Killer Whale Critical Habitat - Southern Resident - NOAA [ds3017]

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killer whale, Southern Resident DPS, distinct population segment, critical habitat, Endangered Species Act, ESA


Summary

These data represent critical habitat designated (November 29, 2006, 71 FR 69054) and revised (August 2, 2021, 86 FR 41668) under the Endangered Species Act for the Southern Resident killer whale DPS.

Description

Critical habitat includes all marine waters within the delineated boundaries.

For the inland waters of Washington state (2006 designation), the contiguous shoreline is defined by the line at a depth of 20 feet (6.1 meters) relative to extreme high water.

For the coastal marine waters along the U.S. west coast (2021 revision), the contiguous shoreline is defined by the line at a depth of 20 feet (6.1 meters) relative to mean high water.

See the final rules (71 FR 69054 and 86 FR 41668) for descriptions of areas excluded from this critical habitat designation.

For the inland waters of Washington state (2006 designation), military areas excluded due to national security impacts were not clipped out of the data.

For the coastal marine waters along the U.S. west coast (2021 revision), military areas excluded due to national security impacts (i.e., the Quinault Range and its 10 kilometer buffer) were clipped out of the data.

Credits

National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region

Use limitations

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.

These data are not the official legal definition of critical habitat. The Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 226.206) is the source for the legal definition of the critical habitat designation.

Extent

West -125.735974 East -121.778152
North 49.025844 South 36.217491

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata

Topics and Keywords

Themes or categories of the resource biota, inlandWaters, oceans


* Content type Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Place keywords Puget Sound

Place keywords Strait of Juan de Fuca

Place keywords Haro Strait

Place keywords San Juan Islands

Place keywords Pacific Ocean

Theme keywords killer whale

Theme keywords critical habitat

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Citation

Title Killer Whale Critical Habitat - Southern Resident - NOAA [ds3017]
Publication date 2021-07-2600:00:00


Presentation formats * digital map
FGDC geospatial presentation format vector digital data


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Citation Contacts

Responsible party
Individual's name Barb Seekins
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position Geographer
Contact's role originator


Contact information
Address
Type
e-mail address retired

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Responsible party
Individual's name Steve Stone
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position Fisheries Biologist
Contact's role originator


Contact information
Address
Type
e-mail address retired

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Responsible party
Individual's name Richard Morse
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position GIS Analyst
Contact's role originator


Contact information
Phone
Voice (562) 983-1390

Address
Type
Delivery point 501 W Ocean Blvd. Suite 4200
City Long Beach
Administrative area CA
Postal code 90802
Country US
e-mail address richard.morse@noaa.gov

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Resource Details

Dataset languages * English(UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Status completed
Spatial representation type * vector


Processing environment Esri ArcGIS 12.9.0.32739


Credits
National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region
ArcGIS item properties
* Name ds3017
* Location file://\\geodata.\\BIOSOnline\Refresh\TODOData\BIOSOnlineData.gdb
* Access protocol Local Area Network

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Extents

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
* West longitude -125.735974
* East longitude -121.778152
* North latitude 49.025844
* South latitude 36.217491
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude -429837.300800
* East longitude -159471.341700
* South latitude -189090.687900
* North latitude 1216692.030500
* Extent contains the resource Yes

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Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact
Individual's name Shanna Dunn
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position GIS Analyst
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Address
Type both
Delivery point 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Suite 1100
City Portland
Administrative area OR
Postal code 97232
Country US
e-mail address shanna.dunn@noaa.gov

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Point of contact
Individual's name Richard Morse
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position GIS Analyst
Contact's role originator


Contact information
Phone
Voice (562) 983-1390

Address
Type
Delivery point 501 W Ocean Blvd. Suite 4200
City Long Beach
Administrative area CA
Postal code 90802
Country US
e-mail address richard.morse@noaa.gov

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Resource Maintenance

Resource maintenance
Update frequency as needed


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Resource Constraints

Constraints
Limitations of use

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.

These data are not the official legal definition of critical habitat. The Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 226.206) is the source for the legal definition of the critical habitat designation.


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Spatial Reference

ArcGIS coordinate system
* Type Projected
* Geographic coordinate reference GCS_North_American_1983
* Projection NAD_1983_California_Teale_Albers
* Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
Well-known identifier 3310
X origin -16909700
Y origin -8597000
XY scale 10000
Z origin -100000
Z scale 10000
M origin -100000
M scale 10000
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Latest well-known identifier 3310
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Reference system identifier
* Value 3310
* Codespace EPSG
* Version 6.8(9.2.0)


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Spatial Data Properties

Vector
* Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name ds3017
* Object type composite
* Object count 0

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ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name ds3017
* Feature type Simple
* Geometry type Polygon
* Has topology FALSE
* Feature count 0
* Spatial index TRUE
* Linear referencing FALSE

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Data Quality

Scope of quality information
Resource level dataset


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Data quality report - Completeness omission
Test date 2021-08-1600:00:00


Measure name Endangered Species Act critical habitat spatial data clarifications
Measure description
Clarifications only apply to this feature class. Military areas ineligible for designation (qualifying INRMP): none Military areas excluded due to national security impacts: yes (not clipped out for 2006 WA inland waters, clipped out for 2021 coastal marine waters) Indian lands excluded: none Economic exclusions: none Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) exclusions: none Unoccupied areas designated: none Federal Register final rule page: November 29, 2006, 71 FR 69066 August 2, 2021, 86 FR 41668 For additional information and maps: NMFS. 2006. Designation of Critical Habitat for Southern Resident Killer Whales - Section 4(b)(2) Report. NMFS Northwest Region Report. October 2006. 44 pp. NMFS. 2021. Revision of the Critical Habitat Designation for Southern Resident Killer Whales - Final ESA Section 4(b)(2) Report. NMFS West Coast Region Report. July 2021. 71 pp.


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Lineage

Process step
When the process occurred 2006-11-1400:00:00
Description
Data creation process 2006. SRKW_FCH_11_14_06_NAD83.shp The areas designated include all marine waters deeper than 20 feet (6.1 meters) relative to a contiguous shoreline delimited by the line of extreme high water. A consistent 20-foot depth contour was not available at the time these data were developed. Therefore, the shoreline depicted in these data was developed from shorezone inventory linework available from the Washington Department of Natural Resources, with modifications made to delineate separate marine zones and to remove areas associated with river inlets, channels, and other waterways considered too shallow to be occupied by killer whales. The U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone available from NOAA, Washington county linework available from the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Plan, and digital 1:24k/1:100k topographic maps depicting bridges were also used to define area boundaries. Modified Washington Department of Natural Resources shorezone linework to remove shallow water areas (e.g., small inlets) in consultation with Lynne Barre (NOAA Fisheries, killer whale critical habitat project leader). In re-evaluating the nearshore areas proposed for critical habitat, several small or shallow inlets, harbors, coves and bays, some with very narrow entrances were identified. More detailed sighting information was obtained to assist with drawing a shoreline boundary for some areas. In most cases, the whales had not been sighted within the small water bodies (e.g., Drayton Harbor, Wescott Bay, Guthrie Cove, Tulalip Bay, Port Gardner/eastern side of Jetty Island, Tacoma Yacht Club, Chapman Bay, Big Fishtrap Inlet, Gull Harbor, Rocky Bay at the mouth of Rocky Creek, Taylor Bay, Mayo Cove, Horsehead Bay, Wollochet Bay, Mystery Bay, Eagle Harbor, Jarrell Cove and Sequim Bay), so the data were modified to excise these areas in the final designation. Several small harbors where there were reports of Southern Resident killer whales at the harbor entrances (e.g., Keystone Harbor, Gig Harbor) were included in the final designation and in the data.
Rationale
Original mapping effort for critical habitat designation.


Process contact
Individual's name Barb Seekins
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position Geographer
Contact's role originator


Contact information
Address
Type
e-mail address retired

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Process contact
Individual's name Steve Stone
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position Fisheries Biologist
Contact's role originator


Contact information
Address
Type
e-mail address retired

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Process step
When the process occurred 2019-07-1700:00:00
Description
SRKW_FCH_11_14_06_NAD83.shp (NAD_1983_Albers) geographic transformation not necessary, unprojected -> SRKW_ch.shp (GCS_North_American_1983 wkid 4269). Geometry was not edited, attributes were not edited, metadata was edited.
Rationale
Standardized GCS and prepared data for map service publication (project in NMFS West Coast Region only).


Process contact
Individual's name Shanna Dunn
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position GIS Analyst
Contact's role processor


Contact information
Address
Type both
Delivery point 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Suite 1100
City Portland
Administrative area OR
Postal code 97232
Country US
e-mail address shanna.dunn@noaa.gov

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Process step
When the process occurred 2021-04-2600:00:00
Description
The 2019 version SRKW_ch.shp (GCS_North_American_1983 wkid 4269) was converted into the standardized feature class WhaleKiller_SouthernResidentDPS_20061129 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) using the National Critical Habitat Geodatabase processing protocol. During standardization, geometry was not edited. Attributes were edited. Metadata was edited and populated using the final rule/CFR and the source SRKW_FCH_11_14_06_NAD83.shp (NAD_1983_Albers). Migrated field: "Area_Name" into "UNIT" (edited "Area 1 - Summer Core Area (Haro Strait & San Juan Islands)" to be "Area 1 - Haro Strait and San Juan Islands (summer core area)" for standardization) Dropped fields: FID, Area_Num, Species, CH_Status, Notes (the note "Department of Defense site exclusions are not depicted - consult Federal Register notice for specific sites." was moved to metadata for consistency with other feature classes), AreaSqM, AreaSqMile
Rationale
National critical habitat data standardization project (all NMFS regions).


Process contact
Individual's name Shanna Dunn
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position GIS Analyst
Contact's role processor


Contact information
Address
Type both
Delivery point 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Suite 1100
City Portland
Administrative area OR
Postal code 97232
Country US
e-mail address shanna.dunn@noaa.gov

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Process step
When the process occurred 2021-07-2600:00:00
Description
Data creation process 2019 - 2021. SRKW_Coastal_CH_Final_2021-07-26.shp For 2021 ch revision only, Pacific Ocean data. Step 1 - Select the California - Oregon - Washington length of the CUSP shoreline and clip the streams, rivers, enclosed bays, and other shoreline intrusions so that they align with the shoreline north and south of these openings in order to simplify the shoreline. Split the California length from the Oregon - Washington length. Shoreline irregularities caused by intrusions like tributaries and enclosed bays were removed to avoid the unbalanced affect they would have on the TIN surface interpolation process. Step 2 - Select 200 m isobath from the Carowall bathymetry data set and create a separate layer. Then clip off parts of it north of the US-Canada maritime border and south of latitude 36 deg 18. This is a selection of an isobath that will be used later to delineate the seaward extent. Step 3 - Convert bathymetry polygons in bathpy_or.shp and bathpy_wa.shp into isobath lines for Washington and Oregon, using the features to lines tool. Bathymetry polygons need to be separated into their component upper and lower value isobaths in order to be used to interpolate a surface from which the 6.1 m isobath can be generated. Step 4 - Combine the CUSP shoreline for Oregon and Washington with the 10 m isobath along those two states. Manually adjust any gaps in a way consistent with the position and direction of the isobaths before and after the gaps. This prepares the isobaths so that a TIN interpolation may be run on them. Step 5 - Use the Oregon and Washington contour layers, which contain 0 and 10 m isobaths, to generate a TIN surface using ArcGIS spatial analyst, then use the spatial analyst contour tool to generate a 6.1 m isobath from that TIN surface. This produces the shoreward extent along the Oregon and Washington coast, at a depth of 6.1 m. Step 6 - Extract the 5 and 10 isobaths along California's coast from Contour_5m.shp and combine it with the California segment of the CUSP shoreline. This prepares the isobaths so that a TIN interpolation may be run on them. Step 7 - Use the layer with combined CA CUSP shoreline (0 m) and the 5 m and 10 m isobath layer to generate a TIN surface using ArcGIS spatial analyst, then use the spatial analyst contour tool to generate a 6.1 m depth isobath from that TIN surface. This produces the shoreward extent along the California coast at a depth of 6.1 m. Step 8 - Where the 6.1 m isobath intrudes into rivers, bays, and other outlets that lead to the sea (Strait of Juan de Fuca, Columbia River, San Francisco Bay), intrusions were cut off in front of the waterway by drawing a line from the part of the 6.1 m isobath north of the waterways entrance to the part of the isobath south of the waterways entrance. For the Strait of Juan de Fuca, this cut was made from Cape Flattery to Tatoosh Island, then from Tatoosh Island to the US Canada maritime border on a bearing to Bonilla Point, on Vancouver Island, Canada. For the Columbia River, this cut was made from the seaward end of jetty on the northern side of the river to the seaward end of the jetty on the southern side of the river. Monterey Bay was not cut because it is a very broad bay above a very deep sea channel that whales frequently enter. For San Francisco Bay, this cut was made from where the 6.1 m isobath begins to veer into the bay, off Bonita Point, then down toward Gorman Island, where it connects with the isobath as it emerges from the bay and begins to turn south along the California coast. Diversions upstream or into enclosed bays, often caused by channel flow or dredging, are not seen to be representative of SRKW critical habitat just on account of their depth. ...continued...in next entry...
Rationale
Data created for the 2021 critical habitat revision.


Process contact
Individual's name Richard Morse
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position GIS Analyst
Contact's role originator


Contact information
Phone
Voice (562) 983-1390

Address
Type
Delivery point 501 W Ocean Blvd. Suite 4200
City Long Beach
Administrative area CA
Postal code 90802
Country US
e-mail address richard.morse@noaa.gov

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Source data
Description
CAORWALL - Bathymetry for the California, Oregon, Washington Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Bathymetry isobaths range from -100 m to -5300 m. Originator: U.S. Geological Survey; Publication Date: 1991


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Source data
Description
Contour_5m.shp: 5 Meter Interval Bathymetric Contours. From the California coast to the 200 nautical mile extent of the EEZ, contours range from -5 m r lines out to 200 mile EEZ boundary. This file was interpolated from the 200m Teale bathymetric grid (bd200mv_2) with ESRI Spatial Analyst 8.1. California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Resources Region GIS. Publication date 2000


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Source data
Description
bathpy_or bathpy_or.meta.txt. OR-WA Geo-Hab Maps.doc. 278. 3. 10-meter bathymetry polygons for Oregon. Bathymetric polygons for Oregon at 10 m intervals bathpy_wa bathpy_wa.meta.txt wsbathy_meta.html. 603. 2. 10-meter bathymetry polygons for. Washington at 10 meter intervals. OR-WA Geo-Hab Maps.doc.


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Source data
Description
Continually Updated Shoreline Product (CUSP) (MHW), is a detailed shoreline of western coasts (1:1000 - 1:24,000 scale). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, https://shoreline.noaa.gov/data/datasheets/cusp.html


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Source data
Description
Military Range Area Dataset was used in the production of the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) EIS/OEIS. Dataset containing general depictions of Navy Special Warfare EOD sites and Naval Underwater Warfare Center (NUWC) ranges.


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Process step
When the process occurred 2021-07-2601:00:00
Description
...continued from previous entry... Data creation process 2019 - 2021. SRKW_Coastal_CH_Final_2021-07-26.shp For 2021 ch revision only, Pacific Ocean data. Step 9 - Modify the 6.1 m isobath to conform with the detailed CUSP shoreline. Original isobaths of 5 and 10 m depths that were used to generate the TIN surface (and from it the 6.1 m isobath) along the California coast sometimes crossed over the actual CUSP mainland shoreline. Because the CUSP shoreline is considered more accurate than the bathymetric data, its position takes precedence over the location of the bathymetry and the isobath was adjusted to pass around the shoreline in areas where it otherwise would cross over the shoreline. This adjustment was made anywhere the TIN-generated isobath intersected the coastline of the mainland. A horizontal buffer of 6.1 m, was added to keep the isobath at a horizontal distance away from the shore equal to the depth of SRKW critical habitat at its shoreward extent as a margin of error. Inaccuracies of original bathymetry resulted in locations where the bathymetric isobaths appear to cross over the coastline of the mainland. Moving the inshore isobath to a position seaward of these crossovers prevents orca habitat from appearing to include upland areas, and a slight buffer along these areas that pushes the isobath further out removed the assumption that SRKW habitat would go right up to the shoreline. Step 10 - Combine the 200 m isobath, representing the seaward extent, with the 6.1 m isobath, connecting them together in the north along the US-Canada maritime boundary, and in the south along the 36 deg 18' latitude (Point Sur), then convert these lines into a polygon. This polygon represents the coastal extent of SRKW critical habitat. Step 11 - Split this polygon along 4 latitudes: Cape Meares, OR (45 deg 29' 12" N); California - Oregon Border (41 deg 59' 55" N); Cape Mendocino, CA (40 deg 26' 19" N); Pigeon Point (37 deg 11' 00" N) to create 5 polygons. These latitudes represent the locations where SRKW critical habitat is divided into 5 different areas. Step 12 - Split the northernmost polygon, between the US Canada border and Cape Meares, using the 50 m isobath from the Washington and Oregon bathymetry data sets. This will create 2 zones, an inshore zone from 6.1 m to 50 m depths and an offshore zone from 50 m to 200 m depths. This division represents two distinct SRKW critical habitat areas. Step 13 - Clipped out the excluded Quinault Range Site (QRS), and a 10 km buffer, for all areas that were not within the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS).
Rationale
Data created for the 2021 critical habitat revision.


Process contact
Individual's name Richard Morse
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position GIS Analyst
Contact's role originator


Contact information
Phone
Voice (562) 983-1390

Address
Type
Delivery point 501 W Ocean Blvd. Suite 4200
City Long Beach
Administrative area CA
Postal code 90802
Country US
e-mail address richard.morse@noaa.gov

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Process step
When the process occurred 2021-08-1600:00:00
Description
Added 2021 revision data (coastal marine waters, Pacific Ocean) to the 2006 designation data (Washington inland waters, Puget Sound). Note: topology is not coincident at the boundary where these two datasets were merged (near Cape Flattery). Topology could be repaired. SRKW_Coastal_CH_Final_2021-07-26.shp (GCS_WGS_1984 wkid 4326) and the feature class WhaleKiller_SouthernResidentDPS_20061129 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) were combined and converted into the feature class WhaleKiller_SouthernResidentDPS_20210802 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) using the National Critical Habitat Geodatabase processing protocol. Archived 2006 feature class. During standardization, geometry was not edited. Attributes were edited. Metadata was edited and populated using the final rule/CFR and the source SRKW_Coastal_CH_Final_2021-07-26.shp (GCS_WGS_1984 wkid 4326). Migrated field: "AREA_NAM" into "UNIT" (edited values for standardization purposes). Dropped all other fields.
Rationale
Update was necessary due to 2021 critical habitat revision.


Process contact
Individual's name Shanna Dunn
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position GIS Analyst
Contact's role processor


Contact information
Address
Type both
Delivery point 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Suite 1100
City Portland
Administrative area OR
Postal code 97232
Country US
e-mail address shanna.dunn@noaa.gov

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Geoprocessing history

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Distribution

Distribution format
* Name File Geodatabase Feature Class
Version NMFS ESA critical habitat national standard 2020


Transfer options
Online source
Location https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/endangered-species-conservation/critical-habitat
Function performed information

Online source
Location https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS
Function performed information

Online source
Location https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/3000_3099/ds3017.zip
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Fields

Details for object ds3017
* Type Feature Class
* Row count 0
Definition
A collection of geographic features with the same geometry type.
Definition source
Esri


Field OBJECTID
* Alias OBJECTID
* Data type OID
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Internal feature number.
* Description source
Esri
* Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


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Field SHAPE
* Alias Shape
* Data type Geometry
* Width 0
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Feature geometry.
* Description source
Esri
* Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.


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Field ID
* Alias ID
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
9 digit unique identifier for each feature in the geodatabase. Used to relate or join supplemental attribute tables.
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Field SCIENAME
* Alias SCIENAME
* Data type String
* Width 100
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Binomial or trinomial scientific name. Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Field COMNAME
Alias Common Name
* Data type String
* Width 100
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Legal common name of species. Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Field LISTENTITY
* Alias LISTENTITY
* Data type String
* Width 100
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Full text of the ESA listed entity: Species, Subspecies, Distinct Population Segment (DPS), or Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations. *Note: for entire species listings, this value will be the same as COMNAME value.
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Field LISTSTATUS
* Alias LISTSTATUS
* Data type String
* Width 20
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Current Endangered Species Act listing status.
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
List of values
Value Endangered
Description Species that are in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their range.
Enumerated domain value definition source Endangered Species Act of 1973


Value Threatened
Description Species that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future.
Enumerated domain value definition source Endangered Species Act of 1973


Value Delisted
Description Species that were removed from the Endangered Species Act list.
Enumerated domain value definition source Endangered Species Act of 1973


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Field CHSTATUS
* Alias CHSTATUS
* Data type String
* Width 20
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Status of the critical habitat designation.
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
List of values
Value Final
Description A final rule in the Federal Register publishes the regulatory text in full with an effective date. The regulatory text sets out amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
Enumerated domain value definition source Federal Register


Value Proposed
Description A proposed rule in the Federal Register notifies the public of a pending regulation. Any person or organization may comment on it during the comment period.
Enumerated domain value definition source Federal Register


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Field UNIT
* Alias UNIT
* Data type String
* Width 200
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Critical habitat unit name. Null if designation did not specify units or unit names.
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Field TAXON
* Alias TAXON
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Taxonomic unit.
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
List of values
Value baleen whale
Description Any of a suborder (Mysticeti) of large whales that have baleen plates in the upper jaw which are used to filter chiefly small crustaceans out of large quantities of seawater.
Enumerated domain value definition source Merriam-Webster dictionary


Value toothed whale
Description Any of a suborder (Odontoceti) of cetaceans bearing usually numerous simple conical teeth.
Enumerated domain value definition source Merriam-Webster dictionary


Value fish
Description Any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated.
Enumerated domain value definition source Merriam-Webster dictionary


Value pinniped
Description Any of an order or suborder (Pinnipedia) of aquatic carnivorous mammals with all four limbs modified into flippers.
Enumerated domain value definition source Merriam-Webster dictionary


Value marine reptile
Description Any of a class (Reptilia) of cold-blooded, air-breathing, usually egg-laying vertebrates that have adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment and have a body typically covered with scales or bony plates and a bony skeleton with a single occipital condyle, a distinct quadrate bone usually immovably articulated with the skull, and ribs attached to the sternum.
Enumerated domain value definition source Merriam-Webster dictionary


Value invertebrate
Description Any animal that lacks a spinal column.
Enumerated domain value definition source Merriam-Webster dictionary


Value plant
Description Any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls.
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Field LEADOFFICE
* Alias LEADOFFICE
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Office responsible for the critical habitat Federal Register Notice.
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Value Office of Protected Resources
Description Headquarters office responsible for nationwide conservation, protection, and recovery of endangered and threatened marine species listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Enumerated domain value definition source National Marine Fisheries Service


Value Alaska Region
Description Includes Alaska and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Enumerated domain value definition source National Marine Fisheries Service


Value West Coast Region
Description Includes Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Enumerated domain value definition source National Marine Fisheries Service


Value Greater Atlantic Region
Description Includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina (north of Cape Hatteras) and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Enumerated domain value definition source National Marine Fisheries Service


Value Southeast Region
Description Includes North Carolina (south of Cape Hatteras), South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Enumerated domain value definition source National Marine Fisheries Service


Value Pacific Islands Region
Description Includes Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Enumerated domain value definition source National Marine Fisheries Service


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Field FR
* Alias FR
* Data type String
* Width 254
* Precision 0
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Field PUBDATE
* Alias PUBDATE
* Data type String
* Width 10
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Federal Register Notice publication date. MM/DD/YYYY format
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Field EFFECTDATE
* Alias EFFECTDATE
* Data type String
* Width 10
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Effective date for a final critical habitat designation. Null for proposed critical habitat. MM/DD/YYYY format
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Field AREASqKm
* Alias AREASqKm
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Geodesic area calculated in square kilometers.
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Field CREATEDATE
* Alias CREATEDATE
* Data type String
* Width 10
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Date spatial feature was created or geometry was last edited. MM/DD/YYYY format
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Field NOTES
* Alias NOTES
* Data type String
* Width 254
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Additional information about the feature that is not contained in other fields.
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Field INPORTURL
* Alias INPORTURL
* Data type String
* Width 254
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Field description
Feature class metadata URL. InPort is the National Marine Fisheries Service's official metadata catalog found at: https://inport.nmfs.noaa.gov/inport/
Description source
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Field SHAPE_Length
* Alias Shape_Length
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Length of feature in internal units.
* Description source
Esri
* Description of values
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.


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Field SHAPE_Area
* Alias Shape_Area
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Area of feature in internal units squared.
* Description source
Esri
* Description of values
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.


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Field HABTYPE
* Alias HABTYPE
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0


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Field ECFR
* Alias ECFR
* Data type String
* Width 254
* Precision 0
* Scale 0


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Metadata Details

* Metadata language English(UNITED STATES)
* Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Scope of the data described by the metadata * dataset
Scope name * dataset


* Last update 2024-01-11


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS1.0
Metadata style ISO 19139 Metadata Implementation Specification
Standard or profile used to edit metadata FGDC


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2024-01-1109:45:14
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2024-01-1109:45:02


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2024-01-1109:45:02


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Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact
Individual's name Shanna Dunn
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position GIS Analyst
Contact's role author


Contact information
Address
Type both
Delivery point 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Suite 1100
City Portland
Administrative area OR
Postal code 97232
Country US
e-mail address shanna.dunn@noaa.gov

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Metadata contact
Individual's name Richard Morse
Organization's name Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact's position GIS Analyst
Contact's role originator


Contact information
Phone
Voice (562) 983-1390

Address
Type
Delivery point 501 W Ocean Blvd. Suite 4200
City Long Beach
Administrative area CA
Postal code 90802
Country US
e-mail address richard.morse@noaa.gov

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