gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:75873
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dataset
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)
EPSG::4269
Lake Michigan: ESI (Polygons, Lines)
2025-05
publication
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
75873
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/75873
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Full Metadata Record
View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset.
information
mapDigital
The ESIL data set contains vector lines representing the ESI classified shoreline of Lake Michigan and the ESIP data set contains vector polygons representing the coastal habitats of Lake Michigan, both classified according to the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) classification system.
These data sets comprise a portion of the ESI data for Lake Michigan. 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.
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***This project was funded by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) LCDR Chris Duffy assisted in many aspects of the projects completion. Nicolle Rutherford with NOAAs Office of Response and Restoration (ORR), Emergency Response Division and Robb Wright with NOAAs ORR, Assessment and Restoration Division, Spatial Data Branch reviewed and approved the final products.
The biological and human-use data included on the maps were provided by numerous individuals and agencies. The individuals and agencies are listed in detail throughout the introductory pages of the ESI atlas. Staff at these organizations contributed a vast amount of information to this effort, including first-hand expertise, publications, maps, and digital data.
At Research Planning, Inc. in Columbia, South Carolina, scientific, GIS, and graphics staff were involved with all phases of the project. Mark White, GIS Director, and Christine Boring, Biology Dept. Manager, were co-Project Managers. Jennifer Horsman, Katy Beckham, Lee Diveley, and Ken Christle classified the ESI shoreline. The biological data were collected and compiled onto base maps by Christine Boring, Lauren Szathmary, and Seamus Harrison. Lee Diveley, Katy Beckham, and Jeff Dahlin processed and produced the GIS data. Wendy Early produced the final documents. ORIGINATORS: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), Emergency Response Division (ERD), Seattle, Washington.; NOAA's Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), Emergency Response Division (ERD).;
completed
ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
custodian
Coastal Zone Management
Coastal resources
ESI
Environmental Monitoring
Oil spill planning
Sensitivity maps
Wildlife
theme
Lake Michigan
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
Great Lakes - Lake Michigan ESI, 2025
project
InPort
otherRestrictions
Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: Lake Michigan: ESI (Polygons, Lines) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/75873.
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
Use Constraints: 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
75873
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/75873.pdf
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort.
information
crossReference
eng; US
biota
environment
The data were compiled during 2023-2025. The currentness dates for this data range from 1981 to 2024 and are documented in the Lineage section.
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2024
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GIS File
Data Table
ESIL
2025-08-07
publication
ESIP
2025-08-07
publication
SOURCES
2025-08-07
publication
ESRI File Geodatabase
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
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
Data access URL
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
The spatial location of the ESI shoreline was developed from pre-existing digital sources and reflects the positional accuracy of these original data. The minimum mapping unit (MMU) of the actual shoreline classification segments is estimated at 50 meters where mapping is conducted using 1:24,000 hardcopy fieldmaps. Field verification has shown that the absolute positional accuracy of breaks between shoreline ESI types with a 95-percent error bound is approximately 58 meters. 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 coastal shorelines and habitats 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 ESI manager, where the data are written to CD-ROM and the metadata are written. After the data are delivered to NOAA, they are again subjected to a number of quality and consistency checks.
The shoreline and classifications in the ESIL data layer were fully updated using the following sources and methods. The shorelines for Lake Michigan were derived from the integration of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) U.S. Great Lakes Hardened Shoreline (GLHS, 2014-2017), NOAA Continually Updated Shoreline Product (CUSP, 2010-2020), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) high-resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD, 2020); the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) dataset (1981-2017); Indiana State Lake Michigan Coastal Program NWI update (2024); and manual digitization at 1:4,000 from ESRI Basemap World Imagery (2013-2024), Google Earth aerial imagery (2019-2024), and BING Aerial imagery (2024). The most recent shoreline was utilized.
2025-01-01T00:00:00
ESI Program Manager
orr.esi@noaa.gov
processor
The shoreline habitats in the ESIP data layer were classified based on the NOAA GLHS and CUSP, NWI, and low-altitude oblique and nadir aerial imagery from the following sources: Wisconsin Shoreline Inventory and Oblique Photo Viewer (2022), ESRI Basemap World Imagery, Google Earth, and BING Bird's Eye (2024).
2025-05-01T00:00:00
ESI Program Manager
orr.esi@noaa.gov
processor
The above digital and/or hardcopy sources were compiled to create the ESIL and ESIP data layers. Depending on the type of source data, three general approaches are used for compiling the data layer: 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 1:42,000 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 data layers are made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created.
2025-05-01T00:00:00
ESI Program Manager
orr.esi@noaa.gov
processor
Source Contribution: ESIL INFORMATION
BING AERIAL IMAGERY
MICROSOFT BING
https://www.bing.com/maps//
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Source Online Linkage
URL where the source data were originally accessed.
information
originator
2024
Source Contribution: ESIL INFORMATION
BING BIRD'S EYE VIEW AERIAL IMAGERY
MICROSOFT BING
https://www.bing.com/maps//
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Source Online Linkage
URL where the source data were originally accessed.
information
originator
2024
Source Contribution: ESIL INFORMATION
ESRI BASEMAP WORLD IMAGERY
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ESRI)
originator
2013
2024
Source Contribution: ESIL, ESIP INFORMATION
GOOGLE EARTH PRO IMAGERY
GOOGLE EARTH
https://earth.google.com/web
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Source Online Linkage
URL where the source data were originally accessed.
information
originator
2019
2024
Source Contribution: ESIL, ESIP INFORMATION
INDIANA STATE LAKE MICHIGAN COASTAL PROGRAM - NWI UPDATE AND FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (INDNR) - JOSEPH A EXL
originator
2024
Source Contribution: ESIL INFORMATION
NATIONAL HYDROGRAPHY DATASET (NHD) PLUS HIGH-RESOLUTION
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS)
https://apps.nationalmap.gov/downloader/#/
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Source Online Linkage
URL where the source data were originally accessed.
information
originator
2020
Source Contribution: ESIL, ESIP INFORMATION
NATIONAL WETLANDS INVENTORY (NWI)
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS)
https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/Data/Mapper.html
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Source Online Linkage
URL where the source data were originally accessed.
information
originator
1981
2017
Source Contribution: ESIL INFORMATION
NOAA CONTINUALLY UPDATED SHORELINE PRODUCT (CUSP)
NOAA NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY (NGS)
https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/NSDE/
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Source Online Linkage
URL where the source data were originally accessed.
information
originator
2010
2020
Source Contribution: ESIL INFORMATION
STUDY AREA BOUNDARY AND EXTENT
RESEARCH PLANNING, INC.
originator
2025
Source Contribution: ESIL INFORMATION
U.S. GREAT LAKES HARDENED SHORELINE CLASSIFICATION 2019
NOAA OFFICE OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT (OCM)
https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/hardened-shorelines.html
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Source Online Linkage
URL where the source data were originally accessed.
information
originator
2019
Source Contribution: ESIL INFORMATION
WISCONSIN SHORELINE INVENTORY AND OBLIQUE PHOTO VIEWER
WISCONSIN COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM & NOAA OCM
https://floodsciencecenter.org/projects/shoreline-inventory-oblique-photo-viewer/shoreline-inventory-data-and-oblique-photo-archives/
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
Source Online Linkage
URL where the source data were originally accessed.
information
originator
2022