Regional Data Center

SFEI is the regional data center for the San Francisco Estuary and its watersheds. The Institute manages water quality, tissue, wetlands, historical, and spatial data, and develops tools for uploading, accessing, and visualizing data. The tools below integrate and display data in meaningful ways to inform different audiences.


  • Bay Area Aquatic Resources Inventory
  • Contaminant Data Download and Display (CD3)
  • Healthy Streams Portal
  • U.S. Coast Survey Maps of California (South Coast)
Bay Area Aquatic Resources Inventory

The Bay Area Aquatic Resources Inventory (BAARI) is a GIS dataset designed to support local and regional planning, monitoring, and management of surface waters. The BAARI dataset includes detailed representation of the Region's tidal waters, lakes, streams, wetlands, and riparian areas.

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Clean Water

 
  • Bay Area Trash Tracker

    Tool for Bay Area municipal staff to research available trash capture devices and add maintenance events

  • CEDEN

    Download statewide water quality and tissue data using user-defined query interface

  • Central Valley Monitoring Directory

    Upload, view, and download program and metadata information on current water quality monitoring efforts

  • Contaminant Data Download and Display (CD3)

    Map and download water quality and tissue data from the RMP and other projects

  • Data Checker

    Upload SWAMP comparable data to SFEI's Regional Data Center

  • Healthy Streams Portal

    Access toxicity monitoring data in the sediment and water in California's streams, rivers and lakes

  • My Water Quality Portals

    Access California water quality monitoring and assessment information from theme-based portals

  • Pollutants of Concern Data Review

    Password-protected tool to review and comment on preliminary analytical project data

  • Wastewater Treatment Plant Metals Upload

    Password-protected tool used by the RMP's wastewater treatment plants to upload discharge data and track fees

 

Landscape Ecology

 
  • Bay Area Aquatic Resources Inventory

    Learn about Bay Area aquatic resources (wetlands, stream, and riparian functional areas). Can be downloaded in GeoFetch.

  • California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM)

    Upload and view data on the health of wetlands and riparian habitats

  • California Wetlands Portal

    Access statewide information on the quantity and quality of wetlands and upload documents to the file library

  • Geofetch

    Search SFEI's spatial library, view metadata, and download selected datasets. Registration required.

  • National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Stewardship

    Coordination of local hydrography updates of NHD through partnerships and training. Contact SFEI if interested in participating.

  • Online 401

    Apply for 401 Water Quality Certification or file a Report of Waste Discharge for projects impacting waters of the US or California

  • Riparian Area Mapping Tool v1

    Builds estimated riparian functional area polygons based on both vegetation and hillslope processes

  • South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project

    Search the metadata server for information on the largest tidal restoration project on the West Coast

  • Transitional Ecotone Vegetation Data Management System

    Upload and access data from vegetation surveys of intertidal-upland ecotones

 

Historical Ecology

 
  • Historical Delta Interactive Map

    Tour the historical Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and explore maps of the Delta through time

  • Historical Ecology Coast Survey Maps

    Download historical maps of the San Francisco Bay

  • U.S. Coast Survey Maps of California (South Coast)

    Download T-sheets for parts of Southern California and San Francisco Bay, GIS layers, and related tools

 

Early Projects

 
  • Central Coast Wetlands Group

    View natural resource, hydrology, water quality, transportation, and administrative boundary datasets for California’s Central Coast

  • EcoAtlas

    View historical and modern habitats of the San Francisco Bay Baylands

  • Morro Bay Watershed Pilot Interactive Mapping

    View natural resource, hydrology, water quality, land use, historical imagery, transportation, and administrative boundary datasets for Morro Bay Watershed