diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index b7d0b077ae..3608338b41 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ Unreleased Changes
     * Version metadata at import time is now fetched with
       ``importlib.metadata`` instead of ``pkg_resources``.
       (`#1442 <https://github.com/natcap/invest/issues/1442>`_)
-* Pollination
-    * Replaced custom kernel implementation with ``pygeoprocessing.kernels``.
-      Convolution results may be slightly different (more accurate).
+* Coastal Vulnerability
+    * Fixed a bug where the model would crash when processing a float type
+      bathymetry raster with no nodata value.
+      https://github.com/natcap/invest/issues/992
 * NDR
     * Fixing an issue where minor geometric issues in the watersheds input
       (such as a ring self-intersection) would raise an error in the model.
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@ Unreleased Changes
     * Fixed an issue in NDR's effective retention where, on rasters with more
       than 2^31 pixels, the model would crash with an error relating to a
       negative (overflowed) index. https://github.com/natcap/invest/issues/1431
+* Pollination
+    * Replaced custom kernel implementation with ``pygeoprocessing.kernels``.
+      Convolution results may be slightly different (more accurate).
 * SDR
     * RKLS, USLE, avoided erosion, and avoided export rasters will now have
       nodata in streams (`#1415 <https://github.com/natcap/invest/issues/1415>`_)
diff --git a/src/natcap/invest/coastal_vulnerability.py b/src/natcap/invest/coastal_vulnerability.py
index ff247987df..3f591231c0 100644
--- a/src/natcap/invest/coastal_vulnerability.py
+++ b/src/natcap/invest/coastal_vulnerability.py
@@ -2194,14 +2194,7 @@ def warp_and_mask_bathymetry(
         bathymetry_raster_path)
     bathy_nodata = bathy_info['nodata'][0]
     if bathy_nodata is None:
-        # If a nodata value is not provided, assume the largest positive value
-        # that the datatype can support.  Once we finish masking bathymetry,
-        # all positive values are masked out anyways so this should be safe.
-        try:
-            bathy_nodata = numpy.finfo(bathy_info['numpy_type']).max
-        except ValueError:
-            # When the numpy dtype is not a float, must be an int.
-            bathy_nodata = numpy.iinfo(bathy_info['numpy_type']).max
+        bathy_nodata = pygeoprocessing.choose_nodata(bathy_info['numpy_type'])
     bathy_target_dtype = bathy_info['datatype']
 
     clip_and_project_raster(