gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:55008 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 316 curve 791 point 3184 Chesapeake Bay 2016 ESI SOCECON Polygons, Lines, Points Chesapeake Bay 2016 ESI SOCECON Polygons, Lines, Points 2016-09 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 55008 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55008 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/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 vector polygons for locations of historical sites; vector lines or locations of natural gas and intrastate pipelines, bridges, rail routes, and tunnels; and vector points depicting airports, abandoned vessels, beaches, EPA facilities, heliports, historical sites, NOAA facilities, waste disposal, and wash over sites in Chesapeake Bay and the Outer Coasts of Maryland and Virginia. 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 consists of: PARKS-MANAGED AREAS Polygons, Points; NAVIGATION-MARINE Polygons, Points, Lines; POLITICAL-JURISDICTIONAL Polygons, Points, Lines; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Polygons, Points; SOCECON Polygons, Points, Lines; and NATURAL HAZARD Polygons. 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. 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 all potential ESI data layers and tables. PDF EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ECONOMIC RESOURCES > ENERGY PRODUCTION/USE EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > CULTURAL FEATURES EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > PIPELINES theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MARYLAND CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > VIRGINIA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 Coastal Zone Management Coastal resources ESI Environmental Monitoring Human use resources Management Areas Oil spill planning Sensitivity maps theme Chesapeake Bay and the Outer Coasts of Maryland and Virginia 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 Chesapeake Bay and the Outer Coasts of Maryland and Virginia, 2016 project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: Chesapeake Bay 2016 ESI SOCECON Polygons, Lines, Points [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55008. 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 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 55008 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/55008.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 environment The software package used to develop the atlas is Environmental Systems Research Institute's ArcGIS for Desktop 10.2(R). The hardware configuration is PCs with Windows Operating System 7. -77.5418 -74.7942 36.5498 39.7215 This reflects the extent of all land and water features included in the overall Chesapeake Bay and Outer Coasts of Maryland and Virginia 2016 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 2014 2016 false eng false SOC_DAT 2019-02-14 publication SOCECON LINES 2019-02-14 publication SOCECON POINTS 2019-02-14 publication SOCECON POLYS 2019-02-14 publication SOURCES 2019-02-14 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 ChesapeakeBay_2016_ESI_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 human-use data layers can come from expert interviews and digital sources. Most of the spatial components of the human-use data layers are developed from pre-existing digital sources and reflect the positional accuracy of these original data. Some of the spatial components of the human-use data layers are compiled on digital base maps with a scale of 1:24,000 or larger. 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 hardcopy reports and digital data for human-use or management features. It contains vector polygons depicting locations of historical sites; vector lines or locations of natural gas and intrastate pipelines, bridges, rail routes, and tunnels; and vector points depicting airports, abandoned vessels, beaches, EPA facilities, heliports, historical sites, NOAA facilities, waste disposal, and wash over sites in Chesapeake Bay and the Outer Coasts of Maryland and Virginia. These data do not necessarily represent all Socioeconomic features in Chesapeake Bay and the Outer Coasts of Maryland and Virginia. 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 consists of: PARKS-MANAGED AREAS Polygons, Points; NAVIGATION-MARINE Polygons, Points, Lines; POLITICAL-JURISDICTIONAL Polygons, Points, Lines; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Polygons, Points; SOCECON Polygons, Points, Lines; and NATURAL HAZARD Polygons. 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 several consistency checks, and processed into the final delivery format. This atlas is the second edition of two separate first edition atlases, Virginia (2005, #25) and Maryland (2007, #47). Due to imagery inconsistencies and data precision the spatial accuracy of socioeconomic point data could appear skewed. Sources of data used to depict human-use resources in this data layer include: 1) Locations of airports, airfields, landing strips, heliports, etc. were downloaded from the National Transportation Atlas Databases maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration; 2) Data on locations of abandoned and derelict vessels comes from NOAA\x92s Office of Coast Survey Automated Wrecks and Obstructions Information System (AWOIS); 3) Locations of recreational beaches used for activities such as swimming, sun-bathing, fishing, etc. were mapped from expert knowledge; 4) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) facility locations represent facilities that maintain risk management plans describing their hazards and prevention activities as required by the EPA Risk Management Plan (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 EPA to NOAA's Emergency Response Division; 5) Historical sites were depicted from sites in the National Park Service (NPS) National Register of Historic Places (2007) and Maryland State Historic Preservation Office (The Maryland Historical Trust); 6) Locations of NOAA facilities were digitized as points from address matching and verified with Google Earth imagery; 7) Locations of ocean disposal sites for dredged material removed from the bottom of waterbodies in order to maintain navigation channels and berthing areas were provided by NOAA\x92s Ocean Service, Office of Coastal Management; and 8) Washover locations are represented by points that were digitized from ESRI World Imagery by Research Planning, Inc. at a scale of 1:8,000. 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. The above digital and/or hardcopy sources were compiled by the project biologist to create the SOCECON_POINT data layer. 2016-09-01T00:00:00 ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov processor Sources of data used to depict human-use resources in this data layer include: 1) Natural gas inter/intrastate lines were provided by the U.S. Energy Information Association (USEIA); 2) Bridges were provided by NOAA Department of Commerce (DOC) National Ocean Service\x92s (NOS) Continually Updated Shoreline Product (CUSP) and also NOAA National Geodetic Survey\x92s (NGS) Composite/National Shoreline Product; 3): Locations of railways were downloaded from the National Transportation Atlas Databases, maintained by the Department of Transportation; and 4) Locations of tunnels were digitized as lines from information provided by Virginia Department of Transportation and Maryland Transportation Authority and verified with Google Earth imagery by Research Planning, Inc. The above digital and/or hardcopy sources were compiled by the project biologist to create the SOCECON_LINE data layer. 2016-09-01T00:00:00 ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov processor Historical sites were derived from locations in the National Park Service (NPS) National Register of Historic Places (2007) dataset and the Maryland State Historic Preservation Office (The Maryland Historical Trust). The above digital and/or hardcopy sources were compiled by the project biologist to create the SOCECON_POLY data layer. 2016-09-01T00:00:00 ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov processor 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 SOCECON_POINT data layer are made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created. 2016-09-01T00:00:00 ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov processor Source Contribution: SOCECON_LINE INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online CONTINUALLY UPDATED SHORELINE PRODUCT. SHORELINE MAPPING PROGRAM (BRIDGES) 2015-01-01 publication NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA), U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC), NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE (NOS), NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY (NGS) originator 2015 Source Contribution: SOCECON_POINT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online 24000 EPA RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN FACILITIES 2015-01-01 publication U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) https://cdx.epa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2015 Source Contribution: SOCECON_POINT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 2009-01-01 publication CULTURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS COUNCIL https://irma.nps.gov/App/Reference/Profile/2210280/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2009 Source Contribution: SOCECON_POINT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION ATLAS DATABASE 2014-01-01 publication OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY'S BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_atlas_database/2014/point WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2008 2014 Source Contribution: SOCECON_LINE INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online 1000000 NATURAL GAS INTERSTATE AND INTRASTATE PIPELINES 2015-01-01 publication U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION (EIA) http://www.eia.gov/maps/layer_info-m.cfm WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information publisher 2015 Source Contribution: SOCECON_POINT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: EMAIL NATURAL RESOURCES OF ASSATEAGUE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE 2015-01-01 publication NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) - JACK KUMER AND BILL HULSLANDER 2015 Source Contribution: SOCECON_LINE INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online NOAA COMPOSITE SHORELINE/NATIONAL SHORELINE 2007-01-01 publication NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY (NGS) https://shoreline.noaa.gov/data/datasheets/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information originator 2003 2015 Source Contribution: SOCECON_POINT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION OFFICE OF COAST SURVEY WRECKS AND OBSTRUCTIONS DATABASE 2014-01-01 publication DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC), NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA), NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE (NOS), ASSISTANT OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER (ACIO) https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/hsd/wrecks_and_obstructions.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2014 Source Contribution: SOCECON_LINE INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online 2400 SENSITIVITY OF COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS AND WILDLIFE TO SPILLED OIL: MARYLAND 2007-01-01 publication NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA), NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE (NOS), OFFICE OF RESPONSE AND RESTORATION (OR&R), EMERGENCY RESPONSE DIVISION (ERD) https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information publisher 2007 Source Contribution: SOCECON_LINE INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online 24000 SENSITIVITY OF COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS AND WILDLIFE TO SPILLED OIL: VIRGINIA 2005-01-01 publication NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA), NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE (NOS), OFFICE OF RESPONSE AND RESTORATION (OR&R), EMERGENCY RESPONSE DIVISION (ERD) https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information publisher 2005 Source Contribution: SOCECON_POINT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: online SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES 2015-01-01 publication VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (DEQ) http://gis.yesvirginia.org/datasets/89d63a87bbfe41c3b96b32bfadb0bfb2_16 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2015 Source Contribution: SOCECON_POINT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION VARIOUS SOCIOECONOMIC FEATURES WITHIN MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA 2016-01-01 publication RESEARCH PLANNING, INC. (RPI) 2015 2016