NOAA S-57 chart cell

Niagara River - Chippawa Channel and Niagara River Channel, NY

US5BUFGC

Usage band
Harbor · code 5
Current edition
1.8
Features
498
S-57 layers
48
Published
Apr 6, 2026
Manifest updated
Jun 22, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC

Coverage

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North
43.12500° N
South
43.05000° N
West
79.05000° W
East
78.97500° W
Center
43.08750° N, 79.01250° W
Bounds area
15 sq nm
Feature density
33.6287 / sq nm

Chart Statistics

20 largest layers shown

Average features per layer
10.4
Smallest layer
1
Largest layer
90
Area sq km
51
Features per sq km
9.80455
  1. BUISGL 90
  2. DEPARE Depth area 57
  3. DEPCNT Depth contour 55
  4. SLCONS Shoreline construction 41
  5. OBSTRN Obstruction 30
  6. COALNE Coastline 28
  7. LIGHTS Light 17
  8. LNDARE Land area 13
  9. BOYSPP Special purpose buoy 12
  10. PILPNT 12
  11. UWTROC Underwater rock 12
  12. BRIDGE 11
  13. BCNSPP Special purpose beacon 9
  14. SBDARE Seabed area 9
  15. LAKARE 8
  16. LNDRGN Land region 8
  17. SILTNK 7
  18. CBLOHD 6
  19. LNDMRK 6
  20. PYLONS 6

Nearby Chart Cells

Harbor usage band

  1. Niagara River - Niagara River Channel, Grand Island, NY US5BUFGD - about 3 nm away
  2. Niagara River - Niagara Falls, NY US5BUFGB - about 3 nm away
  3. Niagara River - Chippawa Channel, Grand Island, NY US5BUFFC - about 5 nm away
  4. Niagara River - Entrance to Niagara Whirlpool, NY US5BUFHC - about 5 nm away
  5. Niagara River - Niagara Whirlpool, NY US5BUFHB - about 6 nm away
  6. Niagara River - Tonawanda Channel, NY US5BUFFD - 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
1.8 Apr 6, 2026 metadata.json