Hudson River Shoreline Inventory

Hudson River Shoreline Inventory

Current Trends Resulting in
Current Trends Resulting in
Continued Shoreline Hardening
Continued Shoreline Hardening

Failing bulkheads Failing bulkheads

needing repair needing repair

New development New development

pressures pressures

Waterfront Waterfront
revitalization revitalization

Sea Sea- -level rise level rise

response? response?
Hudson River Shoreline Inventory
Hudson River Shoreline Inventory

High tide line High tide line

inventoried from the inventoried from the
river river

Tappan Zee bridge to Tappan Zee bridge to

Troy dam Troy dam

3 level nested 3 level nested

classification scheme classification scheme
Hudson River Shoreline
Hudson River Shoreline
Classification Definitions
Classification Definitions
Hudson River Shoreline Inventory Classification Definitions
Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve
L1 1 Engineered (hard)
Engineered or constructed to stabilize or provide access, usually
vertical and without natural vegetated features
Nature 2 Soft Engineered (restored) Shore stabilized using plant materials or methods intended to improve
habitat
3 Natural Non engineered shore consisting of natural material or fill material, or
bedrock
L2 1 Revetment Non-vertical engineered shoreline
2 Gabion Rock held in place by wire mesh enclosure
3 Cribbing Rock held in place by timber frames
Structure 4 Bulkhead Solid vertical wall at river's edge, may be backfilled with a variety of
materials
5 Graminoid or broadleaf
vegetation
Broadleaf or graminoid, non-woody vegetation extending from intertidal
area to high tide line
6 Woody vegetation Brush, scrub or shrub, trees
7 Unvegetated No rooted vegetation
8 Woody debris Dominated by large woody debris
9 Other None apply, requires explanation in comments field
Hudson River Shoreline
Hudson River Shoreline
Classification Definitions
Classification Definitions
L3 1 Timber-
Milled and assembled wooden material
2 Sheet pile
Steel interlocking sheets driven into the bottom, can be capped and/or
backfilled
Substrate 3 Concrete
4 Mud/Sand
Natural small or fine sediments, not rock
5 Unconsolidated Rock
Pepples, stones, shale, gravel, bedrock, bolders (all forms larger than
sand)
6 Solid Bedrock
7 Sand w/ brick
Sandy beaches with discarded bricks from former industry
8 Mixed soils and rock
Rock, dirt mixture, can be vegetated
9 Other
None apply, requires explanation in comments field
Level 1
Level 1
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Nature
Nature

Hard Engineered Hard Engineered

Soft Engineered Soft Engineered

Natural Natural
Level 2
Level 2
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Shore Structure
Shore Structure

Revetment Revetment

Gabion Gabion

Cribbing Cribbing

Bulkhead Bulkhead

Gram/ Gram/Brdlf Brdlf Veg Veg

Woody Woody

Unvegetated Unvegetated

Woody Debris Woody Debris

Level 3
Level 3
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Substrate
Substrate

Timber Timber

Sheetpile Sheetpile

Concrete Concrete

Mixed mud/sand/rock Mixed mud/sand/rock

Unconsolidated rock Unconsolidated rock

Solid bedrock Solid bedrock

Sand w/brick Sand w/brick

Hudson River Shoreline
Hudson River Shoreline
Inventory
Inventory
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GIS Database
GIS Database
Shoreline Location Shoreline Location
Discreet sections identified Discreet sections identified
Compatible GIS data Compatible GIS data
(NOAA charts, (NOAA charts, DEMs DEMs) )
Summary statistics and Summary statistics and
spatial distribution spatial distribution
information information
Hudson River Shoreline GIS
Hudson River Shoreline GIS
Hudson River Shoreline 2005
Hudson River Shoreline 2005
Level 1 Total (meters) Percentage
Hard Engineered 239968 44%
Soft Engineered 925 0.17%
Natural 301620 55%
100%
Level 2 Total (meters) Percentage
Revetment 166599 31%
Gabion 803 0.15%
Cribbing 5203 1%
Bulkhead 47408 9%
Graminoid/Broadleaf Veg 59324 11%
Woody 163780 30%
Unvegetated 92775 17%
Woody Debris 6572 1%
100%
Level 3 Total (meters) Percentage
Timber 12802 2%
Sheetpile 8872 2%
Concrete 24890 5%
Mixed mud/sand/rock 149754 27%
Unconsolidated Rock 283404 52%
Solid Bedrock 52120 10%
Sand w/ Brick 4720 1%
98%
Rip Rap Total Percentage
Hard Engineered, Revetment, Unconsolidated Rock 165552 30%
Hard Engineered, Woody, Unconsolidated Rock 20358 4%
Total 185910 34%
Questions?
Questions?
Daniel Miller
Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Norrie Point Environmental Center
Staatsburg, NY 12580
845-889-4745 ext 110