14 Digit Hydrologic Unit Code Delineations for New Jersey, Edition 20160309 (Hydr_HUC14_bnd) (Web Mercator ArcGIS Online Service)

Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Publication Date: 20160309
Title: 14 Digit Hydrologic Unit Code Delineations for New Jersey, Edition 20160309 (Hydr_HUC14_bnd) (Web Mercator ArcGIS Online Service)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Publication Information:
Publisher: NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
Online Linkage: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/digidownload/zips/OpenData/Hydr_HUC14_bnd.zip
Description:
Abstract: The 14-digit hydrologic units (HUC14s) in New Jersey is a revision of the 20110225 version of these units. This version corrects 290 overlapping topology errors which were extremely small and visually undetectable. The 14-digit hydrologic units (HUC14s) in New Jersey is a revision of the 2006 version of these units. This version corrects some boundaries to be consistent with a new hydrography coverage based on 1:2,400 aerial photographs (NJDEP, 2008). It also makes some changes to be more consistent with a new 12-digit hydrologic unit coverage (EPA, 2009). This editing process created 42 new HUC14s, deleted one inland HUC14 and five coastal HUC14s in the Delaware Bay, and changed over 100 boundaries. A report detailing these changes (Hoffman and Pallis, 2009) is available online . For programmatic reasons the 14-digit units are clipped to New Jersey's political boundary. HUC14 hydrologic units were first published by Ellis and Price (1995) and made available as a shape file by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection soon afterword. Watershed boundaries were based on elevations and water courses from 1:24,000-scale (7.5-minute) USGS quadrangles. These were revised (NJDEP, 2006) by clipping the unit boundaries to the official NJ state boundary and addition of some additional identification information. Some boundaries were changed at that time to reflect errors found in the original coverage. This product is an interim product and will be replaced once better elevational data are available. It is based on elevational data from quadrangle maps at a scale of 1:24,000. The hydrography is at 1:2,400. Once high-resolution LiDAR data (at 1:2,400 or better) become available for New Jersey the 14-digit hydrologic units will be redrawn and this interim coverage will be replaced. EPA's 12-digit hydrologic system (USEPA, 2009) uses a numbering convention that is not entirely consistent with the 14-digit numbering system. For some HUC14s, the first 12 digits do not match the identification number of the 12-digit hydrologic unit it lies within. These discrepancies will be corrected when the HUC14s are next revised.
Purpose: This coverage defines hydrologic units for New Jersey. It is designed to identify the area which drains to a point of interest. It can be used as a starting point to delineate a study area with a drainage basin boundary.
Supplemental Information: This data is not field-checked and comes with no guarantees as to its accuracy. References: Ellis, W.H., Jr. and Price, C.V., 1995, Development of a 14-digit hydrologic coding scheme and boundary data set for New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey water-resources investigations report 95-4134, 1 sheet, 1:250,000. Hoffman, J.L. and Pallis, T., 2009, Revisions to New Jersey's HUC14s, 2009, with a correlation to HUC12s: N.J. Geological Survey Technical Memorandum 09-2, 61p, available online at https://www.njgeology.org/pricelst/tmemo/tm09-2.pdf New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 1993, NJDEP state rivers for New Jersey (third order or higher): online metadata in support of 1:24,000 geospatial digital coverage of streams, available at https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/stateshp.html. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 2006, NJDEP 14 Digit Hydrologic Unit Code delineations for New Jersey (DEPHUC14): online metadata in support of 1:24,000 geospatial digital coverage of hydrologic unit codes, available at https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis.html. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 2008, NJDEP stream network: online metadata in support of 1:2,400 geospatial digital coverage of streams, available at https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/strmnet.html. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2009, 12-digit hydrologic unit boundaries of the United States: online metadata in support of the nation-wide HUC8 geospatial digital coverage, available at https://www.epa.gov/waters/doc/auxiliary/wbd.html, accessed 6/23/09.
Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Single Date/Time:
Calendar Date: 20110225
Currentness Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: Irregular
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -75.593417
East Bounding Coordinate: -73.859684
North Bounding Coordinate: 41.357565
South Bounding Coordinate: 38.849328
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: User
Theme Keyword: Hydr_HUC14_bnd
Theme Keyword: HUC14
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme Keyword: inlandWaters
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
Theme Keyword: environmental protection
Theme Keyword: NJDEP
Theme Keyword: drainage basin
Theme Keyword: hydrology
Theme Keyword: dephuc14
Theme Keyword: hydrologic-unit codes
Theme Keyword: hydrologic
Theme Keyword: hydrologic units
Theme Keyword: subwatershed
Theme Keyword: huc14
Theme Keyword: watershed
Theme Keyword: HUC
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword: environment
Theme Keyword: inlandWaters
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place Keyword: State of
Place Keyword: New Jersey
Access Constraints: In most cases, a downloadable shapefile (.zip) version of this layer is also available. Information to download the shapefile can be found in the Distribution Section of this metadata record. This data layer is shown in the NJDEP's NJ-GeoWeb mapping application accessable through the Online Linkage: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/geowebsplash.htm
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: NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection, (NJDEP), NJ Geological Survey (NJGS)
Contact Person: Jeffrey L. Hoffman
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: P.O. Box 427
City: Trenton
State or Province: NJ
Postal Code: 08625
Contact Voice Telephone: 609-984-6587
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 609-633-1004
Contact Electronic Mail Address: Jeffrey.L.Hoffman@dep.nj.gov
Browse Graphic:
Browse Graphic File Name: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/digidownload/images/statewide/dephuc14.gif
Browse Graphic File Description: snapshot image of the DEPHUC14
Browse Graphic File Type: GIF
Data Set Credit: Ted Pallis and Jeff Hoffman
Native Data Set Environment: ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500
Data Quality Information:
Attribute Value Accuracy Information:
Attribute Accuracy Report: Attributes were verified against various sources, including USGS huc14 coverage and NJPDES data.
Logical Consistency Report: The dephuc14 has been reassembled from the USGS HUC14 coverage (which was based on 1:24,000 hydrography and elevational data), clipped to the NJ state boundary, and then revised based on a new 1:2,400 hydrography. This data is not field checked and has no guarantees as to its accuracy. EPA's 12-digit hydrologic system (USEPA, 2009) uses a numbering convention that is not entirely consistent with the 14-digit numbering system. For some HUC14s, the first 12 digits do not match the identification number of the 12-digit hydrologic unit it lies within. These discrepancies will be corrected when the HUC14s are next revised.
Completeness Report: The project as originally designed has been completed for the entire state. The hydrologic unit boundaries are clipped to the NJ State political boundary. Thus those units that extend across the New Jersey-New York boundary are not accurately displayed.
Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report: As part of the original processing (NJDEP, 2006) NJGS received sub-huc14 basins coverage from USGS-WRD in NAD27 UTM coordinates and began processing into Dephuc14 in NAD83 State Plane Feet coordinates. Projection resulted in a coverage that was shifted about 735 ft SSW in comparison to earlier coverages. The reason for, and origin of this shift is unknown. Therefore, the projected coverage was manually transformed using an affine transformation to best fit the correct line positions based on a comparison to earlier version of the dephuc14 coverage.
Lineage:
Source Information:
Source Citation:
Citation Information:
Publication Date: 19991222
Title: USGS HUC14 sub-watershed basins
Edition: 1999
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Publication Information:
Publisher: USGS
Other Citation Details: MAP AUTOMATION AUTOMATION DATE: Spring/Summer 1994 COORDINATE SYSTEM: Universe Trans Mercator DATUM: NAD27 AUTOMATION METHODS: Hand Digitized PRODUCTION STAFF: USGS, West Trenton AUTOMATION STATUS: Complete as of 12/10/99 DATA AVAILABILITY: Contact USGS References cited: Seaber, P.R., Kapinos, F.P., and Knapp, G.L., 1987, Hydrologic unit maps: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2294, p. 1-13. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1980, Hydrologic watershed unit map-1980 State of New York: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1 sheet. _______ 1982, Hydrologic unit coding map. (Unpublished map.) Somerset, New Jersey, 1 sheet. _______ 1992, Mapping and digitizing hydrologic unit boundaries: National instruction no. 170-304. 26 p. U.S. Geological Survey, 1974, Hydrologic unit map-1974, State of New Jersey, 1 sheet. _______ 1982, A U.S. Geological Survey data standard, codes for the identification of hydrologic units in the United States and the Caribbean outlying areas: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 878A. p. A1- A3.
Source Scale Denominator: 24000
Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Source Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Single Date/Time:
Calendar Date: 19990101
Time of Day: unknown
Source Currentness Reference: publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation: USGS HUC14
Source Contribution: Basis for dephuc14
Process Step:
Process Description: 
14-digit hydrologic units that are revised from an earlier version (NJDEP, 2006). This revision process is based on more accurate hydrography (NJDEP, 2008) and a better delineation of drainage areas. This process created 42 new HUC14s, deleted one inland HUC14 and five in the Delaware Bay, and changed over 100 boundaries. A full description of these change is in Hoffman and Pallis (2009) available online at https://www.njgeology.org/pricelst/tmemo/tm09-2.pdf. After all edits were made the areas were updated in the ArcGIS environment.
Process Date: 20091113
Process Step:
Process Description: 
DEPHUC14 listing of Watershed Management Names (WMA) were corrected to show: 1. Hackensack, Hudson, and Pascack 2. Pompton, Pequannock, Wanaque, Ramapo
Process Date: 20110225
Process Step:
Process Description: 
The 14-digit hydrologic units (HUC14s) in New Jersey is a revision of the 20110225 version of these units. This version corrects 290 overlapping topology errors which were extremely small and visually undetectable.
Process Date: 20160309
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: NJDEP, Bureau of GIS
Contact Person: GIS Help Desk
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: P.O. Box 420
Address: 401 East State Street
City: Trenton
State or Province: NJ
Postal Code: 08625-0420
Contact Voice Telephone: (609) 777-0672
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (609) 292-7900
Contact Electronic Mail Address: gisnet@dep.nj.gov
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: 970
Entity and Attribute Information:
Detailed Description:
Entity Type:
Entity Type Label: dephuc14
Entity Type Definition: NJDEP 14 digit Hydrologic Unit Code designations.
Entity Type Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute:
Attribute Label: OBJECTID
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: HUC4
Attribute Definition: Four digit Hydrologic Unit Code
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: See database for assigned 4 digit value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: HUC6
Attribute Definition: Six digit Hydrologic Unit Code
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: See database for assigned 6 digit value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: HUC8
Attribute Definition: Eight digit Hydrologic Unit Code
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: See database for assigned 8 digit value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: HUC11
Attribute Definition: Eleven Digit Hydrologic Unit Code
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: See database for assigned 11 digit value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: HUC14
Attribute Definition: Fourteen Digit Hydrologic Unit Code
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: See database for assigned 14 digit value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: WMA
Attribute Definition: Watershed Management Area Number
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: See database for assigned watershed management area number
Attribute:
Attribute Label: WMA_NAME
Attribute Definition: Watershed Management Area Name
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: See database for assigned watershed management area name
Attribute:
Attribute Label: WREGION
Attribute Definition: Water Region
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: See database for assigned water region
Attribute:
Attribute Label: WR_NAME
Attribute Definition: Water Region Name
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: See database for assigned water region name
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SWID
Attribute Definition: Sub Watershed Identification
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: unique value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SW_NAME
Attribute Definition: Sub Watershed name
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: See database for sub watershed name
Attribute:
Attribute Label: D_SWID
Attribute Definition: Sub Watershed Identification
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Identification based on sub watershed
Attribute:
Attribute Label: WID
Attribute Definition: Watershed Identification
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: See database for assigned watershed identification number
Attribute:
Attribute Label: W_NAME
Attribute Definition: Watershed Name
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: See database for watershed name
Attribute:
Attribute Label: D_WID
Attribute Definition: Watershed Identification
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Identification based on Watershed
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SWIDE2
Attribute Definition: Last two characters of SWID used for mapping purposes. The WIDE2 was used when the HUC11 was dissolved from the HUC14 and the "Watersheds of New Jersey" map was constructed. That way the AA, AB, ... BA, etc. letters could be displayed and the WMA number would not be displayed from the WID (i.e., 01AA, 01AB, ...)
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Based on SWID
Attribute:
Attribute Label: WIDE2
Attribute Definition: Last two characters of WID used for mapping purposes. The WIDE2 was used when the HUC11 was dissolved from the HUC14 and the "Watersheds of New Jersey" map was constructed. That way the AA, AB, ... BA, etc. letters could be displayed and the WMA number would not be displayed from the WID (i.e., 01AA, 01AB, ...)
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Based on WID
Attribute:
Attribute Label: ACRES
Attribute Definition: Acres of sub watershed
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: unique value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: HUC12
Attribute Definition: NJDEP 12 digit Hydrologic Unit Code designations.
Attribute Definition Source: NJDEP
Attribute Domain Values:
Codeset Domain:
Codeset Name: NJDEP 12 digit Hydrologic Unit Code designations.
Codeset Source: NJDEP
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SHAPE
Attribute Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SHAPE.AREA
Attribute Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SHAPE.LEN
Attribute Definition: Length of feature
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Geological and Water Survey
Contact Person: NJGS Webmaster
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing
Address: Po Box 420, Mail Code:29-01
City: Trenton
State or Province: NJ
Postal Code: 08625-0420
Contact Voice Telephone: 609-292-1185
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 609-633-1004
Contact Electronic Mail Address: njgsweb@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: latest version
File Decompression Technique: WinZip
Digital Transfer Option:
Online Option:
Computer Contact Information:
Network Address:
Network Resource Name: https://www.nj.gov/dep/njgs/geodata/index.htm
Online Option:
Computer Contact Information:
Network Address:
Network Resource Name: https://gisdata-njdep.opendata.arcgis.com/
Fees: none
Ordering Instructions: Contact: State Geologist New Jersey Geological and Water Survey 29 Arctic Parkway PO Box 420, Mail Code:29-01 Trenton, NJ 08625-0420
Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date: 20160309
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: New Jersey Geological Survey
Contact Person: Jeffrey L. Hoffman
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: PO Box 427
City: Trenton
State or Province: New Jersey
Postal Code: 08625
Contact Voice Telephone: (609) 984-6587
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (609) 633-1004
Contact Electronic Mail Address: Jeffrey.L.Hoffman@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