gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48876 eng UTF8 dataset Office for Coastal Management resourceProvider 2026-04-30T00:00:00 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) curve EPSG::4269 Danger Zones and Restricted Areas 2022-10-27 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 48876 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48876 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information These data represent the location of Danger Zones and Restricted Areas within coastal and marine waters, as outlined by the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and the Raster Navigational Charts (RNC). The CFR defines a Danger Zone as, "A defined water area (or areas) used for target practice, bombing, rocket firing or other especially hazardous operations, normally for the armed forces. The danger zones may be closed to the public on a full-time or intermittent basis, as stated in the regulations." The CFR defines a Restricted Area as, "A defined water area for the purpose of prohibiting or limiting public access to the area. Restricted areas generally provide security for Government property and/or protection to the public from the risks of damage or injury arising from the Government's use of that area." Other features in this dataset include: Danger Area, Missile Testing Area, Naval Operations Area, Prohibited Area, Restricted Airspace, Test Area, and Torpedo Testing Area. Authoritative information relating to these data may be found in Title 33, Chapter II of the CFR (Part 334). To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act. NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed NOAA Office for Coastal Management (843) 740-1202 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 coastal.info@noaa.gov https://coast.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Office for Coastal Management Website NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page information pointOfContact notPlanned EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 23.3 CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 23.3 coastal planning renewable energy transportation theme Exclusive Economic Zone Outer Continental Shelf Territorial Sea United States of America place DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, 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 MarineCadastre project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: Danger Zones and Restricted Areas [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48876. 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. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: For coastal and ocean planning otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html unclassified vector eng; US oceans planningCadastre -176.629138 175.254452 5.365109 65.625516 | Currentness: Publication Date 2022-07-01 Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055 false eng false DangerZonesAndRestrictedAreas 2017-11-16 publication https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/DangerZoneRestrictedArea.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/DangerZoneRestrictedArea.zip download https://marinecadastre.gov/data/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://marinecadastre.gov/data/ Marine Cadastre Data Registry download dataset Accuracy Untested Horizontal Positional Accuracy Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level Completeness Report Untested Conceptual Consistency These data are logically consistent 1. Acquired list of Danger Zones and Restricted Areas (DZRAs) from the CFR (Title 33, Chapter 2, Volume 3, Section 334). 2. Created labeled points in ArcMap (XY tool) based on CFR coordinates. Converted these points (graphics) to features, per CFR feature (DRAWING...CONVERT GRAPHICS TO FEATURES). 3. If points projected in NAD83 appeared to be off significantly compared to the RNCs, the points were projected to determine the intended coordinate system. (The CFR did not explicitly provide the datum, but for a couple features.) 4. For features in which no coordinate system could be identified, Global Mapper was used to project the points in the intended coordinate system, and export them as NAD83. This yielded results that placed the coordinates in significantly closer proximity to that of the charted feature. (It was determined to be a bug with Esri's NADCON transformation.) 5. Created a new polygon feature class to generate geometry from the points. 6. Added necessary fields to feature class (populated as necessary during creation of features). 7. Within the new polygon feature class, used a) point features (coordinates) generated, b) CFR language, c) Raster Nautical Charts (RNCs), and d) shorelines to create geometry. 8. Populated any remaining attributes after geometry was completed. 9. Created metadata. 10. Cross-referenced RNCs to check geometry and reconciled any differences between CFR and RNC where necessary. 2014-01-01T00:00:00 1. Acquired current national geometry from internal directory. 2. Created new geometry for select features, derived from the Code of Federal Regulations (2014), the Raster Navigational Charts, and data provided by NASA for areas off the coast of Virginia. Features were created using language and coordinates from the CFR or geometry from the RNC, then made coincident with the shoreline. The two areas provided by NASA were not made coincident with the shoreline. 3. Populated attribute fields for new features. 2015-06-01T00:00:00 1. Acquired latest version of the Danger Zone and Restricted Areas from MarineCadastre.gov data registry. 2. Acquired the latest version (2015) of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). 3. Based on differences between the 2012 and 2015 Code of Federal Regulations, created geometry for new features and removed expired features. New features were made coincident with the NOAA 1:80,000 shoreline. 4. Populated attribute fields for new and existing features, based on 2015 CFR. 2016-01-01T00:00:00 1. Acquired latest version of the Danger Zone and Restricted Areas from the MarineCadastre.gov data registry. 2. Acquired the latest version (2017) of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). 3. Performed a 1:1 inspection of every feature in the published data set, with those features found on the Raster Nautical Charts. For features that varied noticeably from the nautical charts, language and coordinates from the latest CFR (2017) were used to confirm if the geometry was correct. For the few that were noted as deviating from both the RNC features and CFR descriptions, new geometry was created to update the data set. Also, geometry for new features found in the RNCs or 2017 CFR was created and added to the data set. Attributes were updated accordingly. 4. Changed symbology to more closely resemble the Raster Navigational Charts. 2017-01-01T00:00:00 1. Acquired latest version of the Danger Zone and Restricted Areas from the MarineCadastre.gov data registry. 2. Acquired the latest version (2022) of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). 3. Performed a 1:1 inspection of every feature in the published data set, with those features found in the CFR, to confirm which features should be removed or added. 4. The geometry for some circular features in the previous data set were corrected and Repair Geometry was run. 5. Attributes were updated accordingly and special characters were removed. 2022-10-01T00:00:00 Source Contribution: Provided the latest version of the data set geometry. | Type of Source Media: online Danger Zones and Restricted Areas 2015-07-23 publication MarineCadastre.gov ftp://ftp.coast.noaa.gov/pub/MSP/DangerZonesAndRestrictedAreas.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2012 2014 Source Contribution: Provided geometry (in May 2015) for missing restricted areas (special use airspace) in Virginia. | Type of Source Media: email NASA Wallops Flight Facility Special Use Airspace 2004-06-09 publication National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Wallops Flight Facility http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2004-06-09 Source Contribution: Provided shorelines for features that require specific shoreline elements not adequately provided within the NOAA 80K shoreline | Type of Source Media: online NOAA (NGS) Shoreline Data Explorer 2014-01-01 publication Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geodetic Survey (NGS) https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/NSDE/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2007 Source Contribution: Provided a national shoreline used in createing features with shoreline-coincident boundaries | Type of Source Media: online NOAA's Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline (1998) for the Contiguous United States 1998-01-01 publication National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) https://shoreline.noaa.gov/data/datasheets/medres.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 1988 1992 Source Contribution: Provided feature geometry for those features not stated in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), or that were unable to be created based on language in CFR | Type of Source Media: online Raster Navigational Charts Seamless Service Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS) https://seamlessrnc.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/RNC/NOAA_RNC/ImageServer WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information Source Contribution: Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry | Type of Source Media: online U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2012) 2012-07-01 publication Government Printing Office http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2012-title33-vol3/pdf/CFR-2012-title33-vol3-part334.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2012-07-01 Source Contribution: Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry | Type of Source Media: online U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2012) 2015-07-01 publication Government Printing Office https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2015-title33-vol3/pdf/CFR-2015-title33-vol3-part334.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2015-07-01 Source Contribution: Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry (applies only to northeast U.S.) | Type of Source Media: online U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2013) 2013-07-01 publication Government Printing Office http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2013-title33-vol3/pdf/CFR-2013-title33-vol3-part334.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2013-07-01 Source Contribution: Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry | Type of Source Media: online U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2014) 2014-07-01 publication Government Printing Office http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2014-title33-vol3/pdf/CFR-2014-title33-vol3-part334.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2014-07-01 Source Contribution: Provided coordinates and language necessary to build geometry for a feature in Rhode Island | Type of Source Media: online U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2016) 2016-07-01 publication Government Printing Office https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2016-title33-vol2/pdf/CFR-2016-title33-vol2-sec167-103.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2016-07-01 Source Contribution: Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry | Type of Source Media: online U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2017) 2017-07-01 publication Government Printing Office https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2017-title33-vol3/pdf/CFR-2017-title33-vol3-part334.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2017-07-01 Source Contribution: Provided coordinates of features and related language necessary to build feature geometry | Type of Source Media: online U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (July 1, 2022) 2022-07-01 publication https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-II/part-334 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2022-07-01