Baseline for the North Carolina coastal region from Cape Fear to the South Carolina border (NCwest)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled national shoreline data for more than 20 years to document coastal change and serve the needs of research, management, and the public. Maintaining a record of historical shoreline positions is an effective method to monitor national shoreline evolution over time, enabling scientists to identify areas most susceptible to erosion or accretion. These data can help coastal managers and planners understand which areas of the coast are vulnerable to change. This data release includes one new mean high water (MHW) shoreline extracted from lidar data collected in 2017 for the entire coastal region of North Carolina which is divided into four subregions: northern North Carolina...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, Baseline, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, North Carolina, All tags... Shoreline, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, oceans, Fewer tags

Baseline for the North Carolina coastal region from Cape Lookout to Cape Fear (NCsouth)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled national shoreline data for more than 20 years to document coastal change and serve the needs of research, management, and the public. Maintaining a record of historical shoreline positions is an effective method to monitor national shoreline evolution over time, enabling scientists to identify areas most susceptible to erosion or accretion. These data can help coastal managers and planners understand which areas of the coast are vulnerable to change. This data release includes one new mean high water (MHW) shoreline extracted from lidar data collected in 2017 for the entire coastal region of North Carolina which is divided into four subregions: northern North Carolina...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, Baseline, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, North Carolina, All tags... Shoreline, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, oceans, Fewer tags

Aerial Imagery collected during unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) operations in Massachusetts and Maine between March 2018 - September 2018

Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were collected at Sage Lot Pond in Waquoit, Massachusetts, two sites on the Mill River in Taunton, MA, Great Marsh in Barnstable, MA, the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve in Wells, ME, and on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Quissett Campus in Woods Hole, MA using 3DR Solo unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) during 2018. These images were collected to support science and data needs in wetland research, topographic mapping, and landcover detection at the U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. The imagery and associated ground control points can be used to create Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), orthoimages,...

Tags: Maine, Massachusetts, North America, Remote Sensing, United States, All tags... aerial imagery, aerial photography, drone, geotagged photos, low-altitude aerial imagery, navigational data, photography, remote sensing, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), Fewer tags

Coastal Change Likelihood in the U.S. Northeast Region: Maine to Virginia - Fabric Dataset

Coastal resources are increasingly impacted by erosion, extreme weather events, sea-level rise, tidal flooding, and other potential hazards related to climate change. These hazards have varying impacts on coastal landscapes due to the numerous geologic, oceanographic, ecological, and socioeconomic factors that exist at a given location. Here, an assessment framework is introduced that synthesizes existing datasets describing the variability of the landscape and hazards that may act on it to evaluate the likelihood of coastal change along the U.S coastline within the coming decade. The pilot study, conducted in the Northeastern U.S. (Maine to Virginia), is comprised of datasets derived from a variety of federal,...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Acadia National Park, ArcGIS Pro, Arcpy, Autoclassification, Automation, All tags... Bathymetry, Cape Cod National Seashore, Coastal Change Hazard Assessment, Coastal Fabric, Coastal Hazards, Coastal Vulnerability Index, Coastal and Marine Hazards Mission Area, Connecticut, Decision Tree Framework, Delaware, Elevation, Gateway National Recreation Area, George Washington Birthplace National Monument, High Tide Flooding, Interpretation, Land Cover, Landcover, Machine Learning, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Northeast US, Rhode Island, Sea Level Rise, Shoreline Change, St. Croix Island International Historic Site, Storm Overwash, Storm Recurrence, Supervised Classification, Support Vector Machine, Topography, Training Samples, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, UVVR, Unvegetated-Vegetated Ratio, Virginia, Wave Power, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, geoscientificInformation, marine geology, oceans, Fewer tags

Raw Shot Gather SEG-Y Trace Data Files

These raw shot gather SEG-Y format files have been zip compressed to improve ease of transfer. Uncompressed, the files will occupy approximately 309 Gb of disk space. The full metadata record for these files can be accessed from the main landing page for the data release: https://doi.org/10.5066/P91WP1RZ.

Topobathymetric Model of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, 1891 to 2016

To support the modeling of storm-induced flooding, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project has created an integrated 1-meter topobathymetric digital elevation model (TBDEM) for the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which is located at the outlet of the Salish Sea. The international boundary between Canada and the northwestern part of the United States bisects the strait. High-resolution coastal topobathymetric data is required to identify flooding, storms, and sea-level rise inundation hazard zones and other earth science applications, such as the development of sediment transport and storm surge models. The new TBDEM consists of the best available multi-source topographic...

Tags: 3D Elevation Program, 3DEP, Acoustic Sonar, Bathymetric, Bathymetry, All tags... British Columbia, Canada, Clallam County, WA, CoNED, Coastal National Elevation Database, Coastal Zone, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Digital Elevation Model, Flood Inundation Modeling, Geography, Geomorphology, Geophysics, Hydrologic Modeling, Hydrology, Light Detection and Ranging, Marine Geology, National Standards for Spatial Digital Accuracy, Olympic Peninsula, Remote Sensing, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Topobathymetric, U.S., U.S. Geological Survey, US, USA, USGS, United States, Vancouver Island, BC, Washington, Water Quality, Water Resources, lidar, Fewer tags

Low-altitude aerial imagery collected from a Helikite at Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, MA on March 22, 2024

The data in this release re-map the beach and nearshore environment at Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, MA and provide updated environmental context for the 2021 CoastCam installation that looks out at the coast shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. This is related to the field activity 2024-016-FA and a collaboration with the National Park Service at Cape Cod National Seashore to monitor the region that falls within the field of view of CoastCam CACO-02, which are two video cameras aimed at the beach. In March and April 2024, U.S. Geological Survey and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists conducted field surveys to collect topographic and bathymetric data. Images of the beach for use...

Categories: Data; Tags: 3-band imagery, CMHRP, Cape Cod, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Helikite, All tags... JPEG, Marconi Beach, Massachusetts, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Wellfleet, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial and satellite photography, aerial imagery, coastal processes, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, geotagged photos, image collections, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, oceans, photography, remote sensing, shoreline, shoreline photographs, structure from motion, Fewer tags

Structure from motion GCPs, digital surface model, and orthomosaic representing Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, MA on March 22, 2024

The data in this release re-map the beach and nearshore environment at Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, MA and provide updated environmental context for the 2021 CoastCam installation that looks out at the coast shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. This is related to the field activity 2024-016-FA and a collaboration with the National Park Service at Cape Cod National Seashore to monitor the region that falls within the field of view of two video cameras aimed at the beach (CoastCam CACO-02). In March and April 2024, U.S. Geological Survey and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists conducted field surveys to collect topographic and bathymetric data. A camera (Ricoh GRII) attached to a...

Categories: Data; Tags: AeroPoint, Agisoft Metashape, CMHRP, Cape Cod, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, All tags... GPS measurement, Helikite, Marconi Beach, Massachusetts, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Wellfleet, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial and satellite photography, digital elevation models, elevation, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, image mosaics, location, oceans, remote sensing, shoreline, structure from motion, Fewer tags

Video transects of the sea floor collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Stellwagen Bank during three surveys aboard the R/V Auk, September 2020 to August 2021

These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 169 locations on Stellwagen Bank during three separate surveys from September 2020 to August 2021. During these surveys a customized...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, All tags... NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, SBNMS, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, location, marine geology, navigation, navigational data, oceans, polyline shapefile, stations, trackline, video, video observation, videography, videos, Fewer tags