Historic Fill For New Jersey, Series DGS04-7, Edition 20250415 (Geol_soil_historicfill)

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 Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), New Jersey Geological and Water Survey (NJG&WS)

Publication_Date: 20250415

Title:

Historic Fill For New Jersey, Series DGS04-7, Edition 20250415 (Geol_soil_historicfill)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Digital Geodata Series

Issue_Identification: DGS04-7

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Trenton, New Jersey

Publisher: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Online_Linkage: https://www.nj.gov/dep/njgs/geodata/dgs04-7.htm

Description:

Abstract:

The "Brownfield and Contaminated Site Remediation Act" (N.J.S.A. 58:10B-1 et seq.) requires the Department of Environmental Protection to map regions of the state where large areas of historic fill exist and make this information available to the public. This GIS layer depicts areas of historic fill covering more than approximately 5 acres. For the purposes of this layer, historic fill, as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:26E-1.8, means, “non-indigenous material, deposited to raise the topographic elevation of the site, which was contaminated prior to emplacement, and is in no way connected with the operations at the location of emplacement and which includes, without limitation, construction debris, dredge spoils, incinerator residue, demolition debris, fly ash, or nonhazardous solid waste. Historic fill material does not include any material that is substantially chromate chemical production waste or any other chemical production waste or waste from processing of metal or mineral ores, residues, slag or tailings. In addition, historic fill material does not include a municipal solid waste landfill site.” The information in the layer makes no determination whether the material was contaminated prior to emplacement. This layer can be used as one line of evidence for an investigator’s professional judgment in determining that historic fill is present at a site; however, an investigation must still be completed in accordance with the Technical Requirements for Site Remediation at N.J.A.C. 7:26E-4.7. Also see the Historic Fill Technical Guidance for more information regarding the investigation and remediation of historic fill at: https://dep.nj.gov/srp/guidance/. This data was mapped at a scale of 1:24,000 (1 inch represents 2000 feet) and is not intended for use at more-detailed scales. Fill was mapped from stereo aerial photography taken in March 1979, supplemented in places by planimetric aerial photography taken in the spring of 1991 and 1992. Additional areas of fill were mapped by comparing areas of swamp, marsh, and floodplain shown on archival topographic and geologic maps on file at the N. J. Geological Survey, dated between 1840 and 1910, to their modern extent. In a few places, fill was mapped from field observations and from drillers’ logs of wells and borings. Most urban and suburban areas are underlain by a discontinuous layer of excavated indigenous soil mixed with varying amounts of non-indigenous material. This material generally does not meet the definition of historic fill and is not depicted on this map. Also, there may be historic fills that are not detectable on aerial photography or by archival map interpretation and so are not shown on this map, particularly along streams in urban and suburban areas. As of this January 2016 edition, twelve new quadrangles were added to the statewide coverage. They are Allentown, Beverly-Frankford, Brookville, Canton-Taylors Bridge, Chatsworth, Forked River- Barnegat Light, Indian Mills, Keswick Grove, Lambertville, Millville, and Woodmansie. As of this March 2025 edition, eight new quadrangles were added to the statewide coverage. They were Cassville, Lakehurst, Oswego Lake, Jenkins, Atsion, Bridgeton, Whiting, and Lakewood. Seven quadrangles have been revised. They are Trenton East, Trenton West, Pennington, Lambertville, Rocky Hill, Ship Bottom, Point Pleasant, and Califon.

Purpose:

The "Brownfield Contaminated Site Remediation Act" (N.J.S.A. 58:10B-1 et seq.) requires the Department of Environmental Protection to map regions of the state where large areas of historic fill exist and make this information available to the public. This GIS layer was created by the New Jersey Geological Survey based on this requirement and depicts areas of historic fill covering more than approximately 5 acres.

Supplemental_Information:

This GIS layer is provided for informational purposes only. The use of this GIS layer as the only source of information regarding the presence of historic fill at a site does not fulfill the diligent inquiry requirements of the Preliminary Assessment set forth at, N.J.A.C. 7:26E-3.1(c). The GIS layer may be used as one source of information to fulfill the requirements of the Site Investigation at, N.J.A.C. 7:26E-3.12. The GIS layer is not intended to fulfill the Remedial Investigation requirements associated with historic fill at, N.J.A.C. 7:26E-4.6(b).

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20250415

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.587306

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.890363

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.357564

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.924819

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: Historic Fill

Theme_Keyword: Brownfield

Theme_Keyword: Fill

Theme_Keyword: Geology

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: environment

Place:

Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Place_Keyword: State of New Jersey

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

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.
Terms of Agreement
1. All data is provided, as is, without any representation or warranty of any kind, implied, expressed or statutory including, but not limited to, the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability or fitness for a particular use, freedom from computer virus nor are any such warranties to be implied with respect to the digital data layers furnished hereunder. User is responsible for understanding the accuracy limitations of all digital data layers provided herein, as documented in the accompanying cross-reference files (see SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION). Any reproduction or manipulation of the above data must ensure that the coordinate reference system remains intact.
2. Digital data received from the NJDEP may not be reproduced or redistributed without all the metadata provided.
3. Any maps, publications, reports, or other documents produced as a result of this project that utilize this digital data will credit the NJDEP'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 Department of Environmental Protection Geographic Information System digital data, but this secondary product has not been verified by NJDEP and is not state-authorized or endorsed."
4. NJDEP makes no warranty that digital data are free of Copyright or Trademark claims or other restrictions or limitations on free use or display. Making a copy of this data may be subject to the copyright of trademark laws.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Michael Castelli

Contact_Organization:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Geological and Water Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 29 Arctic Parkway; PO Box 420, Mail Code 29-01

City: Trenton

State_or_Province: New Jersey

Postal_Code: 08625-0420

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 609-984-6587

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: michael.castelli@dep.nj.gov

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: none

Security_Classification: none

Security_Handling_Description: none

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Attribute accuracy is tested by manually comparing hard copy plots of the digital data with the source materials. When attributes cannot be visually verified on plots they are interactively queried and verified on the screen.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Unknown

Completeness_Report: The files are complete, there are no known omissions.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Four tics on each mylar were utilized to register the data for digitizing (editing). A root-mean-square (RMS) error of 0.004 was required (approximately 41.67 feet at 1:100,000 scale). Proof plots were made for each data set on paper and compared to the original data.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: N/A

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

At this time 121 USGS 7.5 minute quadrangles have been mapped for historic fill in New Jersey. These 121 maps were digitized to ESRI coverages. All individual quadrangle coverages have been joined together through the use of the ArcInfo command MapJoin for the state creating one seamless shapefile. As of the January 2008 edition, eleven new quadrangles have been mapped and added to the statewide historic fill shapefile, they are the Bushkill, PA, Flatbrookville, Newton West, Chester, Lake Maskenozha, PA, Bernardsville, Pompton Plains, Bristol, PA, Stroudsburg, PA (no fill present, no map produced for this quadrangle), Salem and Delaware City.

Process_Date: 20080107

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

As of this February 2009 edition, the Plainfield quadrangle has been updated and added to the statewide historic fill shapefile.

Process_Date: 20090217

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

As of this January 2016 edition, twelve new quadrangles were mapped and added to the statewide coverage. They are Allentown, Beverly-Frankford, Brookville, Canton-Taylors Bridge, Chatsworth, Forked River- Barnegat Light, Indian Mills, Keswick Grove, Lambertville, Millville, and Woodmansie.

Process_Date: 20160126

Cloud_Cover: 0

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 12601

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

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

Planar:

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Definition:

Historic Fill data for New Jersey completed as of publication date.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NJGS

Entity_Type_Label: statefill

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FILL

Attribute_Definition: Column identifying historic fill.

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: F

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Polygon contains historic fill.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NJGS

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: X

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Polygon does not contain historic fill.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NJGS

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: N

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Historic fill mapping has not been completed for this polygon.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NJGS

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Historic Fill Attribute Labels
F = Fill areas X = Non fill areas N = Fill mapping has not been completed for quadrangle.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: See Entity and Attribute Overview

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Michael Castelli

Contact_Organization:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Geological and Water Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 29 Arctic Parkway; PO Box 420, Mail Code 29-01

City: Trenton

State_or_Province: New Jersey

Postal_Code: 08625-0420

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 609-984-6587

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: michael.castelli@dep.nj.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

This organization provides the geographic data as is. This organization makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. Also, this organization makes no warranty either expressed or implied, regarding the condition of the product or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although these files have been processed successfully on computers at this organization, no warranty is made by this organization regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

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Format_Name: AVSHP

Format_Version_Number: 8x

File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip

Transfer_Size: 5.683

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://www.nj.gov/dep/njgs/geodata/dgs04-7.htm

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: none

Recording_Format: none

Fees: None

Ordering_Instructions: Downloadable off of the NJGS web site

Custom_Order_Process:

Contact State Geologist New Jersey Geological and Water Survey 29 Arctic Parkway Trenton, NJ 08625

Technical_Prerequisites:

Software capable of importing ARC/INFO Interchange files and viewing ARC/INFO Coverages.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20250415

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Michael Castelli

Contact_Organization:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Geological and Water Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 29 Arctic Parkway; PO Box 420, Mail Code 29-01

City: Trenton

State_or_Province: New Jersey

Postal_Code: 08625-0420

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 609-984-6587

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: michael.castelli@dep.nj.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time