gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:54901 eng UTF8 dataset GIS Files Office of Response and Restoration resourceProvider ESI Program Manager 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 orr.esi@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:18 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) geometryOnly complex 8726 EPSG::4269 Outer Coast of Washington and Oregon 2014 ESI BENTHIC Polygons 2015-10 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 54901 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/54901 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/resources/esi-guidelines WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ESI Guidelines 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. download https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ESI Overview Overview of ESI data content and uses. download mapDigital Prepared by Research Planning, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Emergency Response Division, Seattle, Washington. This data set contains sensitive biological resource data for marine and estuarine submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), and deep sea corals for the Outer Coast of Washington and Oregon. Vector polygons in this data set represent eelgrass, surfgrass, macroalgae, coral, and kelp distributions. Species specific abundance, seasonality, status, life history, and source information are stored in relational data tables (described below) designed to be used in conjunction with this spatial data layer. This data set comprises a portion of the ESI data for Outer Coast of Washington and Oregon. ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. The ESI data were collected, mapped, and digitized to provide 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. 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. completed ESI Program Manager 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 orr.esi@noaa.gov pointOfContact ESI Program Manager 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 orr.esi@noaa.gov custodian asNeeded 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. https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/ESI-Browse-Graphic.pdf ESI Browse Graphic depicts the relationships between the spatial data layers and the attribute data tables for the Outer Coast of Washington and Oregon ESI data. pdf EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > OREGON CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > WASHINGTON place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 Coastal Resources Coastal Zone Management ESI Environmental Monitoring Environmental Sensitivity Index Oil spill planning Sensitivity Maps theme Outer Coast of Washington and Oregon place DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR > Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Washington and Oregon - Outer Coasts, 2014 project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: Outer Coast of Washington and Oregon 2014 ESI BENTHIC Polygons [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/54901. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions 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. Acknowledgment of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data. otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: Although these data have been processed and used successfully on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 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, and will offer a replacement copy of the product when the product is determined unreadable by computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 54901 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/54901.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference vector textTable eng; US biota environment The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute's ArcGIS for Desktop 10.2(R) and SQL SERVER(R) (version 2005). The hardware configuration is PC's with Windows Operating System 7. -125.6816 -123.5192 41.9967 48.5059 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. Time Frame Range starts with ESI Project Start Year, and ends with ESI Atlas Publication Year. | Currentness: Publication Date 2013 2014 false eng false BENTHIC 2019-03-08 publication BIOFILE 2019-03-08 publication BREED_DT 2019-03-08 publication SOURCES 2019-03-08 publication ESRI File Geodatabase Zip Office of Response and Restoration 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ORR Home Page Website listed for Office of Response and Restoration information distributor https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Washington_Oregon_2014_GDB.zip This feature class is part of the downloadable Esri Arc Geodatabase. download dataset 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. Horizontal Positional Accuracy Spatial components for the biological data layers can come from expert interviews, hardcopy, or digital sources. Some of the spatial components of the biological data layers may have been developed using regional experts who estimate concentration areas. It is difficult to estimate the positional accuracy of such data, except to state that they are compiled on hardcopy base maps with a scale of 1:24,000. Some of the spatial components of the biological data sets are developed from pre-existing digital or hardcopy sources and reflect the positional accuracy of these original data. Note that biological resource data by their very nature are considered "fuzzy", and this should be understood when considering the positional accuracy of vector digital objects representing these resources. See the Lineage and Process_Description sections for more information on the original source data and how these data were integrated or manipulated to create the final data set. Completeness Report These data represent a synthesis of expert knowledge and available vector digital data for eelgrass, surfgrass, macroalgae, coral, and kelp distributions. These data do not necessarily represent all benthic occurrences in Outer Coast of Washington and Oregon. The following species are included in this data set: (Species_ID, Common Name, Scientific Name [n/a if not applicable]): 1, Eelgrass, Zostera marina; 7, Surfgrass, Phyllospadix sp.; 1036, Macroalgae, n/a; 1183, Deep sea coral, n/a; 1191, Canopy kelp, n/a. 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 final 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. Kelp distributions in Oregon were created using data provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) for the years 1990, 1996, 1999, and 2010. Data for Washington kelp distributions was provided by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), and contained compiled data from 1989 through 2012. Surfgrass distributions were mapped based on expert knowledge and both surfgrass and eelgrass distributions were mapped with data from the Washington and Oregon ShoreZone products. Eelgrass data was also incorporated from the EPA's Office of Research and Development's remotely sensed eelgrass estimations in Oregon estuaries. Non-kelp macroalgae were mapped using expert knowledge from Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) and ODFW. Deep sea corals were mapped using survey data from OCNMS. Kelp distributions in Oregon were mapped using all four years of estimation: 1990, 1996, 1999, and 2010. The 2010 data was originally derived from remote sensing operations and had a much finer level of detail than the manually digitized distributions from earlier years. This 2010 data set was buffered by 50 meters and merged back with the previous estimations from 1990, 1996, and 1999 to create a more generalized and cohesive estimation of kelp in Oregon marine waters. 2015-10-01T00:00:00 ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov processor In Washington waters, kelp distributions were provided as a composite layer from data beginning in 1989 and ending in 2012. Each polygon was attributed with a tally of the number of years that one of the two species, giant kelp or bull kelp, were present in the 23 year span. Both giant kelp and bull kelp were mapped in the WDNR product, but were generalized to "Canopy kelp" for ease of interpretation. EPA eelgrass was incorporated after removing polygons smaller than 250 m^2 and filling in gaps less than 500 m^2. In Siletz and Nestucca estuaries, the EPA data was quite sparse and close to the shoreline. In these cases shoreline adjacent to the EPA data was buffered by 50m and included as a substitute. Eelgrass and surfgrass distributions incorporated from ShoreZone products were mapped along the ESI shoreline with an onshore/offshore buffer of 50 m. Non-kelp macroalgae and surfgrass were included in all rocky intertidal areas based on expert knowledge. Subtidal non-kelp macroalgae was mapped on hard bottom areas from the edge of the intertidal zone out to 30 m depth, based on expert knowledge. (Benthic substrate data provided by Chris Romsos, Active Tectonics and Seafloor Mapping Lab, Oregon State University.) Deep sea coral communities were mapped using benthic survey data from OCNMS. OCNMS has surveyed Sanctuary waters for these unique communities, but they have not yet surveyed all Sanctuary areas or the broader region. Thus, confirmed deep sea coral sites have been mapped in the ESI, but these data indicate presence only, not absence. They are included in both the "Benthic" and "Invertebrate" ESI layers. Areas not mapped as deep sea coral communities may contain undiscovered deep sea coral sites. 2015-10-01T00:00:00 ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov processor The above digital and/or hardcopy sources were compiled by the project biologist to create the BENTHIC 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 BENTHIC data layer are made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created. 2015-10-01T00:00:00 ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov processor Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: EMAIL DEEP SEA CORAL SITES 2014-01-01 publication OLYMPIC COAST NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY (OCNMS) 2014 Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: raster digital data | Type of Source Media: EMAIL EELGRASS BEDS IN OREGON ESTUARIES 2012-01-01 publication U.S. EPA OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS RESEARCH LABORATORY, WESTERN ECOLOGY DIVISION, PACIFIC COASTAL ECOLOGY BRANCH 2004 2012 Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION ESI REVIEW MEETING, NEWPORT, OR 2014-01-01 publication OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (ODFW), MARINE RESOURCES STAFF 2014 Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION OLYMPIC COAST NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY RESOURCES 2014-01-01 publication OLYMPIC COAST NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY (OCNMS) - ED BOWLBY, LIAM ANTRIM, NANCY WRIGHT, GEORGE GALASSO 2014 Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: EMAIL OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE COMPOSITE CANOPY KELP DISTRIBUTIONS, 1990-2010 2010-01-01 publication OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (ODFW) 1990 2010 Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: EMAIL 10000 OREGON SHOREZONE - 2014 2014-01-01 publication OREGON SHOREZONE COASTAL HABITAT MAPPING PROGRAM, SUPPORTED BY OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (ODFW) http://www.coastalatlas.net/shorezone/or_shorezone_2014.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2011 Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: EMAIL 10000 OREGON SHOREZONE DRAFT PRODUCT - ORFORD REEF 2013-01-01 publication OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (ODFW) 2011 Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: EMAIL PROPOSED INTERTIDAL RESERVES 2014-01-01 publication NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS), OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK 2014 Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: EMAIL ROCKY SHORELINES OF OREGON 2014-01-01 publication OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (ODFW, MARINE RESOURCES PROGRAM 2014 Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: disc 4000 WASHINGTON AND OREGON OUTER COAST ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY INDEX (ESI) 2014-01-01 publication NOAA AND RESEARCH PLANNING, INC. 2014 Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: EMAIL WASHINGTON SHOREZONE CLASSIFICATIONS OF INTERTIDAL AREAS PROVIDED BY LIAM ANTRIM, OLYMPIC COAST NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY (OCNMS) 2001-01-01 publication WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, NEARSHORE HABITAT PROGRAM 2014 Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: EMAIL WASHINGTON STATE FLOATING KELP INVENTORY OF THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND OUTER COAST, 1989-2012 2012-01-01 publication WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AQUATIC RESOURCES DIVISION, NEARSHORE HABITAT PROGRAM 1989 2012 Source Contribution: BENTHIC INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online WASHINGTON STATE SHOREZONE INVENTORY 2001-01-01 publication WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, NEARSHORE HABITAT PROGRAM 2001