• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-04-12T00:00:00.000+00:00

This data represents geographic terms used within the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA or Act). The Act defines the United States outer continental shelf (OCS) as all submerged lands lying...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-07-24T00:00:00.000+00:00

This feature class represents known electric power substations within the continental US and Puerto Rico that are located within 20 miles of the coastline. Substations are facilities and equipment...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-08-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

These data show the general location of pipelines within U.S. waters. The geographic footprint for each pipeline may vary and is dependent on the original source data. In the nearshore, pipelines...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-08-15T13:53:30.000+00:00

Essential Fish Habitat means those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity. Waters include aquatic areas and their associated physical,...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-08-15T13:43:31.000+00:00

These data show the local of well-known places along the coast of the United States and its territories.

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-10-25T00:00:00.000+00:00

Anchorages are well-defined navigable waters where a vessel may safely drop anchor. The size, shape, and conditions for use of these areas can vary widely. Generally, anchorages are not used for...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-08-15T14:01:26.000+00:00

This dataset represents monthly and annual mean summaries for Kd490 for the time period from 2000/2001 to 2017/2018, depending on the month and data available (see processing steps). Kd (490) is...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-01-05T00:00:00.000+00:00

A regular pattern of polygons that represent arbitrary delineations of an Operating Area (OPAREA). These data are a subset of the Navy's Common Operating Picture for the purpose of supporting...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2013-10-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This dataset depicts feature location, selected demographics, and other associated data for American Indian Reservations, Alaska Native Villages, Federally Recognized Tribal Entities, Public...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000+00:00

These data show the location of available and discontinued ocean disposal sites within U.S. waters. Contemporary ocean disposal sites generally accept clean dredged material (sediment) collected...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

These data represent benthic habitats in a coastal area near Green Bay, Wisconsin. The area extends approximately 91 kilometers between Suamico, Wisconsin, and Menominee, Michigan, and covers...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

From 2006 to 2007, NOAA's Office for Coastal Management led the effort to process existing digital multispectral imagery (ADS-40) and generate digital benthic habitat data, primarily focusing on...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-01-05T00:00:00.000+00:00

A location, which is not considered a Military Range, where ship shock trials (explosives are detonated underwater against surface ships) can be conducted by Naval Sea System Command on new...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-08-08T00:00:00.000+00:00

This database shows the location of publicly owned treatment works, and other significant point source discharges to surface waters at or near the contiguous U.S. coastline. Three types of...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-02-10T00:00:00.000+00:00

These data represent federal and state lightering zones within U.S. waters. Lightering is the transfer of a cargo of oil in bulk from one oil tanker less than 150 gross tons to another oil tanker...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2018-04-11T00:00:00.000+00:00

These data show the geographic representation of Federal and State Waters for the purpose of display in the MarineCadastre.gov OceanReports application. The boundary between state and federal...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

These data represent offshore wind turbines and supporting infrastructure within the United States Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as of December 2025. Operational turbines exist at Block Island...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-08-30T00:00:00.000+00:00

These data represent the extent of the nation's coastal zone, as defined by the individual states and territories under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA). The CZMA was established to...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-05-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

U.S. collision regulation boundaries delineate those waters upon which mariners shall comply with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS) and those waters...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Significant wave height is a spectrally derived time-series, which is the average of the highest third of the waves in a random seaway and roughly corresponds to the mean wave height. Values are...

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