40532 P_Rico_wetlands Data Set Published / External 46683 Puerto Rico, 2000 Project Completed 2001-06 This data set comprises the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) and Reach Sensitivity Index (RSI) data for Puerto Rico. ESI data characterize estuarine environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. Most rivers and streams can be readily subdivided into clear-cut segments, or reaches (RSI), that have very distinct and uniform characteristics within that reach of the stream. The definition of reach type is usually based on whatever the intended use of the reach classification might be. In this project, stream reaches are defined as those segments where similar spill-response modes and potential ecological and/or socioeconomic impacts from the spill are to be anticipated. However defined, the boundary of the reach is usually marked by an abrupt change in the morphology of the stream, a change commonly, but not always, brought about by an alteration in the stream's gradient. This data set contains wetlands data. The ESI data were collected, mapped, and digitized to provide environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive resources. 2079 Prepared by Research Planning, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Hazardous Materials Response Division, Seattle, Washington, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Coast Guard, Puerto Rico Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, and United States Department of the Interior. Resource Description - ESI/RSI Atlas for Puerto Rico Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category environment Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans Theme NOS Topic Category Environmental Monitoring Theme Coastal Zone Management Theme Coastal resources Theme ESI Theme Oil spill planning Theme RSI Theme Sensitivity maps Theme Wetland Spatial Puerto Rico Office of Response and Restoration Silver Spring MD Data Set None Planned atlas Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. NOAA warrants the delivery of this product in computer-readable format, and will offer a replacement copy of the product when the product is determined unreadable by computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition. This project was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Hazardous Materials Response Division, Seattle, Washington, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Coast Guard, Puerto Rico Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales and United States Department of the Interior. 44707 Complete Chain Published / External Completed The data layer WETLANDS contains arc (Complete Chain) features for the Wetlands shoreline classification and is based on Environmental Sensitivity Index Guidelines, Version 2.0 (Halls, J., J. Michel, S. Zengel, J. Dahlin, and J. Petersen, 1997, Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division, NOAA). The ESI classification was performed in July 1998 for Puerto Rico. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc. Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script. 1 ESI VARCHAR No No Active The character item ESI contains values according to the ESI ranking of the arcs. The ESI rankings progress from low to high susceptibility to oil spills. The list below includes the shoreline habitats delineated for the Puerto Rico wetlands ESI classification, presented in order of increasing sensitivity to spilled oil: 1A) Exposed Rocky Cliffs; 2B) Scarps and Steep Slopes in Muddy Sediments; 3A) Fine- to Medium-grained Sand Beaches; 4) Coarse-grained Sand Beaches; 5) Mixed Sand and Gravel Beaches; 6A) Gravel Beaches; 6B) Riprap; 7) Exposed Tidal Flats; 8B) Sheltered, Solid Man-made Structures; 9A) Sheltered Tidal Flats; 10D) Mangroves. In some cases, the shorelines are ranked with multiple codes, such as 10D/7. The first number (10D, mangroves) is the most landward shoreline type, with exposed tidal flats (7) being the shoreline type closest to the water. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc. 1A: Exposed Rocky Cliffs | 2B: Scarps and Steep Slopes in Muddy Sediments | 3A: Fine- to Medium-grained Sand Beaches | 3A/7: Fine- to Medium-grained Sand Beaches/ Exposed Tidal Flats | 4: Coarse-grained Sand Beaches | 5: Mixed Sand and Gravel Beaches | 5/7: Mixed Sand and Gravel Beaches/ Exposed Tidal Flats | 6A: Gravel Beaches | 6B: Riprap | 8B: Sheltered, Solid Man-made Structures | 9B: Sheltered, Vegetated Low Banks | 10D: Mangroves | 10D/3A: Mangroves/ Fine- to Medium-grained Sand Beaches | 10D/7: Mangroves/ Exposed Tidal Flats | U: Unranked | 2 RSI VARCHAR No No Active The character item RSI contains values according to the RSI ranking of the arcs. The RSI rankings progress from low to high susceptibility to oil spills. The list below includes the shoreline habitats delineated for the Puerto Rico wetlands RSI classification, presented in order of increasing sensitivity to spilled oil: 2) Straight Channel with Currents, Low-sensitive Banks (Mud Dominant); 3) Meandering Channel, Sand Point Bars; 4) Meandering Channel, Vegetated Point Bars; 6) Meandering Channel, Sand and Gravel Point Bars; 7) Split Channels With Coarse Gravel, Some Rapids; 8) Small Falls, Boulders in Channel; U) Unranked. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc. 2: Straight Channel with Currents; Low-sensitive Banks (Mud Dominant) | 3: Meandering Channel; Sand Point Bars | 4: Meandering Channel; Vegetated Point Bars | 6: Meandering Channel; Sand and Gravel Point Bars | 7: Split Channels With Coarse Gravel; Some Rapids | 8: Small Falls; Boulders in Channel | U: Unranked | 3 LINE VARCHAR No No Active Type of geographic feature | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc. H: Hydrography | M: Marsh | S: Shoreline | 4 SOURCE_ID VARCHAR No No Active Data source of the ESI arcs | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc. 1: Original digital information | 2: Low-altitude overflight | 5: Digitized from scanned 1:20,000 and 1:30,000 USGS topographic quadrangle | 6: National Wetland Inventory | 8: USGS Digital Line Graph Data | 12: Felix Lopez Additions and Edits to Puerto Rico Mangroves | 5 ENVIR VARCHAR No No Active Regional environment | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc. E: Estuarine | R: Riverine | U: Unranked | 44708 GT-Polygon Published / External Completed The data layer WETLANDS contains polygonal (GT-Polygon) features for the Wetlands shoreline classification. These wetlands were reclassified from NWI Data and have not been field checked. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc. Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script. 1 WET_TYPE VARCHAR No No Active The character item WET_TYPE contains values according to the wetlands ranking of the polygons. The wetlands rankings progress from low to high susceptibility to oil spills. The list below includes the wetland habitats delineated for Puerto Rico, presented in order of increasing sensitivity to spilled oil: Salt- and Brackish-Water Marshes; Freshwater Marshes; Freshwater Swamps; Freshwater Scrub/Shrub. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc. Salt- and Brackish-Water Marshes: Wetlands classification | Freshwater Marshes: Wetland classification | Freshwater Swamps: Wetland classification | Freshwater Scrub/Shurb: Wetland classification | 2 WATER_CODE VARCHAR No No Active Specifies a polygon as either water or land | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc. L: Land | W: Water | Data Steward 2001-06 Position ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 Distributor 2001-06 Position ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 Metadata Contact 2001-06 Position ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 Point of Contact 2001-06 Position ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 Project time span -68.168 -65.167 18.711 17.517 Range 1998-07 2001-06 Yes Yes 4162 Yes 316143 Yes 4162 Yes 7691 Standard CC0-1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0). Unclassified Contact NOAA for distribution options (see Distribution_Information).; None DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Besides the above warning, there are no use constraints on these data. Acknowledgment of the publishers and contributing sources listed in Data_Set_Credit (below) would be appreciated in products derived from these data. https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/oil-spills/download-esi-maps-and-gis-data 2001-06 Position ESI Program Manager PuertoRico_2000_GDB.zip ESRI File Geodatabase https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi Online Resource 2001-06 Date that the source FGDC record was last modified. 2017-04-05 Converted from Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details. 2017-09-13 Partial upload of Spatial Info section only. 2017-11-01 Replaced entire Lineage section to populate new Source Contribution field. 2018-02-08 Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only. The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute's ARC/INFO(r) (version 8.0.2) and ORACLE(r) RDBMS (version 8.0.5.0.0). The hardware configuration is Hewlett Packard workstations (models 715/50 and 712/80i with 4 X-terminals) with UNIX operating system (HP-UX Release A.10.20). The following files are included in the data set: benthic.e00, birds.e00, bio_lut.e00, biofile.e00, biores.e00, breed.e00, breed_dt.e00, esi.e00, fish.e00, fishl.e00, habitats.e00, hydro.e00, index.e00, invert.e00, invertl.e00, karst.e00, mgt.e00, m_mammal.e00, reptiles.e00, seasonal.e00, shelfbnd.e00, soc_dat.e00, soc_lut.e00, socecon.e00, sources.e00, species.e00, stations.e00, status.e00, t_mammal.e00, wetlands.e00. The attribute accuracy is estimated to be "good" given the years of ESI experience, the data input methodology, the quality control review sessions, and the digital logical consistency checks. The ESI data use USGS 1:20,000 and 1:30,000 topographic quadrangles as the basemap. It is estimated that the ESI shoreline classification has a minimum mapping unit of 50 feet. The intertidal shoreline habitats of Puerto Rico were previously mapped during overflights and ground surveys conducted by the Puerto Rico Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), published in 1984. For this project, the original ESI maps were re-examined and fully updated using the sources and methods described below. As a first step, infrared vertical aerial photographs were examined at the offices of DRNA in San Juan. The initial aerial photograph classification was followed by overflight surveys of the entire study area, flying at elevations of 400-600 feet and slow air speed. Overflights were conducted using U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) helicopters and fixed-wing Cessna 172s operated by the Puerto Rico Civil Air Patrol. During this work, an experienced coastal geologist delineated the intertidal shoreline habitats directly onto 1:20,000-scale USGS topographic maps (1:30,000 for Culebra and Vieques). Where appropriate, multiple habitats were described for each shoreline segment. Data from the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) for the coastal plain of Puerto Rico, published in draft form in 1989 (based on 1983 1:40,000 CIR photography), were also used as a supplementary data source, particularly for mangrove areas and tidal flats. In many cases, the depiction of mangroves was modified substantially from the original NWI data, based on the more recent aerial photography and overflights, as well as information provided by expert reviewers. The digitization of shoreline types, biological resources, and human-use resources is a complex and highly quality-controlled process. Existing digital shoreline data are integrated into a study-wide basemap. In order to facilitate digitizing, the entire study area is split into individual quadrangles using the INDEX data layer. The first layer of information digitized is the ESI/RSI shoreline classification. The ESI/RSI habitat ranking is compiled onto 1:20,000 and 1:30,000 USGS topographic quadrangles by a geomorphologist. The wetlands data were generated from existing digital National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) data. These data were reclassified based on the NWI codes to match the ESI coding definitions. These data were used "as is" after reclassification. No field checks were performed on the original NWI data where the reclassified data were salt- and brackish-water marshes, freshwater marshes, freshwater swamps, and freshwater scrub/shrub. However, extensive overflight and field verification was performed on NWI data where the reclassified data were mangroves. After reclassification, the data were checked using both on-screen and hardcopy reviews. Next, the edited maps are updated and checked once again for completeness and topological and logical consistency. Any errors in the shoreline classification are updated prior to digitization of the biological and human-use layers. All layers use the shoreline as the geographic reference so that there are no slivers in the geographic coordinates. The hardcopy biological information is compiled onto 1:20,000 and 1:30,000 USGS topographic quadrangles by a biological expert using data from regional specialists in the form of maps, tables, charts, written descriptions of wildlife distributions, and personal interviews. Concurrently, digital data sources are imported, projected, checked for quality control, and integrated into the data structure. The hardcopy data are digitized, checked using both digital and on-screen procedures, integrated with existing data, plotted, and sent out for review by the regional specialists. The edited maps are updated, checked once again, and the final product plotted (at approximately 1:55,000 scale). A team of specialists reviews the entire series of maps, checks all data, and makes final edits. The data are then merged to form the study-wide layers. The data merging includes a final quality control check where labels, chains, and polygons are checked for attribute accuracy. To finalize the data checking process, each data layer is checked using a standardized form by two GIS personnel (a technician and the GIS manager), and each attribute database is checked using several programs that test the files for missing or duplicate data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological consistencies (such as dangles, unnecessary nodes, etc.), and ORACLE(r) to ARC/INFO(r) consistencies. A final review is made by the GIS manager, where the data are written to CD-ROM and the metadata are written. ESI data are processed into multiple formats to make them useful to a wider community of GIS/mapping users. Distribution formats include ARC export, MOSS and Shape files, and MARPLOT map folders. An ArcView ESI project and ESI_Viewer product are also included on the CDs for ease of use of the ESI data. The database files are distributed both in the NOAA standard relational database format (see NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS ORCA 115) and in a simplified desktop flat file format. This metadata document includes information on both of these database formats. The section Spatial_Data_Organization_Information refers to the source files in ARC export format only. Reclassified NWI wetlands for Puerto Rico Research Planning. Inc. Discrete 1998 Wetland information | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online 1 All the digital data were checked using both digital and on-screen procedures, plotted, checked by the biological expert, edited to remove any errors, and plotted for review by the regional specialists. The reviewed maps were updated on the computer, checked once again, and plotted at final map scale. A team of specialists reviewed the entire series of maps, checked all data, and made final edits. The data were merged to form the study-wide layers that are described in the document. The data merging included a final quality control check where topological consistency, rules for geography, and database to geography were checked and validated for all relationships. 2001-06-01T00:00:00 44707 Entity 44708 Entity gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:40532 Tyler Christensen 2017-04-05T14:52:20 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-07-09T18:26:03 2018-02-08 Office of Response and Restoration ORR 1002 Public No No 2018-02-08 1 Year 2019-02-08