Streams in the NJ Highlands Region

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (NJ Highlands Council)

Publication_Date: 20101101

Title: Streams in the NJ Highlands Region

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.highlands.state.nj.us/>

Description:

Abstract: Streams of the NJ Highlands Region.

Purpose:

The data set will provide stream information for regulators, planners, and others interested in hydrography data. It is developed to assist in the implementaiton of the Regional Master Plan.

Supplemental_Information:

The New Jersey National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Streams 2002 was clipped on the NJ Highlands Region.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.609968

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.883725

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.377110

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.801760

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Stream

Theme_Keyword: Flowline

Theme_Keyword: River

Theme_Keyword: Water body

Theme_Keyword: water quality

Theme_Keyword: watersheds

Theme_Keyword: watershed management areas

Theme_Keyword: NHD

Theme_Keyword: NJDEP

Theme_Keyword: Hydrography

Theme_Keyword: Stream / River

Theme_Keyword: Lake / Pond

Theme_Keyword: Canal / Ditch

Theme_Keyword: Reservoir

Theme_Keyword: Spring / Seep

Theme_Keyword: Swamp / Marsh

Theme_Keyword: Artificial Path

Theme_Keyword: Reach Code

Theme_Keyword: WBD

Theme_Keyword: Watershed Boundary Dataset

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, Standards for National Hydrography Dataset (<http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/reference.html#standards>)

Theme_Keyword: NHD

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Place_Keyword: NJ

Place_Keyword: WMA

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1977, Countries, dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and their principal administrative divisions (Federal Information Processing Standards 10-3): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Place_Keyword: US

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal_Keyword: 2002

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

Data Distribution Agreement The Highlands Council Agrees to abide by the terms and conditions of the following: I. Description of Data to be Provided
The data provided herein are distributed subject to the following conditions and restrictions:
Subject Data Layers
For all data contained herein, the Highlands Council 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. The Highlands Council assumes no responsibility to maintain digital data layers in any manner or form.
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1. Digital data received from the Highlands Council are to be used solely for internal purposes in the conduct of daily affairs.
2. 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, or as documented in any accompanying Data Dictionary and Readme files. Any reproduction or manipulation of the above data must ensure that the coordinate reference system remains intact.
3. Digital data received from the Highlands Council may not be reproduced or redistributed for use by anyone without first obtaining written authorization from the Highlands Council. This clause is not intended to restrict distribution of printed mapped information produced from the digital data.
4. Any maps, publications, reports, or other documents produced as a result of this project that utilize Highlands Council digital data will credit the Highlands Council's Geographic Information System (GIS) as the source of the data with the following credit/disclaimer:
"This (map/publication/report) was developed using New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council's Geographic Information System digital data, but this secondary product has not been verified by the Highlands Council and is not state-authorized."
5. Users shall require any contractor, hired to undertake work that will utilize digital data obtained from the Highlands Council, to agree not to use, reproduce, or redistribute Highlands Council GIS data for any purpose other than the specified contractual work. All copies of Highlands Council GIS data utilized by an contractor will be required to be returned to the original user at the close of such contractual work.
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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NJ Highlands Council

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 100 North Road

City: Chester

State_or_Province: New Jersey

Postal_Code: 07930

Country: UNITED STATES

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (908) 879-6737

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (908) 879-4205

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@highlands.state.nj.us

Hours_of_Service: 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Browse_Graphic:

Data_Set_Credit:

Craig Coutros and Seth Hackman NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Office of Information Resources Management (OIRM), Bureau of Geographic Information System (BGIS) John Bocchino: NJDEP, Metadata Compilier

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: USGS National Hydrography Dataset Documentation Website

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: website

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Va

Publisher: USGS

Online_Linkage: <http://nhd.usgs.gov/documentation.html>

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Office of Information Resources Management (OIRM), Bureau of Geographic Information Systems (BGIS)

Publication_Date: 2010-11-01

Title: National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Streams 2002

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Trenton, NJ

Publisher: NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)

Online_Linkage:

<http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/digidownload/zips/statewide/nhdstreams2002gdb.zip>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Lines conform to topological rules. Lines intersect only at nodes, and all nodes anchor the ends of lines. Lines do not overshoot or undershoot other lines where they are supposed to meet. There are no duplicate lines. Lines bound areas and lines identify the areas to the left and right of the lines.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Publication_Information:

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: United States Geological Survey (USGS); NJDEP

Publication_Date: 1995/97

Title: 1995/97 CIR Digital Ortho Quarterquads

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Va

Publisher: USGS

Other_Citation_Details:

Digital images were created from 1:40000 scale NAPP CIR images by USGS, referenced in UTM, NAD83. These images were then projected to New Jersey State Plane Feet Coordinates (NJSPF), NAD83, and compressed to JPEG images files. These NJSPF compressed files were used in the development of the this data set. The original images in UTM are available from the USGS website. The NJSPF versions are available from the NJDEP site. Both sites have online and CD distribution of these images.

Online_Linkage: <http://edc.usgs.gov>

Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000

Type_of_Source_Media: online; CDROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1995

Ending_Date: 1997

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS; NJDEP

Source_Contribution:

Land use/land cover for 1995/97 was digitized directly from 1995/97 digital image files. Photographic transparencies of the CIR images used to create the digital files were also viewed stereoscopically to aid in land use/land cover determinations.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Photo interpretation of 2002 CIR digital imagery, interactive editing and initial QA/QC was done by Aerial Information Systems, Redlands, CA. Final QA/QC and final data formatting was done by NJDEP/BGIS. All Data sets were processed and delivered by Hydrologic Unit 8 (HU8 - Subbasin) and this coding was maintained in the final versions. The first version was released as Streams_2002.
This update to Streams_2002 data now includes NHD compliant attributes and coding. NJDEP/BGIS completed a statewide conflation in 2010 to meet the USGS National Hydrography Dataset standards. The conflation of 1:24,000 NHD high resolution feature attributes to this data was done by Data Enhancement Services, LLC under the direction of Civil Solutions beginning in 2009. Initial QA/QC was done by NJDEP/BGIS followed by a review by USGS prior to upload into the National database.
QA/QC involved verifying that Flow Direction of each flowline is correct to facilitate the development of geometric networks. Name Attributes are consistent with the USGS Geographic Names (GNIS) were transferred to this layer appropriately. All unnamed tributaries flowing into a named water course stream have "tributary" extension in the GNIS_Name field. GNIS_ID, GNIS_NAME, FTYPE, and FCODE attributes are NHD compliant and were transferred from the NHDgeo data layers.
Only features having a GNIS_ID are official. All other features represent local names subject to review.

The State layer was clipped to the NJ Highlands Boundary This product is an interim product subject to attribute correction.

Process_Date: 2010

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000328

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000328

Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988

Altitude_Resolution: 0.000100

Altitude_Distance_Units: feet

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: NHDStreams_2002

Entity_Type_Definition: Flowline

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SW_NAME

Attribute_Definition: Subwatershed Name

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJDEP

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SUM_Shape_

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: <http://nhd.usgs.gov/documentation.html>

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: New Jersey Highlands Council

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 100 North Road

City: Chester

State_or_Province: New Jersey

Postal_Code: 07930

Country: UNITED STATES

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (908) 879-6737

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (908) 879-4205

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@highlands.state.nj.us

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability: See "Use Constraints"

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 0.000

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Offline_Option:

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20120202

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: New Jersey Highlands Council

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 100 North Road

City: Chester

State_or_Province: New Jersey

Postal_Code: 07930

Country: UNITED STATES

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (908) 879-6737

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (908) 879-4205

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@highlands.state.nj.us

Hours_of_Service: 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time