Digital Coastal Barrier Resources System Boundaries

Coastal Barrier Resources System data are available for download as three separate shapefiles; compressed by using the .zip format. You can view the shapefiles by using ESRI's free software, among others.

View the Guide to Downloadable CBRS Data for information about the contents of each shapefile and how to use it.

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Aerial view of an undeveloped coastal freshwater pond.
We administer the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA), which encourages the conservation of storm-prone and dynamic coastal barriers by withdrawing the availability of federal funding and financial assistance within a designated set of units known as the Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS)....