NOAA S-57 chart cell
Niagara River - Tonawanda Channel and Niagara River Channel, NY
US5BUFFE
- Usage band
- Harbor · code 5
- Current edition
- 1.2
- Features
- 370
- S-57 layers
- 39
- Published
- Mar 23, 2026
- Manifest updated
- Jun 22, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC
Coverage
- North
- 43.05000° N
- South
- 42.97500° N
- West
- 78.90000° W
- East
- 78.82500° W
- Center
- 43.01250° N, 78.86250° W
- Bounds area
- 15 sq nm
- Feature density
- 24.9546 / sq nm
Chart Statistics
20 largest layers shown
- Average features per layer
- 9.5
- Smallest layer
- 1
- Largest layer
- 95
- Area sq km
- 51
- Features per sq km
- 7.2756
- SLCONS Shoreline construction 95
- COALNE Coastline 28
- DEPCNT Depth contour 26
- DEPARE Depth area 25
- BUISGL 24
- PILPNT 21
- OBSTRN Obstruction 18
- BRIDGE 14
- SILTNK 11
- CBLSUB 9
- LNDARE Land area 9
- BOYLAT Lateral buoy 8
- DRGARE 8
- HRBFAC 8
- PIPSOL 8
- LNDMRK 5
- PONTON 5
- WRECKS Wreck 5
- BUAARE 4
- LIGHTS Light 4
Nearby Chart Cells
Harbor usage band
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.
- Original NOAA ZIP archive https://www.charts.noaa.gov/ENCs/US5BUFFE.zip
- S-57 base cell https://charts.openships.ai/noaa/s57/harbor/US5BUFFE/1.2/US5BUFFE.000
- S-57 update 001 https://charts.openships.ai/noaa/s57/harbor/US5BUFFE/1.2/US5BUFFE.001
- S-57 update 002 https://charts.openships.ai/noaa/s57/harbor/US5BUFFE/1.2/US5BUFFE.002
- GeoJSON https://charts.openships.ai/noaa/s57/harbor/US5BUFFE/1.2/US5BUFFE.geojson
- GeoParquet https://charts.openships.ai/noaa/s57/harbor/US5BUFFE/1.2/US5BUFFE.parquet
- Metadata JSON https://charts.openships.ai/noaa/s57/harbor/US5BUFFE/1.2/metadata.json
Editions
| Edition | Published | Metadata |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Mar 23, 2026 | metadata.json |