South Carolina 2015 ESI Political and Jurisdictional Boundaries

ESI data characterize marine and coastal environments by their sensitivity to spilled oil. This subset contains vector polygons and points depicting political and jurisdictional boundaries, including Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard, county, EPA, FEMA, tribal lands, and state waters for South Carolina. The data was produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling potential oil spill impacts on human-use resources based on the described sensitivity framework.
• Mapping administrative and jurisdictional boundaries for coastal zone management based on the listed polygon layers.
• Identifying locations of Coast Guard installations for emergency response planning based on the point data.
• Integrating political boundaries with biological and shoreline data for comprehensive environmental risk assessment based on the ESI data structure.

Strengths

• Data is part of a structured Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) framework for oil spill sensitivity.
• Includes multiple jurisdictional layers (Army Corps, Coast Guard, county, EPA, FEMA, tribal, state).
• Last updated date is explicitly recorded as 2026-03-13.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The primary file format listed is PDF, which may limit direct geospatial analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official administrative sources for the ESI program.

Time Range

Referenced year is 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 22:23:24.786175; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Carolina, USA, focusing on coastal and marine areas.