NY/NJ Metro Area 2016 ESI: Political and Jurisdictional Boundaries

ESI data characterize marine and coastal environments by their sensitivity to spilled oil. This vector dataset contains jurisdictional boundaries for agencies like the Army Corps of Engineers and Coast Guard, as well as state, tribal, and county boundaries in the New York/New Jersey Metro Area, Hudson River, and South Long Island regions. The data was published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.

Use Cases

• Map jurisdictional overlaps for emergency response planning based on polygon layers for multiple agencies.
• Analyze spatial relationships between human-use resources and sensitive habitats based on the ESI framework described.
• Identify Coast Guard station locations for maritime safety and response coordination based on point data.

Strengths

• Includes jurisdictional data from multiple federal agencies (Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard, EPA, FEMA).
• Covers three distinct geographic regions: NY/NJ Metro Area, Hudson River, and South Long Island.
• Part of a larger ESI data set characterizing shoreline habitats, biological resources, and human-use resources.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from 2016; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Likely compiled for Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) mapping.

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026 03 13 22:24:42.619651; freshness should be verified

Geography

New York/New Jersey Metro Area, Hudson River, and South Long Island regions.