Historic Fill For New Jersey, Series DGS04-7, Edition 20180314 (Geol_soil_historicfill) (Web Mercator ArcGIS Online Service)

Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Publication Date: 20180314
Title: Historic Fill For New Jersey, Series DGS04-7, Edition 20180314 (Geol_soil_historicfill) (Web Mercator ArcGIS Online Service)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Series Information:
Series Name: Digital Geodata Series
Issue Identification: DGS04-7
Publication Information:
Publisher: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Online Linkage: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/digidownload/zips/OpenData/Geol_soil_historicfill.zip
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.
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. No representation is made as to the composition of the fill or presence of contamination in the fill. 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.
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: 20180314
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: Geology
Theme Keyword: Fill
Theme Keyword: Brownfield
Theme Keyword: Historic Fill
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme Keyword: environment
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: None
Place Keyword: New Jersey
Place Keyword: State of 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. 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 Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Geological and Water Survey
Contact Person: Helen Rancan
Contact Position: Research Scientist 1
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing
Address: 29 Arctic Parkway; PO Box 420, Mail Code 29-01
City: Trenton
State or Province: New Jersey
Postal Code: 08625-0420
Country: US
Contact Voice Telephone: 609-292-2576
Contact Electronic Mail Address: Helen.Rancan@dep.nj.gov
Data Set Credit: Scott Stanford (Research Scientist 1)
Security Information:
Security Classification System: none
Security Handling Description: none
Native Data Set Environment: ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Data Quality Information:
Attribute Value Accuracy Information:
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.
Positional Accuracy:
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
Spatial Data Organization Information:
Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector
Point and Vector Object Information:
SDTS Terms Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point and Vector Object Count: 11437
Entity and Attribute Information:
Detailed Description:
Entity Type:
Entity Type Label: statefill
Entity Type Definition: Historic Fill data for New Jersey completed as of publication date.
Entity Type Definition Source: NJGS
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 Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Geological and Water Survey
Contact Person: Helen Rancan
Contact Position: Research Scientist 1
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing
Address: 29 Arctic Parkway; PO Box 420, Mail Code 29-01
City: Trenton
State or Province: New Jersey
Postal Code: 08625-0420
Country: US
Contact Voice Telephone: 609-292-2576
Contact Electronic Mail Address: Helen.Rancan@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:
Digital Form:
Digital Transfer Information:
Format Name: DEP distributes ESRI .SHP and/or GDB. Some data may be NJ GeoWeb "display only" layers.
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
Fees: None
Ordering Instructions: Downloadable off of the NJGS web site
Technical Prerequisites: Software capable of importing ARC/INFO Interchange files and viewing ARC/INFO Coverages.
Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date: 20180314
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Geological and Water Survey
Contact Person: Helen Rancan
Contact Position: Research Scientist 1
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing
Address: 29 Arctic Parkway; PO Box 420, Mail Code 29-01
City: Trenton
State or Province: New Jersey
Postal Code: 08625-0420
Country: US
Contact Voice Telephone: 609-292-2576
Contact Electronic Mail Address: Helen.Rancan@dep.nj.gov
Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time