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SEImpoundments 04/13/ [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] {2021}

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SEImpoundments 04/13/ [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] {2021}
Description
In 2018 Amy Almond, a DFP intern, worked on the project "Coastal Impoundment Mapping in the Southeast".An impoundment is defined as an area within which water levels are actively managed to benefit wetland-dependent wildlife.The goal was to create a comprehensive GIS map layer of impoundments within the Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain. Amy contacted managers of National Wildlife Refuges and state-managed lands within the range (NC, SC, GA, FL) for information about impoundments on their lands.The information provided by the project will help determine potential locations to manage for Black Rails or to work with partners to create new habitat. This information will also benefit other waterbirds and waterfowl since their habitat overlaps.In order to obtain the impoundment information, Amy emailed each of the land managers with a short data request. She asked them to send any GIS shapefiles they had of impounded areas on their lands and sent a Google Form questionnaire to ask specific questions about how they manage these areas, like primary species management, vegetation, and water depth.Most of the land managers responded to the Google Form we created to collect descriptive management data. Some folks sent an email or management plan document, which did not contain the same information as the Google Form.Total impoundments: 750Total impoundment acreage: 121,129.52Total impoundment hectares: 49,019.37Federal ImpoundmentsRefuge Complexes: 15Refuges: 63Impoundments: 329Acres: 63,977Hectares: 25,890.57State ImpoundmentsStates: 4State-managed lands: 48Impoundments: 421Acres: 57,152.52Hectares: 23,128.8North Carolina ImpoundmentsImpoundments: 143Acres: 19,699.88Hectares: 7,972.26South Carolina ImpoundmentsImpoundments: 322Acres: 50,451.69Hectares: 20,597.08Georgia ImpoundmentsImpoundments: 93Acres: 7,116.85Hectares: 2,880.08Florida ImpoundmentsImpoundments: 192Acres: 43,861.1Hectares: 17,749.96
Creator
Department of the Interior
Temporal Coverage
2021
Date Issued
2018-08-16
Access Rights
Public
Format
File
Language
English
Date Added
August 28, 2025

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    Department of the Interior (2018). SEImpoundments 04/13/ [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] {2021}. . https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/fws::seimpoundments-04-13-2021 (web service)
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