Georgia 2015 ESI: Political and Jurisdictional Boundaries for Coastal Management

Georgia's coastal and marine areas are characterized by vector polygons and points depicting jurisdictional boundaries for agencies including USACE, USCG, USEPA, and FEMA, as well as county lines and Coast Guard facility locations. This dataset is part of the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) data, which characterizes environments by their sensitivity to oil spills. The data was published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and last updated on 2026-03-13.

Use Cases

• Map jurisdictional overlaps for emergency response planning based on USACE, USCG, USEPA, and FEMA boundaries.
• Analyze proximity of sensitive habitats to Coast Guard facilities based on point locations.
• Support regulatory compliance assessments by delineating county and federal agency jurisdictions.
• Integrate with other ESI layers for holistic coastal sensitivity modeling based on the described human-use resources framework.

Strengths

• Includes jurisdictional data from multiple authoritative federal agencies (USACE, USCG, USEPA, FEMA).
• Part of a broader, standardized Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) framework for oil spill sensitivity.
• Last update recorded as 2026-03-13, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary file format is PDF, which is not ideal for direct geospatial analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official agency sources for the ESI mapping program.

Time Range

Referenced as 2015 ESI data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 22:22:22.740638; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Georgia, USA, focusing on coastal and marine areas.