Find out what regions in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico have been mapped using the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) method and download detailed information about each ESI atlas.
Regional Coverage and Available Formats • top
The table below lists the regions in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico for which ESI maps have been produced and the various formats that are available (indicated by a checkmark).
Note: Some regions may be covered in more than one ESI atlas. Check the atlas indexes to see the exact areas that are included in each atlas.
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| Alabama - 2007 |
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| Florida: St. Johns River - 1997 |
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| Florida: East Florida - 1996 |
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| Florida: South Florida - 1996 |
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| Florida: West Peninsular Florida (Volume 1) - 1996 |
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| Florida: West Peninsular Florida (Volume 2) - 1996 |
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| Florida: Panhandle - 2012 |
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| Florida: West Florida - 1995 |
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| Louisiana - 2003 |
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| Mississippi - 2010 |
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| Texas: Upper Coast Texas - 1995 |
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| * The HYDRO and ESI line layers have been updated with data collected in 2003. The biology and human-use data remain the same. | |||||||
Metadata for each Atlas • top
Metadata provides identifying information about an ESI atlas, including what items/regions were mapped, shoreline type definitions, data sources and providers, and geographic reference information. Below are metadata files for the ESI atlases for Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Some of the files have been compressed as self-extracting zip files so that they can be downloaded more easily from the Internet. [Need help with compressed files?]
- Alabama (2007) Metadata [Zip, 1.8 MB]
- East Florida (1996) Metadata [PDF, 184 KB]
- Louisiana (2003) Metadata [Zip, 1.3 MB]
- Mississippi (2010) Metadata [Zip, 2.9 MB]
- South Florida (1996) Metadata [PDF, 219 KB]
- West Florida (1995) Metadata [PDF, 113 KB]
- West Peninsular Florida, Volume 1 (1996) Metadata [PDF, 255 KB]
- West Peninsular Florida, Volume 2 (1996) Metadata [PDF, 198 KB]
List of Maps Included in Each Atlas • top
Each ESI atlas is composed of several maps covering the region. The files below provide an index for each atlas for a Florida or Gulf of Mexico region showing the number and location of the ESI maps included.
- Alabama (2007) Index [PDF, 65.3 KB]
- Florida (1995-1997) Index [PDF, 631.5 KB]: Includes indexes for East Florida, South Florida, St. Johns River, West Florida, West Peninsular Florida (Volume 1), and West Peninsular Florida (Volume 2).
- Louisiana (2003) Index [PDF, 1.9 MB]
- Mississippi (2010) Index [PDF, 63.1 KB]
- Upper Coast Texas (1995) Index [PDF, 93.4 KB]
Overview Fact Sheets for Each Atlas CD/DVD • top
The documents below provide a brief introduction to ESI mapping and a description of the files that are available on the CD/DVD version of each ESI atlas for a Florida or Gulf of Mexico region. You can order a CD/DVD from our Order ESIs page.
- Alabama (2007) Fact Sheet [PDF, 101 KB]
- Florida (1995-1997) Fact Sheet [PDF, 69.7 KB]
- Louisiana (2003) Fact Sheet [PDF, 121.9 KB]
- Mississippi (2010) Fact Sheet [PDF, 146.4 KB]
