COOK INLET AND KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY SUMMARY DATA METADATA

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1 COOK INLET AND KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY SUMMARY DATA METADATA Prepared By: 1121 Park Street Columbia, South Carolina USA

2 FILE DESCRIBES: 1994 Cook Inlet, Alaska Environmental Sensitivity Summary Data. Data were compiled and digitized at Research Planning, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina. FILE CREATED BY: Joanne N. Halls Director, GIS Dept. Post Office Box 328 Columbia, SC Phone: (803) FAX: (803) FILE CREATED ON: COMMENTS: Information was developed using the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee s Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata, June 8, The numbering scheme matches the Metadata Standard in order to facilitate referencing definitions of the elements. The items in bold are required elements and the others are optional elements. The Spatial Data Transfer Standard, ver. 03/92, was referenced to properly identify the geographic entities.

3 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.0. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION Citation Description Time Period of Content Status Spatial Domain Keywords Access Constraints Use Constraints Data Set Credit Native Data Set Environment DATA QUALITY INFORMATION Attribute Accuracy Logistical Consistency Report Completeness Report...6 Shoreline Habitat Mapping...6 Sensitive Biological Resources...7 Human-Use Resources...7 Data Organization Positional Accuracy Lineage Source Information: BIRDSP...10 Source Information: CITIESP...11 Source Information: CLAMSP...11 Source Information: CURRENT...11 Source Information: ESI...12 Source Information: FISHL and FISHP...12 Source Information: HAULOUT...13 Source Information: ICE...13 Source Information: MAMMALSP...13 Source Information: NESTS...14 Source Information: SOCECON SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION INFORMATION Direct Spatial Reference Method Point and Vector Object Information Point and Vector Object Count...17 Basemap...17 Fall...17 Spring...17 Summer...18 Winter SPATIAL REFERENCE INFORMATION Horizontal Coordinate System Definition...19

4 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 5.0. ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION Detailed Description: BIRDSP...21 Detailed Description: CITIESP...23 Detailed Description: CLAMSP...24 Detailed Description: CURRENT...25 Detailed Description: ESI...26 Detailed Description: FISHL...29 Detailed Description: FISHP...30 Detailed Description: HAULOUT...32 Detailed Description: ICE...34 Detailed Description: MAMMALSP...35 Detailed Description: NESTS...37 Detailed Description: SOCECON DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION Distributor Resource Description Distribution Liability Custom Order Process METADATA REFERENCE INFORMATION Metadata Date Metadata Review Date Metadata Contact Metadata Standard Name Metadata Standard Version...45

5 1.0. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION 1.1. CITATION ORIGINATOR: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment, Seattle, Washington 98115; and (RPI), 1121 Park Street, Post Office Box 328, Columbia, South Carolina PUBLICATION DATE: TITLE: Cook Inlet and Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Environmental Sensitivity Summary Data EDITION: First GEOSPATIAL DATA PRESENTATION FORM: Maps SERIES INFORMATION SERIES NAME: None ISSUE IDENTIFICATION: Cook Inlet Summary ESI PUBLICATION INFORMATION PUBLICATION PLACE: Seattle, Washington PUBLISHER: NOAA, Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment OTHER CITATION DETAILS: Prepared by, Columbia, South Carolina for the Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division, NOAA, Seattle, Washington; U.S. Coast Guard, Anchorage, Alaska; Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, Inc.; and Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council LARGER WORK CITATION: None -1-

6 1.2. DESCRIPTION ABSTRACT: This data set comprises the environmental sensitivity summary maps for the shoreline of Cook Inlet and Kenai Peninsula. These data characterize coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil during Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer seasons. The data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats; sensitive biological resources; and human-use resources PURPOSE: The 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 1.3. TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT TIME PERIOD INFORMATION RANGE OF DATES/TIMES: The intertidal habitats were mapped during aerial and ground surveys conducted in The biological and human-use resources data were compiled by regional biologists in The dates for these data vary and are documented in Section STATUS PROGRESS: Complete MAINTENANCE AND UPDATE FREQUENCY: None planned 1.5. SPATIAL DOMAIN BOUNDING COORDINATES WEST BOUNDING COORDINATE:

7 EAST BOUNDING COORDINATE: NORTH BOUNDING COORDINATE: SOUTH BOUNDING COORDINATE: KEYWORDS THEME THEME KEYWORD THESAURUS: None THEME KEYWORD: Sensitivity maps; coastal resources; oil spill planning; and coastal zone management PLACE THESAURUS: None PLACE KEYWORD: Cook Inlet; Kenai Peninsula; Barren Islands; Alaska 1.7. ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: None 1.8. USE CONSTRAINTS: DO NOT USE ESI MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Besides the above warning, there are no use constraints on this data. Acknowledgment of NOAA and other contributing sources would be appreciated in products derived from these data DATA SET CREDIT: This project was supported jointly by U.S. Coast Guard, Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, Inc.; Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council; and NOAA s Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division, Robert Pavia, Project Manager. The data used on the maps were collected from many different sources, including: Brad Smith, National Marine Fisheries Service; Claudia Slater and Robin Willis, Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Richard McMahon and -3-

8 Dorothy Mortenson, Alaska Department of Natural Resources; Ron Britton, Philip Schmift, and Everett Robinson-Wilson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; George Dickison, National Park Service; Chris Clough, Kenai Peninsula Borough; Anne McCord, Ken Castner, and Ruth Post, Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council; and Eric Haugstad and William Stillings, Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, Inc. The data collection effort was coordinated by John Whitney, NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator, Anchorage, Alaska. At (RPI), Jeffrey Dahlin was the project biologist and responsible for the collection of data, automation of the maps, and data organization NATIVE DATA SET ENVIRONMENT: The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute s ARC/INFO (version 7.0.3) and ORACLE RDBMS (version ). The hardware configuration is Hewlett Packard workstations (model 9000/7XX series) with unix operating system (HP-UX Release A.09.01). The following files (listed alphabetically by directory) are included in the data set: basemap/citiesp.e00 basemap/current.e00 basemap/esi.e00 basemap/nests.e00 basemap/nests.dat.e00 basemap/seasonality.dat.e00 basemap/species.dat.e00 basemap/socecon.e00 fall/birdsp.e00 fall/clamsp.e00 fall/fishl.e00 fall/mammalsp.e00 spring/birdsp.e00 spring/clamsp.e00 spring/fishl.e00 spring/fishp.e00 spring/haulout.e00 spring/mammalsp.e00 summer/birdsp.e00 summer/clamsp.e00 summer/fishl.e00 summer/fishp.e00 summer/haulout.e00 summer/mammalsp.e00 winter/birdsp.e00 winter/clamsp.e00 winter/fishl.e00 winter/haulout.e00 winter/ice.e00 winter/mammalsp.e00 The entire data set is approximately 27 megabytes. -4-

9 2.0. DATA QUALITY INFORMATION 2.1. ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY REPORT: The attribute accuracy is estimated to be good given the years of ESI experience, the data input methodology, the quality control review sessions, and the digital logical consistency checks. There has been no quantitative accuracy assessment LOGICAL CONSISTENCY REPORT: The digitization of shoreline types, biological resources, and human-use resources is a complex and highly quality-controlled process. However, the data were digitized elsewhere and compiled for this project. There were numerous overshoots, undershoots, and missing attributes. These problems were corrected for all themes except the fish. In this dataset, the undershoots and overshoots were edited for all distances less than or equal to 10 meters. It was decided that slivers of this distance were digitizing errors and therefore fixed to generate clean data. All layers use the shoreline as the geographic reference so that there are no slivers in the geographic coordinates. The shoreline and shoreline types were obtained in digital form from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The shorelines were checked for topological and attribute accuracy for the ESI classifications 5 (exposed flats), 8 (sheltered rocky shores), 9 (sheltered tidal flats), and 10 (marshes). The biological data were digitized from 1:250,000 topographic maps, checked using both digital and on-screen procedures, plotted, and sent out for review by the regional specialists. The edited maps were updated, checked once again, and the final product plotted (at approximately 1:450,000 scale). A team of specialists reviewed the entire series of maps, checked all data, and made final edits. To finalize the data checking process, each coverage was checked using a standardized form by two GIS personnel (a technician and the GIS manager), and each attribute database was checked using several programs which tested the files for missing or duplicate data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological consistencies (such as dangles, unnecessary nodes, etc.), and ORACLE to ARC/INFO consistencies. A final review was made by the GIS manager and the data were stored on magnetic media for distribution. -5-

10 2.3. COMPLETENESS REPORT: The maps were intended to provide a regional overview of the environmentally sensitive resources of Cook Inlet and Kenai Peninsula. The resources were selected based on their high sensitivity and vulnerability to spilled oil or their special management status. Cook Inlet and Kenai Peninsula are rich in biological resources and it was not possible to include all of the resources sensitive to oil. Species with widespread, ubiquitous distributions are not shown. Instead, the sensitive resources are depicted where they are most at risk. The following criteria were used: large numbers of individuals are concentrated in a relatively small area; early life stages are present in restricted areas; they come ashore for birthing, resting, or molting; areas important to specific lifestages or migration patterns; they are threatened or endangered; and a significant percentage of the population is likely to be exposed to oil during a spill. Shoreline Habitat Mapping: Prediction of the behavior and persistence of oil on intertidal habitats is based on an understanding of the dynamics of the coastal environments, not just the substrate type and grain size. The vulnerability of a particular intertidal habitat is an integration of the following factors: 1) Shoreline type (substrate, grain size, tidal elevation, origin) 2) Exposure to wave and tidal energy 3) Biological productivity and sensitivity 4) Ease of cleanup All of these factors are used to determine the relative sensitivity of intertidal habitats. Key to the sensitivity ranking is an understanding of the relationships between: physical processes; substrate; shoreline type; product type; fate and effect; and sediment transport patterns. The intensity of energy expended upon a shoreline by wave action, tidal currents, and river currents directly affects the persistence of stranded oil. The need for shoreline cleanup activities is determined, in part, by the slowness of natural processes in removal of oil stranded on the shoreline. These concepts have been used in the development of the ESI, which ranks shoreline environments as to their relative sensitivity to oil spills, potential biological injury, and ease of cleanup. Generally speaking, areas exposed to high levels of physical energy, such as wave action and tidal currents, and low -6-

11 biological activity rank low on the scale, whereas sheltered areas with associated high biological activity have the highest ranking. The shoreline and shoreline habitat were obtained in digital form from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (see section 2.5.1: ESI). While the map products only display four shoreline types, all of the shoreline classifications are in the digital product. However, only the four shoreline types (exposed and sheltered tidal flats, sheltered rocky shores, and marshes) were checked and edited during the review process. Sensitive Biological Resources: These data denote the key biological resources that are most likely at risk in the event of an oil spill. Four major categories, or elements, of biological resources were considered during data compilation: birds, fish, shellfish, and mammals. The data are organized by season since the map products were designed for fall, spring, summer, and winter. The bird nesting data (NESTS) are the only data with a one-to-many relationship between the nesting sites and species information. Therefore, the nests are located in the basemap directory and have NESTS.LUT (the lookup table between the coverage and the data tables), NESTS.DAT (the biological table containing the species identification number, the concentration, and the seasonality code), the SPECIES.DAT table (containing the species name and threatened or endangered status), and the SEASONALITY.DAT table (the monthly presence and breeding activities). The other biological datasets (fish, mammals, bird polygons, clams, and seal haulouts) are located under each season directory and are self-contained coverages (there are no additional data tables). Each coverage contains a SEASON item which contains either FALL, SPRING, SUMMER, or WINTER. This may seem redundant since the coverages are located under each season directory; however, if the coverages are moved to different locations or merged together, this item may be used to differentiate the seasonality of the data. There are other items on these coverages which are described in section Human-Use Resources: Several human-use, or socioeconomic, features are included in this dataset under the basemap directory. Entity points and complete chains are digitized into the coverage SOCECON. The items SOCECON may contain the following values: Entity Points Complete Chains -7-

12 SOCECON Feature Description SOCECON Feature Description AQ Aquaculture NP National Park BR Boat Ramp PL Pipeline HW Highway Symbols P Regional or State Park NP National Park RD Road OF Oil Facility WR Wildlife Refuge P State Park PF Oil Platform PL Pipeline RD Road VL Volcano WR Wildlife Refuge In addition to the SOCECON coverage, there are several other human-use features that are included in the dataset. The incorporated city boundaries are polygons in the coverage CITIESP. The locations of the rip zones, keeper beaches (areas of natural accumulation), and currents are in the CURRENT coverage. The mean monthly extent of ice coverage is in the coverage ICE. Data Organization: The data are organized by directories for each season and generic directory (basemap) for non-seasonal data. The following directories and files comprise the Cook Inlet and Kenai Peninsula Summary dataset: DIRECTORY FILE Basemap citiesp current esi nests nests.dat seasonality.dat species.dat socecon Fall birdsp clamsp fishl mammalsp Spring birdsp clamsp fishl fishp haulout mammalsp -8-

13 DIRECTORY Summer Winter FILE birdsp clamsp fishl fishp haulout mammalsp birdsp clamsp fish1 haulout ice mammalsp 2.4. POSITIONAL ACCURACY HORIZONTAL POSITIONAL ACCURACY HORIZONTAL POSITIONAL ACCURACY REPORT: The shoreline classification and hydrology data were digitized from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 1:63,360 topographic quadrangles. It is estimated that the ESI classification has a minimum mapping unit of 100 feet. The human-use features (SOCECON) as well as the rip zones and currents (CURRENT) were obtained digitally from Kenai Peninsula Borough at 1:250,000, except for the roads which were obtained from the 1:100,000 U.S. Census TIGER files. The ice data (ICE), keeper beaches (CURRENT), and beluga whale concentration (MAMMALSP) were digitized from 1:250,000 scale maps. Bird concentration areas (BIRDSP) were digitized from a 1:450,000 scale map. The remainder of the biology data (NESTS, CLAMSP, FISHL, FISHP, HAULOUT, and other mammals in MAMMALSP) were obtained in digital form at 1:250,000 and modified based on information collected from regional experts. Unlike shorelines, which maintain relative spatial stability through time, the biological data by nature migrate across the landscape. Therefore, the data have fuzzy boundaries which must be understood when utilizing this information. There has been no quantitative assessment of the spatial accuracy of these data. -9-

14 2.5. LINEAGE SOURCE INFORMATION: Coverage or theme name: BIRDSP SOURCE CITATION Originator Publication Date Title Geospatial Data Presentation Form Publication Information Source Scale Denominator Source Time Period Alaska Department of Fish and Game 1984 Habitat Management Guide, South Central Alaska map series Hardcopy map Habitat Division, Anchorage, AK 1:250, Chris Clough, Kenai Peninsula Borough 1994 Digital Habitat Management Guide Digital, poly Unpublished 1:250, J.F. Pait, National Biological Survey 1993 Oceanic, Shelf, and Coastal Seabird assemblages at the mouth of a tidally mixed estuary (Cook Inlet) Report Minerals Management Service N/A 1993 Agler, Kendall, Seiser, Irons, USFWS 1994 Population Estimates of Marine Bird and Sea Otter Populations in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska During June 1993 Progress Report Unpublished N/A

15 SOURCE INFORMATION: Coverage or theme name: CITIESP SOURCE CITATION Originator Publication Date Title Geospatial Data Presentation Form Publication Information Source Scale Denominator Source Time Period U.S. Census Bureau 1991 TIGER/Line Files Digital, arcs U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census 1:100, SOURCE INFORMATION: Coverage or theme name: CLAMSP SOURCE CITATION Originator Publication Date Title Geospatial Data Presentation Form Publication Information Source Scale Denominator Source Time Period Alaska Department of Fish and Game 1984 Habitat Management Guide, South Central Alaska map series Hardcopy map Habitat Division, Anchorage, AK 1:250, Chris Clough, Kenai Peninsula Borough 1994 Digital Habitat Management Guide Digital, poly Unpublished 1:250, SOURCE INFORMATION: Coverage or theme name: CURRENT SOURCE CITATION Originator Publication Date Title Geospatial Data Presentation Form Publication Information Source Scale Denominator Source Time Period Chris Clough, Kenai Peninsula Borough 1994 Digital Habitat Management Guide Digital, poly Unpublished 1:250,

16 SOURCE INFORMATION: Coverage or theme name: ESI SOURCE CITATION Originator Publication Date Title Geospatial Data Presentation Form Publication Information Source Scale Denominator Source Time Period Research Planning Inc. (RPI) 1985 Coastal Sensitivity Atlas, Cook Inlet/Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Hardcopy, map Unpublished 1:63, Alaska Department of Natural Resources 1990 Coastal Morphology/ Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Digital, arc from 1:63,360 RPI ESI maps Unpublished 1:63, SOURCE INFORMATION: Coverage or theme name: FISHL and FISHP SOURCE CITATION Originator Publication Date Title Geospatial Data Presentation Form Publication Information Source Scale Denominator Source Time Period Alaska Department of Fish and Game Unknown ADF&G Setnet Fishing Regulations Hardcopy map Unknown 1:200,000 Unknown Alaska Department of Fish and Game 1984 Habitat Management Guide, South Central Alaska Map Series Hardcopy map Habitat Division, Anchorage, AK 1:250, Chris Clough, Kenai Peninsula Borough 1994 Digital Habitat Management Guide Digital, poly Unpublished 1:250,

17 SOURCE INFORMATION: Coverage or theme name: HAULOUT SOURCE CITATION Originator Publication Date Title Geospatial Data Presentation Form Publication Information Source Scale Denominator Source Time Period Chris Clough, Kenai Peninsula Borough 1994 Digital Habitat Management Guide Digital, poly Unpublished 1:250, SOURCE INFORMATION: Coverage or theme name: ICE SOURCE CITATION Originator Publication Date Title Geospatial Data Presentation Form Publication Information Source Scale Denominator Source Time Period J.C. LaBelle et al Alaska Marine Ice Atlas Hardcopy report Arctic Environmental Information Data Center, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK Unknown Unknown SOURCE INFORMATION: Coverage or theme name: MAMMALSP SOURCE CITATION Originator Publication Date Title Geospatial Data Presentation Form Publication Information Source Scale Denominator Source Time Period Chris Clough, Kenai Peninsula Borough 1994 Digital Habitat Management Guide Digital, poly Unpublished 1:250, Alaska Department of Fish and Game 1984 Habitat Management Guide, South Central Alaska map series Hardcopy map Habitat Division, Anchorage, Alaska 1:250,

18 Originator Publication Date Title Geospatial Data Presentation Form Publication Information Source Scale Denominator Source Time Period Brad Smith, NMFS 1994 Personal Knowledge Hardcopy Map NMFS, Anchorage, AK 1:450, SOURCE INFORMATION: Coverage or theme name: NESTS SOURCE CITATION Originator Publication Date Title Geospatial Data Presentation Form Publication Information Source Scale Denominator Source Time Period USFWS, Anchorage, AK 1993 Bald Eagle Nests Digital, point Unpublished 1:250, UWFWS, Biological Services Program, Anchorage, AK 1978 (with additional data from 1984) Catalog of Alaskan Seabird Colonies Digital, point Report No. FWS/OBS-78/ 78, 32 pp., 153 maps, and appendices and data supplements 1:250, SOURCE INFORMATION: Coverage or theme name: SOCECON SOURCE CITATION Originator Publication Date Title Geospatial Data Presentation Form Publication Information Source Scale Denominator Source Time Period Chris Clough, Kenai Peninsula Borough 1994 Land Ownership Digital, poly Unpublished Mostly 1:63, U.S. Census Bureau 1991 TIGER /Line Files Digital, arcs U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census 1:100, U.S. Coast Guard 1993 Cook Inlet Area Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan Hardcopy report U.S. Coast Guard, Anchorage, AK N/A

19 PROCESS STEP PROCESS DESCRIPTION: The digitization of the basemap data, biological resources, and human-use resources was a complex and highly quality controlled process. The first layer of information digitized was the shoreline (ESI). The digitized data were checked for completeness for ESI classifications 7 through 10, topological and logical consistency and then plotted. Any errors in the shoreline classification were updated prior to digitization of the biological and human-use layers. All data use the shoreline as the geographic reference so that there are no slivers in the geographic layers. The biological information was compiled onto 1:250,000 USGS topographic quadrangles by an in-house biological and GIS expert using the data from regional specialists in the form of maps, tables, charts, and written descriptions of wildlife distributions. The data were digitized, checked using both digital and on-screen procedures, plotted, and sent out for review by the regional specialists. The edited maps were updated, checked once again, and plotted at final map scale of 1:450,000. A team of specialists reviewed the entire series of maps, checked all data, and made final edits. A final quality control check for topological consistency, rules for geography, and database to geography correspondence were performed and reported to the GIS manager PROCESS DATE: PROCESS CONTACT CONTACT PERSON PRIMARY CONTACT PERSON: Jill Petersen CONTACT ORGANIZATION: NOAA HMRAD CONTACT POSITION: GIS Manager CONTACT ADDRESS -15-

20 ADDRESS TYPE: Physical Address ADDRESS: 7600 Sand Point Way N.E. Bin C CITY: Seattle STATE OR PROVINCE: WA POSTAL CODE: CONTACT VOICE TELEPHONE: (206) CONTACT FACSIMILE TELEPHONE: (206) CONTACT ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS: -16-

21 3.0. SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION INFORMATION 3.2. DIRECT SPATIAL REFERENCE METHOD: Vector 3.3. POINT AND VECTOR OBJECT INFORMATION SDTS TERMS DESCRIPTION: SDTS POINT AND VECTOR OBJECT TYPE, and POINT AND VECTOR OBJECT COUNT: BASEMAP -17- Universe GT- Area Complete Line Label Entity Theme Polygon Polygons Points Chains Segments Points Points Nodes CITIESP CURRENT ESI SOCECON NESTS FALL Theme Universe Polygon GT- Polygons Area Points Complete Chains Line Segments Label Points Entity Points Nodes BIRDSP CLAMSP FISHL HAULOUT MAMMALSP SPRING Theme Universe Polygon GT- Polygons Area Points Complete Chains Line Segments Label Points Entity Points Nodes BIRDSP CLAMSP FISHL FISHP HAULOUT MAMMALSP

22 SUMMER -18- Theme Universe Polygon GT- Polygons Area Points Complete Chains Line Segments Label Points Entity Points Nodes BIRDSP CLAMSP FISHL FISHP HAULOUT MAMMALSP WINTER Theme Universe Polygon GT- Polygons Area Points Complete Chains Line Segments Label Points Entity Points Nodes BIRDSP CLAMSP FISHL HAULOUT MAMMALSP

23 4.0. SPATIAL REFERENCE INFORMATION 4.1. HORIZONTAL COORDINATE SYSTEM DEFINITION PLANAR MAP PROJECTION MAP PROJECTION NAME: ALBERS CONICAL EQUAL AREA MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS : 1st STANDARD PARALLEL: nd STANDARD PARALLEL: LONGITUDE OF CENTRAL MERIDIAN: LATITUDE OF PROJECTION ORIGIN: 50.0 FALSE EASTING: 0 FALSE NORTHING: PLANAR COORDINATE INFORMATION PLANAR COORDINATE ENCODING METHOD: Coordinate Pair COORDINATE REPRESENTATION: ABSCISSA RESOLUTION: 100 feet ORDINATE RESOLUTION: 100 feet GEODETIC MODEL HORIZONTAL DATUM NAME: North American Datum of ELLIPSOID NAME: Clarke, SEMI-MAJOR AXIS: 6,378, DENOMINATOR OF FLATTENING RATIO:

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25 5.0. ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION 5.1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: BIRDSP The BIRDSP coverages contain the polygons with bird species ENTITY TYPES: ENTITY TYPE ENTITY TYPE LABEL: DEFINITION: GT-Polygons SEASON character NAME character ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: SEASON ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies the season that birds are present ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: FALL SPRING SUMMER WINTER September, October, and November March, April, and May June, July, and August December, January, and February ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: NAME ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies the group of birds that are present ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: -21-

26 ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: PB PB/WF SB WF WF/SB Seabird concentration area Migratory waterfowl concentration area and seabird concentration area Shorebird concentration area Migratory waterfowl concentration area Migratory waterfowl concentration area and shorebird concentration area ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: ATTRIBUTE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT: Ordered -22-

27 5.1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: CITIESP The coverage CITIESP contains the incorporated polygons derived from TIGER/Line files ENTITY TYPES: ENTITY TYPE ENTITY TYPE LABEL: DEFINITION: GT-Polygons NAME character ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: NAME ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Names for the incorporated cities in the area. There are five polygons without names and are, therefore, left blank ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: Palmer City Seward City Seldovia City Houston City Anchorage City Kenai City Soldotna City Kachemak City Homer City ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau ATTRIBUTE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT: nominal -23-

28 5.1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: CLAMSP The coverage CLAMSP contains the polygons with shellfish species ENTITY TYPES: ENTITY TYPE ENTITY TYPE LABEL: DEFINITION: GT-Polygons SEASON character NAME character ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: SEASON ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies the season that birds are present ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: FALL September, October, and November SPRING March, April, and May SUMMER June, July, and August WINTER December, January, and February ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: NAME ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: A label that identifies what species of clam is present. The only species is the Razor clam ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: ATTRIBUTE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT: ordered -24-

29 5.1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: CURRENT The coverage CURRENT contains the complete chains and polygons for the keeper beachers, the currents, and the rip zones ENTITY TYPES: ENTITY TYPE ENTITY TYPE LABEL: DEFINITION: Complete Chain FEATURE character GT Polygon FEATURE character ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: FEATURE ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies a feature as rip zone, current vector, or keeper beach ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: CURRENT Current vector (L) KEEPER Keeper beaches (L) RIP Primary rip zone (L,P) RIPALT Intermittent rip zone (L,P) ATTRIBUTE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT: nominal -25-

30 5.1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: ESI The Coverage ESI contains polygonal (GT-Polygons) and arc (Complete Chains) features for the ESI shoreline classification. The classification of the features is based upon Guidelines for Developing Digital Environmental Sensitivity Index Atlases and Data-bases (Michel, J. and J. Dahlin, 1993, Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division, NOAA). The ESI classification was performed in ENTITY TYPES: ENTITY TYPE ENTITY TYPE LABEL: DEFINITION: Complete Chain ESI character GT-Polygons WATER_CODE character ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: ESI ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: The item ESI contains values according to the ESI ranking of the shorelines and polygons. The ESI rankings progress from low to high susceptibility to oil spills. The Cook Inlet shoreline types are listed below. In many cases, the shorelines are also ranked with multiple codes, such as 10/7. The first number is the most landward shoreline type, salt marsh, with exposed tidal flats being the shoreline type closest to the water. Only values 7 through 10 have been reviewed for accuracy and accepted by the regional specialists ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: -26-

31 ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: 1 Exposed rocky shores 1/6 Exposed rocky shores/mixed sand and gravel beaches 2 Exposed wavecut platforms 2/6 Exposed wavecut platforms/mixed sand and gravel beaches 2/8 Exposed wavecut platforms/sheltered rocky shores 3 Fine-grained sand beaches 4 Coarse-grained sand beaches 5 Exposed tidal flats 5/10 Exposed tidal flats/marshes 5/6 Exposed tidal flats/mixed sand and gravel beaches 5/8 Exposed tidal flats/sheltered rocky shores 6 Mixed sand and gravel beaches 6/10 Mixed sand and gravel beaches/marshes 6/5 Mixed sand and gravel beaches/exposed tidal flats 7 Gravel beaches 7/6 Gravel beaches/mixed sand and gravel beaches 7/8 Gravel beaches/sheltered rocky shores 8 Sheltered rocky shores 8/1 Sheltered rocky shores/exposed rocky shores 8/10 Sheltered rocky shores/marshes 8/3 Sheltered rocky shores/fine-grained sand beaches 8/6 Sheltered rocky shores/mixed sand and gravel beaches 9 Sheltered tidal flats 9/10 Sheltered tidal flats/marshes 9/8 Sheltered tidal flats/sheltered rocky shores 10 Marshes 99 Blank No Classification Code ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: ATTRIBUTE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT: Ordered -27-

32 ATTRIBUTE LABEL: WATER_CODE ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Specifies a polygon as either water, land, or flat ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: W L F Water Land Tidal Flats ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: -28-

33 5.1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: FISHL The coverage FISHL contains the arcs with fish species ENTITY TYPES: ENTITY TYPE ENTITY TYPE LABEL: DEFINITION: Complete Chain SEASON character NAME character ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: SEASON ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies the season that birds are present ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: FALL September, October, and November SPRING March, April, and May SUMMER June, July, and August WINTER December, January, and February ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: NAME ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: The attribute contains the name of the species of fish that are present in the polygon. The only name is ANADROMOUS ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: -29-

34 5.1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: FISHP The coverage FISHP contains the polygons with fish species ENTITY TYPES: ENTITY TYPE ENTITY TYPE LABEL: DEFINITION: GT-Polygons SEASON character NAME character ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: SEASON ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies the season that birds are present ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: FALL September, October, and November SPRING March, April, and May SUMMER June, July, and August WINTER December, January, and February ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: NAME ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: The attribute contains the name of the species of fish that are present in the polygon ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: -30-

35 ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: HERRING ANADROMOUS SETNET Pacific herring spawning areas Anadromous fish streams Authorized salmon set net sites ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: -31-

36 5.1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: HAULOUT The coverage HAULOUT contains the entity points for the harbor seal and sea lion haulouts ENTITY TYPES: ENTITY TYPE ENTITY TYPE LABEL: DEFINITION: Entity Points SEASON character NAME character ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: SEASON ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies the season that birds are present ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: FALL September, October, and November SPRING March, April, and May SUMMER June, July, and August WINTER December, January, and February ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: NAME ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies where the haulout has seals or sea lions ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: -32-

37 ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: STELLAR Stellar sea lion HARBOR Harbor seal ATTRIBUTE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT: nominal -33-

38 5.1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: ICE The coverage ICE contains the lines delineating the mean extent of ice cover by month. As well as documenting the lines by using an attribute, there is also annotation associated with each arc specifying the month. This coverage is only found in the winter directory ENTITY TYPES: ENTITY TYPE ENTITY TYPE LABEL: DEFINITION: Complete Chain MONTH character ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: MONTH ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies the month that the ice coverage line represents ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: DEC December JAN January FEB February MAR March ATTRIBUTE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT: nominal -34-

39 5.1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: MAMMALSP The coverage MAMMALSP contains the polygons with mammal species ENTITY TYPES: ENTITY TYPE ENTITY TYPE LABEL: DEFINITION: GT-Polygons SEASON character NAME character ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: SEASON ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies the season that birds are present ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: FALL September, October, and November SPRING March, April, and May SUMMER June, July, and August WINTER December, January, and February ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: NAME ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies the species of marine mammal. -35-

40 ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: BELUGA Beluga whale concentrations SEAL Harbor seal concentration areas 99 holes in the polygons ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: ATTRIBUTE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT: ordered -36-

41 5.1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: NESTS The coverage NESTS contains the points with bird nesting information. The NESTS coverage is linked to the Biological Resources table (NESTS.DAT) using the lookup table NESTS.LUT and the ID item. The items in NESTS.DAT are: RARNUM, SPECIES_ID, CONC, SEASON_ID, G_SOURCE, S_SOURCE, and ELEMENT. SPECIES_ID is the numeric identifier of each species and is linked to the SPECIES.DAT. CONC is the concentration of the species with a count of the numbers of species present in the nesting site. The SPECIES.DAT table contains the SPECIES_ID, the common name (NAME), the scientific name (GEN_SPEC), the state and federal status (S_F), the threatened or endangered status (T_E), the ELEMENT, and the SUBELEMENT. The item SUBELEMENT refers to the grouping of the species. The SUBELEMENTS, by ELEMENT, are: Bird ELEMENT Alcid Diving Gull_Tern Pelagic Raptor Shorebird Waterfowl SUBELEMENT ENTITY TYPES: ENTITY TYPE ENTITY TYPE LABEL: DEFINITION: Entity Points ID character ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: ID ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: A unique identifier which links to the NESTS.DAT. -37-

42 The following bird species are found in the dataset: SPECIES ID NAME 8 Double-crested cormorant 10 Pelagic cormorant 36 Glaucous-winged gull 38 Herring gull 41 Mew gull 46 Common murre 47 Pigeon guillemot 50 Rhinoceros auklet 51 Tufted puffin 68 Black oystercatcher 76 Bald eagle 79 Cormorant 80 Arctic tern 81 Horned puffin 84 Parakeet auklet 96 Leach s storm-petrel 99 Red-faced cormorant 100 Black-legged kittiwake 101 Aleutian tern 102 Fork-tailed storm-petrel 103 Common eider 105 Thick-billed murrelet 106 Ancient murrelet 129 Northern fulmar ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: ATTRIBUTE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT: integer -38-

43 5.1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION: SOCECON The coverage SOCECON contains the entity points and complete chains for the human-use data ENTITY TYPES: ENTITY TYPE ENTITY TYPE LABEL: DEFINITION: Complete Chain SOCECON character Entity Points NAME character SOCECON character ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: SOCECON ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies a line or point with a socioeconomic, or human-use, feature. This attribute allows direct access to the type of feature ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED ENUMERATED DOMAIN DOMAIN VALUE: VALUE DEFINITION: AQ Aquaculture (P) BR Boat Ramp (P) HW Highway symbols (P) NP National Park (P,L) OF Oil Facility (P) P State Park (P,L) PF Oil platform (P) PL Pipeline (L) RD Road (L) VL Volcano (P) WR Wildlife Refuge (L) ATTRIBUTE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT: nominal -39-

44 ATTRIBUTES: ATTRIBUTE LABEL: NAME ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION: Identifies a name of a point feature. All blanks are either boat ramps or aquaculture sites ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE DEFINITION SOURCE: ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE: ANCHOR RIVER AND FRITZ CREEK C ANCHORAGE COASTAL WILDLIFE REF ANNA Augustine Volcano BAKER BRUCE CAPTAIN COOK STATE RECREATION CHRISTY LEE LOADING FACILITY CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST CLAM GULCH STATE CRITICAL HABI DILLON DOLLY VARDEN DRIFT RIVER TERMINAL DRIFTWOOD BAY STATE MARINE PAR FOX RIVER FLATS STATE CRITICAL GRANITE POINT GRANITE POINT FACILITY GRAYLING Iliamna Volcano KACHEMAK BAY STATE CRITICAL HA KACHEMAK BAY STATE PARK KACHEMAK BAY STATE WILDERNESS KALGIN ISLAND STATE CRITICAL H KATMAI NATIONAL PARK KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK -40-

45 ENUMERATED DOMAIN VALUE: KENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE KING SALMON LAKE CLARK NATIONAL PARK MCNEIL RIVER STATE GAME REFUGE MCNEIL RIVER STATE GAME SANCTU MONOPOD Mt. Douglas Mt. Spurr REDOUBT BAY STATE CRITICAL HAB Redoubt Volcano SAFETY COVE STATE MARINE PARK SANDSPIT POINT STATE MARINE PA SHELL A SHELL C SHELL OIL PRODUCTION FACILITY SPARK SPURR STEELHEAD SUNNY COVE STATE MARINE PARK SUSITNA FLATS STATE GAME REFUG TESORO ALASKA PETROLEUM CO. THUMB COVE STATE MARINE PARK TRADING BAY PRODUCTION FACILIT TRADING BAY STAT GAME REFUGE Tutka Bay Hatchery TYONEK UNION CHEMICAL ATTRIBUTE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT: nominal -41-

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47 6.0. DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION 6.1. DISTRIBUTOR CONTACT PERSON PRIMARY CONTACT PERSON: Robert Pavia CONTACT ORGANIZATION: NOAA CONTACT ADDRESS ADDRESS TYPE: Physical Address ADDRESS: 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Bin C CITY: Seattle STATE OR PROVINCE: WA POSTAL CODE: CONTACT VOICE TELEPHONE: (206) CONTACT FACSIMILE TELEPHONE: (206) RESOURCE DESCRIPTION: Cook Inlet and Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Summary Map 6.3. DISTRIBUTION LIABILITY: Although this data has been processed successfully on a computer system at NOAA, 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 computerreadable 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 CUSTOM ORDER PROCESS Contact NOAA for distribution options (see ). -43-

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49 7.0. METADATA REFERENCE INFORMATION 7.1. METADATA DATE: METADATA REVIEW DATE: METADATA CONTACT CONTACT PERSON PRIMARY CONTACT PERSON: Jill Petersen CONTACT ORGANIZATION: NOAA HMRAD CONTACT POSITION: GIS Manager CONTACT ADDRESS ADDRESS TYPE: Physical Address ADDRESS: 7600 Sand Point Way, N.E., Bin C CITY: Seattle STATE OR PROVINCE: Washington POSTAL CODE: CONTACT VOICE TELEPHONE: (206) CONTACT FACSIMILE TELEPHONE: (206) CONTACT ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS: 7.5. METADATA STANDARD NAME: Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata 7.6. METADATA STANDARD VERSION:

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