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The New York State Coastal Atlas presents a series
of maps which delineate the State’s Coastal Area Boundary and identify
: Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitats; Scenic Areas of Statewide Significance;
federally-owned lands; and Native American owned lands
New York State’s
Coastal Area has been divided into four geographic regions: Long Island, New
York City, Hudson Valley and Great Lakes. Index maps for each
of the four regions preface a regional map section. Each region index identifies
maps by the abbreviation of the geographic region and a number in series. Each
map series starts at number one and continues to the end of the region. For example,
the Long Island region begins at LI1 and continues to LI72.
Maps included in
this atlas are based on New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) 1:24000
scale planimetric quadrangle maps reduced in size 25 percent to
a scale of 1:30000. Each Atlas map represents an area covered by approximately
one half of a DOT quadrangle and uses that quadrangle’s name, with “North” or “South” to
denote which half of the quadrangle is represented. Where the full extent of
the coastal boundary is represented on half of the quadrangle, the “North” or “South” designation
does not follow the quadrangle name. Federally excluded lands and Native American
owned lands were extracted from New York State DOT 1:24000 county base map files.
The Coastal Area Boundary is shown on Atlas maps as a wide light blue line. Significant
Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitats are shown as a dark green border with a lighter
green stipple within the area. Scenic Areas of Statewide Significance are shown
as a rose-colored boundary. Federally excluded lands are shown as gray, and Native
American owned lands are shown as brown hatched areas.
Click Here or on the map below to view the NYS
Coastal Atlas.
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- The New York State Coastal Atlas depicts
the landward extent of New York State’s
Coastal Area Boundary as defined by Section 1455(d)(2)(A) of the Coastal
Zone Management Act of 1972 administered by National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration,
National Ocean Services, Office of Coastal Resources Management. The waterward
boundary extends 3 miles into open ocean, to shared state lines in Long Island
Sound and the New York Bight and to the International boundary in the Great
Lakes, Niagara and St. Lawrence Rivers. In most cases the boundary follows
well-defined
features such as roads, railroads or shorelines as defined in 19 NYCRR Part
602, unless otherwise indicated.
- Habitats were identified by New York State
Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources and New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation
to satisfy requirements of NYS Executive Law, Article 42 Waterfront Revitalization
of Coastal Areas and Inland Waterways, Section 920 and implementing regulations
found at 19 NYCRR Part 602.
- Scenic Areas of Statewide Significance were
identified by New York State, Department of State, Division of Coastal
Resources, as part of the New
York Coastal Management
Plan, Policy 24 as found in 19 NYCRR Part 602.5(c).
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