Historical shoreline positions for the coast of MA, from 1844 - 2014

Publication Date

2021-08-31

Start Date

1844

End Date

2014

Bartlett, M.K., Farris, A.S., Weber, K.M., and Himmelstoss, E.A., 2021, Massachusetts shoreline change project—A GIS compilation of vector shorelines (1844-2014): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9O8QA8N.

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Shoreline positions serve as easily understood features that can be used to describe the movement of beaches through time. This dataset includes shorelines from 170 years ranging from 1844 to 2014 for the coastal region of Massachusetts. Historical shorelines were compiled from a variety of methods including T-sheets, orthophotos, and lidar data. These data are used to calculate rates of shoreline change for the MA CZM Shoreline Change Project. Rates of long-term and short-term shoreline change were generated in a GIS using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) version 5.1. DSAS uses a measurement baseline method to calculate rate-of-change statistics. Transects are cast from the reference baseline to intersect each shoreline, establishing measurement points used to calculate shoreline change rates.

ScienceBase WMS

ScienceBase WFS

• USGS Data Release Products
• Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Data source

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