NOAA will be decommissioning a number of data projects in 2025. A summary of the products to be decommissioned is below. For a full list of the products and further information, go to the NOAA page here. This list excludes changes from before 3/2025, products being replaced by a new product with simlar capabilities, or those with changing name/access point.
If any of these data products are of interest - the community must act quickly. In some cases, particular communities have stepped forward to take on a decommissioned product, such as SESAR at LDEO taking up IMLGS. The Data Rescue Project has been coordinating efforts to back-up federal data. It is possible to nominate datasets for backup by the Data Rescue Project: go here and search for the url of the product you care about that is being decommissioned. If it is not already being backed up, you will have the option to nominate it for backup. The goal of this page is to prioritize data rescue based on importance, so multiple votes from real people presumably help.
1. Planned for Decommissioning and will no longer be available
May 5, 2025
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Estuarine Bathymetry
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Coastline Extractor map viewer
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Shoreline/Coastline Resources. The Shoreline/Coastline Resources webpage and Shoreline/Coastline Databases webpage
May 12, 2025
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Total Sediment Thickness for the World's Oceans and Marginal Seas (Total Sediment Thickness for the World's Oceans and Marginal Seas webpage and Total Sediment Thickness of the World's Oceans and Marginal SeasVersion 3 (GlobSed))
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Geological History of the World's Oceanic Crust
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Circum-Antarctic Paleobathymetry to 30° South: Present to 75my (Circum-Antarctic Paleobathymetry to 30° South: Present to 75my)
2. Planned for Decommissioning and will be available via an archive request to ncei.info@noaa.gov
May 5
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Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples (IMLGS) Products currently found at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/index-marine-lacustrine-samples
And the following Web Application: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/imlgs/samples
And the following Map Viewer: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/sample_index/ -
Thermal (geothermal) Hot Springs List for the United States. Products currently found at:
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/natural-hazards/tsunamis-earthquakes-volcanoes/geothermal-energy. And the following Map Viewer:
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/b4e8785f0f75464b9e08547ccf0b18d7 -
Seismicity Catalog Collection. Products currently found at:
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/natural-hazards/tsunamis-earthquakes-volcanoes/earthquakes/cd-collection -
Strong Motion Earthquake Data Values of Digitized Strong-Motion Accelerograms. Products currently found at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/natural-hazards/tsunamis-earthquakes-volcanoes/earthquakes/strong-motion-database-1933-1994 and https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/natural-hazards/tsunamis-earthquakes-volcanoes/earthquakes/cd-collection
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United States Earthquake Intensity Database. Products currently found at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/natural-hazards/tsunamis-earthquakes-volcanoes/earthquakes/intensity-database-1638-1985