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Summary

ESI Browse Graphic

Short Citation
Office of Response and Restoration, 2024: GL_Mackinac 2019 ESI Polygons, Lines, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/58468.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

The feature classes ESIL and ESIP contain vector lines and polygons representing shorelines and intertidal habitats of Great Lakes - Straits of Mackinac study area, classified by their susceptibility to oiling. The Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) classification system, developed by NOAA, considers several natural and biological factors including relative exposure to wave and tidal energy, shoreline slope, substrate type and biological productivity and sensitivity.

The study area includes the Straits of Mackinac, nearby portions of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and adjacent lands and waters in northern Michigan.

As a whole, the ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil, and includes information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources.

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Management boundaries are not to be considered legal boundaries. Edges may have been altered for cartographic processes. Note that the ESI database should not be used to the exclusion of other pertinent data or information held by state or federal agencies or other organizations. Likewise, information contained in the database cannot be used in place of consultations with environmental, natural resource, and cultural resource agencies, or in place of field surveys. Recognize that the information contained in the ESI database represents known concentration areas or occurrences of natural, cultural, and human-use resources, but does not necessarily represent the full distribution or range of each species or resource. This is particularly important to recognize when considering potential impacts to protected resources, such as endangered species, wetlands, etc. Besides the above warnings, there are no use constraints on these data. Acknowledgement of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Controlled Theme Keywords

biota, environment, OIL SPILLS, SHORELINES, SHORELINES, WETLANDS

Child Items

Type Title
Entity ESIL
Entity ESIP
Entity SOURCES

Contact Information

Point of Contact
ESI Program Manager
orr.esi@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact
ESI Program Manager
orr.esi@noaa.gov

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-85.891666° W, -83.250001° E, 46.17465708° N, 45.250003° S

Bounding box for the Straits of Mackinac area of interest in northern Michigan.

Time Frame 1
2018 - 2019

Data collection for the Great Lakes - Straits of Mackinac ESI atlas began in 2018 and was concluded and published in 2019.

Item Identification

Title: GL_Mackinac 2019 ESI Polygons, Lines
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2019-09
Abstract:

The feature classes ESIL and ESIP contain vector lines and polygons representing shorelines and intertidal habitats of Great Lakes - Straits of Mackinac study area, classified by their susceptibility to oiling. The Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) classification system, developed by NOAA, considers several natural and biological factors including relative exposure to wave and tidal energy, shoreline slope, substrate type and biological productivity and sensitivity.

The study area includes the Straits of Mackinac, nearby portions of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and adjacent lands and waters in northern Michigan.

As a whole, the ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil, and includes information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources.

Purpose:

The ESI data are intended to provide baseline 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. The ESI data may be appropriate for many other coastal management efforts, though the original intent should be kept in mind.

Notes:

[THIS FIELD IS FOR INTERNAL NOTES AS NEEDED. IT WILL NOT BE VIEWABLE IN THE PUBLIC METADATA RECORD.]

Other Citation Details:

Prepared by Research Planning, Inc, Columbia, South Carolina for NOAA National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Emergency Response Division, Seattle, Washington

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > SHORELINES
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SHORELINES
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
UNCONTROLLED
None Coastal resources
None Coastal Zone Management
None Environmental Monitoring
None ESI
None Intertidal habitats
None Oil spill planning
None Sensitivity maps
None Shorelines

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MICHIGAN
UNCONTROLLED
None Lake Huron
None Lake Michigan
None Straits of Mackinac

Physical Location

Organization: Office of Response and Restoration
City: Seattle
State/Province: WA
Country: USA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: GIS Files
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Maintenance Note:

Data content is considered static once published. However, if issues with the Geodatabase linkages or table contents are identified, the Geodatabase and/or the associated Map Document may be updated. Assure most current data is being used by downloading from https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download and/or comparing modification dates provided at this site.

Data Presentation Form: Map (digital)
Entity Attribute Overview:

In addition to the geographic data layers and their attribute tables, an associated data table, SOURCES, is used to store the source data information in the ESI data structure. The geographic data layers containing resource information (in this case, ESIL and ESIP) are linked to the SOURCES table using the SOURCE_ID. The entity-relationship diagram describes relationships between attribute tables in the ESI data structure.

The SOURCES data table is described in detail in this document as an Entity or "Child Item". See the Browse_Graphic section for a link to the entity-relationship diagram, which describes the way these tables relate to the geographic data layers and other attribute tables in the ESI data structure.

Entity Attribute Detail Citation:

Environmental Sensitivity Index Guidelines, Version 4.0 (Petersen, J., et al. 2019)

Entity Attribute Detail URL: https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_guidelines
Distribution Liability:

Although these data have been processed and used successfully on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 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. If problems are encountered in downloading the ESI data or with file corruption, contact NOAA (see Distributor).

These data represent a snapshot in time and temporal changes may have occurred. The data are not intended to include all biological or human-use resources present in an area; they focus on species and resources particularly sensitive to oiling. In the event of a spill, they should be used for a first assessment only. The data providers are the experts with regard to individual resources. They should be contacted to confirm if more current data exist or if in-depth information is needed about a particular resource.

Data Set Credit: This project was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), Emergency Response Division (ERD), Seattle, Washington.

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 892287
Date Effective From: 2019
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): ESI Program Manager
Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Email Address: orr.esi@noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 892288
Date Effective From: 2019
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Office of Response and Restoration (ORR)
Address: 1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
URL: ORR Home Page

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 892286
Date Effective From: 2019
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): ESI Program Manager
Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Email Address: orr.esi@noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 892289
Date Effective From: 2019
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): ESI Program Manager
Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Email Address: orr.esi@noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Publication Date

Extent Group 1

Extent Description:

This reflects the extent of all land and water features included in the Straits of Mackinac 2019 ESI area of interest (AOI). The bounding box for each feature class may vary depending on occurrences identified and mapped.

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 893542
W° Bound: -85.891666
E° Bound: -83.250001
N° Bound: 46.17465708
S° Bound: 45.250003
Description

Bounding box for the Straits of Mackinac area of interest in northern Michigan.

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 893543
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2018
End: 2019
Description:

Data collection for the Great Lakes - Straits of Mackinac ESI atlas began in 2018 and was concluded and published in 2019.

Spatial Information

Spatial Resolution

Level of Detail Description:

[NOTE: IN "VECTOR REPRESENTATION" SECTION BELOW, TOPOLOGY LEVEL IS CONSIDERED "Geometry Only", POLYGONS ARE CONSIDERED AS "Complex Objects", LINES ARE CONSIDERED AS "Curve Objects", AND POINTS ARE CONSIDERED AS "Point Objects". ONLY THE OBJECT TYPES IN THE FEATURE DATA SET SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED. THE COUNTS OF EACH TYPE OF OBJECT IN THE FEATURE DATA SET SHOULD BE RECORDED (1 TO N).]

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

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

Vector Representation 1

CC ID: 892298
Topology Level: Geometry Only
Complex Object Present?: Yes
Complex Object Count: 8145
Composite Object Present?: No
Curve Object Present?: Yes
Curve Object Count: 4623
Point Object Present?: No
Solid Object Present?: No
Surface Object Present?: No

Reference Systems

Reference System 1

CC ID: 892299

Coordinate Reference System

CRS Type: Geographic 2D
EPSG Code: EPSG:4269
EPSG Name: NAD83
See Full Coordinate Reference System Information

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

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).

Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Management boundaries are not to be considered legal boundaries. Edges may have been altered for cartographic processes. Note that the ESI database should not be used to the exclusion of other pertinent data or information held by state or federal agencies or other organizations. Likewise, information contained in the database cannot be used in place of consultations with environmental, natural resource, and cultural resource agencies, or in place of field surveys. Recognize that the information contained in the ESI database represents known concentration areas or occurrences of natural, cultural, and human-use resources, but does not necessarily represent the full distribution or range of each species or resource. This is particularly important to recognize when considering potential impacts to protected resources, such as endangered species, wetlands, etc. Besides the above warnings, there are no use constraints on these data. Acknowledgement of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data.

Metadata Access Constraints:

None

Metadata Use Constraints:

None

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 892290
Start Date: 2019-09
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download
Distributor: Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) (2019 - Present)
File Name: GL_Straits_of_Mackinac_2019_GDB.zip
Description:

This feature class is part of the downloadable Esri Arc Geodatabase.

File Date/Time: 2020-01-13 00:00:00
File Type (Deprecated): Arc Geodatabase
Distribution Format: ESRI File Geodatabase
File Size: 55.2 MB
Compression: Zip

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 892291
URL: https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
Name: ESI Overview
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: html
Description:

Overview of ESI data content and uses.

URL 2

CC ID: 892292
URL: https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/resources/esi-guidelines
Name: ESI Guidelines
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: pdf
Description:

Guidelines for developing ESI data content and overview of ESI data structure. Useful for data collectors and users requiring more in depth information on the ESI process.

URL 3

CC ID: 892293
URL: https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/ESI-Browse-Graphic.pdf
Name: ESI Browse Graphic
URL Type:
Browse Graphic
File Resource Format: pdf
Description:

ESI Browse Graphic depicts the relationships between the spatial data layers and the attribute data tables for an ESI geodatabase.

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 892294
Activity Date/Time: 2019-10
Activity Type: Metadata creation
Responsible Party: Katy Beckham (Research Planning)
Description:

Metadata for the Great Lakes - Straits of Mackinac and St. Clair / Detroit River System ESI atlases were initially created by Research Planning Inc. (RPI) in October 2019.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 893544
Activity Date/Time: 2020-01
Activity Type: Metadata review, revision, and publication
Responsible Party: David Moe Nelson
Description:

Metadata for the Great Lakes - Straits of Mackinac and St. Clair / Detroit River System ESI atlases were reviewed, revised, and prepared for publication by NOAA in January 2020.

Technical Environment

Description:

The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute's ArcGIS for Desktop 10.4.1(R) and SQL SERVER(R) (version 2005). The hardware configuration is PCs with Windows Operating System 10.

Data Quality

Accuracy:

A multi-stage error checking process is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. The process includes a standardized data entry methodology, data review by in-house and external resource experts, a final Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) process, and multiple automated logical consistency checks. Quantitative data (such as densities, counts, abundances, or concentrations) provided by resource experts for inclusion in the data set may vary widely in attribute accuracy, depending upon the methodology used to collect and compile such data. For a more detailed evaluation of source data attribute accuracy, contact the sources listed in the Lineage section.

Completeness Report:

These data represent coastal habitat lines and polygons in the Great Lakes - Straits of Mackinac study area, classified according to the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) classification system.

Conceptual Consistency:

A multi-stage error checking process, described in the above Attribute Accuracy Report, is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. This process includes multiple automated logical consistency checks that test the files for missing or duplicate data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological consistencies, and SQL SERVER(R) to ArcGIS(R) consistencies. A final review is made by the GIS manager, before the complete Geodatabase and metadata are created. After the data are delivered to NOAA, they are again subjected to a several consistency checks, and processed into the final delivery format.

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

Sources and Process Steps cited below in this metadata record include those used for two distinct areas of the Great Lakes: the Straits of Mackinac in northern Michigan, and the St. Clair / Detroit River System in southeastern Michigan. This is because these two study areas were initially combined into a single ArcGIS geodatabase, before being separated for publication. Some sources may pertain to both study areas, while others may pertain to one study area and not the other. As a final procedural step to prepare the geodatabases for publication, the spatial data data corresponding to each respective area were clipped in ArcGIS according to the two distinct geographic study areas.

Sources

Area of Interest Study Boundary and Extent

CC ID: 892303
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Research Planning, Inc.
Publish Date: 2019-09-23
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2018
Extent End Date/Time: 2019
Scale Denominator: 24000
Source Contribution:

ESIL, ESIP Info

Bing Aerial Imagery

CC ID: 892304
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Microsoft Bing
Publish Date: 2018-01-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2012
Extent End Date/Time: 2018
Citation URL: http://www.bing.com/maps
Citation URL Name: Bing Aerial Imagery
Citation URL Description:

Viewable vertical aerial imagery.

Source Contribution:

ESIL, ESIP Info

Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States (1:24,000)

CC ID: 892302
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National Wetlands Inventory (NWI)
Publish Date: 2013-01-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 1975
Extent End Date/Time: 2013
Citation URL: http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/Data/State-Downloads.html
Citation URL Name: USFWS Wetlands
Citation URL Description:

Downloadable Digital vector wetland data.

Source Contribution:

ESIL, ESIP INFO

Continually Updated Shoreline Product (CUSP) (1:24,000)

CC ID: 892300
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Geodetic Survey, NGS
Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2006
Extent End Date/Time: 2007
Scale Denominator: 24000
Citation URL: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/RSD/shoredata/NGS_Shoreline_Products.htm
Citation URL Name: Continually Updated Shoreline Product
Citation URL Description:

Website where you can download NOAA’s Continually Updated Shoreline that includes all national shoreline that has been verified by contemporary imagery and shoreline from other non-NOAA sources.

Source Contribution:

ESIL Info

ESRI ARCGIS Basemap World Imagery

CC ID: 892305
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ESRI), DIGITALGLOBE, GEOEYE, I-CUBED, USDA FSA, USGS, AEX, GETMAPPING, AEROGRID, IGN, IGP, SWISSTOPO, AND THE GIS USER COMMUNITY
Publish Date: 2017-01-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2010
Extent End Date/Time: 2017
Citation URL: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=10df2279f9684e4a9f6a7f08febac2a9
Citation URL Name: ArcGIS Basemap Imagery
Citation URL Description:

Viewable vertical aerial imagery.

Source Contribution:

ESIL, ESIP Info

Google Earth Imagery

CC ID: 892306
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Google Earth
Publish Date: 2018-01-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2014
Extent End Date/Time: 2018
Citation URL: http://www.google.com/earth/
Citation URL Name: Google Earth
Citation URL Description:

Viewable vertical and oblique aerial imagery.

Source Contribution:

ESIL, ESIP Info

Great Lakes Oblique Imagery

CC ID: 892307
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Publish Date: 2012-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2012
Citation URL: http://greatlakesresilience.org/maps-tools-data/data/great-lakes-oblique-imagery
Citation URL Name: USACE Oblique Photography
Citation URL Description:

Downloadable oblique aerial images.

Source Contribution:

ESIL, ESIP Info

Land Information Ontario (LIO) Warehouse Open Data - File GDB, Wetlands for the Province

CC ID: 892308
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Publish Date: 2018-06-14
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 1998
Extent End Date/Time: 2018
Citation URL: https://www.javacoeapp.lrc.gov.on.ca/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home?uuid=66db745f-7199-4a7d-9a2e-5ad76a813e66
Citation URL Name: Wetlands for the Province
Citation URL Description:

Downloadable digital vector polygonal wetland data for Canada.

Source Contribution:

ESIL, ESIP Info

Land Use 2010

CC ID: 892309
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Publish Date: 2010-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2010
Citation URL: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/9e1efe92-e5a3-4f70-b313-68fb1283eadf
Citation URL Name: Canadian Land Use
Citation URL Description:

Downloadable Canadian Land use consisting of: Forest, Water, Cropland, Grassland, Settlement and Otherland.

Source Contribution:

ESIL, ESIP Info

Marinas.com

CC ID: 892310
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Marinas.com
Publish Date: 2018-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2018
Citation URL: http://www.marinas.com
Citation URL Name: Marinas.com website
Citation URL Description:

Viewable oblique aerial photography of areas in and around marinas.

Source Contribution:

ESIL Info

National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) (1:12,000/1:24,000)

CC ID: 892301
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (USDAFS)
Publish Date: 2011-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2011
Scale Denominator: 24000
Citation URL: ftp://nhdftp.usgs.gov/DataSets/Staged/States/FileGDB/HighResolution/
Citation URL Name: National Hydrography
Citation URL Description:

Website offering datasets that represent the surface water of the United States.

Source Contribution:

ESIL Info

NOAA National Shoreline (1:24,000)

CC ID: 892311
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Geodetic Survey, NGS
Publish Date: 2011-07-03
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2011
Scale Denominator: 24000
Citation URL: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/RSD/shoredata/NGS_Shoreline_Products.htm
Citation URL Name: NOAA Ntl Shoreline
Citation URL Description:

Downloadable NOAA National Shoreline data.

Source Contribution:

ESIL Info

Oblique Aerial Photography

CC ID: 892312
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pictometry International Corporation
Publish Date: 2019-01-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2019
Citation URL: http://www.bing.com/maps
Citation URL Name: Pictometry website
Citation URL Description:

Viewable oblique aerial imagery.

Source Contribution:

ESIL, ESIP Info

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 892313
Description:

The Great Lakes Mackinac and St. Clair-Detroit River system shorelines in the area of interest (RPI 2018-2019) for the ESIL dataset were derived from the integration of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Continually Updated Shoreline Product (CUSP, 2006-2007) and National Shoreline composite (2011); the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) high resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD, 2011-2016); the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) dataset (1975-2013); the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources dataset (1998-2018) and manual digitization at 1:4,000 from BING Bird’s Eye and Aerial imagery (2012-2019), ESRI Basemap World Imagery (2010-2017), and Google Earth aerial imagery (2014-2018). The most recent shoreline was utilized where available. The intertidal shoreline habitats were classified based on the USFWS NWI wetland polygons and low- altitude oblique and nadir aerial imagery from: BING Bird’s Eye, BING Aerial, ESRI Basemap, and Google Earth, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) oblique imagery, Marinas.com imagery, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Land Use data.

Process Date/Time: 2019-09-23 00:00:00
Process Contact: Office of Response and Restoration (ORR)

Process Step 2

CC ID: 892314
Description:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) data for Mackinac and St. Clair-Detroit River System from 2013 was used as the primary data source in the area of interest (RPI 2018-2019) for the HYDROP dataset. NWI attribute definitions were crosswalked to the standard ESI polygonal ranking. Data from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources from 1998-2018 was used to supplement the NWI in the area of the Walpole Island marsh complex. Where appropriate, edits or additions to the digital NWI polygon spatial extent and/or coding were dependent upon the image based ESI classification. Intertidal habitats were classified based on the USFWS NWI wetland polygons and low- altitude oblique and nadir aerial imagery from: BING Bird’s Eye, BING Aerial, ESRI Basemap, and Google Earth, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) oblique imagery, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Land Use data.

Process Date/Time: 2019-09-23 00:00:00
Process Contact: ESI Program Manager
Email Address: orr.esi@noaa.gov

Process Step 3

CC ID: 892315
Description:

Depending on the type of source data, three general approaches are used for compiling these data layers: 1) hardcopy maps are digitized at their source scale; 2) digital data layers are evaluated and used "as is" or integrated with the hardcopy data sources; and 3) overflight changes are digitized from the scanned and registered hardcopy field maps or aerial photography. After the initial shoreline classification, these data are edgematched and checked for logical consistency errors. Review maps are plotted at 1:50,000 scale for verification of polygonal and linear attributes. 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 ESIL and ESIP data layers are made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created.

Process Date/Time: 2019-09-23 00:00:00
Process Contact: ESI Program Manager
Email Address: orr.esi@noaa.gov

Process Step 4

CC ID: 896277
Description:

Sources and Process Steps cited above in this metadata record include those used for two distinct areas of the Great Lakes: the Straits of Mackinac in northern Michigan, and the St. Clair / Detroit River System in southeastern Michigan. This is because these two study areas were initially combined into a single ArcGIS geodatabase, before being separated for publication. Some sources may pertain to both study areas, while others may pertain to one study area and not the other. As a final procedural step to prepare the geodatabases for publication, the spatial data data corresponding to each respective area were clipped in ArcGIS according to the two distinct geographic study areas.

Process Date/Time: 2019-09-30 00:00:00
Process Contact: ESI Program Manager
Email Address: orr.esi@noaa.gov

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity ESIL
Entity ESIP
Entity SOURCES

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 58468
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:58468
Metadata Record Created By: David Moe Nelson
Metadata Record Created: 2020-01-09 10:41+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2020-02-14
Owner Org: ORR
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2020-02-14
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2021-02-14