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Office of Response and Restoration
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ESI Program Manager
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Seattle
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98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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2024-02-29T00:00:00
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U.S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands ESI: MGT (Management Areas)
VirginIs_mgt
2001-08
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NOAA/NMFS/EDM
40587
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/40587
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information
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
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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; U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources; British Virgin Islands Conservation and Fisheries Department; and United States Department of the Interior.
This data set comprises the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) data for the Virgin Islands. 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. This data set contains polygonal data for human-use resources.
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.
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; U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources; British Virgin Islands Conservation and Fisheries Department; and United States Department of the Interior.
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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NOS Topic Category
Coastal Zone Management
Coastal resources
ESI
Human Use
Management
Oil spill planning
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British Virgin Islands
US Virgin Islands
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DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR > Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: U.S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands ESI: MGT (Management Areas) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/40587.
NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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Access Constraints: None
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Use Constraints: 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.
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Distribution Liability: 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.
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
40587
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/40587.pdf
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NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort.
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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, mgt.e00, m_mammal.e00, reptiles.e00, seasonal.e00, shelfbnd.e00, soc_dat.e00, soc_lut.e00, socecon.e00, sources.e00, species.e00, status.e00, t_mammal.e00, wetlands.e00.
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Resource Description - ESI Atlas for Virgin Islands
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2017-08-08
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
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http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
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dataset
Accuracy
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.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
The majority of management area data came from existing digital sources. See the Lineage section (below) for specific information on each source. For the few management areas not covered by existing sources, hard copy boundary information was transferred to USGS 1:24,000 topographic quadrangles and digitized.
Completeness Report
Human-Use Resources: Several human-use, or socioeconomic, features are included in ESI atlases. Entity points and complete chains (arcs) are digitized into the data layer SOCECON, and managed area polygonal data (GT-polygons) are stored in the MGT data layer. Both data sets are linked to the data table SOC_DAT using the SOC_LUT lookup table and the items HUNUM and ID. HUNUM is a unique reference number concatenated with the atlas number (for the Virgin Islands this is 67). ID is a unique combination of the atlas number, an element specific number (MGT = 11) and a unique record number. The table SOC_DAT contains the human-use number (HUNUM), feature type (TYPE), name of the facility (NAME), owner/manager or contact person (CONTACT), telephone number (PHONE), geographic source (G_SOURCE), and attribute source (A_SOURCE). Detailed contact information is only included for select management features, where available. Source information is included for all features.
Conceptual Consistency
The human-use resources were obtained in either digital format or in hardcopy format on 1:24,000 scale maps. Under this project, new digital data sources are imported, projected, checked for quality control, and integrated into the spatial data structure (for selected resources). The data are checked using both digital and on-screen procedures. 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.
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.
2001-08-01T00:00:00
Source Contribution: Wildlife refuge boundaries | Source Geospatial Form: Document and Maps | Type of Source Media: paper
A Parks and Protected Areas System Plan for the British Virgin Islands
BVI National Parks Trust
2000
Source Contribution: National park information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: Personal communication
Archaeological and Historic Sites for St. Croix
Cissel, W., National Park Service
1999
Source Contribution: Wildlife refuge information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: Personal communication
Coastal and Wetland Wildlife Resources for St. Croix
Knowles, W., USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife
1999
Source Contribution: Critical habitat information | Source Geospatial Form: document | Type of Source Media: paper
Critical Habitat Designations for Threatened and Endangered Fish and Wildlife
1995-01-01
publication
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
1995
1998
Source Contribution: Critical habitat information | Source Geospatial Form: document | Type of Source Media: paper
Critical Habitat Designations for Threatened and Endangered Marine Species
1995-01-01
publication
National Marine Fishery Service
1995
1998
Source Contribution: Wildlife refuge boundaries | Source Geospatial Form: Document and Map | Type of Source Media: paper
Designation of Salt River Bay Marine Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary
1995-01-01
publication
USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Coastal Zone Management Program
1995
Source Contribution: Wildlife refuge data | Source Geospatial Form: document | Type of Source Media: paper
Management, control and use of Government-owned Offshore Islands and Cays
1973-01-01
publication
Government of the USVI
1973
Source Contribution: Wildlife refuge boundaries | Source Geospatial Form: Maps | Type of Source Media: paper
Maps of National Wildlife Refuge Boundaries
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Real Estate Division
Source Contribution: Wildlife refuge information | Source Geospatial Form: Document and Map | Type of Source Media: paper
Marine Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries Brochure
Division of Fish and Wildlife, USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources
2000
Source Contribution: Wildlife refuge information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: Personal communication
Natural and Human-use Resources of Sandy Point NWR and Other USVI Locations
Evans, M., United States Fish and Wildlife Service
1999
Source Contribution: National park data | Source Geospatial Form: Maps | Type of Source Media: paper
24000
USGS Topographic Quadrangles
U.S. Geological Survey
1959
1984
Source Contribution: National park data | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: Personal communication
Various Natural and Human-use Resources of Buck Island Reef National Monument
Hillis-Starr, Z., National Park Service
1999
Source Contribution: Management area, and national park information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: Personal communication
Wildlife and Fisheries Resources for the British Virgin Islands
BVI Conservation and Fisheries Department; Contact: B. Lettsome, Chief Conservation and Fisheries Officer, BVI CFD
1999