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Using High-Resolution Geospatial Imagery and Data To Document the Evolution of the Wilderness Breach That Was Created by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 at Fire Island National Seashore, New York

Open-File Report 2025-1020
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20251020

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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Civil Applications Center obtained remote sensing data and imagery collected from 1939 through 2023 to monitor changes at Fire Island National Seashore, New York. On October 29, 2012, an inlet was created during Hurricane Sandy on Fire Island that remained open for 10 years. This inlet, named the “Wilderness Breach,” formed at the same location where an inlet had previously existed and remained open from 1763 to 1825. This report documents the morphological changes that occurred at the Wilderness Breach during the 10-year existence of this feature.

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Fisher, G.B., 2025, Using high-resolution geospatial imagery and data to document the evolution of the Wilderness Breach that was created by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 at Fire Island National Seashore, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2025–1020, 27 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20251020.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

ISSN: 0196-1497 (print)

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Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Remote Sensing Data
  • Morphologic Changes
  • Results and Discussion
  • References Cited
  • Recommended Reading
  • Appendix 1. Summary of Imagery Used in This Study and Shown in Appendix 2
  • Appendix 2. Remote Sensing Imagery Depicting the Area Around the Wilderness Breach, Fire Island National Seashore, New York
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Using high-resolution geospatial imagery and data to document the evolution of the Wilderness Breach that was created by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 at Fire Island National Seashore, New York
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2025-1020
ISBN 978-1-4113-4607-9
DOI 10.3133/ofr20251020
Publication Date May 22, 2025
Year Published 2025
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) National Civil Applications Center
Description Report: iv, 27 p.; Data Release
Country United States
State New York
Other Geospatial Fire Island National Seashore, Wilderness Breach
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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