Shorelines of the Florida north (FLnorth) coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal change. Shoreline position is an easily understood...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Bald Point State Park, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, All tags... Dog Island, FL, FLDEP, Florida, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf of Mexico, HWL, High Water Line, Laguna Beach, MHW, Mean High Water, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Panama City Beach, Pensacola Beach, Santa Rosa Island, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, St. George Island, St. Joseph Peninsula, St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous terrain model for water circulation studies: Barnegat Bay, New Jersey (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, WGS 84)

Water quality in the Barnegat Bay estuary along the New Jersey coast is the focus of a multidisciplinary research project begun in 2011 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. This narrow estuary is the drainage for the Barnegat Bay watershed and flushed by just three inlets connecting it to the Atlantic Ocean, is experiencing degraded water quality, algal blooms, loss of seagrass, and increases in oxygen-depletion events. The scale of the estuary and the scope of the problems within it required a regional approach to understand and model water circulation within the bay and adjacent ocean. A continuous elevation surface (terrain model) integrating...

Tags: Barnegat Bay, Barnegat Inlet, Beach Haven, EAARL-B, Forked River, All tags... Great Bay, Little Egg Harbor, Little Egg Inlet, Long Beach, Manahawkin Bay, Manasquan, Manasquan Inlet, Mantoloking, Metedeconk River, NED, NOS, National Elevation Dataset, National Ocean Service, Point Pleasant, Seaside Heights, State of New Jersey, Swath bathymetry, Terrain Model, Toms River, Tuckerton, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, boundaries, circulation modeling, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, oceans, study areas, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the southern North Carolina (NCsouth) coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Beach, Atlantic Coast, Bald Head Island, Bogue Banks, Browns Inlet, All tags... CERC, CERC map, CMGP, Cape Fear, Carolina Beach, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Emerald Isle, HWL, High Water Line, Kure Beach, MHW, Mean High Water, NC, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, New River Inlet, North America, North Carolina, Shackleford Banks, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, Topsail Island, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wrightsville Beach, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Buzzards Bay: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum).

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Tags: Barnstable County, Bristol County, Buzzards Bay, CZM, Cape Cod Canal, All tags... Cleveland Ledge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, DEM, Dukes County, Elizabeth Islands, FEMA, Fall River, Federal Emergency Management Agency, LiDAR, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Mount Hope Bay, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, New Bedford, Plymouth County, Quicks Hole, Quicksand Point, Sow and Pigs Reef, Taunton River, Terrain Model, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, Woods Hole, bathymetry, digital elevation models, echosounder, elevation, inlandWaters, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the Texas west (TXwest) coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal change. Shoreline position is an easily understood...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aransas Pass, Brazos Santiago Pass, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Gulf of Mexico, HWL, High Water Line, MHW, Mean High Water, Mustang Island, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Padre Island, Port Aransas, Rio Grande, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, South Padre Island, TX, Texas, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, UT BEG, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Cape Cod Bay: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum).

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Tags: Barnstable County, Barnstable Harbor, Billingsgate Shoal, CZM, Cape Cod, All tags... Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod Canal, Chatham Harbor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, DEM, Green Harbor, Gurnet Point, LiDAR, Manomet Point, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Plymouth Bay, Plymouth County, Provincetown, Race Point, Sandy Neck, Terrain Model, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, bathymetry, digital elevation models, elevation, fathometer, inlandWaters, lead line, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the Georgia (GA) coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Cumberland Island, DSAS, All tags... Digital Shoreline Analysis System, GA, Georgia, HWL, High Water Line, Jekyll Island, MHW, Mean High Water, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Sapelo Island, Savannah River, Sea Island, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, St Catherines Island, Tybee Island, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Wassaw Island, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the Alabama coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal change. Shoreline position is an easily understood...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: AL, Alabama, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, All tags... Dauphin Island, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, FLDEP, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, Gulf of Mexico, HWL, High Water Line, MHW, MOG, Mean High Water, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Geology, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Orange Beach, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, University of South Alabama, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds, Southern coast of Cape Cod including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83).

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CZM, Cape Cod, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Cross Rip Shoal, Great Round Shoal Channel, All tags... LiDAR, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Middle Ground, Muskeget Channel, NOAA, NOS, Nantucket, Nantucket Sound, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, Vineyard Sound, bathymetry, boundaries, digital elevation models, echosounder, inlandwaters, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, shapefile, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the Mississippi coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal change. Shoreline position is an easily understood...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: CMGP, Cat Island, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, All tags... Gulf of Mexico, HWL, High Water Line, Horn Island, MHW, MOG, MS, Mean High Water, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Geology, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Petit Bois Island, Ship Island, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the Florida west (FLwest) coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal change. Shoreline position is an easily understood...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Anclote Key, CMGP, Clearwater, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, All tags... Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Estero Island, FL, FLDEP, Florida, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Gulf of Mexico, HWL, High Water Line, MHW, Mean High Water, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Sanibel Island, Sarasota, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, St. Petersburg, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, Venice, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Buzzards Bay: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83).

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Barnstable County, Bristol County, Buzzards Bay, CZM, Cape Cod Canal, All tags... Cleveland Ledge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dukes County, Elizabeth Islands, FEMA, Fall River, Federal Emergency Management Agency, LiDAR, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Mount Hope Bay, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, New Bedford, Plymouth County, Quicks Hole, Quicksand Point, Sow and Pigs Reef, Taunton River, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, Woods Hole, bathymetry, boundaries, digital elevation models, echosounder, inlandwaters, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, shapefile, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Massachusetts Bay and adjacent land: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83)

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Boston Harbor, CZM, Cape Ann, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex County, All tags... Gulf of Maine, Ipswich Bay, LiDAR, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Norfolk County, Plymouth Bay, Plymouth County, Salem Harbor, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Suffolk County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, bathymetry, boundaries, digital elevation models, inlandWaters, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, shapefile, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the South Carolina (SC) coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, Bull Island, CERC, CERC map, CMGP, All tags... Cape Romain, Capers Island, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Edisto Island, HWL, High Water Line, Hilton Head, James Island, Kiawah Island, Little River Inlet, MHW, Magnolia Beach, Mean High Water, Myrtle Beach, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, SC, Santee Point, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, South Carolina, St Helena Sound, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the northeastern Florida (FLne) coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, CMGP, Cape Canaveral, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, All tags... Digital Shoreline Analysis System, FL, FLDEP, False Cape, Fernandina Beach, Florida, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, HWL, High Water Line, Jacksonville Beach, MHW, Matanzas Inlet, Mean High Water, NOAA, NOS, Nassau Sound, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Ormond Beach, Saint Augustine Inlet, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the central North Carolina (NCcentral) coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, CERC, CERC map, CMGP, Cape Hatteras, All tags... Cape Lookout, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Green Island, HWL, High Water Line, Horsepen Point, MHW, Mean High Water, NC, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, North Carolina, Ocracoke Inlet, Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth Island, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the Texas east (TXeast) coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal change. Shoreline position is an easily understood...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aransas Pass, Bermuda Beach, Bolivar Peninsula, Bryan Beach, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, All tags... CMGP, Capien, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Crystal Beach, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Galveston Island, Gilchrist, Gulf of Mexico, HWL, High Island, High Water Line, MHW, Matagorda Island, Matagorda Peninsula, McFaddin Beach, Mean High Water, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Palm Beach, Pirates Beach, Sabine Pass, San Jose Island, San Luis Island, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, Sunside Beach, TX, Texas, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, UT BEG, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Cape Cod Bay: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83).

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Barnstable County, Barnstable Harbor, Billingsgate Shoal, CZM, Cape Cod, All tags... Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod Canal, Chatham Harbor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Green Harbor, Gurnet Point, LiDAR, Manomet Point, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Plymouth Bay, Plymouth County, Provincetown, Race Point, Sandy Neck, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, bathymetry, boundaries, digital elevation models, fathometer, inlandwaters, lead line, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, shapefile, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Shorelines for Vieques, Culebra, and the main island of Puerto Rico from the 1900s to 2018 (ver. 2.0, March 2023)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maintains shoreline positions for the United States coasts from both older sources, such as aerial photographs or topographic surveys, and contemporary sources, such as lidar-point clouds and digital elevation models. These shorelines are compiled and analyzed in the USGS Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS), version 5.1 software to calculate rates of change. Keeping a record of historical shoreline positions is an effective method to monitor change over time, enabling scientists to identify areas most susceptible to erosion or accretion. These data can help coastal managers understand which areas of the coast are vulnerable to change. This data release, and other associated...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, CMGP, Caribbean, Coastal Research and Planning Institute of Puerto Rico, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... Culebra, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency, HWL, High Water Line, Historical Shorelines, MHW, Mean High Water, NGS, NOAA, NOS, National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, PRDC, PRDRN, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Departamento de Carreteras, Puerto Rico Departamento de Recursos Naturales, Puerto Rico Shoreline Change, Shoreline intersects, Shorelines, Transect, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Geological Survey, US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, USDA-SCS, USGS, United States, University of Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of Planning, Vieques, WDL, WHCMSC, Wet Dry Line, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, oceans, Fewer tags

Continuous terrain model for water circulation studies, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey (10 meter resolution, 32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 18, WGS 84)

Water quality in the Barnegat Bay estuary along the New Jersey coast is the focus of a multidisciplinary research project begun in 2011 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. This narrow estuary is the drainage for the Barnegat Bay watershed and flushed by just three inlets connecting it to the Atlantic Ocean, is experiencing degraded water quality, algal blooms, loss of seagrass, and increases in oxygen-depletion events. The scale of the estuary and the scope of the problems within it required a regional approach to understand and model water circulation within the bay and adjacent ocean. A continuous elevation surface (terrain model) integrating...

Tags: Barnegat Bay, Barnegat Inlet, Bathymetry, Beach Haven, EAARL-B, All tags... Elevation, Forked River, Great Bay, Little Egg Harbor, Little Egg Inlet, Long Beach, Manahawkin Bay, Manasquan, Manasquan Inlet, Mantoloking, Metedeconk River, NED, NOS, National Elevation Dataset, National Ocean Service, Point Pleasant, Seaside Heights, State of New Jersey, Swath bathymetry, Terrain Model, Toms River, Tuckerton, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, bathymetry, circulation modeling, elevation, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, interferometric sonar, lidar, marine geophysics, multibeam sonar, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, single-beam echo sounder, Fewer tags