Landslides In New Jersey, Series DGS06-3, Edition July 2018

Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), New Jersey Geological Survey (NJGS)
Publication_Date: 20180711
Title:
Landslides In New Jersey, Series DGS06-3, Edition 20180711 (Geol_landslide)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Digital Geodata Series
Issue_Identification: DGS06-3
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Trenton, New Jersey
Publisher: NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
Online_Linkage: <http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/geodata/dgs06-3.htm>
Online_Linkage: <http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/geodata/index.htm>
Online_Linkage: <http://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/geowebsplash.htm>
Description:
Abstract:
This Landslides data contains point and other attributes for historic and recent landslide locations in New Jersey mapped by the New Jersey Geological Survey (NJGS). The landslides have occurred in many parts of the state and include slumps, debris flows, rockfalls and rockslides. Landslides in New Jersey are a geologic hazard in areas with steep to moderate slopes or geologic units prone to failure. They cause damage to utilities, property, and transportation routes. The average annual direct and indirect cost of New Jersey landslides is likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. New Jersey landslides have also caused fatalities and injuries. The landslides are caused by heavy rains, weathering, ocean waves, quarrying and construction activities.
Purpose:
The New Jersey Geological Survey has mapped landslide locations (also referred to as mass wasting events) in New Jersey. This information is used by emergency management agencies to plan disaster responses by answering the major questions related to landslide hazards including: Where and when will landslides occur, how big will the landslides be, how fast and how far will they move, what areas will the landslides affect or damage and how frequently do landslides occur in a given locality.
Supplemental_Information:
A landslide is a natural geologic process involving the movement of earth materials down a slope including rock, earth, debris, or a combination of these under the influence of gravity. However, there are a variety of triggers for landslides such as: a heavy rainfall event, earthquakes, or human activity. The rate of landslide movement ranges from rapid to very slow. A landslide can involve large or small volumes of material. Material can move in nearly intact blocks or be greatly deformed and rearranged. The slope may be nearly vertical or fairly gentle (Delano and Wilshusen, 2001).
Landslides are usually associated with mountainous areas but can also occur in areas of generally low relief. In low-relief areas, landslides occur due to steepening of slopes: as cut and fill failures (roadway and building excavations), river bluff failures, collapse of mine waste piles, and a wide variety of slope failures associated with quarries and open-pit mines (USGS, Landslide Types and Process, 2004).
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Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20180711
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.208510
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.901289
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.343597
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.888207
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Theme_Keyword: landslide
Theme_Keyword: slump block
Theme_Keyword: debris flow
Theme_Keyword: rockfall
Theme_Keyword: slope
Theme_Keyword: bluff
Theme_Keyword: slump
Theme_Keyword: geology
Theme_Keyword: toe
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Theme_Keyword: slumping
Theme_Keyword: rockslide
Theme_Keyword: mass wasting
Theme_Keyword: head
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Theme_Keyword: Geol_landslide
Theme_Keyword: njlandslides
Place:
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Place_Keyword: State of New Jersey
Place_Keyword: New Jersey
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Stratum_Keyword: surficial
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Data Distribution Agreement. The data provided herein are distributed subject to the following conditions and restrictions: NJDEP assumes no responsibility to maintain them in any manner or form and disclaims any duty or obligation to either maintain availability of or to update the data.
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Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Web page with image of landslide locations in New Jersey.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: none
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Security_Handling_Description: none
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Geological and Water Survey
Contact_Person: Ted Pallis
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 29 Arctic Parkway, P. O. Box 420, Mail Code: 29-01
City: Trenton
State_or_Province: New Jersey
Postal_Code: 08625-0420
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (609) 984-6587
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (609) 633-1004
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ted.pallis@dep.nj.gov
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Attribute accuracy was tested by manually comparing hard copy plots of the digital data with the source materials and interactively queried and verified on the screen.
Logical_Consistency_Report: None
Completeness_Report:
There were about 20 landslides in the NJGS records not included in this data set because the locations could not be accurately mapped from the descriptions of the landslide in the reference material. The reference material for these unmapped landslides is on file at the NJGS.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Landslides were mapped using several methods. First, field reconnaissance was done where there was good locational information and access to the landslide site. These landslides were located using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and were located either in the vicinity of the head or toe of the landslide. The remaining landslides not located with the GPS were located manually because the site was inaccessible. These landslides were placed by manual editing using aerial photography and NJ Department of Transportation roads for base data.
For many of the landslides, the locations are considered approximate locations because of changes in the landscape in these areas since the landslide occurred. In these areas, development or road construction has removed all evidence of the landslide.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: NA
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 20060908
Process_Description:
The landslide sites mapped were gathered from geologic studies, geologic reports, newspaper articles, weather reports, historical documents, masters theses and internet searches. After the landslide locations and attribute information was obtained it was entered into an MS-Access database. This MS-Access database was then imported into ArcGIS v. 9.2. The data was exported from ArcGIS and saved as a shapefile.
The locations of many of the landslide sites in the database were obtained by GPS/GIS technicians using Global Position System receivers.
Certain sites were interactively mapped using aerial photography and NJ Department of Transportation roads coverage files.
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 20120614
Process_Description:
In version June, 2012, 51 new landslide locations were added.
ID DAY TYPE COUNTY MUNICIPALITY
16 5/14/1893 Debris Flow Burlington Bordentown
22 Unknown Clay digging Bergen Hackensack
81 8/17/1991 Debris Flow Union Summit
186 4/17/2011 Debris Flow Hudson Jersey City
187 8/15/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
188 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Morris Dover
189 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Morris Randolph Twp.
190 8/29/2011 Debris Flow Morris Branchburg Twp.
191 8/28/2011 Slump Morris Boonton
192 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
193 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Sparta Twp.
194 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Sparta Twp.
195 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
196 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
197 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Warren Allamuchy Twp.
198 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Union Summit
199 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Ogdensburg Boro
200 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Morris Roxbury Twp.
201 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
202 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
203 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Hunterdon Delaware Twp.
204 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Hunterdon Delaware Twp.
205 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Hunterdon Delaware Twp.
206 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Hunterdon Delaware Twp.
207 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Hunterdon Delaware Twp.
208 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Monmouth Highlands Boro
209 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Somerset Bernards Twp.
210 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Monmouth Highlands Boro
211 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Frankford Twp.
212 8/28/2011 Slump Sussex Branchville Boro
213 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
214 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Warren Lopatcong Twp.
215 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Morris Boonton
216 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
217 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
218 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Morris Mount Olive Twp.
219 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Bergen Englewood Cliffs Boro
220 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Bergen Tenafly Boro
221 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Bergen Alpine Boro
222 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
223 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
224 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
225 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
226 8/28/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Vernon Twp.
227 3/30/2011 Rockslide Morris Riverdale
228 9/8/2011 Debris Flow Morris Dover
229 9/8/2011 Debris Flow Warren Liberty Twp.
230 9/8/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Sparta Twp.
231 9/8/2011 Debris Flow Morris Washington Twp.
232 9/8/2011 Debris Flow Morris Washington Twp.
233 5/12/2012 Rockslide Bergen Alpine Boro
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 20140609
Process_Description:
In version June 2014, 4 new landslides were added.
ID DAY TYPE COUNTY MUNICIPALITY
234 8/2011 Debris Flow Sussex Sandyston Twp.
235 11/27/2013 Debris Flow Hudson Jersey City
236 11/29/2013 Rockslide Somerset Watchung Borough
237 03/25/2014 Rockslide Somerset Hillsborough Twp.
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 20141031
Process_Description:
In version October 31, 2014, 34 new landslides were added.
ID DAY TYPE COUNTY MUNICIPALITY
238 Unknown Rockfall Warren Allamuchy Twp.
239 Unknown Rockfall Union Berkeley Heights Twp.
240 Unknown Rockfall Hunterdon Bethlehem Twp.
241 Unknown Rockfall Hunterdon Bethlehem Twp.
242 Unknown Rockfall Essex East Orange City
243 Unknown Rockfall Essex East Orange City
244 Unknown Rockfall Bergen Edgewater Borough
245 Unknown Rockfall Sussex Stillwater Twp.
246 Unknown Rockfall Warren Hope Twp.
247 Unknown Rockfall Warren Hope Twp.
248 Unknown Rockfall Warren Hope Twp.
249 Unknown Rockfall Morris Jefferson Twp.
250 Unknown Rockfall Hunterdon Kingwood Twp.
251 Unknown Rockfall Hunterdon Kingwood Twp.
252 4/27/2014 Rockfall Hunterdon Kingwood Twp.
253 Unknown Rockfall Warren Knowlton Twp.
254 Unknown Rockfall Warren Knowlton Twp.
255 Unknown Rockfall Warren Knowlton Twp.
256 Unknown Rockslide Warren Knowlton Twp.
257 Unknown Rockfall Warren Knowlton Twp.
258 Unknown Rockfall Warren Knowlton Twp.
259 Unknown Rockfall Warren Knowlton Twp.
260 Unknown Rockfall Warren Knowlton Twp.
261 Unknown Rockfall Warren Knowlton Twp.
262 Unknown Rockfall Warren Knowlton Twp.
263 Unknown Rockfall Warren Knowlton Twp.
264 8/19/1955 Debris flow Warren Liberty Twp.
265 Unknown Rockfall Warren Mansfield Twp.
266 1/15/2014 Debris flow Hudson North Bergen Twp.
267 Unknown Rockfall Warren Phillipsburg Town
268 Unknown Rockfall Morris Randolph Twp.,
269 Unknown Rockfall Morris Riverdale Borough
270 Unknown Debris flow Hudson Weehawken
271 Unknown Rockfall Hunterdon West Amwell Twp.
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 20150624
Process_Description:
In version June 24, 2015, 7 new landslides were added.
ID DAY TYPE COUNTY MUNICIPALITY
272 1/18/1972 Slump Middlesex Old Bridge Twp.
273 12/6/2014 Rockfall Essex Nutley Twp.
274 Unknown Rockfall Warren Frelinghuysen Twp.
275 4/30/2014 Slump Monmouth Atlantic Highlands Boro
276 3/23/2015 Slump Middlesex South Amboy City
277 Unknown Slump Burlington Florence Twp.
278 4/20/2015 Slump Burlington Florence Twp.
Process_Step:
Process_Date: 20180306
Process_Description:
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation: none
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Process_Step:
Process_Date: 20180711
Process_Description:
In version July 11, 2018, 11 new landslides were added.
ID Day Type Trigger Damage County Municipality
288 4/4/2017 Slump Heavy Rain yes Monmouth Atlantic Highlands Boro
289 2/28/2017 Rockslide Weathering yes Bergen Alpine Boro
290 Unknown Slump Heavy Rain no Burlington Florence
291 Unknown Slump Heavy Rain no Burlington Florence
292 Unknown Slump Heavy Rain no Burlington Florence
293 Unknown Slump Heavy Rain no Burlington Florence
294 10/9/1903 Debris Flow Heavy Rain no Passaic Paterson
295 Unknown Rockslide Weathering no Bergen Fort Lee Boro
296 Unknown Rockslide Weathering no Morris Fort Lee Boro
297 1/12/2018 Debris Flow Heavy Rain yes Morris Parsippany Troy Hills Twp.
298 1/23/2018 Rockslide Weathering yes Morris Parsippany Troy Hills Twp.
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Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: Various Information derived from sources
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Attribute:
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Attribute:
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A debris flow is a form of rapid mass movement in which a combination of loose soil, rock, organic matter, air and water mobilize as a slurry and flows downslope.
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Rockfalls are common in roadway cuts and steep cliffs and are abrupt movements of masses of geologic materials, such as rocks and boulders that become detached from steep slopes or cliffs.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS, Landslide Types and Process, 2004.
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Rockslides are the movement of newly detached segments of bedrock sliding on bedding, joint, or fault surfaces or any other surface as a relatively cohesive unit.
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Slumps are coherent or intact masses that move downslope by rotational slip on surfaces that underlie and penetrate the landslide deposit.
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Attribute:
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Attribute:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REFERENCE
Attribute_Definition:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition_Source: NJGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition_Source: NJGS
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Attribute:
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