Multibeam bathymetric data collected in the eastern Gulf of Alaska during USGS Field Activity 2016-625-FA using a Reson 7160 multibeam echosounder (10 meter resolution, 32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 8 WGS 84, WGS 84 Ellipsoid)

Marine geophysical mapping of the Queen Charlotte Fault in the eastern Gulf of Alaska was conducted in 2016 as part of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to understand the morphology and subsurface geology of the entire Queen Charlotte system. The Queen Charlotte fault is the offshore portion of the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault: a major structural feature that extends more than 1,200 kilometers from the Fairweather Range of southern Alaska to northern Vancouver Island, Canada. The data published in this data release were collected along the Queen Charlotte Fault between Cross Sound and Noyes Canyon, offshore southeastern Alaska from May 18 to...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: ADFG, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Baranof Fan, Baranof Island, CMHRP, All tags... Chatham Strait, Chichagof Island, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Cross Sound, Elevation, GeoscientificInformation, Gulf of Alaska, Heceta Knoll, Icy Point, North Pacific Ocean, Noyes Canyon, Oceans, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, Queen Charlotte Fault, R/V Medeia, Reson 7160, TerraSond, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Yakobi Sea Valley, bathymetry, depth, elevation, multibeam, seafloor, Fewer tags

Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data collected in the eastern Gulf of Alaska during USGS Field Activity 2016-625-FA using a Reson 7160 multibeam echosounder

Marine geophysical mapping of the Queen Charlotte Fault in the eastern Gulf of Alaska was conducted in 2016 as part of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to understand the morphology and subsurface geology of the entire Queen Charlotte system. The Queen Charlotte fault is the offshore portion of the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault: a major structural feature that extends more than 1,200 kilometers from the Fairweather Range of southern Alaska to northern Vancouver Island, Canada. The data published in this data release were collected along the Queen Charlotte Fault between Cross Sound and Noyes Canyon, offshore southeastern Alaska from May 18 to...

Tags: ADFG, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Baranof Fan, Baranof Island, CMHRP, All tags... Chatham Strait, Chichagof Island, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Cross Sound, Elevation, Geophysics, GeoscientificInformation, Gulf of Alaska, Heceta Knoll, Icy Point, North Pacific Ocean, Noyes Canyon, Oceans, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, Queen Charlotte Fault, R/V Medeia, Reson 7160, TerraSond, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Yakobi Sea Valley, bathymetry, depth, elevation, multibeam, seafloor, Fewer tags

WA Short Term Shoreline Change

Sandy ocean beaches are a popular recreational destination, often surrounded by communities containing valuable real estate. Development is on the rise despite the fact that coastal infrastructure is subjected to flooding and erosion. As a result, there is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes. To meet these national needs, the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is compiling existing reliable historical shoreline data along open-ocean sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii under the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project.There is no widely accepted standard for analyzing shoreline...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Accretion, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Columbia River, DSAS, All tags... Digital Shoreline Analysis System, End Point Rate, Erosion, Historic Shoreline, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, Pacific Coast, Pacific Northwest, Shoreline, Short-Term Shoreline Change Rate, Transect, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Washington, Willapa Bay, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans and coastal, oceans and estuaries, Fewer tags

Multibeam backscatter data collected in the eastern Gulf of Alaska during USGS Field Activity 2016-625-FA using a Reson 7160 multibeam echosounder (10 meter resolution, 8-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 8 WGS 84, WGS 84 Ellipsoid)

Marine geophysical mapping of the Queen Charlotte Fault in the eastern Gulf of Alaska was conducted in 2016 as part of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to understand the morphology and subsurface geology of the entire Queen Charlotte system. The Queen Charlotte fault is the offshore portion of the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault: a major structural feature that extends more than 1,200 kilometers from the Fairweather Range of southern Alaska to northern Vancouver Island, Canada. The data published in this data release were collected along the Queen Charlotte Fault between Cross Sound and Noyes Canyon, offshore southeastern Alaska from May 18 to...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: ADFG, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Baranof Fan, Baranof Island, CMHRP, All tags... Chatham Strait, Chichagof Island, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Cross Sound, GeoTIFF, GeoscientificInformation, Gulf of Alaska, Heceta Knoll, Icy Point, ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover, North Pacific Ocean, Noyes Canyon, Oceans, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, Queen Charlotte Fault, R/V Medeia, Reson 7160, TerraSond, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Yakobi Sea Valley, backscatter, multibeam, seafloor, time-series, Fewer tags

Trackline navigation collected with a Reson 7160 Multibeam echosounder in the eastern Gulf of Alaska during USGS Field Activity 2016-625-FA (Esri polyline shapefile, UTM 8 WGS 84)

Marine geophysical mapping of the Queen Charlotte Fault in the eastern Gulf of Alaska was conducted in 2016 as part of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to understand the morphology and subsurface geology of the entire Queen Charlotte system. The Queen Charlotte fault is the offshore portion of the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault: a major structural feature that extends more than 1,200 kilometers from the Fairweather Range of southern Alaska to northern Vancouver Island, Canada. The data published in this data release were collected along the Queen Charlotte Fault between Cross Sound and Noyes Canyon, offshore southeastern Alaska from May 18 to...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: ADFG, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Baranof Fan, Baranof Island, CMHRP, All tags... Chatham Strait, Chichagof Island, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Cross Sound, GeoscientificInformation, Gulf of Alaska, Heceta Knoll, Icy Point, Location, North Pacific Ocean, Noyes Canyon, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Pacific Ocean, Queen Charlotte Fault, R/V Medeia, Reson 7160, TerraSond, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Yakobi Sea Valley, multibeam, seafloor, tracklines, Fewer tags

WA Long Term Shoreline Change

Sandy ocean beaches are a popular recreational destination, often surrounded by communities containing valuable real estate. Development is on the rise despite the fact that coastal infrastructure is subjected to flooding and erosion. As a result, there is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes. To meet these national needs, the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is compiling existing reliable historical shoreline data along open-ocean sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii under the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project.There is no widely accepted standard for analyzing shoreline...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Accretion, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Columbia River, DSAS, All tags... Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Erosion, Historic Shoreline, Linear Regression Rate, Long-Term Shoreline Change Rate, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, Pacific Coast, Pacific Northwest, Shoreline, Transect, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Washington, Willapa Bay, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans and coastal, oceans and estuaries, Fewer tags

OR Long Term Shoreline Change

Sandy ocean beaches are a popular recreational destination, often surrounded by communities containing valuable real estate. Development is on the rise despite the fact that coastal infrastructure is subjected to flooding and erosion. As a result, there is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes. To meet these national needs, the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is compiling existing reliable historical shoreline data along open-ocean sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii under the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project.There is no widely accepted standard for analyzing shoreline...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Accretion, CMGP, Cascade Longview, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Columbia River, All tags... DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Erosion, Historic Shoreline, Linear Regression Rate, Long-Term Shoreline Change Rate, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, Oregon, Pacific Coast, Pacific Northwest, Seb Arago, Shoreline, Tillamook Bay, Transect, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Umpqua Siletz, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans and coastal, oceans and estuaries, Fewer tags

Beach Nourishment in the Gulf of Mexico

Attempts to stabilize the shore can greatly influence rates of shoreline change. Beach nourishment in particular will bias rates of observed shoreline change toward accretion or stability, even though the natural beach, in the absence of nourishment, would be eroding. Trembanis and Pilkey (1998) prepared a summary of identifiable beach nourishment projects in the Gulf Coast region that had been conducted before 1996. Those records were used to identify shoreline segments that had been influenced by beach nourishment. Supplemental information regarding beach nourishment was collected from agencies familiar with nourishment projects in the State. All records were compiled to create a GIS layer depicting the spatial...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Alabama (AL), Baseline, Beach Erosion, Beach Nourishment, Coastal Survey Map, All tags... Endpoint Rate, Florida (FL), Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Historic Shoreline, LIDAR, Linear Regression Rate, Louisiana (LA), Mississippi (MS), Shoreline, Shoreline Change Rate, T-sheet, Texas (TX), Tp-sheet, United States, coastal hazard, hurricane impact, nourishment, sediments, shoreline, shoreline change, Fewer tags

USGS Erosion Hazard for the East and Gulf Coasts

This data set contains information on the probabilities of hurricane-induced erosion (collision, inundation and overwash) for each 1-km section of the United States coast for category 1-5 hurricanes. The analysis is based on a storm-impact scaling model that uses observations of beach morphology combined with sophisticated hydrodynamic models to predict how the coast will respond to the direct landfall of category 1-5 hurricanes. Hurricane-induced water levels, due to both surge and waves, are compared to beach and dune elevations to determine the probabilities of three types of coastal change: collision (dune erosion), overwash, and inundation. Data on dune morphology (dune crest and toe elevation) and hydrodynamics...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Alabama, Atlantic Ocean, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Delaware, All tags... Florida, Georgia, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, OFR 2012-1084, OFR 2013-1130, OFR 2013-1131, Open-File Report 2012-1084, Open-File Report 2013-1130, Open-File Report 2013-1131, SPCMSC, South Carolina, Southeast, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Texas, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Gulf Coast, U.S. Mid-Atlantic, USGS, United States, Virginia, coastal, coastal hazard, elevation, environment, hurricane impact, nourishment, sediments, shoreline, shoreline change, Fewer tags

OR Short Term Shoreline Change

Sandy ocean beaches are a popular recreational destination, often surrounded by communities containing valuable real estate. Development is on the rise despite the fact that coastal infrastructure is subjected to flooding and erosion. As a result, there is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes. To meet these national needs, the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is compiling existing reliable historical shoreline data along open-ocean sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii under the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project.There is no widely accepted standard for analyzing shoreline...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Accretion, CMGP, Cascade Longview, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Columbia River, All tags... DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, End Point Rate, Erosion, Historic Shoreline, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, Oregon, Pacific Coast, Pacific Northwest, Seb Arago, Shoreline, Short-Term Shoreline Change Rate, Tillamook Bay, Transect, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, Umpqua Siletz, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans and coastal, oceans and estuaries, Fewer tags

Historical Changes in Shoreline in the Gulf of Mexico

There are critical needs for a nationwide compilation of reliable shoreline data. To meet these needs, the USGS has produced a comprehensive database of digital vector shorelines by compiling shoreline positions from pre-existing historical shoreline databases and by generating historical and modern shoreline data. Shorelines are compiled by state and generally correspond to one of four time periods: 1800s, 1920s-1930s, 1970s, and 1998-2002. Each shoreline may represent a compilation of data from one or more sources for one or more dates provided by one or more agencies. Details regarding source are provided in the 'Data Quality Information' section of this metadata report. Shoreline vectors derived from historic...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Alabama (AL), Baseline, Beach Erosion, Beach Nourishment, Coastal Survey Map, All tags... Endpoint Rate, Florida (FL), Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Historic Shoreline, LIDAR, Linear Regression Rate, Louisiana (LA), Mississippi (MS), Shoreline, Shoreline Change Rate, T-sheet, Texas (TX), Tp-sheet, United States, coastal hazard, hurricane impact, nourishment, sediments, shoreline, shoreline change, Fewer tags