Coastal Counties
Office for Coastal Management (OCM)Data Set (DS) | ID: 54371 | Published / External
Item Identification
Title: | Coastal Counties |
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Status: | Completed |
Publication Date: | 2018-12-12 |
Abstract: |
This dataset represents US counties and independent cities which have at least one coastal border and select non-coastal counties and independent cities based on proximity to estuaries and other coastal counties. |
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 WGS 1984 World Mercator (ESPG: 3395). 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 Categories | boundaries |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | boundaries |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | oceans |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | society |
None | counties |
None | demographic |
None | economic |
None | oceans |
None | society |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords | Continent > North America > United States Of America |
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 |
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | Office for Coastal Management (OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
URL: | https://www.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: | -179.148909 | |
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E° Bound: | 179.77847 | |
N° Bound: | 71.365162 | |
S° Bound: | -14.374207 |
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/ORT/CoastalCounties.zip |
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Distributor: | |
File Name: | Coastal Counties |
Distribution 2
Download URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/OceanReportingTool/OceanReports/MapServer |
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Distributor: | |
File Name: | Map Service |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/oceanreports/ |
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Name: | Ocean Reporting Tool |
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
Coastal Counties
Contact Name: | NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Office for Coastal Management |
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Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2013-12-31 |
Citation URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/ |
Citation URL Name: | Source Online Linkage |
Citation URL Description: |
URL where the source data were originally accessed. |
Source Contribution: |
Source for coastal counties in the 50 states |
DEC2010_IslandAreas
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division, Spatial Data Collection and Products Branch |
Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2016-12-01 |
Citation URL: | https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.html |
Citation URL Name: | Source Online Linkage |
Citation URL Description: |
URL where the source data were originally accessed. |
Source Contribution: |
Source for U.S. Territories |
TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2017, nation, U.S., Current County and Equivalent National Shapefile
Contact Role Type: | Originator |
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Contact Type: | Organization |
Contact Name: | U.S. Census Bureau |
Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2017-01-01 |
Citation URL: | http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2017/COUNTY/tl_2017_us_county.zip |
Citation URL Name: | Source Online Linkage |
Citation URL Description: |
URL where the source data were originally accessed. |
Source Contribution: |
Source for independent cities omitted from Coastal Counties |
Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
Clipped the coastal counties and territories to the coastline. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 |
Process Step 2
Description: |
Merged select omitted independent cities from TIGER/Line Shape with Coastal Counties (Washington DC, Fairfax city, Falls Church city, Fredericksburg city, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Richmond city, and Colonial Heights city). Utilized topology to align polygon edges. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 |
Process Step 3
Description: |
Downloaded data from NOAA |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-05-08 00:00:00 |
Process Step 4
Description: |
Downloaded data Island Territories from the US Census Bureau, clipped the American Samoa counties to the coastline, loaded them into the Coastal Counties Feature Class. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-05-14 00:00:00 |
Process Step 5
Description: |
Removed all counties surrounding the great lakes. Removed the attributes "landarea" and "landwatr'. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 |
Process Step 6
Description: |
Projected feature class into WGS_1984_World_Mercator |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 54371 |
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Metadata Record Created By: | Anna Verrill |
Metadata Record Created: | 2018-10-25 12:07+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Jesse Brass |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2020-12-10 20:40+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2020-01-15 |
Owner Org: | OCM |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2021-01-15 |