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Hard shoreline structure inventory for states along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts

September 15, 2025

To support the development of more accurate hurricane coastal impact models, we created a dataset containing an inventory of information sources of hard shoreline structures — including seawalls, groins, bulkheads, and breakwaters — for each U.S. state along the Gulf of America and Atlantic coasts. The shoreline structure inventory was developed initially from internet searches of open data sources and then added to based on feedback from individual state agencies that we reached out to via email.

Publication Year 2025
Title Hard shoreline structure inventory for states along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
DOI 10.5066/P13WLMRY
Authors Bethanie (Contractor) M Simons, Nicholas M Enwright, Dean B Gesch
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Wetland and Aquatic Research Center - Gainesville, FL
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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