Skip to main content

Elevation of marsh units in Cape Cod National Seashore salt marsh complex, Massachusetts

Dates

Publication Date

Citation

Defne, Z., and Ganju, N.K., 2019, Elevation of marsh units in Cape Cod National Seashore salt marsh complex, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P90CQ2W7.

Summary

Note: The 2021 data release "Geospatial characterization of salt marshes for Massachusetts" is a more recent and comprehensive MA salt marsh dataset. (https://doi.org/10.5066/P97E086F) Elevation distribution in the Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) salt marsh complex and approximal wetlands is given in terms of mean elevation of conceptual marsh units defined by Defne and Ganju (2019). The elevation data is based on the 1-meter resolution Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED), where data gaps exist. Through scientific efforts initiated with the Hurricane Sandy Science Plan, the U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands. The intent is to provide [...]

Contacts

Attached Files

Click on title to download individual files attached to this item.

Shapefile: mu_elev_CACOp.zip
mu_elev_CACOp.cpg 5 Bytes
mu_elev_CACOp.dbf 49.76 KB
mu_elev_CACOp.png
“Graphic that shows elevation of marsh units in CACO salt marsh complex”
thumbnail 234.25 KB
mu_elev_CACOp.prj 425 Bytes
mu_elev_CACOp.sbn 5.28 KB
mu_elev_CACOp.sbx 372 Bytes
mu_elev_CACOp.shp 7.05 MB
mu_elev_CACOp.shx 4.18 KB
mu_elev_CACOp.sld 10.38 KB
mu_elev_CACOp.html
“CSDGM metadata in HTML format”
58.67 KB
mu_elev_CACOp_metadata.txt
“CSDGM metadata in TEXT format”
24.47 KB

Purpose

The purpose of this shapefile is to calculate mean elevation for each marsh unit and its vegetated component. The purpose of this shapefile is to calculate mean elevation for each marsh unit and its vegetated component. Analysis of marsh elevation is part of a comprehensive assessment to identify the factors and their weights in determining the vulnerability and resiliency of salt marshes.

Additional Information

Identifiers

Type Scheme Key
DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P90CQ2W7

Shapefile Extension

boundingBox
minY41.60326671345403
minX-70.24088116228438
maxY42.07151370507556
maxX-69.92987602392299
files
namemu_elev_CACOp.cpg
contentTypetext/plain
pathOnDisk__disk__c8/b7/7e/c8b77ed77722255f945ec3cbd32c9a8cd6ff991d
imageWidth580
imageHeight435
size5
dateUploadedTue Feb 12 15:17:51 MST 2019
namemu_elev_CACOp.dbf
contentTypetext/plain
pathOnDisk__disk__79/ae/42/79ae42fa26824eba3d819df7ffb501426f198ee6
imageWidth580
imageHeight435
size50957
dateUploadedTue Feb 12 15:17:52 MST 2019
namemu_elev_CACOp.png
titleGraphic that shows elevation of marsh units in CACO salt marsh complex
contentTypeimage/png
pathOnDisk__disk__98/36/68/98366828634c701e417e373d520d43b0bd417444
imageWidth1275
imageHeight1650
size239877
dateUploadedTue Feb 12 15:17:52 MST 2019
namemu_elev_CACOp.prj
contentTypetext/plain
pathOnDisk__disk__d1/f4/37/d1f4379606dd447229e628df49c845c327e9ac23
imageWidth580
imageHeight435
size425
dateUploadedTue Feb 12 15:17:51 MST 2019
namemu_elev_CACOp.sbn
contentTypex-gis/x-shapefile
pathOnDisk__disk__bf/35/40/bf3540621ca985c0f9e93dc438b1bcb1c110ddd9
size5404
dateUploadedTue Feb 12 15:17:52 MST 2019
namemu_elev_CACOp.sbx
contentTypex-gis/x-shapefile
pathOnDisk__disk__c7/7e/0a/c77e0aa776838fdc8f469905980f030770691ae8
size372
dateUploadedTue Feb 12 15:17:51 MST 2019
namemu_elev_CACOp.shp
contentTypex-gis/x-shapefile
pathOnDisk__disk__6f/49/3b/6f493b994995bfd13a021ee24c3aba6dd8c15931
size7388000
dateUploadedTue Feb 12 15:18:48 MST 2019
namemu_elev_CACOp.shx
contentTypex-gis/x-shapefile
pathOnDisk__disk__23/9c/ea/239cea416e7f717b5f8628319ed7a00662c84a57
size4284
dateUploadedTue Feb 12 15:17:52 MST 2019
namemu_elev_CACOp.sld
contentTypeapplication/sld+xml
pathOnDisk__disk__a0/2a/4a/a02a4aa81243e370efa972e70c339b24f4706bd1
imageWidth580
imageHeight435
size10632
dateUploadedTue Feb 12 15:17:52 MST 2019
namemu_elev_CACOp.html
titleCSDGM metadata in HTML format
contentTypetext/html
pathOnDisk__disk__ed/68/d8/ed68d82fc97bdd99796409cd1636ea97796caac8
size60083
dateUploadedTue Feb 12 15:37:17 MST 2019
namemu_elev_CACOp_metadata.txt
titleCSDGM metadata in TEXT format
contentTypetext/plain
pathOnDisk__disk__4d/c6/06/4dc6068c705ec304a38a4bbbe69dceff4f49d5cd
imageWidth580
imageHeight435
size25059
dateUploadedTue Feb 12 15:37:17 MST 2019
namemu_elev_CACOp.xml
titleCSDGM metadata in XML format
contentTypeapplication/fgdc+xml
pathOnDisk__disk__78/f9/cb/78f9cbd655b41b5ff7ebca51df69f41c4ed0a47d
dateUploadedTue Jun 25 12:07:13 MDT 2024
originalMetadatatrue
checksum
value2cc984e9eb3257db673245aa943c8a06
typeMD5
geometryTypeMultiPolygon
namemu_elev_CACOp

Item Actions

View Item as ...

Save Item as ...

View Item...