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Historical shoreline positions for the coast of MA, from 1844 - 2014 The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management compiled Massachusetts vector shorelines into an updated dataset for the Office’s Shoreline Change Project. The Shoreline Change Project started in 1989 to identify erosion-prone areas of the Massachusetts coast by compiling a database of historical shoreline positions. Trends of shoreline position over long- and short-term timescales provide information to landowners, managers, and potential buyers about possible future changes to costal resources and infrastructure. This updated dataset strengthens the understanding of shoreline position change in Massachusetts. It includes U.S. Geological Survey vector shorelines... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, Buzzard’s Bay, Cape Cod Bay, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, All tags... Digital Shoreline Analysis System, MA CZM, MHW, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, Massachusetts Shoreline Change Project, Mean High Water, Nantucket, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, New England, North Shore, Outer Cape, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, South Cape, South Shore, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, oceans, Fewer tags Wave thrust values at point locations along the shorelines of Massachusetts and Rhode Island This product provides spatial variations in wave thrust along shorelines in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Natural features of relevance along the State coast are salt marshes. In recent times, marshes have been eroding primarily through lateral erosion. Wave thrust represents a metric of wave attack acting on marsh edges. The wave thrust is calculated as the vertical integral of the dynamic pressure of waves. This product uses a consistent methodology with sufficient spatial resolution to include the distinct features of each marsh system. Waves under different climatological wind forcing conditions were simulated using the coupled ADCIRC/SWAN model system. The estuarine and bay areas are resolved with horizontal... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Coastal Wetlands, Coastal processes, Geomorphology, Massachusetts, Mathematical modeling, All tags... Ocean waves, Rhode Island, Salt marsh, Shoreline, United States of America, Vulnerability, Wave attack, Wave thrust, biota, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Lifespan of marsh units in Eastern Shore of Virginia salt marshes The lifespans of salt marshes in Atlantic-facing Eastern Shore of Virginia are calculated based on estimated sediment supply and sea-level rise (SLR) predictions, following the methodology of Ganju and others (2020). The salt marsh delineations are from Ackerman and others (2023). The SLR predictions are local estimates corresponding to increases of 0.3, 0.5 and 1.0 meter in global mean sea level (GMSL) by 2100, as projected by Sweet and others (2022). This work has been a part of the USGS’s effort to expand the national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands. The aim is to equip federal, state and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Cedar Island, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Eastern Shore National Wildlife Refuge, Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge, All tags... Hog Island, Metompkin Island, Mockhorn Island, Parramore Island, Smith Island, United States, Virginia, Virginia Coast Reserve, Wallops Island, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, elevation, environment, estuarine processes, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, lifespan, marsh health, none, oceans, salt marsh, sea-level change, sediment transport, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags Tidal Datums, Tidal Range, and Nuisance Flooding Levels for Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay This U.S. Geological Survey data release provides data on spatial variations in tidal datums, tidal range, and nuisance flooding in Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. Tidal datums are standard elevations that are defined based on average tidal water levels. Datums are used as references to measure local water levels and to delineate regions in coastal environments. Nuisance flooding refers to the sporadic inundation of low-lying coastal areas by the maximum tidal water levels during spring tides, especially perigean spring tides (also known as king tides). Nuisance flooding is independent of storm event flooding, and it represents a cumulative or chronic hazard. The data were obtained by following a consistent methodology... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, Geography, United States of America, flooding, All tags... oceans, tides (oceanic), Fewer tags Conceptual marsh units for Fire Island National Seashore and central Great South Bay salt marsh complex, New York The salt marsh complex of Fire Island National Seashore (FIIS) and central Great South Bay was delineated to smaller, conceptual marsh units by geoprocessing of surface elevation data. Flow accumulation based on the relative elevation of each location is used to determine the ridge lines that separate each marsh unit while the surface slope is used to automatically assign each unit a drainage point, where water is expected to drain through. 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, including the Fire Island National Seashore and central Great South... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Bellport Bay, Ecology, Fire Island National Seashore, Geography, All tags... Geomorphology, Great South Bay, Information Sciences, LTER, Long-Term Ecological Research, Marine Geology, Narrow Bay, New York, Nicoll Bay, Patchogue Bay, Remote Sensing, Robert Moses State Park, Suffolk County, United States, Water Island, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags Wave thrust values at point locations along the shorelines of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia This product provides spatial variations in wave thrust along shorelines in the Chesapeake Bay. Natural features of relevance along the Bay coast are salt marshes. In recent times, marshes have been eroding primarily through lateral erosion. Wave thrust represents a metric of wave attack acting on marsh edges. The wave thrust is calculated as the vertical integral of the dynamic pressure of waves. This product uses a consistent methodology with sufficient spatial resolution to include the distinct features of each marsh system. Waves under different climatological wind forcing conditions were simulated using the coupled ADCIRC/SWAN model system. The estuarine and bay areas are resolved with horizontal resolutions... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Conowingo Dam on Susquehanna River, Marine Geology, Maryland, Salt marsh, All tags... Shoreline, Summit Bridge on Chesapeake-Delaware Canal, United States of America, Virginia, Vulnerability, Wave attack, Wave thrust, biota, coastal processes, mathematical modeling, ocean waves, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags Marsh shorelines of the Massachusetts coast from 2013-14 topographic lidar data The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) launched the Shoreline Change Project in 1989 to identify erosion-prone areas of the Massachusetts coast. Seventy-six maps were produced in 1997 depicting a statistical analysis of shoreline change on ocean-facing shorelines from the mid-1800s to 1978 using multiple data sources. In 2001, a 1994 shoreline was added. More recently, in cooperation with CZM, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) delineated a new shoreline for Massachusetts using color aerial ortho-imagery from 2008 to 2009 and topographic lidar data collected in 2007. This update included a marsh shoreline, which was defined to be the tonal difference between low- and high-marsh seen in ortho-photos.... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Bourne, CMGP, Chatham, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Duxbury, All tags... Essex, Fairhaven, Ipswich, Kingston, LIDAR, Land Use Change, Little Bay, MA, Marine Geology, Marion, Marsh Platform, Marshfield, Massachusetts, Mattapoisett, NOAA, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pleasant Bay, Plum Island, Plymouth, Pocasset, Quincy, Rock Island Cove, Sandwich, Shoreline, Squantum, Structural Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Wareham, Wellfleet, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, coastal submergence, elevation, environment, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, marsh, marsh edge, marsh shoreline, oceans, shore, topography, Fewer tags Lifespan of marsh units in New York salt marshes Lifespan of salt marshes in New York are calculated using conceptual marsh units defined by Defne and Ganju (2018) and Welk and others (2019, 2020a, 2020b, 2020c). The lifespan calculation is based on estimated sediment supply and sea-level rise (SLR) predictions after Ganju and others (2020). Sea level predictions are local estimates which correspond to the 0.3, 0.5, and 1.0 meter increase in Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) scenarios by 2100 from Sweet and others (2022). The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic, Long Island Sound, New York, United States, coastal ecosystems, All tags... coastal processes, elevation, environment, estuarine processes, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, lifespan, marsh health, none, oceans, salt marsh, sea-level change, sediment transport, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags Lifespan of marsh units in Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia The sediment-based lifespan of salt marsh units in Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) and Chincoteague Bay is shown for conceptual marsh units defined by Defne and Ganju (2018). The lifespan represents the timescale by which the current sediment mass within a marsh parcel can no longer compensate for sediment export and deficits induced by sea-level rise. The lifespan calculation is based on vegetated cover, marsh elevation, sediment supply, and sea-level rise (SLR) predictions after Ganju and others (2020). Sea level rise scenarios are present day estimates corresponding to the 0.3, 0.5, and 1.0 meter increase in Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) by 2100 from Sweet and others (2017). Through scientific efforts... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accomack County, Assateague Island National Seashore, Assateague State Park, Atlantic Ocean, Chincoteague Bay, All tags... Chincoteague Island, E.A. Vaughn Wildlife Management Area, Environmental Health, LTER, Long-Term Ecological Research, Maryland, United States, Virginia, Wallops Island, Worcester County, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, elevation, environment, estuarine sediment transport, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, lifespan, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, sea level rise, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags Lifespan of Massachusetts salt marsh units Lifespan of salt marshes in Massachusetts (MA) are calculated using conceptual marsh units defined by Ackerman and others (2022). The lifespan calculation is based on estimated sediment supply and sea-level rise (SLR) predictions after Ganju and others (2020). Sea level predictions are local estimates which correspond to the 0.3, 0.5, and 1.0 meter increase in Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) scenarios by 2100 from Sweet and others (2022). The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands, including Massachusetts salt marshes, with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic, Ecology, Environmental Health, Geomorphology, LTER, All tags... Long-Term Ecological Research, Massachusetts, Remote Sensing, Sedimentology, United States, Wildlife Biology, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, elevation, environment, estuarine processes, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, lifespan, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, sea-level change, sediment transport, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags Lifespan of marsh units in Connecticut salt marshes The lifespans of salt marshes in Connecticut are calculated based on estimated sediment supply and sea-level rise (SLR) predictions, following the methodology of Ganju and others (2020). The salt marsh delineations are from Ackerman and others (2023). The SLR predictions are local estimates corresponding to increases of 0.3, 0.5 and 1.0 meter in global mean sea level (GMSL) by 2100, as projected by Sweet and others (2022). This work has been a part of the USGS’s effort to expand the national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands. The aim is to equip federal, state and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands.... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Connecticut, Long Island Sound, United States, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, All tags... elevation, environment, estuarine processes, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, lifespan, marsh health, none, oceans, salt marsh, sea-level change, sediment transport, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags Historical Shorelines for Puerto Rico from 1901 to 1987 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maintains shoreline positions for the United States coasts from both older sources, such as aerial photograph or topographic surveys, and contemporary sources, such as lidar-point clouds and digital elevation models. These shorelines are compiled and analyzed in the Digital Shoreline Analysis System software (v5.1) to compute their 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 products, represent... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aerial Photographs, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS), All tags... Geography, Geomorphology, High Water Line, Historical Shorelines, Puerto Rico, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, T-sheet, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), USGS, United States, Wet/Dry Line, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC), Fewer tags Climatological wave height, wave period and wave power along coastal areas of the East Coast of the United States and Gulf of Mexico This U.S. Geological Survey data release provides data on spatial variations in climatological wave parameters (significant wave height, peak wave period, and wave power) for coastal areas along the United States East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Significant wave height is the average wave height, from crest to trough, of the highest one-third of the waves in a specific time period. Peak wave period is the wave period associated with the most energetic waves in the wave spectrum in a specific time period. Wave power is the energy per unit length generated by the movement of ocean waves. Climatological wave conditions provide the average forcing that can lead to changes in the coastal environment. For the generation... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Marine Geology, Mid Atlantic, New England, South Atlantic-Gulf, Texas-Gulf, All tags... United States of America, coastal processes, mathematical modeling, ocean waves, oceans, waves, Fewer tags