Beach Nourishment
Data Set (DS) | Office for Coastal Management (OCM)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66107 | Updated: May 30, 2023 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
Office for Coastal Management, 2024: Beach Nourishment, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66107.
Full Citation Examples
Beach Nourishment projects occur throughout coastal states in the United States. These projects can be privately, federally or state funded. Material used in nourishment comes from a variety of sources (inland sources, dredged navigational channels or offshore sites). This GIS dataset combines historical data compiled in the Western Carolina University Beach Nourishment Viewer database, as well as the National Beach Nourishment Database generated by the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. The data contain attribute information on the general location of sand placement, primary funding source and funding type, volume of sediment emplacement (in cubic yards), length of beach nourished (in feet) and cost and inflated cost for over 2,000 beach nourishment episodes dating back to 1923.
Distribution Information
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Ocean Reports
For coastal and ocean planning
Controlled Theme Keywords
oceans, planningCadastre
Child Items
| Type | Title |
|---|---|
| Entity | Beach Nourishment Projects |
Contact Information
Point of Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202
Extents
-165.431308° W,
-69.932613° E,
64.4977° N,
20.907669° S
Item Identification
| Title: | Beach Nourishment |
|---|---|
| Status: | Completed |
| Abstract: |
Beach Nourishment projects occur throughout coastal states in the United States. These projects can be privately, federally or state funded. Material used in nourishment comes from a variety of sources (inland sources, dredged navigational channels or offshore sites). This GIS dataset combines historical data compiled in the Western Carolina University Beach Nourishment Viewer database, as well as the National Beach Nourishment Database generated by the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. The data contain attribute information on the general location of sand placement, primary funding source and funding type, volume of sediment emplacement (in cubic yards), length of beach nourished (in feet) and cost and inflated cost for over 2,000 beach nourishment episodes dating back to 1923. |
| 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. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| ISO 19115 Topic Category |
oceans
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| ISO 19115 Topic Category |
planningCadastre
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| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | coastal |
| None | planning |
| None | renewable energy |
Spatial Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords |
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | Territorial Sea |
| None | United States of America |
Physical Location
| City: | Charleston |
|---|---|
| State/Province: | SC |
Data Set Information
| Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
|---|---|
| Maintenance Frequency: | None Planned |
| Data Presentation Form: | Map (digital) |
| Entity Attribute Overview: |
year, beachLocation, state, justification, nominalCost, projectCount, nominalCostTotal, lastNourishment, volume, volumeTotal, length, lengthTotal |
| Distribution Liability: |
https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html |
| Data Set Credit: | Western Carolina University Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, NOAA Office for Coastal Management, American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regional Sediment Management Program, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science |
Support Roles
Point of Contact
| Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
|---|---|
| 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
| W° Bound: | -165.431308 | |
|---|---|---|
| E° Bound: | -69.932613 | |
| N° Bound: | 64.4977 | |
| S° Bound: | 20.907669 |
Spatial Information
Spatial Representation
Representations Used
| Grid: | No |
|---|---|
| Vector: | Yes |
| Text / Table: | No |
| TIN: | No |
| Video: | No |
Vector Representation 1
| Point Object Present?: | Yes |
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Reference Systems
Reference System 1
Coordinate Reference System |
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Access Information
| Security Class: | Unclassified |
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| Data Use Constraints: |
For coastal and ocean planning |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
| Download URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/BeachNourishment.zip |
|---|---|
| Distributor: |
Distribution 2
| Download URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/oceanreports/ |
|---|---|
| Distributor: | |
| Description: |
Ocean Reports |
Technical Environment
| Description: |
Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS Pro, Azure SQL |
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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
Beach Nourishment Locations
| Contact Name: | Western Carolina University (WCU) Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines |
|---|---|
| Extent Type: | Discrete |
| Extent Start Date/Time: | 2018-05-01 |
| Citation URL: | http://beachnourishment.wcu.edu/ |
| Citation URL Name: | Source Online Linkage |
| Citation URL Description: |
URL where the source data were originally accessed. |
| Source Contribution: |
Beach nourishment locations and associated attributes |
Process Steps
Process Step 1
| Description: |
(1) ‘Master’ Database was downloaded from Western Carolina University Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines in Excel format. (2) These data were compared with the data from the online National Beach Nourishment Database (NBND): https://gim2.aptim.com/ASBPANationwideRenourishment/ (3) 2016-2018 data that were not contained in the WCU database were collected from the NBND (4) These data were then combined into one resulting point data Excel spreadsheet and imported into ArcGIS to create the resulting database |
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| Process Date/Time: | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 |
Child Items
Rubric scores updated every 15m
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Type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Entity | Beach Nourishment Projects |
Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 66107 |
|---|---|
| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66107 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Brianna Key |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2021-12-21 21:40+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2023-05-30 18:10+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2021-12-22 |
| Owner Org: | OCM |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Last Review Date: | 2021-12-22 |
| Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date: | 2022-12-22 |