This map presents an interactive visualization of indicators for Social Vulnerability, Gentrification Pressure, Sea Rise Vulnerability, and Fishing Engagement and Reliance in coastal communities in the US. Social indicators are numerical measures that describe the well-being of individuals or communities. Indicators are comprised of one variable or several components combined into an index. They are used to describe and evaluate community well-being in terms of social, economic, and psychological welfare. These indicators have been updated to include all communities in coastal counties in the United States. They provide a characterization of the well-being and level of dependence on commercial and recreational fishing for over 3,800 communities. The index score for a particular community is relative to all communities in the index and would differ with a more regional focus. https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/humandimensions/social-indicators/map

The locations show the approximate location of shoreline oblique photo points along the inner and outer Washington Coast, the Columbia and Snake Rivers, and large freshwater lakes. The points represent the location of the airplane as recorded by an onboard GPS unit at the time the photographs were taken during the summer months of 2006.For more information, contact Christina Kellum, Washington State Department of Ecology GIS Manager, gis@ecy.wa.gov.