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California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog

Offshore of Refugio Beach Map Area

Maps that show these data are published in Scientific Investigations Map 3319, "California State Waters Map Series--Offshore of Refugio Beach, California."

Each GIS data file for the Offshore of Refugio State Beach map area is listed below with a brief description, a small image, and links to the metadata files and the downloadable data files. The data were compiled in ArcMap (version 10.0, ESRI, 2011). Raster data layers are registered TIFF images and are in the UTM Zone 10 coordinate system, with datum WGS84. Point, line, and polygon features are in shapefile format and are projected in UTM Zone 10 coordinates, with horizontal datum WGS84. We recommend that you create a single new folder within which to unzip the files you want to use.

The downloadable data files have been compressed with the "zip" command, and they can be unzipped with Winzip (or other tool) on Windows systems. The .zip file for a TIFF image includes the image (.tif), the world registration file (.tfw), and the text (.txt) and XML (.tif.xml) versions of the metadata. The .zip for a shapefile includes the .aux, .dbf, .shp, .shx, .sbx, and .sbn files, as well as the text (.txt) and XML (.shp.xml) versions of the metadata.

Web Services

Web services were created using an ArcGIS service definition file. The ArcGIS REST service and OGC WMS service include all Offshore of Refugio Beach data layers listed in the "GIS Data Files" table. Data layers are symbolized as shown on the associated map sheets. Individual web services for each GIS file are available from the main service pages provided in the links below.

ArcMap users: Instructions to use these services in ArcMap version 10.0 or above.

ArcGIS REST Service

OGC WMS Service

ArcGIS Project File

Offshore_RefugioBeachGIS.mxd.zip (0.1 MB) is a compressed (with the "zip" command) version of the ArcMap document (.mxd) that has all the data layers loaded in the table of contents and has all the data symbolized as on the SIM map sheets. Download and save this ArcGIS project file, including all data layers, to the directory you created for this GIS.

GIS Data Files

Theme Description	View	File Format	Metadata	File Compressed	File Size	Suggested Citation
Bathymetry (2m/pixel), Offshore of Refugio Beach map area		TIFF 32 bit float	txt, xml, html, faq	Bathymetry_OffshoreRefugioBeach.zip	126.2 MB	Dartnell, P., Phillips, E.L., Finlayson, D.P., 2015, Bathymetry--Offshore of Refugio Beach, California
Bathymetry Hillshade (2m/pixel), Offshore of Refugio Beach map area		TIFF 8 bit integer	txt, xml, html, faq	BathymetryHS_OffshoreRefugioBeach.zip	11.7 MB	Dartnell, P., Phillips, E.L., Finlayson, D.P., 2015, BathymetryHS--Offshore of Refugio Beach, California
Contours, Offshore of Refugio Beach map area		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Contours_OffshoreRefugioBeach.zip	0.6 MB	Ritchie, A.C., Dartnell, P., Kvitek, R.G., Johnson, S.Y., 2015, Contours--Offshore of Refugio Beach, California
Backscatter (2m/pixel), Offshore of Refugio Beach map area		TIFF 8 bit integer	txt, xml, html, faq	Backscatter_OffshoreRefugioBeach.zip	145.9 MB	Dartnell, P., Phillips, E.L., Finlayson, D.P., 2015, Backscatter--Offshore of Refugio Beach, California
Offshore Geology and Geomorphology, Offshore of Refugio Beach map area		ESRI Shapefile (polygon)	txt, xml, html, faq	Geology_OffshoreRefugioBeach.zip	0.4 MB	Conrad, J.E., Ritchie, A.C., Johnson, S.Y., 2015, Geology and geomorphology--Offshore of Refugio Beach, California
Faults, Offshore of Refugio Beach map area		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Faults_OffshoreRefugioBeach.zip	0.1 MB	Conrad, J.E., Ritchie, A.C., Johnson, S.Y., 2015, Faults--Offshore of Refugio Beach, California
Folds, Offshore of Refugio Beach map area		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Folds_OffshoreRefugioBeach.zip	0.1 MB	Conrad, J.E., Ritchie, A.C., Johnson, S.Y., 2015, Folds--Offshore of Refugio Beach, California
Habitat, Offshore of Refugio Beach map area		ESRI Shapefile (polygon)	txt, xml, html, faq	Habitat_OffshoreRefugioBeach.zip	0.2 MB	Endris, C.A., Greene, H.G., 2015, Habitat--Offshore of Refugio Beach, California
Seafloor Character (2m/pixel), Offshore of Refugio Beach map area		TIFF 8 bit integer	txt, xml, html, faq	SeafloorCharacter_OffshoreRefugioBeach.zip	1.4 MB	Phillips, E.L., Erdey, M.D., Cochrane, G.R., 2015, Seafloor Character--Offshore of Refugio Beach, California
Depth To Transition, Santa Barbara Channel		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	DepthToTransition_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	1.5 MB	Johnson, S.Y., Wong, F.L., Phillips, E.L., 2013, Depth To Transition--Santa Barbara Channel, California
Transgressive Contours, Santa Barbara Channel		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	TransgressiveContours_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	0.7 MB	Johnson, S.Y., Wong, F.L., Phillips, E.L., 2013, Transgressive Contours--Santa Barbara Channel, California
Sediment Thickness (2m/pixel), Santa Barbara Channel		TIFF 32 bit Float	txt, xml, html, faq	SedimentThickness_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	1.6 MB	Johnson, S.Y., Wong, F.L., Phillips, E.L., 2013, Sediment Thickness--Santa Barbara Channel, California
Isopachs, Santa Barbara Channel		ESRI Shapefile (line)	txt, xml, html, faq	Isopachs_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	0.7 MB	Johnson, S.Y., Wong, F.L., Phillips, E.L., 2013, Isopachs--Santa Barbara Channel, California
Predicted Distribution of Brittle Stars, Santa Barbara Channel		TIFF 32 bit Float	txt, xml, html, faq	BrittleStars_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	887 MB	Krigsman, L.M., Yoklavich, M.M., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., 2013, Brittle Stars--Santa Barbara Channel, California
Predicted Distribution of Cup Corals, Santa Barbara Channel		TIFF 32 bit Float	txt, xml, html, faq	CupCorals_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	891 MB	Krigsman, L.M., Yoklavich, M.M., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., 2013, Cup Corals--Santa Barbara Channel, California
Predicted Distribution of Hydroids, Santa Barbara Channel		TIFF 32 bit Float	txt, xml, html, faq	Hydroids_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	884 MB	Krigsman, L.M., Yoklavich, M.M., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., 2013, Hydroids--Santa Barbara Channel, California
Predicted Distribution of Short Sea Pens, Santa Barbara Channel		TIFF 32 bit Float	txt, xml, html, faq	ShortSeaPens_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	889 MB	Krigsman, L.M., Yoklavich, M.M., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., 2013, Short Sea Pens--Santa Barbara Channel, California
Predicted Distribution of Tall Sea Pens, Santa Barbara Channel		TIFF 32 bit Float	txt, xml, html, faq	TallSeaPens_SantaBarbaraChannel.zip	877 MB	Krigsman, L.M., Yoklavich, M.M., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., 2013, Tall Sea Pens--Santa Barbara Channel, California
Visual observations of benthic habitat from video USGS Cruise S1C08SC		ESRI Shapefile (points)	txt, xml, html, faq	s1c08sc_video_observations.zip	0.2 MB	Phillips, E.L., Cochrane, G.R., Dartnell, P., Krigsman, L.M., Golden, N.E., 2013, S1C08SC Video Observations