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San Francisco Bay Levees

San Francisco Bay Levees

Mar 2, 2011 (Last modified May 13, 2011)

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Description:: The bay area levees map depicts the locations of levees around the San Francisco Bay Area. It was created using a combination of the Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM) data from FEMA and digitized lines from USGS 7.5 minute Topo maps and Google Earth aerial imagery. The data source for each feature is described in the Source attribute field as derived from either FEMA or from the Pacific Institute.

Data Provided By:: Pacific Institute

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Citation:: Title: The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the California Coast
Credits: Matthew Herberger, Heather Cooley, Peter Gleick, and Pablo Herrara
Publication Date: 2009
Publisher: Pacific Institute
Online linkage: http://www.pacinst.org/reports/sea_level_rise

Contact Organization:: Pacific Institute

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Matthew Heberger

Use Constraints:: The data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please reference the Pacific Institute as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data. This information is being made available for informational purposes only. Users of this information agree by their use to hold blameless the State of California, and its respective officers, employees, agents, contractors, and subcontractors for any liability associated with its use in any form. This work shall not be used to assess actual coastal hazards, insurance requirements, or property values and specifically shall not be used in lieu of Flood Insurance Studies and Flood Insurance Rate Maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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Tags:: climate change, san francisco, coastal protection structures, coastal flood, 100 year flood, sea level rise, levees, protection structures, oceans and coastal, 100 year coastal flood

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Conservation Biology Institute

The Conservation Biology Institute (CBI) provides scientific expertise to support the conservation and recovery of biological diversity in its natural state through applied research, education, planning, and community service.