Technical Reports
 

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100 Year Storm Elevation Requirements

• 100-Year Storm Elevation Requirements for Habitable Structures Located Seaward of a Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL)  - For Florida Coastal Counties, Report plus Appendix A and B. For county maps see below. (746 KB)
• Addendum to 100-Year Storm Report - Adds Elevations for Keewaydin Island. (565 KB)

Note: Elevation values of above documents are in NGVD (1929) vertical datum; to convert values to NAVD (1988), a program utility such as Corpscon must be applied.

• Tidal Datums and Ranges for Open Coast Gauges of Coastal Florida - provides MHW and SHWL for both vertical datums.

Coastal County Maps

Note: Maps show location of each county's CCCL and are provided to give a general overview of the location of each CCCL. The range monuments (R-monuments) shown on the maps are a statewide network of survey monumentation, used  by DEP, on all of the state's sandy beach shoreline. The coastal county maps were created to provide a quick reference between a coastal property and its proximity to the R-monument. The maps are divided into regions of the state, northwest, southwest, northeast and southeast. The maps are for information only and are not to scale.        Individual county maps are also available.

• Coastal County Maps Northwest Region Part I -  Includes maps of Escambia/Santa Rosa Counties through Walton County (3.5 MB)
• Coastal County Maps Northwest Region Part II - Includes maps of Bay County through Franklin County (4.8 MB)
• Coastal County Maps Southwest Region - Includes maps of Pinellas County through Collier County (5.0MB)
• Coastal County Maps Northeast Region Part I - Includes maps of Nassau County through Flagler County (6.2 MB)
• Coastal County Maps Northeast Region Part II - Includes maps of Volusia County through Brevard County (2.8 MB)
• Coastal County Maps Southeast Region Part I - Includes maps of Indian River County through Martin County (1.8 MB)
• Coastal County Maps Southeast Region Part II - Includes maps of Palm Beach County through Broward County (6.3 MB)
• Coastal County Maps Southeast Region Part III - Includes maps of Dade County Only (3.8 MB)

CCCL Reestablishment Flood Studies

• Flood Study Reports (Note: Link opens in a separate window).

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Guidelines for Design Elevations Seaward of CCCL

• Guidelines for Design Elevations Seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line (3.0 MB)

Note: Elevation values of above document are in NGVD (1929) vertical datum; to convert values to NAVD (1988), a program utility such as Corpscon must be applied.

General Permit (GP) Report

Photomaps with graphical illustrations of the GP lines can be viewed through the Regional Coastal Monitoring Database (RCMD) at the following link:

• Interactive Web Mapping (opens in new window)

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Inlet Reports

• Sebastian Inlet - Tidal Hydraulic Characteristics -  August 2004 (604 KB)

• For more information on inlet reports

Critical Erosion Report

• Critical Erosion Areas Report - Critical and Non-Critical Erosion Areas Statewide. Updated June 2012 (2.7 MB)

Length of Sandy Shoreline

• Length of Sandy Shoreline - Excerpt from Technical Design Memorandum 89-1, 5th Edition, 12/93 (Updated January, 2012 - 81 KB)

• For more information concerning critical erosion report

Shoreline Change Rate Estimate Reports

• Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Bay County - 2001 (1.3 MB)
• Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Duval County - 2000 (831 KB)
• Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties - 1999 1282k
• Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Flagler County - 1999 (675 KB)
• Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Franklin County - 2001 (1.4 MB)
• Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Gulf County - 2001 (829 KB)
• Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Nassau County - 1999 (809 KB)
• Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Okaloosa County - 1999 (694 KB)
• Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - St Johns County - 2000 (889 KB)
• Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Volusia County - 2000 (4.0 MB)
• Shoreline Change Rate Estimates - Walton County - 2000 (1.0 MB)

• For more information on shoreline change rate estimate reports

Engineering and Reporting Guidelines

• Methods of Historical Shoreline Analysis (1989) - Describes the methodologies developed to analyze a database of digitized historic coastal map data and profile surveys. 234 KB)Proposed Minimum Standards for Comparing Shoreline Model Results with Data - 2002 (281 KB)
• Guidelines for Documenting Numerical Model Studies in Submittals to the FDEP Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems (150 KB)
• Fishing Pier Design Guidance Report - Part I (3.39 k)
• Fishing Pier Design Guidance Report - Part II (11.3 k)

• For more information on Engineering and Reporting Guidelines

Regional Monitoring Publications

• Statewide Coastal Monitoring Program - Regional Data Collection and Processing component of the Statewide Coastal Monitoring Program including technical specifications. (273 KB)
• Summary Paper from 2002 FSBPA Technical Conference: “Development and Implementation of a Regional Coastal Monitoring Program for the State of Florida” (273 KB)

Project Monitoring Standards

• Monitoring Standards for Beach Erosion Control Projects -  Technical specifications for physical monitoring of beach erosion control projects. (548 KB)

Wave Data and Information

• Florida Coastal Forcing Program -  Wave and weather information program. (2.3 MB)

Beach Fill Project Monitoring Database

• Beach Nourishment Monitoring Database paper -  Development and evaluation of database. (660 KB)

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Sediment Geotechnical Guidelines

• Sediment Quality Control/Quality Assurance Plan for Beach Restoration or Nourishment Using an Offshore Borrow Area (MSWord format) (38.8 KB)
• Guidelines for Preparing Sediment Quality Control / Quality Assurance Plans for Submittal to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (26.5 KB)
• Sediment Quality Control/Quality Assurance Plan For Beach Or Dune Restoration Using An Upland Sand Source. (MSWord Template) (38 KB)
• Offshore Sand Search Guidelines (294 KB)

• For more information concerning Geotechnical Guidelines.

Carbonate Beaches of Florida

• Carbonate Beaches of Florida: An Inventory of Monroe County Beaches - With Appendices (32 MB)
• Carbonate Beaches of Florida : An Inventory of Monroe County Beaches - Appendices not included (5.3 MB)
  • Appendix Part I (4.9 MB)
  • Appendix Part II (5.1 MB)
  • Appendix Part III (3.9 MB)
  • Appendix Part IV (5.1 MB)
  • Appendix Part V (7.7 MB)

• For more information concerning cabonate beaches report

More Information - Contacts

• For more information concerning the post-storm and 100 year reports or the statewide coastal monitoring program, please e-mail Robert Brantly.
• For more information concerning the critical erosion report, carbonate beaches report, post storm reports and inlet reports please e-mail Ralph Clark
• For more information concerning historic shoreline reports, and shoreline change rate estimate reports, please e-mail Ralph Clark.
• For more information concerning engineering and reporting guidelines please e-mail Ralph Clark.
• For more information concerning the sediment geotechnical guidelines please email Robert Brantly.
• Phone numbers can be found on the Staff Contacts page.

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