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Danger Zones and Restricted Areas

Data Set (DS) | Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48876 | Updated: August 15, 2024 | Published / External

Short Citation:

Full Citation Examples

Office for Coastal Management, 2024: Danger Zones and Restricted Areas, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48876.

Item Identification

Title:	Danger Zones and Restricted Areas
Status:	Completed
Publication Date:	2022-10-27
Abstract:	These data represent the location of Danger Zones and Restricted Areas within coastal and marine waters, as outlined by the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and the Raster Navigational Charts (RNC). The CFR defines a Danger Zone as, "A defined water area (or areas) used for target practice, bombing, rocket firing or other especially hazardous operations, normally for the armed forces. The danger zones may be closed to the public on a full-time or intermittent basis, as stated in the regulations." The CFR defines a Restricted Area as, "A defined water area for the purpose of prohibiting or limiting public access to the area. Restricted areas generally provide security for Government property and/or protection to the public from the risks of damage or injury arising from the Government's use of that area." Other features in this dataset include: Danger Area, Missile Testing Area, Naval Operations Area, Prohibited Area, Restricted Airspace, Test Area, and Torpedo Testing Area. Authoritative information relating to these data may be found in Title 33, Chapter II of the CFR (Part 334).
Purpose:	To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act.
Supplemental Information:	Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus	Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords	EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
ISO 19115 Topic Category	oceans
ISO 19115 Topic Category	planningCadastre
UNCONTROLLED
None	coastal
None	planning
None	renewable energy
None	transportation

Thesaurus

Keyword

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords

EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT

ISO 19115 Topic Category

oceans

ISO 19115 Topic Category

planningCadastre

UNCONTROLLED

None

coastal

None

planning

None

renewable energy

None

transportation

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus	Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords	CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
None	Exclusive Economic Zone
None	Outer Continental Shelf
None	Territorial Sea
None	United States of America

Thesaurus

Keyword

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UNCONTROLLED

None

Exclusive Economic Zone

None

Outer Continental Shelf

None

Territorial Sea

None

United States of America

Physical Location

Organization:	Office for Coastal Management
City:	Charleston
State/Province:	SC

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code:	Data Set
Maintenance Frequency:	None Planned
Entity Attribute Overview:	boundaryName, state, boundaryType, boundaryIdentifier, instanceCode, agencyOfUse, effectiveDate, boundaryDescription, boundarySource, boundarySourceURL, contact, nativeDatum
Distribution Liability:	https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html
Data Set Credit:	NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Support Roles

Point of Contact

CC ID: 652227

Date Effective From:	2022-10-27
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address:	2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address:	coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone:	(843) 740-1202
URL:	https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference:	Publication Date

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 652232

W° Bound:	-176.629138
E° Bound:	175.254452
N° Bound:	65.625516
S° Bound:	5.365109

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 652231

Time Frame Type:	Discrete
Start:	2022-07-01

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Grid:	No
Vector:	Yes
Text / Table:	No
TIN:	No
Stereo Model:	No
Video:	No

Vector Representation 1

CC ID: 904259

Complex Object Present?:	No
Composite Object Present?:	No
Curve Object Present?:	Yes
Point Object Present?:	No
Solid Object Present?:	No
Surface Object Present?:	No

Reference Systems

Reference System 1

CC ID: 904260

Coordinate Reference System

CRS Type:

Geographic 2D

EPSG Code:

EPSG:4269

EPSG Name:

NAD83

▾ See Full Coordinate Reference System Information

Datum Name:

North American Datum 1983

Ellipsoid:

GRS 1980

Semimajor Axis:

6378137.0

Flattening Ratio:

298.257222101

Axis: Geodetic Latitude

Order:	1
Abbreviation:	Lat
Units:	degree
Orientation:	north

Axis: Geodetic Latitude

Order:	1
Abbreviation:	Lat
Units:	degree
Orientation:	north

Axis: Geodetic Longitude

Order:	2
Abbreviation:	Lon
Units:	degree
Orientation:	east

Axis: Geodetic Longitude

Order:	2
Abbreviation:	Lon
Units:	degree
Orientation:	east

Access Information

Security Class:	Unclassified
Data Use Constraints:	For coastal and ocean planning

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1121155

Download URL:	https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
Distributor:
Description:	Marine Cadastre Data Registry

Distribution 2

CC ID: 1121154

Download URL:	https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/DangerZoneRestrictedArea.zip
Distributor:

Data Quality

Accuracy:	Untested
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:	Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level
Completeness Report:	Untested
Conceptual Consistency:	These data are logically consistent

Lineage

Sources

Danger Zones and Restricted Areas

CC ID: 652213

Contact Name:	MarineCadastre.gov
Publish Date:	2015-07-23
Extent Type:	Range
Extent Start Date/Time:	2012
Extent End Date/Time:	2014
Citation URL:	ftp://ftp.coast.noaa.gov/pub/MSP/DangerZonesAndRestrictedAreas.zip
Source Contribution:	Provided the latest version of the data set geometry. \| Type of Source Media: online

NASA Wallops Flight Facility Special Use Airspace

CC ID: 652211

Contact Name:	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Wallops Flight Facility
Publish Date:	2004-06-09
Extent Type:	Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time:	2004-06-09
Citation URL:	http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home
Source Contribution:	Provided geometry (in May 2015) for missing restricted areas (special use airspace) in Virginia. \| Type of Source Media: email

NOAA (NGS) Shoreline Data Explorer

CC ID: 652208

Contact Name:	Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
Publish Date:	2014-01-01
Extent Type:	Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time:	2007
Citation URL:	http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/NSDE/
Source Contribution:	Provided shorelines for features that require specific shoreline elements not adequately provided within the NOAA 80K shoreline \| Type of Source Media: online

NOAA's Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline (1998) for the Contiguous United States

CC ID: 652209

Contact Name:	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Publish Date:	1998-01-01
Extent Type:	Range
Extent Start Date/Time:	1988
Extent End Date/Time:	1992
Citation URL:	http://shoreline.noaa.gov/data/datasheets/medres.html
Source Contribution:	Provided a national shoreline used in createing features with shoreline-coincident boundaries \| Type of Source Media: online

Raster Navigational Charts Seamless Service

CC ID: 652207

Contact Name:	Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
Citation URL:	http://seamlessrnc.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/RNC/NOAA_RNC/ImageServer
Source Contribution:	Provided feature geometry for those features not stated in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), or that were unable to be created based on language in CFR \| Type of Source Media: online

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2012)

CC ID: 652205

Contact Name:	Government Printing Office
Publish Date:	2012-07-01
Extent Type:	Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time:	2012-07-01
Citation URL:	http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2012-title33-vol3/pdf/CFR-2012-title33-vol3-part334.pdf
Source Contribution:	Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry \| Type of Source Media: online

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2012)

CC ID: 652212

Contact Name:	Government Printing Office
Publish Date:	2015-07-01
Extent Type:	Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time:	2015-07-01
Citation URL:	https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2015-title33-vol3/pdf/CFR-2015-title33-vol3-part334.pdf
Source Contribution:	Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry \| Type of Source Media: online

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2013)

CC ID: 652206

Contact Name:	Government Printing Office
Publish Date:	2013-07-01
Extent Type:	Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time:	2013-07-01
Citation URL:	http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2013-title33-vol3/pdf/CFR-2013-title33-vol3-part334.pdf
Source Contribution:	Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry (applies only to northeast U.S.) \| Type of Source Media: online

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2014)

CC ID: 652210

Contact Name:	Government Printing Office
Publish Date:	2014-07-01
Extent Type:	Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time:	2014-07-01
Citation URL:	http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2014-title33-vol3/pdf/CFR-2014-title33-vol3-part334.pdf
Source Contribution:	Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry \| Type of Source Media: online

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2016)

CC ID: 652215

Contact Name:	Government Printing Office
Publish Date:	2016-07-01
Extent Type:	Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time:	2016-07-01
Citation URL:	https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2016-title33-vol2/pdf/CFR-2016-title33-vol2-sec167-103.pdf
Source Contribution:	Provided coordinates and language necessary to build geometry for a feature in Rhode Island \| Type of Source Media: online

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2017)

CC ID: 652214

Contact Name:	Government Printing Office
Publish Date:	2017-07-01
Extent Type:	Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time:	2017-07-01
Citation URL:	https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2017-title33-vol3/pdf/CFR-2017-title33-vol3-part334.pdf
Source Contribution:	Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry \| Type of Source Media: online

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2022)

CC ID: 1188803

Publish Date:	2022-07-01
Extent Type:	Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time:	2022-07-01
Citation URL:	https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-II/part-334
Source Contribution:	Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry \| Type of Source Media: online

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 652216

Description:	1. Acquired list of Danger Zones and Restricted Areas (DZRAs) from the CFR (Title 33, Chapter 2, Volume 3, Section 334). 2. Created labeled points in ArcMap (XY tool) based on CFR coordinates. Converted these points (graphics) to features, per CFR feature (DRAWING...CONVERT GRAPHICS TO FEATURES). 3. If points projected in NAD83 appeared to be off significantly compared to the RNCs, the points were projected to determine the intended coordinate system. (The CFR did not explicitly provide the datum, but for a couple features.) 4. For features in which no coordinate system could be identified, Global Mapper was used to project the points in the intended coordinate system, and export them as NAD83. This yielded results that placed the coordinates in significantly closer proximity to that of the charted feature. (It was determined to be a bug with Esri's NADCON transformation.) 5. Created a new polygon feature class to generate geometry from the points. 6. Added necessary fields to feature class (populated as necessary during creation of features). 7. Within the new polygon feature class, used a) point features (coordinates) generated, b) CFR language, c) Raster Nautical Charts (RNCs), and d) shorelines to create geometry. 8. Populated any remaining attributes after geometry was completed. 9. Created metadata. 10. Cross-referenced RNCs to check geometry and reconciled any differences between CFR and RNC where necessary.
Process Date/Time:	2014-01-01 00:00:00

Description:

1. Acquired list of Danger Zones and Restricted Areas (DZRAs) from the CFR (Title 33, Chapter 2, Volume 3, Section 334).

2. Created labeled points in ArcMap (XY tool) based on CFR coordinates. Converted these points (graphics) to features, per CFR feature (DRAWING...CONVERT GRAPHICS TO FEATURES). 3. If points projected in NAD83 appeared to be off significantly compared to the RNCs, the points were projected to determine the intended coordinate system. (The CFR did not explicitly provide the datum, but for a couple features.)

4. For features in which no coordinate system could be identified, Global Mapper was used to project the points in the intended coordinate system, and export them as NAD83. This yielded results that placed the coordinates in significantly closer proximity to that of the charted feature. (It was determined to be a bug with Esri's NADCON transformation.)

5. Created a new polygon feature class to generate geometry from the points.

6. Added necessary fields to feature class (populated as necessary during creation of features).

7. Within the new polygon feature class, used a) point features (coordinates) generated, b) CFR language, c) Raster Nautical Charts (RNCs), and d) shorelines to create geometry.

8. Populated any remaining attributes after geometry was completed.

9. Created metadata.

10. Cross-referenced RNCs to check geometry and reconciled any differences between CFR and RNC where necessary.

Process Date/Time:

2014-01-01 00:00:00

Process Step 2

CC ID: 652217

Description:	1. Acquired current national geometry from internal directory. 2. Created new geometry for select features, derived from the Code of Federal Regulations (2014), the Raster Navigational Charts, and data provided by NASA for areas off the coast of Virginia. Features were created using language and coordinates from the CFR or geometry from the RNC, then made coincident with the shoreline. The two areas provided by NASA were not made coincident with the shoreline. 3. Populated attribute fields for new features.
Process Date/Time:	2015-06-01 00:00:00

Description:

1. Acquired current national geometry from internal directory.

2. Created new geometry for select features, derived from the Code of Federal Regulations (2014), the Raster Navigational Charts, and data provided by NASA for areas off the coast of Virginia. Features were created using language and coordinates from the CFR or geometry from the RNC, then made coincident with the shoreline. The two areas provided by NASA were not made coincident with the shoreline.

3. Populated attribute fields for new features.

Process Date/Time:

2015-06-01 00:00:00

Process Step 3

CC ID: 652218

Description:	1. Acquired latest version of the Danger Zone and Restricted Areas from MarineCadastre.gov data registry. 2. Acquired the latest version (2015) of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). 3. Based on differences between the 2012 and 2015 Code of Federal Regulations, created geometry for new features and removed expired features. New features were made coincident with the NOAA 1:80,000 shoreline. 4. Populated attribute fields for new and existing features, based on 2015 CFR.
Process Date/Time:	2016-01-01 00:00:00

Description:

1. Acquired latest version of the Danger Zone and Restricted Areas from MarineCadastre.gov data registry.

2. Acquired the latest version (2015) of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

3. Based on differences between the 2012 and 2015 Code of Federal Regulations, created geometry for new features and removed expired features. New features were made coincident with the NOAA 1:80,000 shoreline.

4. Populated attribute fields for new and existing features, based on 2015 CFR.

Process Date/Time:

2016-01-01 00:00:00

Process Step 4

CC ID: 652219

Description:	1. Acquired latest version of the Danger Zone and Restricted Areas from the MarineCadastre.gov data registry. 2. Acquired the latest version (2017) of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). 3. Performed a 1:1 inspection of every feature in the published data set, with those features found on the Raster Nautical Charts. For features that varied noticeably from the nautical charts, language and coordinates from the latest CFR (2017) were used to confirm if the geometry was correct. For the few that were noted as deviating from both the RNC features and CFR descriptions, new geometry was created to update the data set. Also, geometry for new features found in the RNCs or 2017 CFR was created and added to the data set. Attributes were updated accordingly. 4. Changed symbology to more closely resemble the Raster Navigational Charts.
Process Date/Time:	2017-01-01 00:00:00

Description:

1. Acquired latest version of the Danger Zone and Restricted Areas from the MarineCadastre.gov data registry.

2. Acquired the latest version (2017) of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

3. Performed a 1:1 inspection of every feature in the published data set, with those features found on the Raster Nautical Charts. For features that varied noticeably from the nautical charts, language and coordinates from the latest CFR (2017) were used to confirm if the geometry was correct. For the few that were noted as deviating from both the RNC features and CFR descriptions, new geometry was created to update the data set. Also, geometry for new features found in the RNCs or 2017 CFR was created and added to the data set. Attributes were updated accordingly.

4. Changed symbology to more closely resemble the Raster Navigational Charts.

Process Date/Time:

2017-01-01 00:00:00

Process Step 5

CC ID: 1188804

Description:	1. Acquired latest version of the Danger Zone and Restricted Areas from the MarineCadastre.gov data registry. 2. Acquired the latest version (2022) of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). 3. Performed a 1:1 inspection of every feature in the published data set, with those features found in the CFR, to confirm which features should be removed or added. 4. The geometry for some circular features in the previous data set were corrected and Repair Geometry was run. 5. Attributes were updated accordingly and special characters were removed.
Process Date/Time:	2022-10-01 00:00:00

Description:

1. Acquired latest version of the Danger Zone and Restricted Areas from the MarineCadastre.gov data registry.

2. Acquired the latest version (2022) of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

3. Performed a 1:1 inspection of every feature in the published data set, with those features found in the CFR, to confirm which features should be removed or added.

4. The geometry for some circular features in the previous data set were corrected and Repair Geometry was run.

5. Attributes were updated accordingly and special characters were removed.

Process Date/Time:

2022-10-01 00:00:00

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Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID:	48876
GUID:	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48876
Metadata Record Created By:	Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created:	2017-11-14 15:55+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By:	Daniel Martin
Metadata Record Last Modified:	2024-08-15 13:50+0000
Metadata Record Published:	2018-02-08
Owner Org:	OCM
Metadata Publication Status:	Published Externally
Do Not Publish?:	N
Metadata Last Review Date:	2022-10-27
Metadata Review Frequency:	1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date:	2023-10-27