The New Jersey Highlands Council is making the following Digital Spatial Data available.  Please refer to each data layer’s individual metadata for a detailed description of use, limitations and distribution agreement.  All spatial files are in Shapefile format and have been compressed in .ZIP format to improve download time.

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DATASET

LAYER (.zip)

METADATA (.htm)

DATE OF RELEASE

New Data
Land Use Capability Map Series       
Zone
 (4 MB)

Original Posting 11/20/2007
Revised Posting 9/12/2008
Water Availability
 (987 KB)

11/26/2007
Public Community Water Systems
 (19 MB)

11/26/2007
Domestic Sewerage Facilities
 (4 MB)

Original Posting 2/28/2008
Revised Posting 9/12/2008
Septic System Yield
 (1.6 MB)

Original Posting 11/26/2007
Revised Posting 9/12/2008

Supporting LUCM Series Shape Files 

  

Lakes Greater Than or Equal to 10 Acres

 (1.70 MB)

1/10/2008

Lake Management Areas

 (2.59 MB)

1/10/2008

Potential Areas Suitable for Voluntary Highlands Development Credit Receiving Zones

 (12 MB)

Original Posting 1/10/2008
Revised Posting 9/12/2008

          Open Space

 (4.6 MB)

1/09/2008
Agricultural Land Uses
 (4.33 MB)

12/24/2007
Baseline Transportation & Transit
 (1.89 MB)

12/24/2007
Critical Habitat
 (13.7 MB)

Original Posting 12/24/07
Revised Posting 09/12/08
Developed Land Uses
 (12.8 MB)

12/24/2007
Forest Area Within Forest Resource Area
 (15.4 MB)

12/24/2007
Highlands Domestic Sewerage Facilities Existing Area Served + 100'
 (8.15 MB)

Orginal Posting 11/26/07
Revised Posting 03/06/08
Low Density Residential Land Use
 (5.87 MB)

12/24/2007
       

Raster Data
Topography (317 KB)

03/24/2008
Forest Integrity      
Total Forest Area
 (1.1 MB)

3/22/2007
Forest Resource Protection Area
 (286 KB)

3/22/2007
Forest Core over 250 Acres
 (456 KB)

3/22/2007
Forest Patch over 500 Acres
 (512 KB)

3/22/2007
Proportion Total Forest Greater than 45 Percent
 (825 KB)

3/22/2007
HUC14 Forest Integrity Score
 (908 KB)

11/19/2009
Watershed Characteristics       
Watershed Condition - High
 (208 KB)

3/22/2007
Forest Condition - High
 (210 KB)

3/22/2007
Habitat Quality - High
 (198 KB)

3/22/2007
HUC14 Watershed Values
 (907 KB)

11/19/2009
Riparian Corridor      
Riparian Area
 (862 KB)

3/22/2007
Riparian Area - Undeveloped
 (943 KB)

3/22/2007
Flood Prone Area
 (594 KB)

3/22/2007

Riparian Corridor Condition - High

 (543 KB)

3/22/2007
Riparian Corridor Impervious Cover - Low
 (643 KB)

3/22/2007
Riparian Vegetation Condition - High
 (482 KB)

3/22/2007
Riparian Habitat Quality - High
 (625 KB)

3/22/2007
HUC14 Riparian Values
 (908 KB)

11/19/2009
       
Recharge      
Prime Recharge Greater than 40 Percent
 (971 KB)

3/22/2007
Open Water       
Highlands Open Water Protection Area
 (834 KB)

3/22/2007
Highlands Open Water Protection Area - Non Developed
 (933 KB)

3/22/2007
Streams and Lakes
 (322 KB)

3/22/2007
Wetlands
 (668 KB)

3/22/2007
Streams and Lakes - Highlands Classification
 (605 KB)

3/22/2007
Wetlands Protection Area - Highlands Classification
 (600 KB)

3/22/2007
Critical Habitat      
Critical Habitat Resource Area
 (171 KB)

3/22/2007
Critical Wildlife Area
 (478 KB)

3/22/2007
All Habitat - Landscape Rank 2 through 5
 (939 KB)

3/22/2007
Highlands Conservation Status - Highlands Rank 2 and 3
 (914 KB)

3/22/2007
Water/Wetland Dependent Species Habitat
 (845 KB)

3/22/2007

Mussels Location with 1,000 Foot Buffer

 (125 KB)

3/22/2007
Vernal Pools Location with 1,000 Foot Buffer
 (160 KB)

3/22/2007
Significant Natural Areas
 (196 KB)

3/22/2007
Slope      
Slope Greater than 20 Percent - Undeveloped
 (426 KB)

3/22/2007
Slope Greater than 15 Percent - Undeveloped
 (649 KB)

3/22/2007
Slope Greater than 10 Percent within Riparian Corridor
 (596 KB)

3/22/2007
       
Agriculture      
Agricultural Priority Areas
  (3 MB)

3/17/2008
Agricultural Resource Area
 (192 KB)

3/22/2007
Important Farmland Soils - Undeveloped
 (371 KB)

3/22/2007
Preserved Farms
 (175 KB)

3/22/2007
Contiguous Farming Landscapes Greater than 250 Acres
 (297 KB)

3/22/2007
All Agricultural Uses Greater than 10 Acres
 (360 KB)

3/22/2007
Development Intensity      
Rural Residential - Low Density Residential
 (150 KB)

3/22/2007
Core Developed Area
 (273 KB)

3/22/2007
Moderate Developed Area
 (307 KB)

3/22/2007
Suburban Fringe - Low Density Residential
 (390 KB)

3/22/2007
Utilities      
Sewer - Existing Area Served
 (305 KB)

3/22/2007
Water - Existing Area Served
 (360 KB)

3/22/2007
Population Density      
Population Density Greater than 3 Dwelling Units per Acre
 (290 KB)

3/22/2007

Population Density Greater than 5 Dwelling Units per Acre

 (175 KB)

3/22/2007
Impervious Area       
Impervious Cover Greater than 30 Percent
 (433 KB)

3/22/2007
Impervious Cover Greater than 50 Percent
 (281KB)

3/22/2007
Transit      
Transit Hub within 0.5 Miles
 (117 KB)

3/22/2007
Transit Hubs within 1 Mile
 (140 KB)

3/22/2007
       

Vector Data
Existing Areas Served       
Potable Water
 (16.5 MB)

3/22/2007
Sanitary Sewer
 (14.2 MB)

3/22/2007
Highland Parcel Based Zoning  (98.6 MB)

3/22/2007
Open Water      
Streams
 (16.7 MB)

3/22/2007
Water Bodies
 (7.1 MB)

3/22/2007
Wetlands
 (21.4 MB)

3/22/2007
Preserved Farms  (405 KB)

3/22/2007

Impervious Cover

      
Greater than 30%
 (6.2 MB) 3/22/2007
Greater than 50%
 (2.8 MB) 3/22/2007
Source Water Protection Area  (334 KB)

3/15/2007
Slopes 

 

 

 
Greater than 20% - Undeveloped
 (1.7 MB)

3/8/2007
Greater than 15% - Undeveloped
 (3.2 MB)

3/8/2007
Greater than 10% within the Riparian Area - Undeveloped
 (2.4 MB)

 

3/8/2007
       
Surface Water Reservoirs  (70 KB)

2/28/2007
Open Water Protection Area  (24 MB)

2/28/2007
Riparian Area  (19 MB)

2/28/2007
Bergen County within the Highlands   

 

 
County Boundary
 (99 KB)

2/20/2007
Municipal Boundary
 (100 KB)

2/20/2007
Parcel Base
 (8 MB)

2/20/2007
Hunterdon County within the Highlands   

 

 
County Boundary
 (151 KB)

2/20/2007
Municipal Boundary
 (267 KB)

2/20/2007
Parcel Base
 (13 MB)

2/20/2007
Morris County within the Highlands   

 

 
County Boundary
 (240 KB)

2/20/2007
Municipal Boundary
 (673 KB)

2/20/2007
Parcel Base
 (58 MB)

2/20/2007
       
Passaic County within the Highlands   

 

 
County Boundary
 (80 KB)

2/20/2007
Municipal Boundary
 (94 KB)

2/20/2007
Parcel Base
 (12 MB)

2/20/2007
Somerset County within the Highlands   

 

 
County Boundary
 (210 KB)

2/20/2007
Municipal Boundary
 (289 KB)

2/20/2007
Parcel Base
 (8MB)

2/20/2007
Sussex County within the Highlands   

 

 
County Boundary
 (86 KB)

2/20/2007
Municipal Boundary
 (142 KB)

2/20/2007
Parcel Base
 (19 MB)

2/20/2007
       
Warren County within the Highlands   

 

 
County Boundary
 (118 KB)

2/20/2007
Municipal Boundary
 (207 KB)

2/20/2007
Parcel Base
 (16 MB)

2/20/2007
Conservation Priority Areas  (20 MB)

3/24/2008
Special Environmental Zones  (331 KB)

7/30/2008
Agricultural Resource Area  (85 KB)

2/8/2007
Critical Habitat Resource Area  (88 KB)

2/8/2007
Forest Resource Area  (298 KB)

2/8/2007
Land Use / Land Cover  (94 MB)

2/8/2007
Highlands Preservation
   and Planning Areas 		  

 

 
Polygon Boundary
 (1.3 MB)

1/19/2010
Line Boundary
 (1.5 MB)

1/19/2010
Highlands Region  (446 KB)

2/8/2007
Prime Ground Water Recharge Area  (13 MB)