FSMI Regions of Interest

Landward boundary limit for topo-bathymetric lidar acquisition of the Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative (FSMI). Includes most Estuaries, Aquatic Preserves (AP), and National Estuaries Research Reserves (NERR) in the state. The distance for the landward limit is between 500 m to 1,000 m from the shoreline, except in areas that were identified as high-priority by the Florida Coastal Mapping Program (FCMaP) in their Priority Workshops conducted between 2018 and 2019, and areas identified as high-interest by DEP’s Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection (ORCP) AP and NERR managers. Some of these identified areas can extend beyond to 2,000 m landward. Polygons of submerged areas created from a combination of the National Hydrography Dataset, and estuarine zones from the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP). These water areas are for general estimation of coverage, only, and may not perfectly align with on-the-ground (water) coverage.