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Boundaries of the Historic Area Remediation Site

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What does this data set describe?

    Title: Boundaries of the Historic Area Remediation Site
    Abstract:
    This project presents maps of the sea floor in GIS format of the Historic Area Remedition Site (HARS), located offshore of New York and New Jersey. The data were collected with a multibeam sea floor mapping system on surveys conducted November 23 - December 3, 1996, October 26 - November 11, 1998, and April 6 - 30, 2000. The maps show sea floor topography, shaded relief, and backscatter intensity (a measure of sea floor texture and roughness) at a spatial resolution of 3 m/pixel, and locations of dredged material placed on the sea floor. The sea floor of the HARS, approximately 9 square nautical miles in area, is being remediated by placing at least a one-meter of clean dredged material on top of the existing surface sediments that exhibit varying degrees degradation resulting from previous disposal of dredged and other material. Comparison of the topography and backscatter intensity from the three surveys show changes in topography and surficial sediment properties resulting from placement of dredged material in 1996 and 1997 prior to designation of the HARS, as well as placement of material for remediation of the HARS. This study is carried out cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  1. How should this data set be cited?
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2000, Boundaries of the Historic Area Remediation Site:.

    Online Links:
    • <URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of00-503>
    This is part of the following larger work.
    Butman, Bradford, Danforth, W.W., Knowles, S.C., May, Brian, and Serrett, Laurie, 2000, Sea Floor Topography and Backscatter Intensity of the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS), Offshore of New York, Based on Multibeam Surveys Conducted in 1996, 1998, and 2000: Open File Report OFR00-503, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.

    Online Links:
    • <URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of00-503>
  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.900124
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.812264
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.433605
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.349975
  3. What does it look like?

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Beginning_Date: 1996
    Ending_Date: 2000
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
      • G-polygon
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.000089992. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.000089992. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1927.
      The ellipsoid used is Clarke 1866.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.400000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.978698.

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    bzone
    Arcview shapefile (Source: ESRI)

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    polygonfeature geometry name
    AREA
    Square units area of feature (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    .002Area is in decimal degrees
    PERIMETER
    Perimeter length of feature (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    0.729Perimeter is in decimal degrees
    BUFFERZONE
    Arcview generated identification (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    1Arcview generated identification
    ZONE
    ESRI generated designation (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    BufferArcview generated designation


    hars.shp
    Arcview shapefile (Source: ESRI)

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    polygonfeature geometry name
    AREA
    Square units area of feature (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    .006Area is in decimal degrees
    PERIMETER
    Perimeter length of feature (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    .310Perimeter is in decimal degrees
    HARS_
    Arcview generated identification (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    2Arcview generated identification
    HARS_ID
    Arcview generated identification (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    1Arcview generated definition


    hars_cells.shp
    Arcview shapefile (Source: ESRI)

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    polygonfeature geometry name
    ID
    Arcview generated identification (Source: ESRI)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0
    Maximum:8
    Units:Identification number
    CELL_ID
    Arcview generated identification (Source: ESRI)
    Range of values
    Minimum:1
    Maximum:9
    Units:Identification number
    NW_X
    X coordinate of NW coordinate (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    0.000X coordinate of NW coordinate
    NW_Y
    Y coordinate of NW coordinate (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    0.000Y coordinate of NW coordinate
    NE_X
    X coordinate of NE coordinate (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    0.000X coordinate of NE coordinate
    NE_Y
    Y coordinate of NE coordinate (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    0.000Y coordinate of NE coordinate
    SW_X
    X coordinate of SW coordinate (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    0.000X coordinate of SW coordinate
    SW_Y
    Y coordinate of SW coordinate (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    0.000Y coordinate of SW coordinate
    SE_X
    X coordinate of SE coordinate (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    0.000X coordinate of SE coordinate
    SE_y
    Y coordinate of SE coordinate (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    0.000Y coordinate of SE coordinate


    mud.shp
    Arcview shapefile (Source: ESRI)

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    polygonfeature geometry name
    AREA
    Square units area of feature (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    .001Area is in decimal degrees
    PERIMETER
    Perimeter length of feature (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    .116Perimeter is in decimal degrees
    MUD_
    Arcview generated identification (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    2Arcview generated identification
    MUD_ID
    Arcview generated identification (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    0Arcview generated definition


    ndzone.shp
    Arcview shapefile (Source: ESRI)

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    polygonfeature geometry name
    AREA
    Square units area of feature (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    .000Area is in decimal degrees
    PERIMETER
    Perimeter length of feature (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    .3085Perimeter is in decimal degrees
    NDZONE_
    Arcview generated identification (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    2Arcview generated identification
    NDZONE_ID
    Arcview generated identification (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    0Arcview generated definition


    pra.shp
    Arcview shapefile (Source: ESRI)

    FID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    polygonfeature geometry name
    AREA
    Square units area of feature (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    .003Area is in decimal degrees
    PERIMETER
    Perimeter length of feature (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    .358Perimeter is in decimal degrees
    PRA_
    Arcview generated identification (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    2Arcview generated identification
    PRA_ID
    Arcview generated identification (Source: ESRI)
    ValueDefinition
    0Arcview generated definition
  8. What are the components of this data set?

    bzone.shp (An Arcview shapefile with polygon topology)
    The boundary of the Buffer Zone of the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS). No placement of material may take place within the Buffer Zone, although this zone may receive material that incidentally spreads out of the Primary Remediation Area. The Buffer Zone is and approximately 5.7 square nautical mile area (0.27 nautical mile wide band around the Primary Remediation Area). See the Code of Federal Regulations.
    hars.shp (An Arcview shapefile with polygon topology)
    The boundary of the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS), located offshore of New York and New Jersey. The sea floor of the HARS, approximately 9 square nautical miles in area, is being remediated by placing at least a one-meter cap of clean dredged material on top of the existing surface sediments that exhibit varying degrees of degradation. See the Code of Federal Regulations.
    hars_cells.shp (An Arcview shapefile with polygon topology)
    The boundary of the Primary Remediation Area (PRA) Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS). The Primary Remediation Area is a 9.0 square nautical mile area to be remediated with at least a one meter cap of the material for remediation. See Code of Federal Regulations.
    mud.shp (An Arcview shapefile with polygon topology)
    The boundary of the former Mud Dump Site. See Code of Federal Regulations.
    ndzone.shp (An Arcview shapefile with polygon topology)
    Boundary of the No Discharge Zone, within the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS). No placement or incidental spread of the material is allowed within the No Discharge Zone, an approximately 1.0 square nautical mile area. See Code of Federal Regulations.
    pra.shp (An Arcview shapefile with polygon topology)
    The Primary Remediation Area, within the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) is a 9.0 square nautical mile area to be remediated with at least a 1 meter cap of the material for remediation. See Code of Federal Regulations.

Who produced the data set?



  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
    Interpretation by Bradford Butman, data processing by William W. Danforth and Laurie Serrett, metadata written by Tammie J. Middleton
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    Brad Butman
    United States Geological Survey
    Oceanographer
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598


    508.457.2212 (voice)
    508.457.2309 (FAX)
    bbutman@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

The purpose of this project is to map the surficial geology of the sea floor of Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) and changes in surficial characteristics over time. This GIS project presents multibeam and other data in a digital format for analysis and display by scientists, policy makers, managers and the general public.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

    U.S.G.P.O. (source 1 of 1)
    Office, Government Printing , 19980701, Dumping sites designated on a final basis: Code of Federal Regulations 40cfr228_99, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

    Online Links:
    • <URL: https://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_99/40cfr228_99.html>
    Type_of_Source_Media: online and paper
    Source_Contribution:
    Provided the boundary coordinates delineating the Historic Area Remediation Site
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: 1999 (process 1 of 1)
    The corner points were put into Arcview 3.2 and using the connect the dots extension, a non-self-intersecting polygon was generated and saved to a new shapefile. This extension is a user developed script and can be downloaded from the ESRI website at <URL: https://www.esri.com>. This was done in the case of all 6 files.

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

    Unknown
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

    Unknown
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

    Unknown
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    These data are known to be complete.
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

    These data are considered to be logically consistent.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints:
These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.
Use_Constraints:
These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.


  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 2)
    Bradford Butman
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Oceanographer
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543-1598
    USA


    508.548.8700x2212 (voice)
    508.457.2309 (FAX)
    bbutman@usgs.gov
    Hours_of_Service: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.
  4. How can I download or order the data?
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 2 of 2)
    U.S. Geological Survey Information Services
    Box 25286 Denver Federal Center
    Denver, Colorado 80225-0046
    USA


    303.202.4700 (voice)
    303.202.4188 (FAX)
    Hours_of_Service: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.
  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 19-Oct-2001
Metadata author:
Brad Butman
United States Geological Survey
Oceanographer
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598


508.548.8700x2212 (voice)
508.457.2309 (FAX)
bbutman@usgs.gov
Metadata standard:
FGDCContent Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)



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