Development of the geomorphological map for Fire Island National Seashore: Principal characteristics and components
Psuty NP, Patel M, Freeman J, Schmelz W, Robertson W, Spahn A. 2015. Development of the geomorphological map for Fire Island National Seashore: Principal characteristics and components. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/GRD/NRR—2015/941. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This report incorporates the geomorphological map, its philosophical underpinnings, legend descriptions, and the GIS data layers for the Fire Island National Seashore, Patchogue, New York. The theme of the map follows the current scientific organization of geomorphological mapping that includes morphometrics, causative processes, and evolutionary stages. Surface form was interpreted from data sets including recent orthophotos, recent Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data sets, augmented with spatial information on soils and vegetation, and field visits. The geomorphological features of the site include: 1) coastal topography that was created during an early phase of coastal barrier island development; 2) coastal topography that developed seaward of the early stage of barrier island evolution; and 3) anthropogenic modifications to the natural topography, consisting of fill or excavation. The geomorphological map and its legend portray the spatial and temporal association of the surface features created during these stages of landscape development, as well as the broad anthropogenic alterations of the landscape. This portrayal of surface form is based on data sets from 2010. A new post-Hurricane Sandy geomorphological map is being prepared. The geomorphological map is viewable as a full compilation of all of the data layers as well as user specified combinations of the data. Each of the map layers contained in this report meets the standards of Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) compliant metadata. The full set of organized data layers is available from the National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division, PO Box 25287, Denver, Colorado, 80225 or via the Geologic Resources Inventory publications page http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/inventory/gre_publications.cfm (accessed 24 March 2015).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Psuty, Norbert; Patel, Monica; Freeman, Joelle; Schmelz, William; Robertson, William; Spahn, Andrea
- Date of Issue
- 2015-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- FIIS , GRD , NRSS
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Coastal/Oceanographic Features and Processes , Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Marine Features and Processes