Coastal Critical Habitat Designations
Office for Coastal Management (OCM)Data Set (DS) | ID: 54209 | Published / External
Item Identification
Title: | Coastal Critical Habitat Designations |
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Status: | Completed |
Publication Date: | 2018-10-31 |
Abstract: |
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires the Federal government to designate critical habitat, areas of habitat essential to the species' conservation, for ESA listed species. This dataset is a compilation of the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service designated critical habitat in coastal areas of the United States. Critical habitat is defined as: (1) Specific areas within the geographical area occupied by the species at the time of listing that contain physical or biological features essential to conservation, which may require special management considerations or protection; and (2) specific areas outside the geographical area occupied by the species if the agency determines that the area itself is essential for conservation. See metadata for online linkages to reference full listings of proposed and final critical habitat areas. |
Purpose: |
To support coastal and ocean planning and other activities pursuant to the Energy Policy Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Rivers and Harbors Act and the Submerged Lands Act. |
Supplemental Information: |
The native coordinate system for this layer is NAD 1983 (ESPG: 4269). Please note: all MarineCadastre.gov data served by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management and hosted through Esri REST services are in the WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere (EPSG: 3857) projection. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords | Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Environmental Governance/Management |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | oceans |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | oceans |
None | Critical Habitat |
None | Endangered |
None | Endangered Species Act, ESA |
None | Final |
None | Proposed |
None | Threatened |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords | Continent > North America > United States Of America |
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords | Continent > North America > United States Of America |
None | Atlantic |
None | Coastal Waters |
None | Gulf of Mexico |
None | National |
None | Pacific |
None | United States, USA |
Physical Location
City: | North Charleston |
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State/Province: | SC |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
Data Presentation Form: | Map (digital) |
Distribution Liability: |
NOAA makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the availability, quality, accuracy, content, completeness or suitability for the user's needs of such information. The services, information, and data made available on the Marine Cadastre web site are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation. https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html |
Data Set Credit: | CREDIT: NOAA ORIGINATORS: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM); |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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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 |
Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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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 |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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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 |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -180 | |
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E° Bound: | 180 | |
N° Bound: | 70.333363 | |
S° Bound: | 13.639711 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Discrete |
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Start: | 2018-08-01 |
Description: |
ground condition |
Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Use Constraints: |
NOAA makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the availability, quality, accuracy, content, completeness or suitability for the user's needs of such information. The services, information, and data made available on the Marine Cadastre web site are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation. https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Download URL: | ftp://ftp.coast.noaa.gov/pub/MSP/CoastalCriticalHabitatDesignations.zip |
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Distributor: | |
Compression: | Zip |
Distribution 2
Download URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/MarineCadastre/PhysicalOceanographicAndMarineHabitat/MapServer/10 |
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Distributor: | |
File Type: | REST Service |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/data |
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Name: | MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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Description: |
More information and online data visualization. |
URL 2
URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/nationalviewer |
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Name: | MarineCadastre.gov National Viewer |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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Description: |
More information and online data visualization. |
URL 3
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data |
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Name: | Digital Coast Data section |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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Description: |
More information and online data visualization. |
Technical Environment
Description: |
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1.5713 |
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Data Quality
Accuracy: |
The attributes in this dataset are believed to be accurate. |
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Horizontal Positional Accuracy: |
Maximum scale of intended use is 1:80,000. |
Completeness Report: |
Spatial and attribute properties are believed to be complete, although attribute information has been simplified. Geometric thresholds from original data are preserved. No tests have been completed for exhaustiveness. |
Conceptual Consistency: |
These data are believed to be logically consistent. Geometry is topologically clean. |
Lineage
Sources
CriticalHabitat
Contact Name: | National Marine Fisheries Service |
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Citation URL: | http://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resources/data-and-maps?title=critical+habitat |
Citation URL Name: | Source Online Linkage |
Citation URL Description: |
URL where the source data were originally accessed. |
Source Contribution: |
Feature classes were obtained from USFWS, cleaned up, and condensed by NOAA OCM. |
CriticalHabitat
Contact Name: | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
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Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2018-07-09 |
Citation URL: | https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/crithab/crithab_all/crithab_all_layers.zip |
Citation URL Name: | Source Online Linkage |
Citation URL Description: |
URL where the source data were originally accessed. |
Source Contribution: |
Feature classes were obtained from USFWS, cleaned up, and condensed by NOAA OCM. |
Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
Go to http://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/report/table/critical-habitat.html and download (1) the zip file containing aggregated critical habitat shapes for all species, and (2) the zip file containing individual shapefiles and metadata for all species. Convert USFWS individual polygon shapefiles that are unique (not duplicated by the NMFS data) and that are located in coastal areas except Hawaii to single-part features, project into WGS 1984 World Mercator, and merge resulting features into a single feature class. Organize attributes to retain all information found in section 7 of this document and set the Authority attribute as USFWS. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 |
Process Step 2
Description: |
Use USFWS and NMFS species websites to assign missing attribute information, where applicable. Check the USFWS ECOS website (https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp) for species listed as "proposed", and delete confirmed species. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 |
Process Step 3
Description: |
For Hawaii, extract all features from the CRITHAB_POLY.shp located in the Hawaii and NWHI areas (except Hawaiian Monk Seal) and project into WGS 1984 World Mercator. Merge resulting single-part features into a single feature class and organize attributes to retain all information found in section 7 of this document and set Authority attribute to USFWS. Update species with shared common names or with "No Common Name". |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 |
Process Step 4
Description: |
Go to NOAA Fisheries website to view NMFS critical habitat maps and data. Download geospatial Critical Habitat data for any protected species with designated critical habitat. Convert NMFS shapefiles and KMZ files to single-part feature classes in a file geodatabase, then project into WGS 1984 World Mercator. Group feature classes based on location and work on each area at a time. For each area, merge features into a single feature class. Where necessary, convert unique line features (those that do not duplicate polygon features) by buffering by 500 feet and then merging resulting features into the working feature class. Organize attributes to retain all information found in section 7 of this document and set the Authority attribute as NMFS. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 |
Process Step 5
Description: |
Merge NMFS, USFWS, and Hawaii feature classes into a single feature class, check geometry, and convert multi-part to single-part features. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 |
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Type | Title |
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Entity (ENT) | Coastal Critical Habitat Designations |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 54209 |
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Metadata Record Created By: | Anna Verrill |
Metadata Record Created: | 2018-10-16 18:47+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2019-07-02 15:17+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2018-10-29 |
Owner Org: | OCM |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2019-10-30 |