Offshore Wind Leases

Type  Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class

Tags  BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Commercial Lease, Right-of-Way Grant, Offshore Wind, NGDA

Summary

These data represent the offshore wind leases within the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) - federally managed waters within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) - managed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. State leases are managed by individual state leasing authorities.

Description

These data represent the offshore wind leases within the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) - federally managed waters within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) - managed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. State leases are managed by individual state leasing authorities. The data show Individual blocks and sub-blocks, commercial, research, and right of way lease areas. Leases are considered provisional after auction, prior to signatures from BOEM and the Lessee.

Credits

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Office of Renewable Energy Programs (OREP)

Use limitations

https://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/

Extent

West  -124.811561     East -69.295780
North  43.341308     South 29.028114

Scale Range

Maximum (zoomed in)  1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out)  1:150,000,000

Topics and Keywords  ▼►

Themes or categories of the resource Economy, Boundaries, Society, Structure, Oceans, Location, Planning & Cadastral, Environment

Content type ⇔ Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Citation  ▼►

Title Offshore Wind Leases
Creation date 2018-04-09 00:00:00
Publication date 2018-04-09 00:00:00

Presentation formats digital map

Citation Contacts  ▼►

Responsible party - publisher 
Individual's name Office of Renewable Energy Programs
Organization's name Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

Contact information ▼►
Address 
Type 
e-mail address geoseas@boem.gov

Resource Details  ▼►

Dataset languages English (UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Spatial representation type vector

Processing environment Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1.5686

Credits 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Office of Renewable Energy Programs (OREP)

ArcGIS item properties 
Name ⇔
Size ⇔ 0.000
Location ⇔
Access protocol ⇔

Extents  ▼►

Extent 
Geographic extent 
Bounding rectangle 
West longitude -75.903466
East longitude -70.221044
South latitude 36.141111
North latitude 41.551403
Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent 
Geographic extent 
Bounding rectangle 
Extent type 
Extent used for searching
West longitude ⇔ -124.811561
East longitude ⇔ -69.295780
North latitude ⇔ 43.341308
South latitude ⇔ 29.028114
Extent contains the resource ⇔ Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system 
westBL ⇔ -124.811561
eastBL ⇔ -69.295780
southBL ⇔ 29.028114
northBL ⇔ 43.341308
exTypeCode ⇔ Yes

Resource Points of Contact  ▼►

Point of contact - publisher 
Individual's name Office of Renewable Energy Programs
Organization's name Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

Contact information ▼►
Address 
Type 
e-mail address geoseas@boem.gov

Resource Maintenance  ▼►

Resource maintenance 
Update frequency as needed

Resource Constraints  ▼►

Constraints 
Limitations of use 
https://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/

Spatial Reference  ▼►

ArcGIS coordinate system 
Type ⇔ Geographic
Geographic coordinate reference ⇔ GCS_WGS_1984
Coordinate reference details ⇔ 
GeographicCoordinateSystem 
WKID 4326
XOrigin -400
YOrigin -400
XYScale 999999999.99999988
ZOrigin 0
ZScale 1
MOrigin 0
MScale 1
XYTolerance 8.983152841195215e-09
ZTolerance 0.001
MTolerance 0.001
HighPrecision true
LeftLongitude -180
LatestWKID 4326
WKT GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],AUTHORITY["EPSG",4326]]

Reference system identifier 
Dimension horizontal
Value 4269
Codespace EPSG
Version 6.12(3.0.1)


Spatial Data Properties  ▼►

Vector ▼►
Level of topology for this dataset ⇔ geometry only

Geometric objects 
Feature class name RE.CDR_WIND_LEASES
Object type ⇔ composite
Object count ⇔ 4040
ArcGIS Feature Class Properties ▼►
Feature class name RE.CDR_WIND_LEASES
Feature type ⇔ Simple
Geometry type ⇔ Polygon
Has topology ⇔ FALSE
Feature count ⇔ 4040
Spatial index ⇔ TRUE
Linear referencing ⇔ FALSE

Data Quality  ▼►

Scope of quality information ▼►
Resource level dataset

Data quality report - Conceptual consistency  ▼►
Conformance test results 
Test passed Yes
Result explanation 
This dataset is believed to be free from errors, however inconsistencies are possible.

Product specification ▼►
Title Visual Check
Creation date 2016-03-22 00:00:00

Lineage  ▼►

Lineage statement 
This dataset is subject to periodic revision and represents only the most recent version of the features displayed. Archival data about the history of the leasing areas is maintained by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, however it is not included in this dataset.

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2016-03-22 00:00:00
Description 
Visual inspection

Distribution  ▼►

Distributor ▼►
Contact information - publisher 
Individual's name Office of Renewable Energy Programs
Organization's name Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

Contact information ▼►
Address 
Type 
e-mail address geoseas@boem.gov
Distribution format 
Name ⇔ Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class
Version SQL Server

Fields  ▼►

Details for object RE.CDR_WIND_LEASES ▼►
Type ⇔ Feature Class
Row count ⇔ 4040
Definition 
BOEM Lease Areas

Definition source 
BOEM

Field OBJECTID ▼►
Alias ⇔ OBJECTID
Data type ⇔ OID
Width ⇔ 4
Precision ⇔ 10
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description ⇔ 
Internal feature number.

Description source ⇔ 
Esri

Description of values ⇔ 
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Field Shape ▼►
Alias ⇔ Shape
Data type ⇔ Geometry
Width ⇔ 8
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Feature geometry.

Description source 
ESRI

Description of values 
Coordinates defining the features.

Field LEASE_NUMBER ▼►
Alias ⇔ Lease Number
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 50
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Field State ▼►
Alias ⇔ State
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 50
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
State(s) task force involved during project planning

Description source 
BOEM - OREP

Description of values 
State(s) task force involved during project planning

Field Lease_Date ▼►
Alias ⇔ Lease Date
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 20
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Effective date of lease or grant

Description source 
BOEM - OREP

Description of values 
Effective date of lease or grant

Field Lease_Type ▼►
Alias ⇔ Lease Type
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 50
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Lease types can include Commercial, Research, Interim Policy, Right-of-Way Grant

Description source 
BOEM - OREP

Description of values 
Lease types can include Commercial, Research, Interim Policy, Right-of-Way Grant

Field LEASE_NUMBER_COMPANY ▼►
Alias ⇔ Lease Number with Company Name
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 200
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Field Resource ▼►
Alias ⇔ Resource
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 50
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Type of energy source – wind, hydrokinetic

Description source 
BOEM - OREP

Description of values 
Type of energy source – wind, hydrokinetic

Field Company ▼►
Alias ⇔ Company
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 80
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Lease holder

Description source 
BOEM - OREP

Description of values 
Lease holder

Field PROJECT_EASEMENT ▼►
Alias ⇔ Project Easement
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 50
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Field Lease_Term ▼►
Alias ⇔ Lease Term
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 50
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Length of lease term in years

Description source 
BOEM - OREP

Description of values 
Length of the operations term in years. Lease terms and their duration are defined in Addendum "B" of the lease. There are three types of lease terms: preliminary, site assessment, and operations. This attribute is the duration of the operations term only, for the length of the other lease terms see the lease document.

Field PROTRACTION_NUMBER ▼►
Alias ⇔ Protraction Number
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 7
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Field PROTRACTION_NAME ▼►
Alias ⇔ Name of Protraction Diagram
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 50
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Field BLOCK_NUMBER ▼►
Alias ⇔ Block Number
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 10
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Field BLOCK_LABEL ▼►
Alias ⇔ Block Label
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 6
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Field SUB_BLOCK ▼►
Alias ⇔ Sub Block
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 5
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Field LEASE_DOCUMENT1 ▼►
Alias ⇔ Lease Document1 Link
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 254
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Field LEASE_DOCUMENT2 ▼►
Alias ⇔ Lease Document2 Link
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 254
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Field Shape.STArea() ▼►
Alias ⇔ Shape.STArea()
Data type ⇔ Double
Width ⇔ 0
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Field Shape.STLength() ▼►
Alias ⇔ Shape.STLength()
Data type ⇔ Double
Width ⇔ 0
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0


Metadata Details  ▼►

Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Metadata identifier 4D6C5FFF-26CF-4067-B488-AEA469372ADA

Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset
Scope name dataset

Last update ⇔ 2024-12-06 

ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata NAP

Created in ArcGIS for the item 2022-03-23 10:40:49
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2024-12-06 18:21:25

Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2024-12-06 18:19:10
 

Metadata Contacts  ▼►

Metadata contact - publisher 
Individual's name Office of Renewable Energy Programs
Organization's name Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

Contact information ▼►
Address 
Type 
e-mail address geoseas@boem.gov

Metadata Maintenance  ▼►

Maintenance 
Update frequency as needed