Human-Use Resources Shown on ESI Maps
Under the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) method, human-use resources that may be either negatively impacted by an oil spills or used as access points for oil spill cleanup are typically marked on ESI maps with a symbol. The table below lists all of the categories for human-use resources, and it also includes some information about how they are displayed on ESI maps.
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Access | ![ESI symbol for access.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1242_Access.gif) | Vehicular access to the shoreline | Airport/Heliport | ![ESI symbol for airport/heliport.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1243_Airport.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Aquaculture | ![ESI symbol for aquaculture (hatcheries, ponds, and pens).](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1244_Aquaculture.gif) | Hatcheries, ponds, and pens | Archaeological Site | ![ESI symbol for archaeological site.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1245_Archaelogical_Site.gif) | Water-, coastal-, or wetland-associated | Beach | ![ESI symbol for high-use recreational beaches.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1246_Beach.gif) | High-use recreational beaches | Boat Ramp | ![ESI symbol for boat ramp.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1247_Boat_Ramp.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Camping | ![ESI symbol for camping.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1248_Camping.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Coast Guard | ![ESI symbol for Coast Guard.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1249_Coast_Guard.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Commercial Fishing | ![ESI symbol for commercial fishing.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1250_Commercial_Fishing.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Critical Habitat | ![ESI symbol for critical habitat.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1251_Critical_Habitat.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Diving | ![ESI symbol for diving (high-use recreational area).](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1252_Dive_Site.gif) | High-use recreational areas | ESI/RSI Change | ![ESI symbol for ESI/RSI change.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1253_ESI_RSI_Change.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Equipment | ![ESI symbol for equipment.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1254_Equipment.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Facility | ![ESI symbol for facility.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1255_Facility.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Factory | ![ESI symbol for factory.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1256_Factory.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Ferry | ![ESI symbol for ferry.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1257_Ferry.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Hazardous Waste Site | ![ESI symbol for hazardous waste site.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1258_Hazardous_Waste.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Historical Site | ![ESI symbol for historical site.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1259_Historical_Site.gif) | Water-, coastal-, or wetland-associated | Hoist | ![ESI symbol for hoist.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1260_Hoist.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Indian Reservation/Tribal Land | ![ESI symbol for Indian reservation/tribal land.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1261_Indian_Reservation.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Lock/Dam | ![ESI symbol for lock/dam.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1262_Lock_Dam.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Logging | ![ESI symbol for logging.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1263_Log_Storage.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Management Area | ![ESI symbol for management areas, including nature conservancies.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1264_Management_Area.gif) | Managed areas (including nature conservancies) | Marina | ![ESI symbol for marina.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1265_Marina.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Marine Sanctuary | ![ESI symbol for marine sanctuary.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1266_Marine_Sanctuary.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Mining | ![ESI symbol for mining.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1267_Mining.gif) | Intertidal/subtidal mining leases | National Park | ![ESI symbol for national park.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1268_National_Park.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | NOAA Data Buoy | ![ESI symbol for NOAA data buoy.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1269_NOAA_Data_Buoy.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Park | ![ESI symbol for park.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1270_Park.gif) | State and regional parks | Recreational Fishing | ![ESI symbol for recreational fishing.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1271_Recreational_Fishing.gif) | High-use recreational areas | Special Management Areas | ![ESI symbol for special management areas.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1272_Scenic_River.gif) | Usually water-associated | Subsistence Fishing | ![ESI symbol for subsistence fishing.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1273_Subsistence.gif) | Designated harvest sites | Surfing | ![ESI symbol for surfing.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1274_Surfing.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Village | ![ESI symbol for village.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1275_Sampling_Site.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Washover | ![ESI symbol for washover site.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1276_Washover%20Site.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Water Discharge | ![ESI symbol for water discharge.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1277_Water_Discharge.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Water Intake | ![ESI symbol for water intake.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1278_Water_Intake.gif) | Industrial; drinking water; cooling water, aquaculture | Water Quality | ![ESI symbol for water quality.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1279_Water_Quality.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Water Supply | ![ESI symbol for water supply.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1280_Water_Supply.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) | Wildlife Refuge | ![ESI symbol for wildlife refuge.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/1281_Wildlife_Refuge.gif) | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080923032608im_/http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/art_gallery/611_spacer.gif) |
For More Information
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- Shoreline Rankings Shorelines are ranked according to their sensitivity to oil, the natural persistence of oil, and the expected ease of cleanup after an oil spill.
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- Biological Resources Oil-sensitive animals and their habitats, and habitats that are themselves sensitive to spilled oil (such as coral reefs).
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