gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:59393 eng UTF8 dataset GIS Files Office of Response and Restoration resourceProvider Office of Response and Restoration 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ORR Home Page Website listed for Office of Response and Restoration information pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:18 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Refugio Response Collected Birds 2015-05-20 creation revision 2019-08-19 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 59393 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/59393 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Stantec Inc. askstantec@stantec.com https://www.stantec.com/en WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Home page main info page for the organization information originator https://erma.noaa.gov/southwest/erma.html#/layers=12+13043&x=-119.28432&y=34.20063&z=8&panel=legend WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Visual representation of GIS data Online Resource download mapDigital On May 19, 2015, a pipeline owned ruptured in Santa Barbara County, California, near Refugio State Beach. An estimated 21,000 gallons of the oil flowed overland from the break site into the Pacific Ocean and spread across the marine environment. NOAA and our state and federal partners are investigating these impacts and will determine the amount of restoration needed to return the environment to the condition it was in before the spill and to compensate the public for environmental degradation from the time of the spill until recovery. This layer represents live and dead bird intake locations that were recorded during the response to the Refugio Beach Oil Spill. On May 19, 2015, over 100,000 gallons of crude oil was released from a 24” rupture in an onshore pipeline in Santa Barbara County. At least 21,000 gallons of the released oil flowed through a culvert and into the ocean resulting in fouling of shoreline (which runs east to west), nearshore waters, and waters further offshore around Refugio State Beach (Santa Barbara County, California). Some of the oil that moved out to sea (south) fouled offshore kelp bed canopies. The shoreline, composed of sandy beaches, rocky stretches, and cobble/boulder fields was heavily oiled. Animals and plants in the oiled areas were exposed to crude oil, and in some instances oil-related mortalities have already occurred. Most active response was completed within a couple of months, although ongoing cleaning of rocks and removal of tarballs is still occurring on some beaches. The trustees collected information on exposure and acute mortality or impaired reproduction following the spill. Continuing work includes studies to refine preliminary injury determination and to identify scaling metrics and begin to identify restoration types appropriate to injuries sustained to natural resources and impaired or loss of use of these resources. Resources included in the assessment are: rocky intertidal resources, sandy beach resources, birds, mammals, subtidal seagrasses and invertebrates, fish and recreational uses. The Trustees (State of California is the lead; NOAA, USFWS and others) are working cooperatively with representatives of the responsible party (Plains All-American Pipeline, Ltd). This layers depicts locations of live and dead birds that were collected in response to the Refugio Beach Oil Spill and used by trustees to understand the impacts to birds within the spill impact area. underDevelopment Office of Response and Restoration 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ORR Home Page Website listed for Office of Response and Restoration information custodian asNeeded DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR > Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 17.0 EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > HAZARDS MANAGEMENT > HAZARDS MITIGATION service Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Service Keywords 17.0 CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > CALIFORNIA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR > Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Refugio Beach Oil Spill project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: Refugio Response Collected Birds [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/59393. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. 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The Spatial Data Branch publishes this data on behalf of the originator. Data visually represented in ERMA are aimed to guide responders, decision makers, and users in making informed steps of analysis and action. Data collected in support of the NRDA were collected and managed in ERMA, an online mapping tool, and DIVER, an environmental data warehouse, platforms developed and maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD). Office of Response and Restoration processor NOAA 2019-08-19 publication NOAA/NOS/ORR/ARD/SDB - Assessment and Restoration Division/Spatial Data Branch originator 2015-05-20 Stantec Stantec Inc. originator otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: These metadata may be provisional and restricted to Trustees within a Natural Resource Damage Assessment. | Use Constraints: The user is responsible for the results of any application of this metadata for other than its intended purpose.