Beach Nourishment Projects
Entity (ENT) | Office for Coastal Management (OCM)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66108 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External
Item Identification
| Title: | Beach Nourishment Projects |
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Entity Information
| Entity Type: | GIS File |
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| Active Version?: | Yes |
| Description: |
A database of beach nourishment locations and associated information.; Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management |
Data Attributes
Note: Metadata requirements do not apply to attributes for non-tabular entities.
Attribute Summary
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Name | Type | Description |
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Latitude | n/a | Latitude for point feature.; Source: WCU | |
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N/A
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Longitude | n/a | Longitude for point feature.; Source: WCU | |
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N/A
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Beach_Loca | n/a | A beach, park, island, community or other commonly-recognized jurisdictional designation encompassing and identifying the geographic boundary and/or extent of shoreline upon which sediment has been emplaced.; Source: WCU | |
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N/A
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State | n/a | State in which beach nourishment project was completed.; Source: WCU | |
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N/A
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Volume__CY | n/a | Volume is the quantity of sand emplaced on a beach during a beach nourishment episode measured in cubic yards.; Source: WCU | |
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N/A
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Length__ft | n/a | The linear distance of shoreline upon which sediment has been emplaced, measured in feet.; Source: WCU | |
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N/A
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OBJECTID | n/a | Internal feature number.; Source: Esri | |
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N/A
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Shape | n/a | Feature geometry.; Source: Esri | |
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N/A
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Year | n/a | The year in which a nourishment episode was completed. Beach nourishment typically commences in the late fall/early winter due to environmental and ecological concerns. As a result, nourishment episodes usually begin at the end of the year and wrap-up early the next year.; Source: WCU | |
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N/A
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Nominal_Co | n/a | The cost (amount spent) on a beach nourishment episode in the year the episode was completed, measured in US dollars.; Source: WCU | |
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N/A
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Justificat | n/a | the primary reason why a beach was renourished.; Source: WCU |
Attribute Details
Latitude
CC ID: 1114698
| Seq. Order: | 1 |
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| Data Storage Type: | n/a |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
Latitude for point feature.; Source: WCU |
| Allowed Values: | Coordinates defining the features. |
Longitude
CC ID: 1114700
| Seq. Order: | 2 |
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| Data Storage Type: | n/a |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
Longitude for point feature.; Source: WCU |
| Allowed Values: | Coordinates defining the features. |
Beach_Loca
CC ID: 1114696
| Seq. Order: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | n/a |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
A beach, park, island, community or other commonly-recognized jurisdictional designation encompassing and identifying the geographic boundary and/or extent of shoreline upon which sediment has been emplaced.; Source: WCU |
| Allowed Values: | Alphanumeric text defining the features. |
State
CC ID: 1114704
| Seq. Order: | 4 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | n/a |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
State in which beach nourishment project was completed.; Source: WCU |
| Allowed Values: | Alphanumeric text defining the features. |
Volume__CY
CC ID: 1114705
| Seq. Order: | 5 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | n/a |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
Volume is the quantity of sand emplaced on a beach during a beach nourishment episode measured in cubic yards.; Source: WCU |
| Allowed Values: | Positive real numbers calculated for features. |
Length__ft
CC ID: 1114699
| Seq. Order: | 6 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | n/a |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
The linear distance of shoreline upon which sediment has been emplaced, measured in feet.; Source: WCU |
| Allowed Values: | Positive real numbers calculated for features. |
OBJECTID
CC ID: 1114702
| Seq. Order: | 7 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | n/a |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
Internal feature number.; Source: Esri |
| Allowed Values: | Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. |
Shape
CC ID: 1114703
| Seq. Order: | 8 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | n/a |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
Feature geometry.; Source: Esri |
| Allowed Values: | Coordinates defining the features. |
Year
CC ID: 1114706
| Seq. Order: | 9 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | n/a |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
The year in which a nourishment episode was completed. Beach nourishment typically commences in the late fall/early winter due to environmental and ecological concerns. As a result, nourishment episodes usually begin at the end of the year and wrap-up early the next year.; Source: WCU |
| Allowed Values: | Alphanumeric text defining the features. |
Nominal_Co
CC ID: 1114701
| Seq. Order: | 10 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | n/a |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
The cost (amount spent) on a beach nourishment episode in the year the episode was completed, measured in US dollars.; Source: WCU |
| Allowed Values: | Alphanumeric text defining the features. |
Justificat
CC ID: 1114697
| Seq. Order: | 11 |
|---|---|
| Data Storage Type: | n/a |
| Required: | No |
| Primary Key: | No |
| Status: | Active |
| Description: |
the primary reason why a beach was renourished.; Source: WCU |
| Allowed Values: | Bypass: Artificially moving sand from an updrift beach to a downdrift beach in order to bypass a natural or artificial obstruction such as an inlet or jetty.; Coastal Impact Assistance Program: Federal grant funds derived from federal offshore lease revenues to the oil-producing states of Alabama, Alaska, California, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas for conservation, protection, or restoration of coastal areas.; Demonstration: A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers experimental effort that places sand in an offshore location, rather than directly on a beach.; Ecosystem Restoration: An effort to reestablish or improve coastal habitat that has been degraded or damaged by natural or human activities.; Emergency: Designed to create an artificial beach berm in order to provide a minimum level of protection to vulnerable coastal development, usually post-storm. All Federal nourishment episodes classified as Emergency are funded through FEMA or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.; Emergency Dune: Designed to construct an artificial dune in order to provide a minimum level of protection to vulnerable coastal development, usually post-storm.; Navigation: Sediment (known as dredge spoil) resulting from a navigation-related dredging effort is placed on a beach rather than dumped offshore or in an upland location.; Section 111: Mitigation of shoreline damages attributable to Federal navigation structures (jetties).; Shore Protection: Nourishment episodes undertaken for the primary purpose of reducing storm-related damage to static human economic development placed behind dynamic shorelines.; |
Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 66108 |
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| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66108 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Brianna Key |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2021-12-21 21:41+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2022-08-09 17:11+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 |