Historical Shoreline of Sacramento River, Sacramento to Stockton, California

California's Sacramento River shoreline from Sacramento to Stockton, derived from high-resolution historical maps. The data were automated to provide a GIS data layer, based on office interpretation of imagery and field surveys by NOAA and its predecessor agencies. The attribution follows the NGS-developed C-COAST scheme, influenced by the International Hydrographic Organization's S-57 standard.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical shoreline change based on the high-resolution automated shoreline data.
• Create GIS data layers for coastal planning based on the derived shoreline maps.
• Translate coastal cartographic data into S-57 standard formats based on the C-COAST attribution scheme.

Strengths

• Data were automated to provide an accurate high-resolution historical shoreline.
• Derived from shoreline maps produced by the NOAA National Ocean Service and its predecessor agencies.
• Attribution scheme (C-COAST) was developed to conform various shoreline data sources into one catalog.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• File formats are PDF and HTML, which may require conversion for direct geospatial analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Derived from shoreline maps based on office interpretation of imagery and/or field survey.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 21:31:16.602413; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sacramento River - Sacramento to Stockton, California, USA