NOAA S-57 chart cell

Lake Erie - Niagara River, Chippawa Channel and Tonawanda Channel, NY

US5BUFED

Usage band
Harbor · code 5
Current edition
1.4
Features
1,004
S-57 layers
49
Published
Mar 20, 2026
Manifest updated
Jun 22, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC

Coverage

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North
42.97500° N
South
42.90000° N
West
78.97500° W
East
78.90000° W
Center
42.93750° N, 78.93750° W
Bounds area
15 sq nm
Feature density
67.6322 / sq nm

Chart Statistics

20 largest layers shown

Average features per layer
20.5
Smallest layer
1
Largest layer
218
Area sq km
51
Features per sq km
19.71838
  1. SLCONS Shoreline construction 218
  2. DEPCNT Depth contour 142
  3. DEPARE Depth area 136
  4. BUISGL 84
  5. OBSTRN Obstruction 44
  6. COALNE Coastline 32
  7. SILTNK 31
  8. BOYLAT Lateral buoy 28
  9. BRIDGE 26
  10. LNDARE Land area 26
  11. PILPNT 24
  12. LIGHTS Light 22
  13. DRGARE 18
  14. PYLONS 15
  15. PIPSOL 12
  16. SOUNDG Sounding 12
  17. CBLSUB 10
  18. M_QUAL Data quality 9
  19. SEAARE Sea area 9
  20. LNDMRK 8

Nearby Chart Cells

Harbor usage band

  1. Lake Erie - Scajaquada Creek and Park Lake, NY US5BUFEE - about 3 nm away
  2. Niagara River - Chippawa Channel, NY US5BUFEC - about 3 nm away
  3. Lake Erie - Entrance to Niagara River, NY US5BUFDD - about 5 nm away
  4. Niagara River - Tonawanda Channel, NY US5BUFFD - about 5 nm away
  5. Niagara River - Chippawa Channel, Grand Island, NY US5BUFFC - about 6 nm away
  6. Niagara River - Tonawanda Channel and Niagara River Channel, NY US5BUFFE - about 6 nm away

Current Edition Files

The NOAA ZIP archive is the upstream source for this chart cell; the other files are Open Ships generated derivatives for web and GIS use.

Editions

Edition Published Metadata
1.4 Mar 20, 2026 metadata.json