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Maps from a New EPA Study on Sea Level Rise and the Mid-Atlantic Coast

Elevation maps of entire states

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A multi-year project by the US Environmental Protection Agency (Titus and Wang 2008) created maps to illustrate vulnerability to sea level rise, using existing data.  The public review draft report on sea level rise by the US Climate Change Research Program used the EPA data set to create multi-county maps. At the same time, EPA contractors and staff created state-specific maps for the EPA web site; but EPA later decided not to put them on its web site. So we have posted them here. The maps show elevations relative to spring high water, the average tide during new and full moons. The accuracy of the data varies, so we have also included an index map showing the data sources.

Unlike the state-specific pages on this site, this page links to maps that you can view online (though they may be a bit larger than your screen). If you then click on one of the those maps, you will download a larger jpg file designed for printing at 300 dots per inch on 8-1/2 X 11 inch paper.

 

New York, 1-meter contour interval












New York
1-meter contour

New Jersey, 50-cm contour










New Jersey
50-cm contour
with nontidal
wetlands

New Jersey, 1-meter contour, various data sources 












New Jersey
1-meter contour

Delaware River:  Vulnerability to sea level rise
Pennsylvania
i.e. Delaware River
1-m contour
with nontidal wetlands

Pennsylvania 











Pennsylvania
50-cm contour interval

Delaware River:  Vulnerability to sea level rise 

Pennsylvania 50-cm contour
interval with nontidal wetlands

Delaware








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Delaware
1-meter contour interval

Delaware 50-cm contour interval











Delaware
50-cm contour interval
 

Maryland Sea Level Rise Map, 1 meter contour interval 













Maryland
1-meter contour

Maryland, 50-cm contour 













Maryland
50-cm contour

Maryland 50 cm with nontidal wetlands 












Maryland: 50-cm contour
with nontidal wetlands

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District of Columbia
1-meter contour














District of Columbia
50-cm meter contour

Virginia sea level rise map, 1-meter contour 














Virginia: 1-meter contour

Virginia 50-cm contour with nontidal wetlands 














Virginia: 50-cm contour

 













Virginia 50-cm contour
with nontidal wetlands

 

North Carolina
50-cm contour

North Carolina, 1-meter contour, using LIDAR











North Carolina
1-m contour

 

North Carolina
50-cm contour with nontidal wetlands

 

North Carolina
to New York
50-cm contour

 

North Carolina to New York
1-m contour, land below 6 meters

 

New York to Virginia
1-cm contour, land below 6 meters

 

New York to Virginia
50-cm contour, land below 3 meters

 

New York to Virginia
50-cm contour
shows nontidal wetlands



Data Source
Index
Map