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SUMMARY OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE GIS DATA SETS |
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It is required that all contractors developing GIS coverages obtain a copy of these standards and submit coverages that are consistent with the standards.
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I. Disclaimer For all data contained herein, NJDEP makes no representations of any kind, including, but not limited to, the warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use, nor are any such warranties to be implied with respect to the digital data layers furnished hereunder. NJDEP assumes no responsibility to maintain them in any manner or form.
II. Terms of Agreement Digital data received from the NJDEP are to be used solely for internal purposes in the conduct of daily affairs. The data are provided, as is, without warranty of any kind and the user is responsible for understanding the accuracy limitations of all digital data layers provided herein. Any reproduction or manipulation of the above data must ensure that the coordinate reference system remains intact. Digital data received from the NJDEP may not be reproduced or redistributed for use by anyone without first obtaining written permission from the NJDEP. This clause is not intended to restrict distribution of printed mapped information produced from the digital data. Any maps, publications, reports, or other documents produced as a result of this project that utilize NJDEP digital data will credit the NJDEP's Geographic Information System (GIS) as the source of the data with the following credit/disclaimer:
Users shall require any independent contractor, hired to undertake work that will utilize digital data obtained from the NJDEP, to agree not to use, reproduce, or redistribute NJDEP GIS data for any purpose other than the specified contractual work. All copies of NJDEP GIS data utilized by an independent contractor will be required to be returned to the original user at the close of such contractual work. Users hereby agree to abide by the use and reproduction conditions specified above and agree to hold any independent contractor to the same terms. By using data provided herein, the user acknowledges that terms and conditions have been read and that the user is bound by these criteria. |
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GIS
Coverages Available on the Internet For Downloading |
These coverages are available via the Internet to any user. In general, where DEP data sets are available both from a CD and via the Internet, the online version may be more recent and should be used preferentially. In all cases, read the metadata for a description of how current the data are. New GIS data sets are being made available across the Internet daily. Uses are encouraged to keep checking the various sources of online coverages to be aware of any new additions.
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| Data | Brief Description | Link |
| CAFRA |
The Coastal Area Facilities Review Act (CAFRA) legislates land use within the coastal area. Thus the boundary of the area was delineated. This shape file, CAFRA_2 has been modified by the Pinelands commission and updates the boundary (from the Bureau of Tidelands 1988 boundary) to reflect 1993 modifications to CAFRA. |
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis |
| Coastal centers | This data set is a depiction of coastal center boundaries used in permitting by the Land Use Regulation Program of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
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Drainage Basins |
Drainage basins (DEPHUC14) are delineated from 1:24,000-scale (7.5-minute) USGS quadrangles. The delineations have been developed for general purpose use by USGS District staff over the past 20 years. Arc and polygon attributes have been included in the coverage with basin names and ranks of divides, and 14-digit hydrologic unit codes. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| DIFF files, by county | The Department Integrated Facility File (DIFF) is a facility and permit point layer that was created through the assimilation of thirteen different regulatory permit databases maintained by the department. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| Dams | This data set locates the dams in the state of New Jersey that are listed in the records of the NJDEP Dam Safety Section. This includes high, significant and low hazard dams as well as 2x unclassified dams and dams which have been removed. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| Named Places | Point coverage of place names and features that are found on the USGS 7.5' topoquad series, specifically locale and populated places. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| Natural Heritage Priority Sites | The Natural Heritage Priority Sites Coverage was created to identify the best habitats for rare plant and animal species and natural communities through analysis of information in the NJ Natural Heritage Database. Natural Heritage Priority Sites contain some of the best and most viable occurrences of endangered and threatened species and natural communities, but they do not cover all known habitat for endangered and threatened species in New Jersey. If information is needed on whether or not endangered or threatened species have been documented from a particular piece of land, a Natural Heritage Database search can be requested by contacting the Office of Natural Lands Management (Phone: 609-984-1339). | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| NJ Coastline | This shapefile depicts the coastline of New Jersey. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| NJ county boundaries | County boundaries in New Jersey were gathered from USGS topoquads and other sources in 1987. The scale of the original data varies, relying primarily on 1:24,000 topoquads. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| New Jersey Municipalities | Municipal boundaries in New Jersey were gathered from USGS topoquads and other sources in 1987. Since that time, updates to the data have been limited to noting consolidations of boundaries. The scale of the original data varies, relying primarily on 1:24,000 topoquads. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
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Open Space, |
An ArcView shapefile of federally owned & protected open space & recreation areas (and military parcels containing large tracts of undeveloped land), water supply management areas (wsma), reservoirs and utility conservation easements. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
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Open Space, |
An ArcView shapefile of state owned, protected open space & recreation areas in New Jersey. (1:12000) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| Watershed Management Areas | The depwmas shapefile shows the boundaries of the watershed management areas defined in 2000 by the DEP. It was built up from a coverage of HUC14 watersheds. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| Lakes, by county | A series of 21 shape files showing lakes in each county in 1986. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| Land Use & Land Cover, 1986, by county | A series of 21 shape files showing the land use by county in 1986. The LULC polygons are intended to serve as a resource for analysis rather than regulatory delineations. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
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Land Use & Land Cover, 1995/87 |
1995/97 Landuse/Landcover by Watershed Management Polygon shapefiles for WMAs are being created by comparing the 1986 LU/LC layers from the NJDEP GIS database to the 1995/97 color infrared digital imagery, and delineating areas of change. In addition, an impervious surface (IS) code has been assigned to each polygon. All polygons retain the original 1986 landuse code, as well as being given a 1995/97 landuse code so that change analysis can be done directly from these data sets. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| Municipalities, by county | A series of 21 shape file showing municipal boundaries in each county. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| Soils | The new NRCS soils coverage for each county. Coverages will be added as they become available. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| Streams, by county | A series of 21 shape files showing streams in each county in 1986. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
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Surface Water |
Stream designations based on water quality. Uses the 1:24,000 stream network. Classifications from N.J.A.C. 7:9 B-1. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| Wetlands, by county | A series of 21 polygon shape files showing wetlands by county in 1986. The lines are intended to serve as a resource for analysis rather than regulatory delineations. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| Linear wetlands, by county | A series of 21 shape files showing linear wetland. They contain the non-tidal wetlands for New Jersey counties as of 1986. The lines are intended to serve as a resource for analysis rather than regulatory delineations. | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ |
| Topographic elevation contours | 1:100,000 coverage of contours from USGS data. (DGS 00-3) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Areas of Counties and Municipalities in Water Regions and Watershed Management Areas for New Jersey | Spreadsheet giving areas of each county and municipality in each water region and watershed management area. (DGS 00-2) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Drought regions in NJ | A shape file showing NJ's 6 drought regions. (DGS 00-1) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Digital Elevation Grids | A set of 9 ARC/INFO GRID digital elevation themes with 100-ft. cells modified from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 30 meter Digital Elevation Model data. (DGS 99-4) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Monochromatic
Bit-Mapped Topographic Images of New Jersey |
A set of monochromatic, bit-mapped, TIFF (tagged image file format) images covering New Jersey. The images are derived from the U.S. Geological Survey 7-1/2' topographic quadrangle map Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) imagery. (DGS 99-1) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| County Topographic Base Map Images for New Jersey (1:100,000 scale) | A set of 21 topographic base map images derived from U.S. Geological Survey 1:100,000-scale, 30 x 60 minute map series, digital raster graphic (DRG) images. (DGS 98-7) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| 30-Second State Plane Coordinate Grid for New Jersey | A grid showing NJ's state-plane coordinates. It is a tool for georegistering page size (8.5" x 11") field sheets using a GIS. (DGS 98-4) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Monochromatic
Bit-Mapped Topographic Images of Hunterdon County |
A set of fourteen (14) monochromatic bit-mapped topographic images covering Hunterdon County at 1:24,000. (DGS 98-3) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Monochromatic
Bit-Mapped Topographic Images of Warren County |
A set of fourteen (14) monochromatic bit-mapped topographic images covering Warren County at 1:24,000. (DGS 98-2) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Monochromatic Bit-Mapped Image of New Jersey | A
bit-mapped image of the U.S. Geological Survey 1:500,000 scale,
planimetric base map for New Jersey, 1:500,000. (DGS 98-1) |
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Surficial
Geology of Hunterdon County |
An ARC/INFO GIS coverage of surficial geologic materials of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. (DGS99-3) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Surficial
Geology of Middlesex County |
An ARC/INFO GIS coverage of surficial geologic materials of Middlesex County, New Jersey. (DGS97-2) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Bedrock
Geology of Warren County |
An ARC/INFO GIS coverage of bedrock geology of Warren County. (DGS 96-2) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Glacial
Sediments of New Jersey |
Three
ARC/INFO (GIS) coverages compiled from NJGS Open-File Map No. 3,
Hydrogeologic Character and Thickness of the Glacial Sediment of New
Jersey, 1990. These coverages detail the map distribution, thickness,
and types of Quaternary glacial sediment in northern New Jersey at the
1:100,000 scale. (DGS 96-1) |
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| MS Excel Workbook Implementing the NJGS Ground-Water-Recharge Methodology | An Excel workbook that can be used to implement the methodology detailed in the NJGS publication 'A methodology for evaluating ground-water-recharge areas in New Jersey.' (DGS 99-2) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Personal
Computer Software for Locating Public-Community Water Supply Wells in New Jersey |
A set of personal-computer (PC) files used to locate and display the locations of public water-supply wells in New Jersey. (DGS98-8) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Sole-Source
Aquifers of New Jersey |
An ARC/INFO GIS polygon coverage of the sole-source aquifers for New Jersey that are approved as of June 1998. (DGS 98-6) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Aquifers of New Jersey | Two ARC/INFO Geographic Information Systems (GIS) coverages of the bedrock and surficial aquifers and confining units in New Jersey. (DGS98-5) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Public-Community
Water-Supply Wells of New Jersey |
An ARC/INFO Geographic Information Systems (GIS) point coverage with associated dBase III relational-database and a Microsoft Word document file containing information for the wells in New Jersey that supply potable water to public communities. (DGS 97-1) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Ambient Ground-Water Quality of the New Jersey Part of the Newark Basin | Sets of files summarizing natural ground-water quality in sedimentary bedrock formations of the Newark basin part of the Piedmont Physiographic province of New Jersey. (DGS96-3) | http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/geodata/index.htm |
| Planning Area Boundaries | Planning
Areas of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan, Office of State Planning
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http://www.state.nj.us/osp/ ospmaps.htm#Digital |
| Center Locations | Identified
Centers of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan, Office of State Planning
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http://www.state.nj.us/osp/ ospmaps.htm#Digital |
| Community Development Boundaries | Designated
Centers of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan and their Community Development Boundaries, Office of State Planning |
http://www.state.nj.us/osp/ ospmaps.htm#Digital |
| Critical Environmental and Historic Sites | Critical Environmental and Historic Sites of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan, Office of State Planning | http://www.state.nj.us/osp/ ospmaps.htm#Digital |
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NJ State Data Center: |
Demographic data, economic & demographic projections, worker safety statistics, and economic data for New Jersey from the NJ Department of Labor. | http://www.wnjpin.state.nj.us/ OneStopCareerCenter/ LaborMarketInformation/lmilist.htm |
| EPA superfund sites | Data on EPA's Superfund sites. | http://www.epa.gov/ superfund/sites/reports.htm |
| New Jersey surface water data from USGS | Information on the surface-water systems (rivers, lakes, tidal waters) in New Jersey. Includes both streamflow and water-quality data. | http://nj.usgs.gov/sw/index.html |
| New Jersey ground-water data from USGS | Information on the ground-water resources in New Jersey. Includes both water-level and water-quality data. | http://nj.usgs.gov/sw/index.html |
| STORET data | Water quality data stored in the federal STORET data system. Currently under construction. | http://www.epa.gov/ OWOW/STORET/ dbtop_frame.html |
| RF1 & RF3 stream reaches | Federal stream networks (national hydrography data set) downloadable by HUC8. | http://nhd.usgs.gov/data.html |
| TIGER data | U.S. Census Bureau TIGER ® Data distributed over the Internet by ESRI. The data includes geographic features such as roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, political boundaries, statistical boundaries, and demographics attributes for the entire United States. 1995 version. | http://www.esri.com/data/ online/tiger/data.html
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| Census data by tract | U.S. Census Data includes and extensive collection of 1990 demographic attributes presented at the state, county, tract, and block group levels. | http://www.esri.com/data/ online/esri/usthselect.html |
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USGS Geographic Data |
The EROS Data Center provides file transfer protocol (FTP) access to a variety of USGS digital data sets. | http://edc.usgs.gov/doc/ edchome/ndcdb/ndcdb.html |
| Climate and precipitation data | New Jersey climate data from the State Climatologist. | http://climate.rutgers.edu/ stateclim/ |
| Hazard maps | Online maps created using FEMA data. Multi-hazard maps and information. | http://www.esri.com/hazards/ |
| General mapping information | A good compilation of links about available mapping data from the USGS. | http://mapping.usgs.gov/ |
| FEMA flood data | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Q3 Flood Data over the Web. The Q3 Flood Data is designed to support floodplain management, hazard analysis, and risk assessment activities. | http://www.esri.com/data/ online/fema/index.html |
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These coverages are available by purchase of CD. Some of the CDs may not be updated as more recent data become available. In general, for DEP data sets which are available both on CD and via the Internet, the user is encouraged to download the data from the Internet as this may be a more current version. In all cases, read the metadata for a description of how current the data are. I. Office of Information Resource Management NJDEP's GIS group has a number of data CDs available in 3 series. More information is available at: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/ Series 1 (a set of 4 CDs) will be phased out in Fall 2000. The data on them will be available via the Internet for direct downloading. This series contains: Riparian Claims (Tidelands) (Note: some of these coverages are statewide, some county specific, and some region specific. See the website for more details.) Series 2 is titled 'GIS Tools for Decision Making'
This series contains some GIS data: County Themes: Statewide Themes: Series 3 Series #3 is composed of nine CDs with statewide color infrared digital imagery. II. Division of Watershed Management The Division of Watershed Management (DWM) has released a CD titled 'Exploring New Jersey's Watersheds.' This contains a number of coverages clipped to watershed management area. For a copy contact DWM at: PO Box 418 This CD contains the following coverages: - Coastal area facilities review act regulatory line. III. FEMA Flood Data FEMA sells a CD with their flood hazard estimations.
This is available through their web site: http://www.fema.gov/msc/statemap.htm
IV. Office of State Planning The New Jersey Office of State Planning has created a CD to accompany the 1997 state development and redevelopment plan. This CD displays data that can be used in conjunction with this plan. Their web site says:
NJ State Planning 1997. New Jersey Office of State Planning, October 1997. Windows/Macintosh CD-ROM. (Free to New Jersey addresses, $25.00 to addresses outside New Jersey using the special order form.) http://www.state.nj.us/osp/ospnet.htm |
(Note: this is not a complete list nor does it constitute endorsement by the NJDEP or NJ state government. It represents a list encountered during a search of available GIS data.)
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| Data | Brief Description | Link |
| Street network database |
Selected areas of GDT's premier street network database, Dynamap/2000®. The Dynamap/2000 database contains more than 14 million addressed street segments along with postal boundaries, landmarks, and water features. |
http://www.esri.com/data/ online/dynamap/index.html |
| USGS topographic maps |
"U.S. Geological Survey topographic
maps at 1:24K, 1:100K, and 1:250K
scales. The full color topographic map database is seamless across paper
map boundaries and georeferenced for positional accuracy." |
http://www.esri.com/data/ online/hti/index.html |
| VISTA Environmental Geographics | "geocoded location and attribute data for more than 3.5 million regulated and unregulated hazardous waste generators, leaking tank sites, toxic spills and other sites affecting the environment throughout the United States." | http://www.esri.com/data/ online/vista/index.html |
| Aerial
photos and satellite images |
Millions of aerial photographs of the United
States, as well as images from several series of satellites covering the
entire Earth. From the EROS data center. |
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/ |
| USGS Geographic Data Download |
Digital Elevation Models (DEM) Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQ) Digital Line Graphs (DLG) Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) |
http://mapping.usgs.gov/ www/products/status.html |
