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EPA's Beach Report Jurisdiction Summary

This report summarizes EPA's Beach Act Program Beach Actions (closures and notification) for each Jurisdiction for each Calendar Year. Data includes only Beach Act Program Beaches that that have a program to report notifications.. It does not include data for beaches marked Historic, or Tier 4 beaches.

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# Column Header Definition 1 Year The calendar year used to summarize data for a given Beach or Jurisdiction 2 Jurisdiction A code designator used to identify a principal administrative subdivision of a State, Tribe, or Territory. 3 # of Beach Act Beaches BEACH Act refers to the Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 2000 which focuses on coastal and Great Lakes recreational waters. States/Tribes/Territories provide EPA with a list of their coastal recreational beaches. Identifying BABs is discussed beginning on electronic page 35 (paper page 25)-- 3.2 Step 1: Identify Coastal Recreation Waters of: National Beach Guidance and Required Performance Criteria for Grants 4 # of Monitored Beaches Beaches that have a water quality reporting frequency greater than zero or has monitoring results in WQX/WQP. 5 % of Beach Act Beaches Monitored Percent of all Beaches that are Monitored (have Water Quality Monitoring) 6 # of Tier 1 Beaches States and territories designate their significant public beaches as Tier 1 beaches (requirement of BEACH Act grant program). These are the beaches that have the highest risk. 7 # of Tier 1 Beaches Monitored Number of Tier 1 Beaches in the Jurisdiction that are Monitored 8 % of Tier 1 Beaches Monitored Percent of Monitored Beaches that are ranked Tier 1 (highest risk) 9 Miles of Monitored Beaches Monitored Beach Length (in miles) 10 # of Beach Actions Number of Actions reported at the Beach during the specified time frame 11 # of Beaches With Actions Number of Actions reported at the Beach during the specified time frame 12 # of Beaches With no Actions Beach Nonaction Count 13 % of Beaches With Actions Percent Affect Beach Action 14 # of Beach Days Number of Swim Season Days for the selected year 15 # of Beach Days With Actions Number of Days during the selected year that the Beach was under an Action (Warning, Closure, etc.) 16 # of Beach Days With no Actions Number of Swim Season Days that do not have a Beach Action (advisory, closure, etc.) 17 % of Beach Days With Actions Percent of Beach Days during the Swim Season 18 % of Beach Days With no Actions Number of Beach Day Percent 19 # of actions of less than 1 day duration Time affected (in hours) 20 % of all actions of less than 1 day duration Action Partial Percent 21 # of actions of 1 day duration Number of Actions during the selected Year that have a Duration of 1 Day 22 % of all actions of 1 day duration Percent of all Actions at the Beach that have a Duration of 1 Day 23 # of actions of 2 day duration Number of Actions that have a duration Duration of 2 Days 24 % of all actions of 2 day duration Percent of all Actions at the Beach that have a Duration of 2 Days 25 # of actions of 3 - 7 day duration Number of Actions during the selected Year that have a Duration of 3 Days 26 % of all actions of 3 - 7 day duration Percent of all Actions at the Beach that have a Duration of 3 Days 27 # of actions of 8 - 30 day duration Number of Actions during the selected Year that have a Duration of 8 Days 28 % of all actions of 8 - 30 day duration Percent of all Actions at the Beach that have a Duration of 8 Days 29 # of actions greater than 30 day duration Number of Actions during the selected Year that have a Duration of 30 Days 30 % of all actions of greater than 30 day duration Percent of all Actions at the Beach that have a Duration of 30 Days Download

Go Actions 1 - 50 of 745 Year Jurisdiction # of Beach Act Beaches # of Monitored Beaches % of Beach Act Beaches Monitored # of Tier 1 Beaches # of Tier 1 Beaches Monitored % of Tier 1 Beaches Monitored Miles of Monitored Beaches # of Beach Actions # of Beaches With Actions # of Beaches With no Actions % of Beaches With Actions # of Beach Days # of Beach Days With Actions # of Beach Days With no Actions % of Beach Days With Actions % of Beach Days With no Actions # of actions of less than 1 day duration % of all actions of less than 1 day duration # of actions of 1 day duration % of all actions of 1 day duration # of actions of 2 day duration % of all actions of 2 day duration # of actions of 3 - 7 day duration % of all actions of 3 - 7 day duration # of actions of 8 - 30 day duration % of all actions of 8 - 30 day duration # of actions greater than 30 day duration % of all actions of greater than 30 day duration 2018 MS 21 21 100 17 17 100 35 75 20 1 95.24 4410 821 3589 18.62 81.38 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 53.33 33 44 2 2.67 2015 NH 16 16 100 6 6 100 9 1 1 15 6.25 1680 2 1678 .12 99.88 0 0 0 0 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 NJ 448 204 45.54 204 204 100 12 34 22 426 4.91 49392 34 49358 .07 99.93 0 0 34 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2013 NJ 398 204 51.26 204 204 100 12 88 14 384 3.52 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 88 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2020 NY 352 337 95.74 98 90 91.84 118 581 138 214 39.2 34774 1299 33476 3.74 96.27 0 0 152 26.16 359 61.79 67 11.53 1 .17 2 .34 2013 NY 333 325 97.6 84 78 92.86 87 766 134 199 40.24 33372 1462 31925 4.38 95.66 0 0 414 54.05 269 35.12 75 9.79 6 .78 2 .26 2023 NY 353 337 95.47 99 88 88.89 116 827 141 212 39.94 32005 2121 29884 6.63 93.37 0 0 297 35.91 383 46.31 128 15.48 13 1.57 6 .73 2014 NY 333 330 99.1 86 83 96.51 87 714 134 199 40.24 33214 1530 31685 4.61 95.4 0 0 349 48.88 275 38.52 76 10.64 11 1.54 3 .42 2021 RI 82 72 87.8 13 13 100 24 21 16 66 19.51 7544 158 7386 2.09 97.91 0 0 3 14.29 5 23.81 9 42.86 2 9.52 2 9.52 2015 RI 75 75 100 21 21 100 28 39 14 61 18.67 1458 54 1404 3.7 96.3 0 0 29 74.36 7 17.95 3 7.69 0 0 0 0 2012 RI 75 75 100 20 20 100 19 29 18 57 24 1764 49 1715 2.78 97.22 0 0 15 51.72 11 37.93 3 10.34 0 0 0 0 2015 SC 21 21 100 8 8 100 91 5 4 17 19.05 3213 9 3204 .28 99.72 0 0 1 20 4 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 2023 SC 21 21 100 8 8 100 91 12 6 15 28.57 3213 25 3188 .78 99.22 0 0 0 0 11 91.67 1 8.33 0 0 0 0 2013 TX 167 78 46.71 60 60 100 192 280 53 114 31.74 26208 377 25832 1.44 98.57 0 0 219 78.21 49 17.5 12 4.29 0 0 0 0 2024 VA 46 46 100 46 46 100 36 65 33 13 71.74 5069 130 4939 2.56 97.44 0 0 57 87.69 1 1.54 5 7.69 2 3.08 0 0 2014 MK 13 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 13 0 4368 0 4368 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2023 WI 195 107 54.87 24 24 100 36 349 79 116 40.51 10807 678 10231 6.27 94.67 0 0 261 74.79 43 12.32 41 11.75 3 .86 1 .29 2012 WI 170 108 63.53 18 18 100 37 395 77 93 45.29 9974 517 9457 5.18 94.82 0 0 329 83.29 35 8.86 31 7.85 0 0 0 0 2025 SC 21 21 100 8 8 100 91 0 0 21 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2023 ST 6 6 100 6 6 100 2 3 2 4 33.33 546 6 540 1.1 98.9 0 0 0 0 3 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 OH 58 58 100 44 44 100 44 403 56 2 96.55 6960 1277 5683 18.35 81.65 0 0 190 47.15 54 13.4 139 34.49 19 4.71 1 .25 2023 OH 75 75 100 47 47 100 45 284 55 20 73.33 7176 1135 6041 15.82 84.18 0 0 45 15.85 75 26.41 123 43.31 41 14.44 0 0 2021 OH 58 49 84.48 44 37 84.09 40 358 52 6 89.66 5529 1551 4061 28.05 73.45 0 0 53 14.8 73 20.39 176 49.16 55 15.36 1 .28 2010 OR 88 26 29.55 88 26 29.55 29 13 9 79 10.23 8272 83 8189 1 99 0 0 1 7.69 3 23.08 5 38.46 4 30.77 0 0 2020 MD 65 65 100 26 26 100 20 6 6 59 9.23 5823 47 5776 .81 99.19 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 83.33 1 16.67 0 0 2025 BR 15 15 100 7 7 100 27 0 0 15 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2022 AL 24 24 100 8 8 100 28 14 7 17 29.17 3648 88 3560 2.41 97.59 0 0 2 14.29 0 0 11 78.57 0 0 1 7.14 2025 AS 48 48 100 17 17 100 7 0 0 48 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2013 AS 48 48 100 17 17 100 7 370 45 3 93.75 4272 5205 1245 121.84 29.14 0 0 0 0 0 0 203 54.86 138 37.3 29 7.84 2013 GA 37 27 72.97 17 17 100 35 36 9 28 24.32 0 637 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 33.33 11 30.56 10 27.78 3 8.33 2012 GA 37 27 72.97 17 17 100 35 22 8 29 21.62 0 752 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 36.36 6 27.27 3 13.64 5 22.73 2024 GA 38 28 73.68 18 18 100 37 39 18 20 47.37 5964 1217 5203 20.41 87.24 0 0 17 43.59 10 25.64 1 2.56 8 20.51 3 7.69 2022 GA 38 28 73.68 18 18 100 37 43 19 19 50 5964 1243 5174 20.84 86.75 0 0 17 39.53 18 41.86 2 4.65 2 4.65 4 9.3 2014 GU 31 30 96.77 30 30 100 14 617 30 1 96.77 22599 4255 18344 18.83 81.17 0 0 9 1.46 0 0 549 88.98 59 9.56 0 0 2024 GU 31 31 100 31 31 100 16 573 31 0 100 10950 3960 7282 36.16 66.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 477 83.25 96 16.75 0 0 2024 MN 80 38 47.5 8 8 100 32 31 17 63 21.25 3640 113 3527 3.1 96.9 0 0 10 32.26 7 22.58 11 35.48 3 9.68 0 0 2017 NY 350 344 98.29 93 89 95.7 121 802 152 198 43.43 33921 2296 31627 6.77 93.24 0 0 266 33.17 388 48.38 128 15.96 12 1.5 8 1 2019 OR 89 17 19.1 19 17 89.47 23 20 13 76 14.61 1851 81 1770 4.38 95.62 0 0 4 20 3 15 11 55 2 10 0 0 2021 OR 89 17 19.1 19 17 89.47 23 9 7 82 7.87 2431 21 2410 .86 99.14 0 0 4 44.44 3 33.33 2 22.22 0 0 0 0 2025 OR 89 23 25.84 23 23 100 28 0 0 89 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2009 VI 44 44 100 44 44 100 14 26 15 29 34.09 15652 76 15576 .49 99.51 0 0 2 7.69 0 0 24 92.31 0 0 0 0 2020 NC 208 208 100 133 133 100 390 10 8 200 3.85 43969 51 43918 .12 99.88 0 0 5 50 1 10 1 10 3 30 0 0 2008 DE 14 14 100 14 14 100 17 0 0 14 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 DE 21 21 100 18 18 100 20 3 3 18 14.29 357 3 354 .84 99.16 0 0 3 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2024 NC 222 222 100 144 144 100 345 23 18 204 8.11 47286 416 46870 .88 99.12 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 26.09 15 65.22 2 8.7 2024 DE 22 22 100 19 19 100 20 4 3 19 13.64 2324 4 2322 .17 99.91 0 0 4 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2012 ME 67 60 89.55 57 57 100 28 86 42 25 62.69 6060 194 5866 3.2 96.8 0 0 22 25.58 47 54.65 17 19.77 0 0 0 0 2005 DE 14 14 100 14 14 100 17 0 0 14 - 525 0 525 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 PR 35 35 100 35 35 100 19 134 33 2 94.29 1092 1565 885 143.32 81.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 58.21 50 37.31 6 4.48 2010 LA 22 22 100 13 13 100 19 31 22 0 100 4026 3495 531 86.81 13.19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.23 6 19.35 24 77.42 1 - 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