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Chesapeake Bay 2016 ESI SOCECON Polygons, Lines, Points

Published by Office of Response and Restoration | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: December 19, 2025 | Last Modified: 2016-09-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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.

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