Maps
Browse through maps depicting Bay health and restoration, including pollution trends, public access sites and more.
Chesapeake Bay Mean Surface Salinity (1985-2018)
Date created: October 10, 2019The salinity of the waters in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries varies from season to season and year to year depending largely on the amount of freshwater flowing into the Bay. The salinity of these tidal waters has an effect on such things as fish spawning habitat, underwater grass species distribution, oyster distribution and the likely distribution of the oyster-killing parasites Dermo and MSX.
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Chemical Contaminants (2014)
Date created: November 8, 2017Tidal waters that are impaired for part or all of the indicated Bay segment by toxic chemicals based on each state's implementation of the Clean Water Act.
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Congressional Districts in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Date created: January 3, 2017This map shows the complete or partial Congressional Districts that make up the area of the Chesapeake Bay basin. The current senators and congressional members of the 115th Congress who have districts within the borders of the basin are listed by state.
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Shad Abundance (2015)
Date created: May 16, 2016American shad were once the most abundant and economically important species in the Chesapeake Bay. Shad are anadromous fish and spend most of their lives in the ocean, returning to freshwater rivers to spawn after they reach maturity. Data for the York, Potomac, Rappahannock and lower James Rivers were provided by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science via an ongoing Catch per Unit Effort (CPUE) study involving American Shad gill-netting. Data for the Susquehanna and upper James Rivers represent published fishway passage values for Conowingo and Boshers Dams, respectively.
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Benthic Habitat (Index of Biological Integrity) (2014) Annual Average Score by Sampling Station
Date created: July 2, 2015This map shows the 2014 indicator status of the Benthic Index of Biological Integrity by station.
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Benthic Habitat (Index of Biological Integrity) (2013) Annual Average Score by Sampling Station
Date created: July 2, 2015This map shows the 2013 indicator status of the Benthic Index of Biological Integrity by station.
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Benthic Habitat (Index of Biological Integrity) (2014) Percent of Goal Achieved
Date created: July 2, 2015This map shows the percent of the Index of Biological Integrity indicator goal achieved by segment.
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Benthic Habitat (Index of Biological Integrity) (2013) Percent of Goal Achieved
Date created: July 2, 2015This map shows the percent of the Index of Biological Integrity indicator goal achieved by segment.
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Long-Term Trends for Secchi Disc Depth in the Chesapeake Bay: 1999-2013
Date created: April 30, 2015Long-term trends were computed by state partners using the Seasonal Kendall non-parametric technique for annual data collected from 1999-2013. Highly significant trends are indicated with triangles and possible trends are show with colored circles. Secchi Disk Depth observations (a measure of water clarity) are increasing/improving significantly at 2 stations, possibly increasing at 2 stations, decreasing/degrading significantly at 28 stations, and possibly decreasing at 14 stations.
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Long-Term Trends for Bottom Orthophosphate in the Chesapeake Bay: 1999-2013
Date created: April 30, 2015Long-term trends were computed by state partners using the Seasonal Kendall non-parametric technique for annual data collected from 1999-2013. Highly significant trends are indicated with triangles and possible trends are show with colored circles. Bottom Orthophosphate concentrations are decreasing/improving significantly at 21 stations, possibly decreasing at 7 stations, increasing/degrading significantly at 6 stations, and possibly increasing at 3 stations.
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