The San Francisco Bay Shore Inventory: Mapping for Sea Level Rise dataset provides a comprehensive and consistent picture of the 2016 Bay shore (up to MHHW + 10ft) for all nine Bay Area counties. The mapping captures features which affect flooding and flood routing (e.g., engineered levees, berms, embankments, roads, wetlands, etc.) including accredited and non-accredited structures. This project also identifies features fronted by wetlands and beaches and features that are artificially hardened (e.g., riprap). The dataset was recommended and shaped by local, state, and federal agencies to help inform regional planners of flood vulnerabilities, constraints for adaptation strategies, and where natural features can be maintained or expanded to provide coastal flood protection. Please see project report for a full list and description of dataset attributes.
These data are available in ESRI ArcGIS file geodatabase and Google Earth KMZ format.
In support of Baylands Habitat Map mapping efforts, updated versions of the SF Bay Shore Inventory have been created. For example, to aid in the development of the Baylands Habitat Map 2020, the 2016 San Francisco Bay Shore Inventory was modified, to represent conditions in 2020, in an ad-hoc manner and utilized in critical areas to assist with distinguishing of hydrologically connected areas and recently restored areas. This updated and improved upon inaccuracies in classification and alignment in the original 2016 SFEI Shoreline Inventory, and so the 2020 BHM could better delineate restored areas, enclosed areas, and distinguish between visually similar areas with different tidal connectivity. This updated 2020 version of the dataset also excludes the previously mapped natural shorelines, wetlands, and channel/opening classes, as the alternatives utilized in BHM mapping methods and represented in the BHM2020 dataset were preferred. These updated datasets are also available for download on this data page.
San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI). 2016. "San Francisco Bay Shore Inventory GIS Data v1.0" Accessed [date retrieved]. https://www.sfei.org/data/sf-bay-shore-inventory-gis-data.
San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI). 2025. "SFEI_BayShoreInventory_BHM2020update_v1" Accessed [date retrieved]. https://www.sfei.org/data/sf-bay-shore-inventory-gis-data.
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