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Land use and beach closure 2004-2013 in the United States

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Catalog Last Checked: April 21, 2026 at 07:56 PM | Dataset Last Updated: May 31, 2016
The dataset contains the beach closure data and land use information around each beach in 2006 and 2011 in the United States. The original data are created by EPA and USGS and publicly available (the links are provided). This dataset is associated with the following publication: Wu, J., and L. Jackson. Association of land use and its change with beach closure in the United States, 2004-2013. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. Elsevier BV, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 571: 67-76, (2016).

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  • https://nhd.usgs.gov/data.html

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  • https://watersgeo.epa.gov/beacon2/

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  • https://www.mrlc.gov/data

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  • Beach closure and land use dataset.xlsx

    APPLICATION/VND.OPENXMLFORMATS-OFFICEDOCUMENT.SPREADSHEETML.SHEET

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