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Calcasieu Lake, LA (G240) Bathymetric Digital Elevation Model (30 meter resolution) Derived From Source Hydrographic Survey Soundings Collected by NOAA

Published by NOAA's National Ocean Service, Special Projects (SP) | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 01, 2026 at 01:10 PM | Dataset Last Updated: June 06, 1998 at 12:00 AM
Bathymetry for Calcasieu Lake was derived from five surveys containing 27,199 soundings. No surveys were omitted. The average separation between soundings was 98 meters. The surveys dated from 1933 and 1934. The range of soundings for the surveys was 0.2 meters to -19.8 meters at mean low water. Mean high water values between 0.4 and 0.6 meters were assigned to the shoreline. Five points were found that were not consistent with the surrounding data. These were removed prior to tinning. DEM grid values outside the shoreline (on land) were assigned null values (-32676). Calcasieu Lake has eleven 7.5 minute DEMs and two one degree DEMs. The 1 degree DEMs were generated from the higher resolution 7.5 minute DEMs which covered the estuary. A Digital Elevation Model (DEM) contains a series of elevations ordered from south to north with the order of the columns from west to east. The DEM is formatted as one ASCII header record (A- record), followed by a series of profile records (B- records) each of which include a short B-record header followed by a series of ASCII integer elevations (typically in units of 1 centimeter) per each profile. The last physical record of the DEM is an accuracy record (C-record). The 7.5-minute DEM (30- by 30-m data spacing) is cast on the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection. It provides coverage in 7.5- by 7.5-minute blocks. Each product provides the same coverage as a standard USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle but the DEM contains over edge data. Coverage is available for many estuaries of the contiguous United States but is not complete.

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