Talk:Sectional center facility

What are "regional post offices"? I worked for the post office for ten years and there are no such things. Looking at some of the "List of ZIPCode" articles, it appears they are guesses for 3-digit numbers where the SCF is located elsewhere.Squad51 18:47, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Looking at this list, it appears that someone has mixed up ADCs (Area distribution centers) with SCFs (at least here). Will make appropriate corrections.Squad51 00:11, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Age of sources
How is a directory from 1996 still a reliable source? The article has links to USPS lists dated a full decade later. Unless we add a section on history, we should follow the latter. Doctor Whom 15:35, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Definitely Incorrect
This lists "Santa Barbara" 930-931. There isn't an SCF in SB but there is one in Goleta. I can see how this is referred to as Santa Barbara as that's what the Postmark says - however, in the industry we say Goleta not SB.

The Oxnard SCF is not even listed which handles 930, nor is Santa Clarita, which services almost all of the San Fernando Valley. Glaring.

Nobody's mixed up SCF's with DDU's or BMC's - the 1st 3 digits of a zip always correspond with an SCF. It appears to be just really really old data.

There is updated data in the back of the current USPS handbook.
 * If the information is out of date, be bold and update it. As for what a facility is called, both the requirement for verifiability and the prohibition on original research would seem to constrain us to follow what the USPS calls a facility, not what you call it "in the industry." 38.100.35.16 (talk) 23:56, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

different postmarks?
It may be a sign of SCF consolidation, but I mailed a self-addressed item in Sharon, PA 161xx last year, and this year I mailed from locations in WV 260xx and OH 439xx, and all 3 items were postmarked in Pittsburgh. I don't have current SCF list in front of me and will not take it on myself to edit the SCF article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 18:20, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

And an item from Michigan 484xx was postmarked in (Michigan) Metroplex 480.

North Carolina
Got told this morning by our delivery person that the Eastern NC centers are all shut down due to Matthew. Got curious and did a lookup to see where they are located. In doing so, I found this article which mentions reductions at the Fayetteville NC center and a more recent comment saying Asheville NC was moved over to Greenville SC. The linked to sources are all 404ing and I can't find replacements right off. May have been renamed as well since I can find "Area Mail Processing centers" on the USPS site. Links follow.

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/postal-service-moves-fayetteville-s-outgoing-mail-sorting-operations-to/article_e22a8ba0-4b1f-5f45-a86b-6b951e4d14f0.html

https://about.usps.com/streamlining-operations/area-mail-processing.htm

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Correct name "destination sectional center facility (DSCF)" not SCF
According to the US Mail website, http://about.usps.com/publications/pub32/pub32_acn.htm these facilities are referred to as DSCFs not SCFs. There doesn't appear to be a page on Wikipedia for a Destination Sectional Center Facility (DSCF) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jetdougaljasmine (talk • contribs) 16:12, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * That page also includes an entry for "SCF." Also, other USPS sources already cited in the article refer to that type of facility as an SCF. Doctor Whom (talk) 15:37, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Out of date?
There have apparently been a lot of P&DF/P&DC closings as per https://about.usps.com/streamlining-operations/area-mail-processing.htm. For example, the Springfield, MO P&DF is no more and all mail, even local mail, is now trucked via HCR to the KCMO P&DC for processing. Should this page be significantly updated to account for that? cluth (talk) 00:52, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, of course it should, but please be sure to use the latest versions of the references. The L002 and L005 lists currently linked from this article are still valid as of this writing. Doctor Whom (talk) 16:37, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Caveat about the difference with Network Distribution Centers (NDC).
You should not take the information in the table to be also true for NDCs. USPS publication L601 (Labeling lists) details zip codes by NDC, not SCF.

For example, Memphis TN NDC is assigned to zip codes 369-372, 375, 380-397, 700, 701,703-705, 707, 708, 713, 714, 716, 717, & 719-729 for inward mail. These zips are assigned to SCFs in Arkansas, MS and other TN locations.

The article says that Memphis SCR has only 375 and 380-383 (as well as 723 & 724 of Arkansas). 2600:1700:EA01:1090:20FE:B5F8:5969:23BC (talk) 07:23, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Civil or civilian?
Does anyone have a reliable source for either? Doctor Whom (talk) 16:05, 17 July 2024 (UTC)