Boston

New York

PhiladelphiaWilmington

New Haven

Baltimore

Providence

Norfolk

Portland

Searsport

Eastport

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - East CoastNortheast States

Priority 1Priority 2

Priority 3

Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

March 2004

Charleston

Savannah

Georgetown

Morehead City

Wilmington

Norfolk

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - East CoastSoutheast States

Priority 1Priority 2

Priority 3

Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

March 2004

Priority 16,425 Total Square Nautical Miles

Navigation Significant: < 20 fathom depth

Petroleum transport > 1,000,000 tons or Chemical/Waste transport >100,000 tons

or Passenger transport > 10,000 or Cargo > 5,000,000 tons

Survey vintage pre-1940

Priority 26,879 Total Square Nautical Miles

Navigation Significant: < 20 fathom depth

Not Priority 1Survey vintage pre-1940

Priority 316,240 Total Square Nautical Miles

Navigation Significant: < 20 fathom depth

Not Priority 1 or Priority 2Survey vintage pre-1970

Priority 418,268 Total Square Nautical Miles

Navigation Significant: < 20 fathom depthSurvey vintage post-1970

Legend

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - East Coast

Critical Areas Remaining5,669 Total Square Nautical MilesHigh Commercial Traffic Volume

Extensive Petroleum/Hazmat material transportLow Under Keel Clearance

Compelling RequestInadequate Charts

Re-survey Areas1,646 Total Square Nautical Miles

(Area Insets)

Navigationally Significant Areas53,610 total square nautical miles

March 2004

Port Canaveral

Fort Pierce

Miami

Port Everglades

Palm Beach

Jacksonville

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - East CoastFlorida

Priority 1Priority 2

Priority 3

Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

March 2004

39 Sq. nmi

52 Sq. nmi

148 Sq. nmi

811 Sq. nmi

592 Sq. nmi

Norfolk

Baltimore

WilmingtonPhiladelphia

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - East Coast

Re-survey Areas1,646 Total Square Nautical Miles

March 2004

39 Sq. nmi

148 Sq. nmi

52 Sq. nmi

New London

Bridgeport

New York

Charlotte

PensacolaMobile

Panama City

Key West

Tampa

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - Gulf of MexicoEast

March 2004

Priority 1Priority 2

Priority 3

Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

Priority 5

Mississippi Entrance Channel

Mississippi River

Plaquemines

New Orleans

Pascagoula Biloxi

Mobile

Houston

Lake CharlesPort Arthur

Galveston

Freeport

Baton Rouge

Victoria

Corpus Christi

Brownsville

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - Gulf of MexicoWest

Priority 1Priority 2

Priority 3

Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

March 2004

Priority 5

Mississippi Entrance Channel

Mississippi River

New OrleansPlaquemines

Pascagoula Biloxi

Mobile

Houston

Lake CharlesPort Arthur

Galveston

Freeport

Baton Rouge

Victoria

Corpus Christi

Brownsville

Charlotte

Tampa

Key West

Panama CityPensacola

Mobile

Re-survey Areas2,311 Total Square Nautical Miles

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - Gulf of MexicoMarch 2004

Priority 17,691 Total Square Nautical MilesNavigation Significant: < 20 fathom depth

Petroleum transport > 1,000,000 tons or Chemical/Waste transport >100,000 tons

or Passenger transport > 10,000 or Cargo > 5,000,000 tons

Survey vintage pre-1940

Priority 213,761 Total Square Nautical MilesNavigation Significant: < 20 fathom depth

Not Priority 1Survey vintage pre-1940

Priority 315,366 Total Square Nautical MilesNavigation Significant: < 20 fathom depth

Not Priority 1 or Priority 2Survey vintage pre-1970

Priority 411,920 Total Square Nautical MilesNavigation SignificantSurvey vintage post-1970

Legend

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - Gulf of Mexico

Critical Areas Remaining10,425 Total Square Nautical MilesHigh Commercial Traffic Volume

Extensive Petroleum/Hazmat material transportLow Under Keel Clearance

Compelling RequestInadequate Charts

Re-survey Areas2,311 Total Square Nautical Miles

Navigationaally Significant Area70,249 total square nautical miles

March 2004

Priority 514,551 Total Square Nautical MilesNavigation SignificantSurvey vintage pre-1940Water depth 20 - 60 fathoms

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - Gulf of MexicoEmerging Critical Areas = 307 square nautical miles

March 2004

Emerging Critical Areas (307 sq. nmi)

Legend

Priority 14,682 Total Square Nautical Miles

Navigation Significant: < 20 fathom depth

Petroleum transport > 1,000,000 tons or Chemical/Waste transport >100,000 tons

or Passenger transport > 10,000 or Cargo > 5,000,000 tons

Survey vintage pre-1940

Priority 23,234 Total Square Nautical Miles

Navigation Significant: < 20 fathom depth

Not Priority 1Survey vintage pre-1940

Priority 332,493 Total Square Nautical Miles

Navigation Significant: < 20 fathom depth

Not Priority 1 or Priority 2Survey vintage pre-1970

Priority 45,352 Total Square Nautical Miles

Navigation Significant: < 20 fathom depthSurvey vintage post-1970

Legend

United States Great LakesNOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities

Critical Areas Remaining228 Total Square Nautical MilesHigh Commercial Traffic Volume

Extensive Petroleum/Hazmat material transportLow Under Keel Clearance

Compelling RequestInadequate Charts

Re-survey Areas0 Total Square Nautical Miles

Navigationally Significant Areas46,202 total square nautical miles

March 2004

Buffalo

Toledo

Monroe

Marblehead

Marysville

Port Huron

Marine City

Detroit

SanduskyHuron

LorainCleveland

Fairport Harbor

Ashtabula

Conneaut

Erie

Dunkirk

United States Great LakesNOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities

Lake Erie

March 2004

Priority 1Priority 2

Priority 3

Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

Rochester

Buffalo

Oswego

Alexandria Bay

Sackets

United States Great LakesNOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities

Lake OntarioMarch 2004

Priority 1Priority 2

Priority 3

Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

Two Harbors

Silver Bay

Duluth-Superior Ashland Presque IsleMarquette

Ontonagon

Taconite

United States Great LakesNOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities

Lake SuperiorMarch 2004

Priority 1Priority 2

Priority 3

Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

March 2004

Muskegon

Grand Haven

Holland

Charlevoix

Traverse City

Manistee

Menominee

Sturgeon Bay

Green Bay

Ludington

Milwaukee

Drummond Island

Port Dolomite

Sault Ste Marie

Mackinac

Port Inland

Burns Waterway Harbor

Escanaba

Indiana Harbor

Gary

Chicago

A

United States Great LakesNOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities

Lake Michigan

Priority 1Priority 2

Priority 3

Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

Mackinac

Harbor Beach

Alpena

Stoneport

Calcite

Alabaster

Traverse City

Charlevoix

Drummond Island

Sault Ste Marie

Port Dolomite

United States Great LakesNOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities

Lake Huron

March 2004

Priority 1Priority 2

Priority 3

Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

Los Angeles/Long Beach

Port Hueneme

San Francisco

Columbia River

Seattle

Tacoma

Bremerton

Bellingham

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - West Coast

Re-survey Areas546 Total Square Nautical Miles

March 2004

San DiegoHarbor

Los Angeles/Long Beach

Port Hueneme

San Francisco

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - West CoastSouthern California

Priority 1Priority 2Priority 3Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

March 2004

Humboldt Bay

San Francisco

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - West CoastNorthern California

Priority 1Priority 2Priority 3Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

March 2004

Columbia River

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - West CoastOregon

Priority 1Priority 2Priority 3Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

March 2004

Columbia River

Tacoma

Seattle

Bellingham

NOAA Hydrographic Survey Priorities - West CoastWashington

Priority 1Priority 2Priority 3Priority 4

Critical Areas Remaining

Legend

March 2004