LOUISIANA OIL SPILL

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Environmental Data Gateway
The Environmental Data Gateway (EDG) identifies and catalogues a variety of information and technical data potentially useful in oil spill prevention, planning and response initiatives throughout inland and coastal Louisiana. The EDG is designed to provide quick access to open tabular and geospatial data sets, web based applications, and websites to oil spill response and natural resource/environmental management practitioners.
Ambient Air Monitoring Data & Reports
This web portal includes current and historical ambient air monitoring data and reports by the LA Dept. of Environmental Quality (LDEQ).
Category: Environmental Quality and Monitoring
Bureau of Safety Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Data Center
The Bureau of Safety Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Data Center includes, among other information, data on offshore fields and reserves, wells, leases, pipelines, and platforms/rigs.
Category: Cadastral; Economic; Governmental Unit; Infrastructure
Census Data
This US Census Bureau web page provides data and mapping resources related to demographics and economic information.
Category: Economic; Population
Coastal Information Management System (CIMS)
The Coastal Information Management System (CIMS) provides geospatial, tabular database and document access to CPRA’s suite of protection and restoration projects, Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) stations, the 2017 Master Plan, geophysical data, Spatial Viewer and Geographic Information System (GIS) Map, Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) habitat monitoring tool (HRT), LA Sand Resource Database (LASARD) and coastal community resiliency information.
Category: Biologic; Environmental Quality and Monitoring; Geospatial; Hydrography; Imagery; Infrastructure; Land Use/Land Cover; Oil Spill Response Tool
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS)
The Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) was designed to monitor the effectiveness of restoration actions at multiple spatial scales from individual projects to the influence of projects on the entire coastal landscape. The CRMS design includes a suite of sites encompassing a range of ecological conditions in swamp habitats and fresh, intermediate, brackish, and salt marshes. Approximately 390 sites are monitored using standardized data collection techniques and fixed sampling schedules.
Category: Biologic; Environmental Quality and Monitoring; Geospatial; Hydrography; Imagery; Land Use/Land Cover; Oil Spill Response Tool
Digital Coast
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Office of Coastal Management (OCM) Digital Coast provides downloadable data for coastal management needs, including among others, elevation, land cover, weather, and imagery.
Category: Biologic; Boundaries; Cultural; Elevation; Environmental Quality and Monitoring; Geophysical; Geospatial; Hydrography; Imagery; Infrastructure; Land Use/Land Cover; Oil Spill Response Tool; Population
Drinking Water/Surface Water Intakes
This Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) dataset describes intake structures used for public drinking water supply known to be in active use as of the publication date. The dataset can be requested by calling 225-342-7499.
Category: Health and Safety; Infrastructure
Envirofacts
Envirofacts provides a single point of access to US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) environmental data contained in USEPA databases. Interested parties can search for information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States.
Category: Biologic; Environmental Quality and Monitoring; Geophysical; Geospatial; Governmental Unit; Imagery; Infrastructure; Oil Spill Response Tool; Regulatory
EnviroMapper
EnviroMapper for Envirofacts provides access to several US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) databases with information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States and allows the user to generate maps of certain environmental information.
Category: Environmental Quality and Monitoring; Governmental Unit; Imagery; Infrastructure; Regulatory
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
The Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS) provides a variety of reports related to USFWS Threatened and Endangered Species.
Category: Biologic; Environmental Quality and Monitoring; Geospatial; Governmental Unit; Imagery; Land Use/Land Cover; Oil Spill Response Tool; Regulatory
Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA) - Gulf of Mexico Region
The Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®) is an online mapping tool that integrates both static and real-time data, such as Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps, ship locations, weather, and ocean currents, in a centralized location for environmental responders and natural resource decision makers.
Category: Biologic; Geophysical; Geospatial; Imagery; Oil Spill Response Tool
Environmental Studies Program Information System (ESPIS)
The Environmental Studies Program Information System (ESPIS) presents information about ongoing and completed BOEM studies, allowing text and map-based queries to find relevant study information.
Category: Biologic; Cultural; Economic; Environmental Quality and Monitoring; Geophysical; Imagery; Oil Spill Response Tool; Regulatory
EPA Ecoregion 6 Data Download
This US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) web page provides ecoregion downloadable files by state - Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and 66 Tribal Nations). Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources.
Category: Boundaries; Land Use/Land Cover
Geographic Information System (GIS) & Data
This web page provides information on state owned lands in the State of Louisiana.
Category: Cadastral; Geospatial; Governmental Unit; Infrastructure; Oil Spill Response Tool
Geographic Information System (GIS) Support Service - Databases
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) maintains and updates locational database with a variety of heath care clinic and facility information used in generating maps that can be used by emergency responders when dealing with hazards and/or terrorism. This information can be accessed by downloading a zip file from the website.
Category: Geospatial; Health and Safety; Infrastructure; Oil Spill Response Tool
Geospatial Data Gateway
The Geospatial Data Gateway (GDG) provides access to a map library of over 100 high resolution layers of environmental and natural resources data.
Category: Environmental Quality and Monitoring; Geospatial; Imagery; Land Use/Land Cover; Oil Spill Response Tool
Geospatial Resource Center
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Geospatial Resource Center supports the emergency management community with geospatial information, services, and technologies to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate against flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and all other hazards.
Category: Geophysical; Geospatial; Governmental Unit; Imagery; Infrastructure; Land Use/Land Cover; Oil Spill Response Tool
House District Maps
This link on the Louisiana State Legislature's webpage allows you to view maps based on Representative, District Number, or City.
Category: Governmental Unit
Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC)
Accessed via the Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS), Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) is a project planning tool that streamlines the USFWS environmental process and includes a mapping tool to explore resources and information on listed species, critical habitat, migratory birds, other natural resources in a given location.
Category: Biologic; Environmental Quality and Monitoring; Imagery; Land Use/Land Cover; Oil Spill Response Tool; Regulatory