KML Maps: Critical Environmental Areas

About Critical Environmental Areas ....

This map shows areas that have been designated as Critical Environmental Areas (CEAs) under 6 NYCRR Part 617 - State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR). Local agencies may designate specific geographic areas within their boundaries as a "Critical Environmental Area" (CEA). State agencies may also designate as a CEA a geographic area which they own, manage or regulate. To be designated as a CEA, an area must have an exceptional or unique character which has a benefit or threat to human health, a natural setting (e.g. fish and wildlife habitat, forest and vegetation, open space and areas of important aesthetic or scenic quality), agricultural, social, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, or educational values, or an inherent ecological, geological or hydrological sensitivity that may be adversely affected by any change.

Data Source: Critical Environmental Areas in New York State. https://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/inventories/details.cfm?DSID=1330

Helpful Hint: While I suggest you look on blog for a downloadable PDF Map, you should be able to print or save this map by clicking the print button on the map above.

Data Sources

Google Earth Data - You can download the KMZ File used in creation of this map.

3DEP Elevation Hillshade. LIDAR and legacy USGS DRG Topo Derived hillshades used as a background. DEM - WMS Service: https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer/WMSServer, Layer: 3DEPElevation:Hillshade Gray

Full List of WMS and ArcMap Services - CSV Spreadsheet with all web map services currently used on the blog.

More about New York State...

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. New York is the 27th-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 7th-most densely populated of the 50 United States. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the west and north, and Quebec to the north. The state of New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.

Aerial Photos

Albany – A Plan for the Capital City (Downtown Albany 1980 Plan vs. Downtown Albany Today)
Albany (NY) The Battle In Lincoln Park
Albany Lumberyard (1857 vs. 2017)
Colonie Center (1952 vs. 2018)
Costcos (After vs. Before)
Crossgates 1970s (1973 vs. 1985)
Delmar Bypass (1953 vs. 2019)
End Of US 219
Enfield Glen
Esperance
Fox Lair (1942 vs. 2017)
Great Valley
Green Lakes State Park
High Acres Landfill
Hornell
I-86 And I-390 Interchage
Karner East Barriens
Kueka Outlet
LaFarge And Port Of Coeymans
Limekiln Falls Area
Little Falls (1957 vs. 2017)
Mid-Crosstown Arterial Arbor Hill Section (1970 vs. 2016)
Middleburgh
NY 23 Past Windham High Peak
Newburgh (1969 Urban Renewal Proposal vs. Today)
Northern Otsego County
Northville Quarry
Olean
Original Can of Worms vs Erie Canal (1895 vs. 1971 vs. 2020)
Photo: Adirondack Homeland Rock at Crane Pond Road
Plan for Albany 1794 (Overlay vs. Street Map)
Platte Clove
Proposed Mid-Crosstown Arterial South of Washington Park (1970 vs. 2016)
Salamanca
Schoharie Valley
Stamford And Mount Utsaythana
The Kunjamunk
Thruway Interchange 80s and 90s (1973 vs. 2018)
Tivoli Lake (1973 vs. 1995 vs. 2017)
WMS Map: Auburn Arterial
Wakely Dam (1942 vs. 2017)
Washington Avenue Extension (1973 vs. 2018)
Watkins Glen from Above Seneca Lake
White Birch Pond – Tubbs Pond – Fawn Lake (1960 vs. 2017)
White House (1942 vs. 2017)
Wolf Hill

Maps and Interactives

Zoar Valley
Young Lake
Yesterday morning for a while
Wurstboro Curve
Woodward Lake
Woods Lake
Woodman Pond and Chenango Canal
Woodland Valley – DEC Campground
Wolf Road – 1952 vs Today
Wolf Pond Trail
Winona State Forest
Winifred Matthews Holt Preserve
Windmill Interchange at Clearview and Long Island Expressway
Willie Marsh Trails
Wilds of the Tug Hill Plateau
Wildlife Cuts – Partridge Run
Wilcox Lake
Wilcox Dock in April 1952
Who owns the right-of-way along Old River Road in Little Falls?
Whittaker Lake
Whitney Point
White Rocks – Taconic Crest Trails
White House, NY
White Birch Pond

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