Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Hurricane Sandy - Impacts to and Vulnerability of Coastal Beaches (AE03FBQ)
Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer Miselis
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Arnell Forde, Julie Bernier, Owen Brenner
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Ground Penetrating Radar, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Ongoing post-Sandy beach recovery assessment; GPR survey and vibracore collection to characterize alongshore geologic variability and integrate onshore geology with surf zone and nearshore datasets
Vehicle(s): White Dodge Pickup - White, Chevy Suburban Silver
Start Port/Location: Fire Island, NY
End Port/Location: Fire Island, NY
Start Date: 2016-04-04
End Date: 2016-04-15
Equipment Used: Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), GPS Pole, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Push Corer, Vibracorer
Information to be Derived: Beach elevation, subsurface profiles, sediment thickness
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected repeat beach profiles and shorelines; 16 vibracores and 9 sand auger push cores from shoreface and beach environments; and 90 GPR profiles from beach and back-barrier settings.
Staff: Julie Bernier, Owen Brenner, Kyle Kelso, Jennifer Miselis
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity were modified from entries from Field Activity 2016-304-FA
Location:
Fire Island, NY
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 40.70497728 | South: 40.61224853 | West: -73.3461 | East: -72.85967407 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Bernier, J.C., Buster, N.A., Brenner, O.T., Kelso, K.W., Tuten, T.M., Miselis, J.L., 2018, Archive of sediment data from vibracores collected in 2016 from Fire Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7FN15GX.
Brenner, O.T., Henderson, R.E., Hapke, C.J., Reynolds, B.J., 2018, Hurricane Sandy beach response and recovery at Fire Island, New YorkâShoreline, beach profile data, and breach shoreline data, October 2012 to October 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ANYQ8G.
Buster, N.A., Bernier, J.C., Brenner, O.T., Kelso, K.W., Tuten, T.M., Miselis, J.L., 2018, Sediment data from vibracores collected in 2016 from Fire Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1100, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1100.
Ciarletta, D.J., Miselis, J.L., Bernier, J.C., Forde, A.S., 2024, Implications for the resilience of modern coastal systems derived from mesoscale barrier dynamics at Fire Island, New York: Earth Surf. Dynam., ESurf, v. 12 no. 2, pp. 449–475, doi: 10.5194/esurf-12-449-2024.
Forde, A.S., Bernier, J.C., Miselis, J.L., 2018, Archive of ground penetrating radar and differential global positioning system data collected in April 2016 from Fire Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P84B1P.
Forde, A.S., Bernier, J.C., Miselis, J.L., 2018, Ground penetrating radar and differential global positioning system data collected in April 2016 from Fire Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1078, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1078.
Hapke, C.J., Nelson, T.R., Henderson, R.E., Brenner, O.T., Miselis, J.L., 2017, Morphologic evolution of the wilderness area breach at Fire Island, New York, 2012-15: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1116, 24 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171116.
Henderson, R.E., Hapke, C.J., Brenner, O.T., Reynolds, B.J., 2017, Hurricane Sandy beach response and recovery at Fire Island, New York: Shoreline, beach profile data, and breach shoreline data: October 2012 to June 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7G15Z17.
van Ormondt, M., Nelson, T.R., Hapke, C.J., Roelvink, D., 2020, Morphodynamic modelling of the wilderness breach, Fire Island, New York. Part I: Model set-up and validation: Coastal Engineering, Coastal Engineering, v. 157, 103621 p., doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2019.103621.
Wilson, K., Lentz, E.E., Miselis, J.L., Safak, I., Brenner, O.T., 2019, A Bayesian Approach to Predict Sub-Annual Beach Change and Recovery: Estuaries and Coasts, Estuaries and Coasts, v. 42 no. 1, pp. 112–131, doi: 10.1007/s12237-018-0444-1.
Lentz, E., Miselis, J, 2016, Days Untethered: Excerpts from the Field as the U.S. Geological Survey Studies Fire Island: , Fire Island Tide Newsletter.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) | --- | Ground Penetrating Radar | 2016-322-FA_gpr_traces.zip (Unprocessed digital GPR trace data) 2016-322-FA_profile_images.zip (Processed, elevation-corrected subsurface profile images) 2016-322-FA_profile_parameters.zip (Individual GPR profile parameters) 2016-322-FA_tracklines.zip (GPR trackline locations) |
| GPS Pole | --- | Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | 2016-322-FA_dgps.zip (Post-processed DGPS data) |
| Push Corer | --- | Geology | |
| Vibracorer | --- | Geology | 2016-322-FA_CoreSites.zip (Sample locations) 2016-322-FA_GrainSize_SumStats.zip (Grain-size summary statistics) 2016-322-FA_CoreLogs.pdf (Core logs with grain-size plots) 2016-322-FA_CorePhotos.zip (Core photographs) |
