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Table 6A. Mean dry beach widths and total widths for overall bay. Key: sw = seawall; du = dune; du+sw = dune and seawall; sw+du = seawall and dune.

Overall Bay - mean values (ft)
Characteristicswsw+du du+swdu
Dry Beach Width699210356
Total Width97180201232

Table 6B. Mean dry beach widths and total widths for each region. Region 4 was excluded since no habitable structures are located along shoreline. Highest values in each category are marked in bold. Key: sw = seawall; du = dune; du+sw = dune and seawall; sw+du = seawall and dune.

Region 1 - mean values (ft)Region 2 - mean values (ft)Region 3 - mean values (ft)
Characteristicswsw+du du+swduswsw+dudu+swduswsw+dudu+swdu
Dry Beach Width0N/AN/A23207075 6715313310768
Total Width40N/AN/A15160180192241164179203274

Last updated on January 9, 2006.