Cities - Some of the major cities in the Narragansett Bay area.

EMPACT Sensors - Locations of the sensor buoys deployed as part of the Narragansett Bay / Mount Hope Bay EMPACT project. Click on a buoy location with the interrogate tool to view or download data collected at that site. Data collected at the EMPACT buoys are stored in a data archive on the NBC server.

PORTS Sensors - Locations of the sensor buoys deployed in Narragansett Bay by NOAA as part of the Physical Oceanographic Real Time-System (PORTS). http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/nbports/

CSO's - Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) are sites in Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls where untreated sewage mixed with surface runoff enters Narragansett Bay when rainfall amounts exceed sewer system capacity.
Source: RIGIS

Interstate Highways - Interstate highways passing through the Narragansett Bay watershed.

Mass Streams - Freshwater streams in Massachusetts.
Source: MASS GIS

RI Streams - Freshwater streams in Rhode Island.
Source: RIGIS

Mass Ponds - Freshwater ponds in Massachusetts.
Source: MASS GIS

RI Ponds - Freshwater ponds in Rhode Island.
Source: RIGIS

WQ Zones - Water quality classifications from RI Department of Environmental Management and RI Coastal Resources Management Council.

Class SA - these waters are designated for shellfish harvesting for direct human consumption, Primary and secondary contact recreational activities, and fish and wildlife habitat. They shall be Suitable for aquacultural uses, navigaton, and industrial cooling. These waters shall have good aesthetic value.

Class SB - These waters are designated for primary and secondary contact recreational activities; shellfish harvesting for controlled relay and depuration; and fish and wildlife habitat. They shall be suitable for aquacultural uses, navigaton, and industrial cooling. These waters shall have good aesthetic value.

Class SB1 - These waters are designated for primary and secondary contact recreational activities and fish and wildlife habitat. They shall be suitable for aquacultural uses, navigaton, and industrial cooling. These waters shall have good aesthetic value. Primary contact recreational activities may be impacted due to pathogens from apporvied wastewater discharges. However all Class SB criteria must be met.

Class SC - These waters are designated for secondary contact recreational activities, and fish and wildlife habitat. They shall be suitable for aquacultural uses, navigation, and industrial cooling. These waters shall have good aesthetic value.

Source: RIDEM, RIGIS

Narragansett Bay Watershed - Boundaries of the Narragansett Bay watershed and sub-watersheds.

RI Towns - Rhode Island town boundaries.
Source: RIGIS

MA Towns - Massachusetts town boundaries.
Source: MASS GIS


Data Sources
Rhode Island map data are from the Rhode Island GIS (RIGIS).
http://www.edc.uri.edu/rigis-spf/

Massachusetts map data are from the Massachusetts GIS (MASS GIS).
http://www.state.ma.us/mgis/massgis.htm