Data Release
Seafloor Elevation Change From 2016 to 2017 at Looe Key, Florida Keys—Impacts From Hurricane Irma
By Kimberly K. Yates, David G. Zawada, and Stephanie R. Arsenault
USGS, St. Petersburg, Florida
Summary
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center conducted research to quantify bathymetric changes at Looe Key coral reef near Big Pine Key, Florida, within a 19.7 square-kilometer area following Hurricane Irma in September 2017. USGS staff used light detection and ranging (lidar)-derived data acquired by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) between July 21 and November 21, 2016 (NOAA OCM Partners, 2016) and USGS multibeam data collected between December 12 and December 17, 2017 (USGS, 2019) to assess change in seafloor elevation and structure that occurred after the passage of Hurricane Irma. An elevation change analysis between the 2016 NOAA lidar data and the 2017 multibeam data was performed to quantify and map impacts to seafloor elevation and to determine elevation and volume change statistics for ten habitat types found at Looe Key. Data were collected under Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary permit FKNMS-2016-068.
For more information see: Fredericks, J.J., Reynolds, B.J., Farmer, A.S., Yates, K.K., and Zawada, D.G., 2019, Multibeam bathymetry data collected in December 2017, February and March 2018 at Looe Key, the Florida Keys: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9P2V7L0.
For more information see: OCM Partners, 2019: 2016 NOAA NGS Topobathy Lidar DEM: Florida Keys Outer Reef Block 01 from 2016-07-21 to 2016-11-21: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, https://inport.nmfs.noaa.gov/inport/item/48373.
Note: This data release was versioned on November 17, 2020. Please see the Suggested Citation section for details.
Data
| File Name and Description | Metadata (XML format) | Metadata (text format) | Download File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016_LooeKey_Lidar_Clip.zip Original 2016 Looe Key digital elevation model (DEM), clipped to study area, used to produce this dataset (.tif) |
LooeKey_2016_to_2017_metadata.xml | LooeKey_2016_to_2017_metadata.txt | 2016_LooeKey_Lidar_Clip.zip (29.9 MB) |
| 2017_LooeKey_Multibeam_Clip.zip Original 2017 multibeam Looe Key DEM, clipped to study area, used to produce this dataset (.tif) |
Same as above | Same as above | 2017_LooeKey_Multibeam_Clip.zip (69.3 MB) |
| LooeKey_Habitat_Clip.zip Original habitat map, clipped to study area, used to produce this dataset (.shp) |
Same as above | Same as above | LooeKey_Habitat_Clip.zip (544 KB) |
| LooeKey_IntersectPoints_v2.zip Elevation change points, clipped to study area, used to produce this dataset (.shp) |
Same as above | Same as above | LooeKey_IntersectPoints_v2.zip (120.1 MB) |
| Lidar_EdgeEffects_Removed_Areas.zip Areas removed from Looe Key dataset due to lidar edge effects (.shp) |
Same as above | Same as above | Lidar_EdgeEffects_Removed_Areas.zip (27 KB) |
| LooeKey_Elevation_and_ Volume_Statistics_v2.zip Spreadsheets containing elevation and volume statistics by habitat type for Looe Key (.csv) |
Same as above | Same as above | LooeKey_Elevation_and_Volume_Statistics_v2.zip (22 KB) |
| Supplemental information | |||
| Supplemental_Map.zip Summary map for the projected Looe Key seafloor elevation change from 2016 to 2017 (.png) |
Not applicable | Not applicable | Supplemental_Map.zip (195 KB) |
Figure 1. Spatial extent of seafloor elevation change for Looe Key, Florida.
Suggested Citation
Yates, K.K., Zawada, D.G., and Arsenault, S.R., 2019, Seafloor elevation change from 2016 to 2017 at Looe Key, Florida Keys—Impacts from Hurricane Irma (ver. 2.0, November 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P937LNZF.
First posted August 1, 2019
Revised November 17, 2020