Southwest Florida 2016 HYDROL: Hydrography Lines for Environmental Sensitivity Index

Southwest Florida 2016 HYDROL is a vector line dataset from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration representing coastal hydrography. It was created for the Environmental Sensitivity Index, which characterizes marine and coastal environments by their sensitivity to oil spills. The data is part of a larger ESI database that includes shoreline habitats, biological resources, and human-use resources.

Use Cases

• Modeling oil spill trajectory and impact based on coastal hydrography features.
• Assessing environmental sensitivity for coastal zone management based on ESI framework.
• Integrating hydrographic data with biological and human-use resource layers for comprehensive risk analysis.
• Creating thematic maps for emergency response planning based on vector line data.

Strengths

• Data is part of the standardized Environmental Sensitivity Index framework for oil spill response.
• Produced by the authoritative National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
• Specifically geolocated for Southwest Florida.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific Southwest Florida region.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Created for the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) to characterize sensitivity to spilled oil.

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 22:28:08.214805; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southwest Florida, Gulf of Mexico