In a year with very few tropical systems, Hurricane Four of 1913 received barely a notice by the Raleigh office of the Weather Bureau of the United States.
A shipwreck believed to be the George W. Wells is shown on Ocracoke Island after being exposed by waves produced by passing Hurricane Teddy in September 2020. Photo: Cape Lookout National Seashore
1913 storm thrashed ships, and a rescue led to accusations
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This dataset contains mapped boundaries of intertidal oyster reefs and washed shell deposits found along the SC coast. Our thanks to Ted Arisaka for this information.
This dataset contains mapped boundaries of intertidal oyster reefs and washed shell deposits found along the SC coast. Reefs were mapped through a combination of automated and manual techniques using 4-band (blue, green, red, near-infrared) digital orthophotos with a theoretical ground resolution of 0.25 meters. These photos were taken from 2003-2006 and can be downloaded. The project area covered those sections of the SC coastal zone where oysters had historically been mapped by the SC Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) in the 1980’s. The area spans 122 USGS quarter quadrangles (DOQQs).
Sixty of the mapped DOQQs were ground-truthed by boat to assess accuracy. The initial mapping process met the overall minimum accuracy requirements of the project (80% correct classification) and was completed through a joint effort between Photo Science Inc. and SCDNR. Since 2006, low-altitude helicopter photography (see photo below) has been used to edit and update the initial data product. In 2016, 18.5% of the mapped oysters had been updated using helicopter photography. Edits and improvements to this data product are ongoing, and this dataset will be periodically updated.
A link is included below for a table that lists initial accuracy and editing status data by DOQQ. Accuracy scores listed were calculated for the initial product and do not reflect the results of low-altitude helicopter photography editing, so these scores should be considered to be the minimum level of accuracy for the edited areas. Areas covered and analyzed by low-altitude helicopter photographs can be considered to have the highest degree of accuracy. DOQQs that have not been edited by SCDNR should be used with caution. Due to variations in image quality and visibility of oysters, some localized areas may not be as accurate as reported values. In particular, some of the oyster flats with sparse or patchy oyster coverage were difficult to map. Instructions and links are provided below for access to the data and associated metadata.
SC Intertidal Oyster Reefs Map Application
SCDNR_Oyster2015.zip (33mb) ESRI ArcGIS v10.3 File Geodatabase
| Layer Description: | Layer Names: | Layer Metadata: |
|---|---|---|
| SC Intertidal Oyster Reefs | Oyster2015Live | SCDNR_Oyster2015Live.html |
| SC Oyster Shell Deposits | Oyster2015Wash | SCDNR_Oyster2015Wash.html |
Available data set is subject to change and will be updated periodically.
Metadata about the editing status: SCDNR_Oyster2015_metadata_table.pdf
DOQQQ imagery is available at the following link, DOQQQ Imagery
A screen shot submitted by Winston Fowler. Let’s hope we “turn the corner” on COVID soon!
A federal judge has thrown out the Trump administration’s rule that gutted water quality protections put in place during the Obama administration. The challenge of the Trump rule was brought by six Native American tribes, who were represented by Earthjustice.
The Trump WOTUS revision removed protections for 18% of streams and 51% of wetlands in the U.S.
Federal judge vacates Trump-era WOTUS rule replacement
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Photographer Charles Farrell captured how mullet fishermen in the fall of 1938 “made do,” as historian David Cecelski explains, on Bald Head Island during the Great Depression. Bald Head Island Marina is a CRUISERS NET SPONSOR!
Our Coast’s History: Varnamtown’s Fishermen 1938
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Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of Bald Head Island Marina
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Geographer Roger Payne has recently published his second reference guide to the names of places along the Outer Banks.
Geographer explains what’s in Outer Banks place names
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If you spot a stranded or entangled leatherback, loggerhead, green or Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, call the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Sea Turtle Stranding and Disentanglement Network for help at 866-755-6622.
Report stranded, entangled sea turtles to NOAA’s hotline
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Through Charles Farrell’s photographs of Sneads Ferry in the 1930s, historian David Cecelski learned the stories and people of Onslow County fishing village.
Our Coast’s History: Remembering 1930s Sneads Ferry
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More watercraft were involved in crashes along the Intracoastal Waterway in Myrtle Beach than anywhere else in the state last year, according to a 2020 report from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
Intracoastal Waterway in Myrtle Beach leading state in boat crashes, data shows
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Safety concerns increase as more boaters enjoy the Intracoastal Waterway | WPDE
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We made the mistake, while traveling north on the ICW, of passing through the Myrtle Beach section on a Sunday in April. It was awful. We are in a 36foot sailboat. There were many many jet skis buzzing past, swerving in and out. Power boats passing us very closely! It was the most dangerous part of our trip.
Susan Woods Bamonto don’t forget the over loaded boats and some towing people on tubes…and the day started so beautifully.
I'm not surprised the Myrtle Beach area ICW leads in boat crashes. We see all kinds of craziness whenever we travel through there and I have a photo that says it all.
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