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ERMA map layer list

ERMA logoThe Puget Sound Institute is collaborating with NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration to enhance map layers and GIS data on NOAA’s Environmental Response Management Application® (ERMA) site. Below you will find a catalog of current NOAA-generated map layers that have been indexed and made searchable within the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. The links will take you to the corresponding layers within ERMA, or you can simply visit the ERMA Pacific Northwest website directly to search more broadly.

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  • Climate Assessment Proactive Response Initiative

    • Pilot Areas

      • Puget Sound Pilot Project Areas

    • CAPRI: Scored Data Elements

      • Facilities

        • Washington Facilities (points)
        • Washington Facilities (polygons)

      • Ecosystem and Species

        • ESI (Scored Data Elements)

          • Marbled Murrelet
          • Shoreline Nesting Sites
          • Bird Habitat (ESI)
          • Marine Mammals (ESI)
          • Fish (ESI)
          • Shoreline (ESI)
          • Shoreline and Habitat (ESI)
          • Fish Habitat (ESI)
          • Kelp and Eelgrass (ESI)
          • Invertebrate Habitat (ESI)

        • Shorezone

          • Saltmarsh
          • Eelgrass

        • WDFW

          • Salmonid Distribution (WDFW)
          • Seal and Sea Lion Haulout (WDFW)

      • Human Use (Scored Data Elements)

        • Ports
        • Shoreline Public Access
        • Shellfish Biotoxin Program
        • Shellfish Beach Pollution Status
        • Shoreline Modifications
        • Overwater Structures
        • Recreational Shellfish Harvest Regions
        • Recreational Fishing Catch
        • Aquaculture Boundaries
        • Commercial Shellfish Growing Areas
        • WA State Parks
        • Indian Reservation
        • Federal Lands

    • CAPRI Climate Change Assessment

      • Snohomish Estuary

        • Vulnerability Indices

          • A1B Climate Scenario

            • 2100

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2075

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2050

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2025

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

          • 1.5 meters Climate Scenario

            • 2100

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2075

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2050

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2025

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • CAPRI | 1.5 Meters Scenario | Combined Index

        • Threat/Resource Group Scores

          • Facilities: Degree of Toxicity
          • Facilities: Likelihood of Release
          • EcosystemSpecies: Contaminant Sensitivity
          • EcosystemSpecies: Relative Importance
          • Human Use Importance

      • Lower Duwamish River

        • Vulnerability Indices

          • A1B Climate Scenario

            • 2100

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2075

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2050

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2025

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species Facility Index
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

          • 1.5 meters Climate Scenario

            • 2100

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2075

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2050

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2025

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

        • Threat/Resource Group Scores

          • Facilities: Degree of Toxicity
          • Facilities: Likelihood of Release
          • EcosystemSpecies: Contaminant Sensitivity
          • EcosystemSpecies: Relative Importance
          • Human Use Importance

      • Commencement Bay

        • Vulnerability Indices

          • A1B Climate Scenario

            • 2100

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2075

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2050

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2025

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

          • 1.5 meters Climate Scenario

            • 2100

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2075

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2050

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2025

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

        • Threat/Resource Group Scores

          • Facilities: Degree of Toxicity
          • Facilities: Likelihood of Release
          • EcosystemSpecies: Contaminant Sensitivity
          • EcosystemSpecies: Relative Importance
          • Human Use Importance

      • Nisqually Estuary/Port of Olympia

        • Vulnerability Indices

          • A1B Climate Scenario

            • 2100

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2075

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2050

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2025

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

          • 1.5 meters Climate Scenario

            • 2100

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2075

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2050

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

            • 2025

              • Ecosystem/Species Importance Index
              • Human Use Index
              • Facility Index
              • Ecosystem/Species FacilityIndex
              • Human Use Facility Index
              • Combined Index

        • Threat/Resource Group Scores

          • Facilities: Degree of Toxicity
          • Facilities: Likelihood of Release
          • EcosystemSpecies: Contaminant Sensitivity
          • EcosystemSpecies: Relative Importance
          • Human Use Importance

    • CARPI Climate Change Forecast Conditions

      • Habitat Change/Wetland Loss

        • Snohomish

          • A1B

            • Wetland Change Animation
            • Wetland 2100
            • Wetland 2075
            • Wetland 2050
            • Wetland 2025

          • 1P5M

            • Wetland 2100
            • Wetland 2075
            • Wetland 2050
            • Wetland 2025
          • Snohomish Wetland Base Layer

        • Duwamish

          • A1B

            • Wetland 2100
            • Wetland 2075
            • Wetland 2050
            • Wetland 2025

          • 1P5M

            • Wetland 2100
            • Wetland 2075
            • Wetland 2050
            • Wetland 2025
          • Duwamish Wetland Base Layer

        • Commencement

          • A1B

            • Wetland 2100
            • Wetland 2075
            • Wetland 2050
            • Wetland 2025

          • 1P5M

            • Wetland 2100
            • Wetland 2075
            • Wetland 2050
            • Wetland 2025
          • Commencement Wetland Base Layer

        • Nisqually

          • A1B

            • Wetland 2100
            • Wetland 2075
            • Wetland 2050
            • Wetland 2025

          • 1P5M

            • Wetland 2100
            • Wetland 2075
            • Wetland 2050
            • Wetland 2025
          • Nisqually Wetland Base Layer

      • Inundation/Sea Level Rise

        • Snohomish Inundation Base
        • Duwamish Inundation Base
        • Commencement Inundation Base
        • Nisqually Inundation Base

      • Temperature

        • Temperature 2094 Average
        • Temperature 2075 Average
        • Temperature 2050 Average
        • Temperature 2025 Average
        • Temperature 1984 Average

      • Precipitation

        • Precipitation 2094 Average
        • Precipitation 2075 Average
        • Precipitation 2050 Average
        • Precipitation 2025 Average
        • Precipitation 1984 Average

    • Sea Level Rise (NOAA CSC)

      • Flood Frequency
      • Sea Level Rise (1 ft)
      • Sea Level Rise (2 ft)
      • Sea Level Rise (3 ft)
      • Sea Level Rise (4 ft)
      • Sea Level Rise (5 ft)

  • Admin Boundaries & Reference Features

    • Geopolitical Boundaries

      • Washington Counties
      • Washington State

      • British Columbia Boundaries

        • Federal Electoral Districts (B.C.)
        • Census Divisions (B.C.)

      • Puget Sound Partnership action areas

        • All Action Areas
        • Hood Canal
        • North Central Puget Sound
        • San Juan Islands
        • South Central Puget Sound
        • South Puget Sound
        • Whidbey Island
        • Strait of Juan de Fuca

      • WA Tribal Lands

        • Current Tribal Lands
        • Historic Tribal Lands

    • Public Land

      • National Wildlife Refuges
      • WA State Federal Lands
      • Non-WADNR Major Public Land

    • Marine Jurisdictions

      • U.S. Maritime Zones/Boundaries (CMSP WMS)

  • Bathymetry & Hydrology

    • Bathymetry

      • Puget Sound Estuarine Bathymetry (NOAA CMSP)
      • Washington Coast Estuarine Bathymetry (NOAA CMSP)
      • Columbia River Estuarine Bathymetry (NOAA CMSP)
      • Oregon Coastal Estuarine Bathymetry (NOAA CMSP)
      • Mosaic Bathymetry (NOAA NGDC)
      • High-Resolution Hillshade of select U.S. coastal regions (NOAA NGDC)
      • DEM Hillshade (NOAA CMSP)

    • Hydrology & Hydrography

      • WA Drift Cells
      • Puget Sound Basins (WDFW)
      • Water Resource Inventory Areas
      • Wave exposure
      • Watersheds HUC Region 17 (line, USGS)
      • Puget Sound Watersheds (poly, USGS)

      • National Hydrography Dataset

        • NHD flowline (Puget Sound Basin)
        • NHD waterbodies (PNW Region)

      • PNW Hydrography Framework

        • Watershed Boundary Region
        • Watershed Boundary Subregion
        • Watershed Boundary Basin
        • Watershed Boundary Subbasin

      • Puget Sound Watershed Characterization

        • PSBC Water Flow

          • Restoration and Protection

            • Delivery Restoration and Protection Priorities (DE_RP)
            • Discharge Restoration and Protection Priorities (DI_RP)
            • Recharge Restoration and Protection Priorities (R_RP)
            • Surface Storage Restoration and Protection Priorities (SS_RP)
            • Water Flow Summary Restoration and Protection Priorities (WF_RP)

          • Importance

            • Importance Summary (WF_M1_Q)

              • Coastal (WF_M1_Q)
              • Lowland (WF_M1_Q)
              • Mountainous (WF_M1_Q)

            • Importance to Surface Storage (I_SS_Q)

              • Coastal (I_SS_Q)
              • Lowland (I_SS_Q)
              • Mountainous (I_SS_Q)

            • Importance to Recharge (I_R_Q)

              • Coastal (I_R_Q)
              • Lowland (I_R_Q)
              • Mountainous (I_R_Q)

            • Importance to Discharge (I_DI_Q)

              • Coastal (I_DI_Q)
              • Lowland (I_DI_Q)
              • Mountainous (I_DI_Q)

            • Importance to Delivery (I_DE_Q)

              • Coastal (I_DE_Q)
              • Lowland (I_DE_Q)
              • Mountainous (I_DE_Q)

          • Degradation

            • Degradation to Delivery (D_DE_Q)
            • Degradation to Discharge (D_DI_Q)
            • Degradation to Recharge (D_R_Q)
            • Degradation to Surface Storage (D_SS_Q)
            • Degradation Summary (WF_M2_Q)

      • Salish Sea

        • Salish Sea Water Boundary
        • Salish Sea Basin Boundary

    • Shoreline

      • Composite NOAA shoreline

      • NOAA Vector Shorelines (T-Sheet)

        • Tacoma Harbor
        • Shilshole Bay - Sandpoint
        • Lake Washington
        • Elliott Bay
        • Dungeness Bay

    • Topography

      • Slope Stability

  • Environmental Quality & Monitoring

    • Sediment Chemistry

      • Surface Sediment Total PCB's compared to WA SMS (NOAA)
      • Surface Sediment Sampling Locations (NOAA and various sources)

    • Water Quality

      • WA State Water Quality Assessment (CWA 303d)
      • National Water Quality Report (CWA 305b)

  • Imagery & Remote Sensing

    • GOES Infrared Imagery (NOAA)
    • GOES Visible Imagery (NOAA)
    • Percent Impervious Surface 2001

  • Natural Resources, Habitats, & Managed Areas

    • Coastal Resources & Habitats

      • Estuaries

        • Puget Sound Pocket Estuaries

      • Fish

        • Sockeye Salmon (NOAA ESI)
        • Chinook Salmon (NOAA ESI)
        • Steel Head (NOAA ESI)
        • Chum Salmon (NOAA ESI)
        • Pink Salmon (NOAA ESI)
        • Coho Salmon (NOAA ESI)
        • Habitat Areas for the Puget Sound Chinook Salmon ESU

      • Marine Mammal

        • Sea Otter (NOAA ESI)

      • Vegetation

        • Shorezone (WDNR)

          • Shorezone: Surfgrass
          • Shorezone: Seagrass
          • Shorezone: Salt Marsh (Linear)
          • Shorezone: All Kelp (Linear)
          • Shorezone: Eelgrass (Linear)
          • Shorezone Inventory Linear Unit Features
          • Shorezone Inventory Polygon Unit Features

    • Critical Habitat

      • NOAA NMFS Critical Habitat

        • Chinook Salmon Critical Habitat (NMFS, 2005)
        • Marine Critical Habitat for Puget Sound Chinook Salmon (NMFS, 2005)
        • Chum Salmon Critical Habitat (NMFS, 2005)
        • Marine Critical Habitat for Hood Canal Summer-run Chum Salmon (NMFS, 2005)
        • OR coast Coho Salmon Critical Habitat (NMFS, 2008)
        • Sockeye Salmon Critical Habitat (NMFS, 2005)
        • Green Sturgeon Critical Habitat (NMFS, 2009)
        • Leatherback Sea Turtle Critical Habitat (NMFS, 2012)
        • Steelhead Trout Critical Habitat (NMFS, 2005)
        • Stellar Sea Lion (NMFS, 1993)
        • Southern Eulachon (NMFS, 2011)
        • Southern Resident Killer Whale Critical Habitat (NMFS, 2006)

    • Species

      • WA Invasive Species

        • Hydrilla

          • Hydrilla_g037 (WA Dept. of Ecology)
          • Hydrilla_g035 (King County Lakes Stewardship)

        • Asian Gypsy Moth

          • Asian_Gypsy_Moth_g041 (WA Department of Agriculture )
          • Asian_Gypsy_Moth_g042 (WA Department of Agriculture )
          • Asian_Gypsy_Moth_g043 (WA Department of Agriculture )
          • Asian_Gypsy_Moth_g044 (WA Department of Agriculture )

        • Brazilian Elodea

          • BREL_g026 (King County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • BREL_g036 (WA Department of Ecology)
          • BREL_g086 (University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum)

        • Knapweed

          • KNAP_g017 (WA Department of Agriculture)
          • KNAP_g021(Thurston County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • KNAP_g023 (Clallam County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • KNAP_g024 (Clallam County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • KNAP_g027 (King County Noxious Weed Control)
          • KNAP_g029 (Jefferson County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • KNAP_g031(Jefferson County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • KNAP_g033 (Jefferson County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • KNAP_g034 (Lewis County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • KNAP_g046b (Swinomish Tribe)
          • KNAP_g069 (San Juan County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • KNAP_g070 (Whatcom County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • KNAP_g072 (Kitsap County Weed Control Board)
          • KNAP_g073a (WA State Parks & Recreation Commission )
          • KNAP_g082 (Skagit County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • KNAP_g083 (Olympic National Park)

        • Phragmites

          • PHRAG_g019 (WA Department of Agriculture)
          • PHRAG_g020 (Thurston County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • PHRAG_g025 (King County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • PHRAG_g032 (Jefferson County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • PHRAG_g039 (WA Department of Ecology)
          • PHRAG_g073c (WA State Parks & Recreation Commission )
          • PHRAG_g075 (Whatcom County Noxious Weed Control Board)

        • Spartina

          • SPAR_g018 (WA Department of Agriculture - 2008)
          • SPAR_g047b (Swinomish Tribe)
          • SPAR_g049 (People for Puget Sound - Island County)
          • SPAR_g051 (People for Puget Sound - San Juan County)
          • SPAR_g053 (People for Puget Sound - Skagit County)
          • SPAR_g055 (People for Puget Sound - Whatcom County)
          • SPAR_g057 (People for Puget Sound - 2008)
          • SPAR_g059 (People for Puget Sound - 2007)
          • SPAR_g060 (WA Department of Agriculture - 2009)
          • SPAR_g068 (San Juan County Noxious Weed Control Board)
          • SPAR_g073b (WA State Parks & Recreation Commission)

        • Tunicates

          • tun_g067 (Skokomish Department of Natural Resources)
          • tun_g071 (Tulane University)
          • tun_g084a (WA Department of Fish & Wildlife - 2005)
          • tun_g084b (WA Department of Fish & Wildlife - 2007)

        • Variable Leaf Milfoil

          • vlmi_g002b (Thurston County Noxious Weeds program)
          • vlmi_g038 (WA Department of Ecology)

        • Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia

          • vhs_g078 (Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission)

        • Wood Boring Beetles

          • wbb_g080a (WA Department of Agriculture)
          • wbb_g080b (WA Department of Agriculture)
          • wbb_g080c (WA Department of Agriculture)

        • Zebra Quagga Mussels

          • zemu_g085a (Not Represented)

      • IUCN range maps for species occurring within the Puget Sound watershed

        • Threatened birds of the Puget Sound watershed (IUCN)

          • Tricolored Blackbird
          • Marbled Murrelet
          • Cassin's Finch
          • Sage Grouse
          • Northern Bobwhite
          • Olive-sided Flycatcher
          • Yellow-billed Loon
          • California Condor
          • Heermann's Gull
          • Buller's Shearwater
          • Pink-footed Shearwater
          • Sooty Shearwater
          • Spotted Owl
          • Xantus's Murrelet

        • Reptiles

          • Rubber Boa
          • Coluber constrictor
          • Sharp-tailed snake
          • Pacific rattlesnake
          • Ring-necked snake
          • Northern Alligator Lizard
          • Southern Alligator Lizard
          • Western Skink
          • Night snake
          • Striped Whipsnake
          • Pigmy short-horned lizard
          • Pacific gopher snake
          • Sagebrush lizard
          • Western fence lizard
          • Western terrestrial garter snake
          • Northwestern garter snake
          • Common side-blotched lizard

        • Mammals

          • Marine

            • Blue whale
            • Fin whale
            • Baird's beaked whale
            • Northern fur seal
            • Short-beaked common dolphin
            • Gray whale
            • Steller sea lion
            • Short-finned pilot whale
            • Risso's dolphin
            • Pygmy sperm whale
            • Pacific white-sided dolphin
            • Northern right whale dolphin
            • Hubbs' beaked whale
            • Stejneger's beaked whale
            • Northern elephant seal
            • Harbor seal
            • Harbour porpoise
            • Dall's porpoise
            • False killer whale
            • Striped dolphin
            • California Sea Lion
            • Cuvier's beaked whale
            • Humpback whale (map layer pending)
            • Minke whale (map layer pending)
            • Sei whale (map layer pending)
            • Sperm whale (map layer pending)

          • Terrestrial

            • Moose
            • Pronghorn
            • Pallid Bat
            • Mountain beaver
            • White-footed Vole
            • Pygmy Rabbit
            • Coyote
            • Gray wolf
            • North American Beaver
            • Red Deer
            • Townsend's Big-Eared Bat
            • Virginia opossum
            • Ord's Kangaroo Rat
            • Sea otter
            • Big brown bat
            • North American Porcupine
            • Spotted bat
            • Northern flying squirrel
            • Wolverine
            • Silver-Haired Bat
            • Western red bat
            • Hoary bat
            • Sagebrush Vole
            • Snowshoe hare
            • Black-tailed jackrabbit
            • White-tailed Jackrabbit
            • North American river otter
            • Canada lynx
            • Bobcat
            • Hoary marmot
            • Yellow-bellied marmot
            • Groundhog
            • Olympic marmot
            • American marten
            • Fisher
            • Striped skunk
            • Gray-tailed Vole
            • Long-tailed Vole
            • Montane Vole
            • Creeping Vole
            • Meadow Vole
            • Water Vole
            • Townsend's Vole
            • House mouse
            • Stoat
            • Long-tailed weasel
            • Western Red-Backed Vole
            • Southern Red-backed Vole
            • California Myotis
            • Western Long-eared Myotis
            • Keen's Myotis
            • Little brown bat
            • Dark-nosed Small-footed Myotis
            • Fringed Myotis
            • Long-legged Myotis
            • Yuma Myotis
            • Bushy-tailed Woodrat
            • American mink
            • American shrew-mole
            • American pika
            • Mule deer
            • White-tailed deer
            • Muskrat
            • Northern Grasshopper Mouse
            • Mountain goat
            • Bighorn sheep
            • Great Basin Pocket Mouse
            • Keen's Mouse
            • Deer Mouse
            • Pinyon Mouse
            • Western Heather Vole
            • Western Pipistrelle
            • Raccoon
            • Cougar
            • Caribou
            • Western Harvest Mouse
            • Coast Mole
            • Townsend's Mole
            • Western Gray Squirrel
            • Baird's Shrew
            • Marsh Shrew
            • Cinereus Shrew
            • American Pygmy Shrew
            • Merriam's Shrew
            • Montane Shrew
            • American Water Shrew
            • Preble's Shrew
            • Olympic Shrew
            • Trowbridge's Shrew
            • Vagrant Shrew
            • California ground squirrel
            • Columbian ground squirrel
            • Golden-mantled ground squirrel
            • Piute ground squirrel
            • Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel
            • Townsend's ground squirrel
            • Washington ground squirrel
            • Western Spotted Skunk
            • Brush Rabbit
            • Eastern Cottontail
            • Mountain Cottontail
            • Northern Bog Lemming
            • Yellow-pine chipmunk
            • Least chipmunk
            • Red-tailed Chipmunk
            • Townsend's chipmunk
            • Douglas Squirrel
            • American red squirrel
            • American badger
            • Mazama Pocket Gopher
            • Northern Pocket Gopher
            • Gray fox
            • American black bear
            • Brown bear
            • Red fox
            • Western Jumping Mouse
            • Pacific jumping mouse

        • Amphibians

          • Long-toed Salamander
          • Northwestern Salamander
          • Western Toad
          • Woodhouse's Toad
          • Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog
          • Coastal Tailed Frog
          • Pacific Giant Salamander
          • American Bullfrog
          • Green Frog
          • Northern Leopard Frog
          • Larch Mountain Salamander
          • Van Dyke's Salamander
          • Western Redback Salamander
          • Northern Pacific Chorus Frog
          • Northern Red-legged Frog
          • Cascades Frog
          • Columbia Spotted Frog
          • Oregon Spotted Frog
          • Cascade Torrent Salamander
          • Columbia Torrent Salamander
          • Olympic Torrent Salamander
          • Great Basin Spadefoot
          • Rough-skinned Newt

    • Environmental Sensitivity Indexes

      • Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) - Puget Sound & Strait of Juan de Fuca

        • ESI Index Grid
        • ESI Shoreline Classification (line)
        • ESI Shoreline Classification (poly)
        • Bird Habitat
        • Fish Habitat
        • Fish Habitat (Line)
        • Fish Habitat (Line) [2]
        • Hydrology
        • Invertebrate Habitat
        • Socioeconomic (line)
        • Socioeconomic (point)
        • Shoreline Nests
        • Marine Mammal

    • Essential Fish Habitat

      • Pacific Salmon Freshwater EFH
      • Dams for Pacific Salmon Freshwater EFH (2011)

    • Land Use & Land Cover

      • Western Washington Land Use & Land Cover (2006)

    • Managed Areas

      • Marine Protected Areas

        • Washington MPA Shoreline (WDFW)
        • Washington Marine Protected Areas (WDFW)
        • Marine Protected Areas (NOAA 2012)
        • Washington Sea Cucumber MPA: Linear
        • Washington Sea Cucumber MPA: Polygon

      • Commercial & Recreational Shellfish Areas

        • Washington Recreational Shellfish Beach Pollution Status
        • Washington Recreational Shellfish Biotoxin Program
        • Washington Commercial Shellfish Growing Areas

      • Federal & State Areas

        • US National Estuarine Research Reserves
        • Washington Ecoregions

    • Marine Infrastructure

      • Washington Boat Launches
      • Puget Sound Ferry Terminals
      • Puget Sound Ferry Terminals (NOAA ESI)
      • Washington Dams
      • Washington Overwater Structures
      • Washington Shoreline Modifications

    • NOAA Navigation Charts

      • Raster Nautical Charts
      • NOAA Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC)
      • NOAA Electronic Navigation Chart (ENC) Soundings

  • Public Safety & Infrastructure

    • Critical Infrastructure

      • Washington Emergency Medical Service Stations
      • Washington Hospitals

    • Transportation

      • Washington Railroads
      • Washington Streets & Roads (scale dependent)
      • Washington Major Highways and State Routes
      • Washington Airports
      • Puget Sound Bridges
      • Washington Bridges

  • Response Planning

    • NOAA ORR Incident News

    • Flooding

      • Washington Flood Zones (FEMA)

        • Island_Q3
        • Jefferson_Q3
        • King_Q3
        • Kitsap_Q3
        • Mason_Q3
        • Pierce_Q3
        • San_Juan_Q3
        • Skagit_Q3
        • Snohomish_Q3
        • Thurston_Q3
        • Whatcom_Q3

    • Oil & Chemical Spills

      • Geographic Response Plans (GRPs)

        • Washington Potential Spill Origins (WDOE 2009)
        • Washington Strategy, Staging, and Potential Spill Locations (WDOE 2009)
        • Washington Booming Strategies (WDOE, 2009)
        • Inland Washington Geographic Response Plan Strategies (WDOE)
        • Washington Geographic Response Plans Boundaries (WDOE)
        • Inland Washington Geographic Response Plans Boundaries (WDOE)

  • Restoration

    • Restoration Projects (points)
    • Restoration Projects (polygons)

    • PSNERP (Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project)

      • Fish Passage Barriers
      • Shoreform Change
      • Shoreline Armoring
      • Wetlands
      • Protected Lands
      • Roads

  • Weather, Oceanography, & Natural Hazards

    • Buoys & Gliders

      • Buoy Stations (NOAA)

    • Currents

      • Surface Water Currents w/ Sea Surface Temperature
      • Surface Water Currents w/ Speed

    • Hazardous Weather, Earthquakes, & Tsunamis

      • Watches, Warnings, and Advisories (NOAA)
      • Latest Earthquake Locations 1day Magnitude 2.5+ (USGS)
      • Latest Earthquake Locations 7day Magnitude 2.5+ (USGS)
      • SI-USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (Global)
      • Pacific Ocean Tsunami Warnings (NOAA)

    • Precipitation

      • Weather Radar Mosiac (NOAA)
      • Quantitative Precipitation - 0 hr Forecast (NOAA)
      • Quantitative Precipitation - 12 hr Forecast (NOAA)
      • Quantitative Precipitation - 24hr forecast (NOAA)
      • Quantitative Precipitation - 36hr forecast (NOAA)
      • Quantitative Precipitation - 48hr Forecast (NOAA)
      • Quantitative Precipitation Animation

    • Salinity Zones

      • Pacific Salinity Zones

    • Temperature

      • Sea Surface Temperature

        • Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (NOAA)

    • Tides & Water Levels

      • AHPS Stream Gauge Service - Observed

    • Wave Height

      • Significant Wave Height - 0hr Forecast (NOAA)
      • Significant Wave Height - 12hr Forecast (NOAA)
      • Significant Wave Height - 24hr Forecast (NOAA)
      • Significant Wave Height - 36hr Forecast (NOAA)
      • Significant Wave Height - 48hr Forecast (NOAA)
      • Sig Wave Height Animation

    • Wind

      • Surface Winds (Knots, NOAA)
      • Surface Wind Velocity - 0hr forecast (NOAA)
      • Surface Wind Velocity- 6hr forecast (NOAA)
      • Surface Wind Velocity- 12hr forecast (NOAA)
      • Surface Wind Velocity - 18hr forecast (NOAA)
      • Surface Wind Velocity- 24hr forecast (NOAA)
      • Surface Wind Velocity - 30hr forecast (NOAA)
      • Surface Wind Velocity - 36hr forecast (NOAA)
      • Surface Wind Velocity - 42hr forecast (NOAA)
      • Surface Wind Velocity - 48hr forecast (NOAA)
      • Surface Wind Velocity - 72hr forecast (NOAA)
      • Surface Wind Animation

 

More information

NOAA logoGeographic information systems play an increasingly important role in data collection and analysis in Puget Sound, with much of this data finding its way online. The Internet is now awash in geospatial information, something that presents both opportunities and challenges. How do we sort through what's out there to find what we need? Is there a way to bring some of this far flung data together in one place? Further, can we democratize the data? Can we offer sophisticated geospatial information to scientists or policymakers who may or may not be GIS experts, or may not own expensive GIS software?

The PSI role

In response to these challenges, the Puget Sound Institute (PSI) and the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound are collaborating with NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration to enhance a new mapping application focusing on the Puget Sound and Salish Sea ecosystems. The effort will ultimately bring together thousands of map layers on NOAA’s Environmental Response Management Application® (ERMA) to improve access to regional geospatial data and research.

NOAA has been testing and developing a Puget Sound version of ERMA internally as part of its Climate Assessment and Proactive Response Initiative (CAPRI), including a pilot study of impacts of climate change and sea level rise on contamination sites within Puget Sound. Through ERMA, NOAA and its partners have created an intuitive, fast and robust mapping system accessible to anyone with a computer and an Internet connection. NOAA has already brought together a large selection of map layers from many federal, state, regional and local agencies, as well as analytical tools— such as ESI and IPaC query functions— and real time monitoring capabilities.

The Puget Sound Institute began working with NOAA in late 2011 to pull together additional maps related to a wide variety of spatial frameworks, ranging from hydrology and Puget Sound Basin characterization to occurrences of invasive and threatened species. Eventually, the Institute will also enlist the wider scientific community to suggest or offer maps for inclusion.

 

Map Gallery

  • WRIA vs Watershed Subbasin

    Water Resource Inventory Areas are Washington State management regions that do not strictly follow watershed boundaries.

  • Overview map of Puget Sound levees and critical salmon habitat

    Levees and Salmon Habitat

    This two-map series illustrates the impact levee vegetation maintenance requirements can have on salmon habitat.

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