Political and Jurisdictional Boundaries for Washington and Oregon Outer Coast

A 2014 dataset from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration containing vector polygons, lines, and points depicting jurisdictional boundaries and Coast Guard stations for the outer coasts of Washington and Oregon. It is part of the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) data, which characterizes marine and coastal environments by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The data specifically cover human-use resources, including administrative divisions and management areas.

Use Cases

• Mapping administrative and tribal boundaries for coastal management based on the described jurisdictional polygons.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of Coast Guard resources for emergency response based on the point locations of stations.
• Integrating human-use data layers for environmental impact assessments based on the ESI framework described.

Strengths

• Data is part of a standardized Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) framework for oil spill planning.
• Contains multiple vector data types (polygons, lines, points) for different boundary representations.
• Produced by the authoritative National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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 2014; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Likely compiled for the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) mapping program.

Time Range

2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 22:25:43.978589; freshness should be verified

Geography

Outer coast of Washington and Oregon, USA.