Data Management Plan (Deprecated)

This data set contains points depicting access, boat ramps, lock and dams, marinas, ports and river miles found along the Outer Coast of Washington and Oregon.

As a whole, the ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil, and include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. The entirety of the ESI Human-Use data layers for this region consists of: PARKS-MANAGED AREAS Polygons; NAVIGATION-MARINE Points; POLITICAL-JURISDICTIONAL Polygons, Points; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Polygons, Points; SOCECON Points, Lines; and NATURAL HAZARD Polygons.

This reflects the extent of all land and water features included in the overall Outer Coast of Washington and Oregon ESI study region. The bounding box for this particular feature class may vary depending on occurrences identified and mapped.

Process Steps:

• 2015-10-01 00:00:00 - The mapping extent was dependent upon information availability and location of mapped coastal habitats and shorelines. Sources of data used to depict human-use resources in this data layer include: 1) expert knowledge from the National Park Service (NPS), NOAA Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS), Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), the Hoh Tribe, the Makah Tribe, the Quileute Tribe, the Quinault Tribe, the Shoalwater Bay Tribe; and 2) datasets provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), NOAA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NPS, StreamNet, Washington Department of Ecology (WECY), Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (WDAHP), Washington Department of Health (WDOH), Washington Recreation and Conservation Office (WRCO), Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Washington Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD), Oregon State Marine Board (OSMB), Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD), and Oregon State University (OSU).
• 2015-10-01 00:00:00 - Access Sites, Beaches, Boat Ramps, Marinas, Hoists, and Recreational Fishing Sites: In Washington, access sites, recreational beaches, boat ramps, marinas, and recreational fishing sites were identified through attributes in WDFW Water Access Sites database, WECY Public Beach Access Points database, and WRCO Boat facilities database. In compiling these databases, features' names and locations were compared to eliminate duplicated features. In Oregon, access sites and recreational beaches were retrieved from the OPRD Coastal Beach Access Sites database with specific ESI types distinguished through database attributes and details in Google Earth imagery. Oregon boat ramp and hoist locations were downloaded from Oregon State Marine Board (OSMB) Boating Access Sites database. Oregon marina locations were identified using both the above OPRD and OSMB databases. Airports/Heliports - Information on the locations of airports and heliports was downloaded from the National Transportation Atlas Databases maintained by the FAA. Aquaculture - Pacific oyster aquaculture sites were provided by ODFW. Campground sites - Campground sites were included for the Olympic National Park and the Makah and Quileute Tribes and were provided by NPS and OCNMS staff. USCG units - USCG station and facility locations were derived from the USCG Units dataset hosted by U.S. Geological Survey and the USACE Port and Waterway Facilities Database. Environmental Protection Agency Facility - EPA Facility (EPAF) locations represent facilities that maintain a risk management plan describing its hazards and prevention activities as required by the EPA Risk Management Plan Rule (RMP), facilities that manufacture, process, or use certain chemicals in amounts above established levels regulated by the EPA Toxic Release Inventory System (TRIS) program, facilities with permits from the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), and facilities that the EPA has identified and monitors for storing certain quantities of oil (OIL). The data were provided by the EPA Facility Registration System (EPA-FRS) and EPA staff. Overlapping EPAF points were combined to a single entry where the names field is used to indicate the EPA System the facility or facilities are monitored and/or regulated.
• 2015-10-01 00:00:00 - Hatcheries: Hatchery locations for Washington and Oregon were provided by the WDFW Facilities and Structures database and the Oregon Water Right Points of Diversion database, respectively. Archaeological/Historic sites - Historic sites were depicted from sites in the NPS National Register of Historic Places (2007) for both states and from the Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (WDAHP) Register for additional sites in Washington. Locks and dams - Dam sites in both states were mapped using the Fish Passage Barrier Inventory from WDFW and ODFW, StreamNet's Dams database, and the OWRD Dams database. In compiling these databases, feature names and locations were used to eliminate duplicated features. Ports - Major and minor port locations were compiled from the WRCO Boat Facilities database, OSMB Boating Access Sites database, OPRD Beach Access Sites database, and the USACE Port and Waterway Facilities Database. Repeated Measurement Site and Tide Gauge - Repeated measurement site (RMS) locations for marine observation sites and tide gauges were obtained through NOAA's National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) and the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS). Mussel Watch program RMS locations were obtained from the NOAA Chemical Impacts Team. RMS locations and site names from the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) were provided by staff at OSU and University of California, Santa Cruz. RMS locations within OCNMS were provided through personal communication with OCNMS staff. River Miles - Locations of sequential river mile markers were derived from the USACE Waterway Mile Marker database. Subsistence Fishing - WA Pacific Coast Treaty Tribes' utilize the shoreline, marine waters, and upland areas within and surrounding Reservation lands for subsistence harvest of invertebrates, fish, birds, and other species. These areas are also of high cultural importance and sensitivity. A shoreline buffer was added along the Reservation/marine waters boundary for each of the five Pacific Coast Treaty Tribes to represent these 'culturally significant harvest areas.' This demarcation in no way implies that these areas are the only zones in which subsistence harvests take place, rather they serve as a reminder/flag to responders to contact the Treaty Tribes for more detailed information on cultural significance and harvest practices in the case of an incident. Washover - A washover, or washover fan, is a relatively flat surface on the top of a barrier spit complex that slopes gently landward. It is usually created when water forced landward by breaking waves flows across the top of the barrier spit during high spring tides or storms. This process creates a flattened-off surface along which sand is transported across the top of the spit into the standing water (lagoon) or marsh landward of the spit. The resulting deposit usually has a fan-like shape. Washover locations are represented by points that were generated by Research Planning, Inc. at a scale of 1:8,000. Water Intakes - Water intakes were derived from the WDOH Washington Drinking Water GIS data and StreamNet Dams database.
• 2015-10-01 00:00:00 - The above digital and/or hardcopy sources were compiled by the project biologist to create the SOCECONPT data layer. Depending on the type of source data, three general approaches are used for compiling the data layer: 1) information gathered during initial interviews and from hardcopy sources are compiled onto U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000 topographic quadrangles and digitized; 2) hardcopy maps are digitized at their source scale; 3) digital data layers are evaluated and used "as is" or integrated with the hardcopy data sources. See the Lineage section for additional information on the type of source data for this data layer. The ESI, biology, and human-use data are compiled into the standard ESI digital data format. A second set of interviews with participating resource experts are conducted to review the compiled data. If necessary, edits to the SOCECONPT data layer are made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created.

Data can be accessed by downloading the zipped ArcGIS geodatabase from the Download URL (see Distribution Information). Questions can be directed to the ESI Program Manager (Point Of Contact).