zenodo , v) generating a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), and vi) and cross-linking the public ArcGIS dataset with the public open repository. Our goal is to kickstart the development of a FAIR deposition standard for GIS datasets as well as a communityserviceable meta repository for GIS datasets, which could be trivially adapted for QGIS generated datasets as well. This grass roots approach has reached a level of success for other research communities . In this example, the (meta)data are saved in the FAIRest way possible given the limitations within ArcGIS, enabling their use by other PFAS stakeholders . A metadata-Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) by the EPA is a useful dataset that is FAIR, and reports discharged chemical annually , however, the complex and chemical diversity of PFAS which has several precursors makes this option very difficult to use .