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| DATA DESCRIPTION | SCALE | GEOGRAPHIC REGION | FORMAT | DATES AVAILABLE | PROJECTION | MEDIUM | SIZE IN MB | DATA SOURCE |
| RECENT SHORELINE DATA | ||||||||
| Medium Scale Shoreline | 1:70,000 | Complete state | Digital Vector Data | 1988-92 | Mercator | Web | 12 | NOAA |
| Large Scale Shoreline | 1:10,000 and 1:20,000 | Complete state | ArcView shape files | 1980-90 | Geographic | Web | 22 | NOAA / CSC |
| HISTORIC SHORELINE DATA | ||||||||
| Historic Shorelines | 1:40,000 | Southern 2/3 of state | Arc/Info shape files | 1880, 1920 | UTM | Web | 29 | USGS |
| TOPOGRAPHY AND BATHYMETRY | ||||||||
| Offshore Bathymetry | N/A | Whole world | Soundings offshore, various surveys | Variable by survey | N/A | Web | Variable by survey | NOAA |
| Matched Topo/Bathy | 30 meter grid, ~1:25,000 | Coastal region of state | Digital raster data | Variable | Geographic | Web and CD-ROM | NOAA / CSC / MGG | |
| Digital Elevation Model | 1:24,000 | USA, state | Digital raster | most recent | UTM | Web | 200 | USGS |
| Beach Profiles | Complete state | 1994-1995 | N/A | CD-ROM | SC DHEC | |||
| LIDAR Data | 2 meter spacing | Complete state | ASCII text | Flown in September of '96 and '97 | Geographic | Web | Coastal Services Center | |
| T-Sheets & H-Sheets | ~1:80,000 | Complete state | 1850-1994 | varies | paper maps | NOAA | ||
| DATA DESCRIPTION | SCALE | GEOGRAPHIC REGION | FORMAT | DATES AVAILABLE | PROJECTION | MEDIUM | SIZE IN MB | DATA SOURCE |
| DEMOGRAPHIC DATA | ||||||||
| Population Data | N/A | Complete state by zipcode | ArcView shape files | 1996 | N/A | Web | 14 | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Agg Property Values | State | N/A | HUD | |||||
| WETLANDS | ||||||||
| National Wetlands Inventory | 1:24,000 | Some areas completed in SC | Digital line graph files | 1972 - present; currently being completed for SC | UTM | Web | 47 | U.S. Fish & Wildlife |
| State Wetlands | 1:24,000 | Southern half of state completed | arc/info export file by quad | current | Web | SC-DNR | ||
| STORMS/HURRICANES | ||||||||
| Past Hurricane Tracks | Variable | World | Digital variable | 1886 to 1995 | N/A | CD-ROM | NOAA | |
| Hurricane SWASH Modeling Maps | Georgetown, Horry and Charleston counties | arc/info export file | most recent | Web | 173 | FEMA / ACOE | ||
| GRAIN SIZE | ||||||||
| Sediment Grain Size (Beach) | N/A | some beaches | text file | 1986-1997 | N/A | Web | SC DHEC | |
| Sediment Grain Size and Composition (Offshore) | N/A | USA offshore | last update: 12/93 | N/A | Web | NOAA | ||
| Sediment Discharge Data | N/A | 8 gauging stations (coastal area) | variable | N/A | web | USGS - WRD | ||
| Bottom Sediments | N/A | coastal area | Access DBF | current | N/A | web | CCU | |
| DATA DESCRIPTION | SCALE | GEOGRAPHIC REGION | FORMAT | DATES AVAILABLE | PROJECTION | MEDIUM | SIZE IN MB | DATA SOURCE |
| WAVES & CURRENTS | ||||||||
| Wave Energy Database | wave height/wave swell data | 10 year archive | N/A | web | Satellite Observing System | |||
| Tidal Range Database | N/A | NOAA tide stations in SC | most current | N/A | web | NOAA | ||
| Long Shore Currents | little information available | USACE - Charleston | ||||||
| USACE STRUCTURES | ||||||||
| USACE Structures (Local) | variable | complete state; general description of locale | variable | N/A | paper | USACE | ||
| USACE Structures | variable | complete state; description of structures | variable | N/A | paper | NOAA | ||
| SEA LEVEL CHANGE | ||||||||
| KO Energy Sea Level Data | KO Energy | |||||||
| NOAA Sea Level Data | 289 sea level stations in world | pre 1994 | N/A | CD-ROM (PC) | NOAA | |||
| Coastal Hazards Database (28 variables) | variable | east, west Gulf coasts, USA (1000 stations worldwide) | Arc/Info interchange file, ASCII, SAS | past 20 years of average data (published in 1992) | Geographic | web | NASA / Oak Ridge | |
| Sea Level Atlas for US Coasts | N/A | paper atlas | published in 1993 | N/A | paper | FIU | ||
| DATA DESCRIPTION | SCALE | GEOGRAPHIC REGION | FORMAT | DATES AVAILABLE | PROJECTION | MEDIUM | SIZE IN MB | DATA SOURCE |
| SOIL DATA | ||||||||
| Soils Data | 1:24,000 | 80 percent of coast | currently updating | UTM | web | SC DNR | ||
| LAND USE | ||||||||
| Land Use | 1:250,000 | Complete USA | GIRAS or CTG | variable | UTM | web | USGS GEO Data | |
| Political boundaries | 1:2,000,000, 1:100,000, 1:24,000 | Complete USA | DLG files | variable | UTM | web | USGS GEO Data | |
| Transportation | 1:2,000,000, 1:100,000, 1:24,000 | Complete USA | DLG files | variable | UTM | web | USGS GEO Data | |
| Hydrography | 1:2,000,000, 1:100,000, 1:24,000 | Complete USA | DLG files | most current | UTM | web | USGS GEO Data | |
| Federal Land Holdings | 1:25,000 | Complete USA | DLG files | variable | UTM | web | USGS GEO Data | |
| BEACH NOURISHMENT | ||||||||
| Beach Nourishment | USACE - Charleston | |||||||
| FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS | ||||||||
| FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps | A zone and V zone maps; some counties in state | CD-ROM | FEMA | |||||
| DATA DESCRIPTION | SCALE | GEOGRAPHIC REGION | FORMAT | DATES AVAILABLE | PROJECTION | MEDIUM | SIZE IN MB | DATA SOURCE |
| GEOLOGY | ||||||||
| Geology - Seismic Lines | 1:24,000 | Edisto to Bull Island | PDF file (CD-ROM) | 1994-1997 | web | USGS | ||
| Offshore Geology - Structure Contour Maps | seismic reflectors | USGS / CCU-CMWS | ||||||
| Geology - Sea Bottom data | N/A | dbase IV | most current | N/A | web | ~12,000 records | SC-DNR | |
| Geology - Side-Scan Sonar | N/A | Arc/Info | 1995-1997 | N/A | CCU-CMVS | |||
| Geology - Core Locations | N/A | ArcView | N/A | CCU-CMVS | ||||
| Geology | SC-DNR | |||||||
| Current Earth Science Literature Bibliography | N/A | SC coastal region | 1997 | N/A | CD-ROM | College of Charleston | ||
| USA Waterwell Database | USGS-WRD | |||||||
| VIDEO, SATELLITE & PHOTO IMAGES | ||||||||
| Air Photos | Complete SC coast | 1996 and earlier years | CD-ROM | College of Charleston | ||||
| Video Imaging of Shoreline | ~1:20 | Complete SC coast | SVHS video | Sep. '96 | Oblique | video tape | USGS | |
| Oblique Still Photos | ~1:20 | Complete SC coast | GIF/JPEG files | Sep. '96 | Oblique | 3 CD-ROMs | 1800 MB | USGS |
| Black and White SPOT images | N/A | Complete state | GIF files | May 1996 | N/A | web | Clemson University | |
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