Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Erosion at Fire Island, New York

By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
a sandy coastline with heavily eroded dunes with two houses on stilts nearby
Original Thumbnail Medium

Detailed Description

The impacts of extreme storms can be striking. Here, winter nor’easters eroded sediments from an artificial dune at Fire Island, New York and moved them onto the beach and shoreface. Such erosion created a steep vertical face, or scarp. Erosion and overwash are expected to increase on Fire Island with rising sea levels. 

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.