Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 650 - Coastal Resources Management Council › Chapter 20 - Coastal Management Program › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Red Book › Section 650-RICR-20-00-1.7 - Shoreline Change Maps - Watch Hill to Little Compton and Block Island

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Coastal Resources Management Council
				  adopted in 2008 orthophoto aerial image shoreline change maps that were
				  developed by the University of Rhode Island. These maps comprise the state's
				  shoreline from Watch Hill to Pt. Judith, into and inclusive of Narragansett Bay
				  and its islands, to the eastern shoreline of Little Compton. Shoreline change
				  maps are now completed for Block Island.
B. The purpose of these maps is to show
				  shoreline rates of change that will be applied to pertinent sections of the
				  Council's regulatory programs to address issues including setbacks of
				  activities from coastal features. These shoreline change maps detail accretion
				  and erosion rates for the shoreline associated with shoreline transect segments
				  for each map. In total there are one hundred eighty-seven (187) such maps,
				  which are herein incorporated as regulations of the RICRMP.
C. The maps for the communities of Westerly,
				  Charlestown, South Kingstown, Narragansett and North Kingstown are based on
				  2014 orthophoto aerial images and are listed under Washington County (2016).
				  These maps show various shorelines from 1939, 1951, 1963, 2012 and 2014 aerial
				  images. In addition, four new panels for the Narrow River have been included.
				  The remaining maps adopted in 2008 include only the shorelines interpreted from
				  aerial images of 1939, 1975 and 2003 for maps covering Narrow River northward
				  into the Bay, islands and to Little Compton or 2004 for the shoreline from
				  Napatree Point to Narragansett Beach.
D. The maps for the community of New Shoreham
				  (Block Island) are based on 2016 orthophoto aerial images and are listed under
				  Block Island (2017). These maps show the shoreline positions and change as
				  determined from the differences between the 1952 and 2016 aerial
				  images.
E. These shoreline change
				  maps are orthophoto aerial images which individually are very large digital
				  computer files. They can be examined on-line at the Council's website:
http://www.crmc.ri.gov/maps/maps_shorechange.html
.
F. Westerly
1. Napatree Beach. Online map:
http://www.crmc.ri.gov/maps/shorechange/Westerly_Napatree-Beach.pdf
2. Watch Hill. Online map:
http://www.crmc.ri.gov/maps/shorechange/Westerly_Watch-Hill.pdf
3. Maschaug Pond. Online map:
http://www.crmc.ri.gov/maps/shorechange/Westerly_Maschaug-Pond.pdf
4. Misquamicut Headland. Online map:
http://www.crmc.ri.gov/maps/shorechange/Westerly_Misquamicut-Headland.pdf
5. Atlantic Beach. Online map:
http://www.crmc.ri.gov/maps/shorechange/Westerly_Atlantic-Beach.pdf
6. Weekapaug Breachway. Online map:
http://www.crmc.ri.gov/maps/shorechange/Westerly_Weekapaug-Breachway.pdf
7. Weekapaug Headland. Online map:
http://www.crmc.ri.gov/maps/shorechange/Westerly_Weekapaug-Headland.pdf
8. Quonochontaug Barrier. Online map:
http://www.crmc.ri.gov/maps/shorechange/Westerly_Quonochontaug-Barrier.pdf