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Table 9 . Number of tourist trips, average length of stay, average party size, and number of touristsa visiting Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia Counties by automobile, 1970, 1980 (Friend et al . 1981) . Tourist item 1970 1980 Number of tourist trips ( 1,000's Terminal 218 328 Transient 942 1,422 Business 416 616 Total 1,576 2,366 Average length of stay in the area Terminal 2 .1 days 2 .1 days Transient 0 .5 hours 0 .5 hours Business 2 .0 days 2 .0 days Average party size Terminal 3.0 3 .3b Transient 3.0 3 .3b Business 1.0 1 .5 Number of tourists (1,000 's Terminal 654 1,082 Transientc 1,413 2,347 Business 416 924 Total 2,483 4,353 aTourist = traveler going 100 miles or more from his county of residence to engage in pleasureoriented activities ; terminal tourist = one who has arrived at his primary destination ; transient tourist = one who is traveling to or from his primary destination ; business tourist = one traveling on business, but participating in pleasure-oriented activity not directly related to work . bEstimated by Gulf Research Associates, Inc . based on data from Auburn University's Travel and Tourism in Alabama 1979 study . cAssumes 50% of transient tourists traveling through the area actually stop (South Alabama Regional Planning Commission and John H . Friend, Inc . 1971) . 49
Table 10 . Average daily two-way traffic volume (number of vehicles) on highways providing access to the Alabama coastal region's major recreational beach areas, 1965, 1970, 1977, 1978, 1979 (Friend et al . 1981) . H wy . 163, immediately Hwy . 59, Gulf Shores north of the just north of Beach H wy . 182, Dauphin Island the city just west of the Year bridge of Gulf Shores Florida State line Annual average daily two-way 1965 1,690 3,060 700 1970 2,440 4,720 850 1977 3,110 7,510 1,770 1978 3,220 8,430 2,290 1979a 2,920 8,850 2,180 Annual percent change 1965-70 7 .6 9 .1 4 .0 1970-79 2 .0 7 .2 11 .0 1965-79 4 .0 7 .9 8 .5 a Assuming "pre-hurricane" conditions . Table 11 . Number of recreational visitors to Dauphin Island, 1965, 1970, 1977, 1978, 1979 (Friend et al . 1981) . Annual average Annual Average Number of daily one-way Percent recreational persons recreational Year traffic recreational auto trips per auto visitors 1965 845 58 178,850 3 536,550 1970 1,220 58 258,420 3 775,260 1977 1,555 58 329,230 3 987,690 1978 1,610 58 340,910 3 1,022,730 1979a 1,460 58 309,155 3 927,465 a Assuming "pre-hurricane" conditions . 50
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FWS/OBS-82/46 August 1984 MMS 84-00
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Library of Congress Card No . 85-60
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SUMMARY The southwest Alabama coast
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CONTENTS PREFACE . . . . . . . . .
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Page CL IMATOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY . .
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Number Page 14 Frequency of destruc
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Number Page 13 Charter boats and he
Page 15 and 16: Number Pa e 49 Summary of geologic
Page 17 and 18: Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Mob
Page 19 and 20: water . Plants and animals not phys
Page 21 and 22: and white ibis (Eudocimus aTbus) .
Page 23 and 24: Grant's Island (Biloxi quadrangle)
Page 25 and 26: Table 2 . Average annual waterfowl
Page 27 and 28: (widgeongrass) is the dominant seag
Page 29 and 30: (Benson 1982) . Brown and white shr
Page 31 and 32: Table 4 . Commercial landings of se
Page 33 and 34: Table 5 . Estimated recreational ca
Page 35 and 36: offshore waters from December throu
Page 37 and 38: Unless otherwise specified, the fol
Page 39 and 40: Table 7 . Recommended State of Alab
Page 41 and 42: Table 7 . (concluded) Recommended s
Page 43 and 44: (Mount 1975 ) . Thi s speci es i s
Page 45 and 46: REFERENCES Wetland Habitats Cowardi
Page 47 and 48: Stout, J . P ., and M . J . Lelong
Page 49 and 50: Guest, W . C ., and G . Gunter . 19
Page 51 and 52: SOURCES OF MAPPED INFORMATION Wetla
Page 53 and 54: In April and June 1978 the Gulf of
Page 55 and 56: distribution of the species are dis
Page 57 and 58: landed, the value of the seafood la
Page 59 and 60: Service publication Alabama Coastal
Page 61 and 62: year, over 2 million individual bir
Page 63 and 64: The Styx, Blackwater, and Perdido R
Page 65: It was estimated ( Table 9) that 2
Page 69 and 70: while the majority in Mobile County
Page 71 and 72: mouth of Mobile Bay has tremendous
Page 73 and 74: SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS AND ONSHORE D
Page 75 and 76: Table 15 . Areas of Alabama estuari
Page 77 and 78: Cavellero House (1) 7 North Jackson
Page 79 and 80: Horst House ("Moongate") (1) 186 ;
Page 81 and 82: Spring Hill College Quadrangle (1)
Page 83 and 84: periods . Hallmarks of the Woodland
Page 85 and 86: Table 16 . Maintained navigable cha
Page 87 and 88: Mobil Oil discovered gas in a deep
Page 89 and 90: National Natural Landmarks Boschung
Page 91 and 92: May, E . B . 1976 . Holocene sedime
Page 93 and 94: U .S . Army Corps of Engineers . 19
Page 95 and 96: Intensively Used Recreation Beaches
Page 97 and 98: Man-Made Land Baxter J ., 15 Decemb
Page 99 and 100: SOILS AND LANDFORMS INTRODUCTION Th
Page 101 and 102: oad flood plains of the Mobile/Alab
Page 103 and 104: At elevations of about 30 m (100 ft
Page 105 and 106: The Troup-Benndale-Smithton soil as
Page 107 and 108: Table 19 . Potential uses and limit
Page 109 and 110: Somewhat the same situation exists
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Page 113 and 114: decrease in sediment being transpor
Page 115 and 116: Changes in Perdido Pass are among t
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60 m (100 to 200 ft), and some of t
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REFERENCES Alabama Coastal Area Boa
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SOURCES OF MAPPED INFORMATION Soil
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Active Dunes Alabama Coastal Area B
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: EXPLANATION ERATHEM SYSTEM SERIES
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carbon component of the production
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Table 20 . Oil facilities in coasta
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Oil and gas production statistics f
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CLAY Clay is a ubiquitous mineral r
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Table 24 . Production (net tons) of
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Table 27 . Geologic strata containi
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excavation (Smith and Gilbert 1975)
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REFERENCES OIL AND GAS Alabama Coas
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SAND AND GRAVEL Alabama Coastal Are
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SOURCES OF MAPPED INFORMATION OIL A
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CLIMATOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY INTRODUCT
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Table 32 . Rainfall in coastal Alab
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systems to extend into the gulf are
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These storms have the potential to
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average forward speed of hurricanes
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Table 35 . Hurricane surges in Alab
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occurs when water rises above the w
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Table 37 . Monthly mean discharges
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Alabama River C L u z O W L 0 u ~ Z
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Table 41 . Chemical analyses of wat
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~ 0 umber (quad) tation name ate of
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Table 42 . (concluded) isso ve su s
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Table 43 . Existing municipal sewag
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Regional Plan- Table 45 . Water qua
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Table 46 . Average and maximum-mini
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Table 46 . (concluded) -~Tater temp
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Table 47 . Water-quality trends in
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discharge from metropolitan Mobile
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Table 49 . Summary of geologic unit
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affected by the surface environment
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Longshore currents in the Gulf of M
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consisting of a wedge of salt water
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AI ARAMA ` FI (lRIf1A Figure 19 . E
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REFERENCES CLIMATOLOGY AND HYDROLOG
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Brady, D . W . 1979 . Water resourc
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Schroeder, W . W . 1976 . Physical
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This 25-page document gives detaile
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Information on the location, thickn
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