State of New Jersey NHD / WBD Stewardship Conference NJ State Steward Report By: Craig Coutros, NJDEPApril 15, 2009

NJDEP NHD Contacts New Jersey USGS Geospatial Liaison Roger Barlow DC,DE,MD,NJ,Chesapeake Bay USGS POC Region 6 David Anderson NHD POC, Rolla, MO George Heleine NHD POC, Rolla, MO - Region 5 Principal Steward for New Jersey Larry Thornton Manager Bureau of Geographic Information Systems Technical POC for New Jersey Seth Hackman, GIS Specialist MOU DocumentMOU Document: MOU signed Fall 2008 MOU Document

NJDEP Hydrography Statewide conflation of NHD High resolution to Local resolution Statewide conflation of NHD High resolution to Local resolution Supplement 2002 Hydrography features with 2007 Imagery Supplement 2002 Hydrography features with 2007 Imagery Incorporate HUC12 boundary updates Incorporate HUC12 boundary updates Current Projects Imagery Spring 2007 Imagery 1 ft pixel – 4 bands ( Color and CIR services) Spring 2007 Imagery 1 ft pixel – 4 bands ( Color and CIR services) Land Use / Land Cover 2007 Update Based on Spring 2007 Imagery : QC role ( 4 th update –’86,’95,’02) Based on Spring 2007 Imagery : QC role ( 4 th update –’86,’95,’02) Statewide LIDAR Collection dates Collection dates WBD Update HUC12 revision based on HUC14 - Complete HUC12 revision based on HUC14 - Complete

NJDEP NJ State Agencies Utilize Water features – various sources Current Sources of Hydrography data 1986 Hydrography USGS – dlg’s 1986 Hydrography USGS – dlg’s NHD High resolution NHD High resolution 2002 Hydrography 1:2400 – Flowlines and Waterbodies 2002 Hydrography 1:2400 – Flowlines and Waterbodies Water Issues Current Objectives Conflation of NHD 1:24,000 to NJ features Conflation of NHD 1:24,000 to NJ features 2002/2007 Hydrography 1:2400 – Flowlines and Waterbodies 2002/2007 Hydrography 1:2400 – Flowlines and Waterbodies Surface Water Quality Standards NHDLine events - reach code Surface Water Quality Standards NHDLine events - reach code Storet to WQX and to NHDPoint or events Storet to WQX and to NHDPoint or events

NJDEP 2002 Hydrography Statistics of Change: Streams 1986 (1;24000) vs. Streams 2002 (1:2400) (no attributes)

NJDEP Agencies Land Use Regulation Program Water Supply Administration Land Use Regulation Program Water Supply Administration Source Water Assessment Program Division of Watershed Management New Jersey Geological Survey Water Monitoring and Standards Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring Bureau of Freshwater & Biological Monitoring Bureau of Water Quality Standards & AssessmentSource Water Assessment Program Division of Watershed Management New Jersey Geological Survey Water Monitoring and StandardsBureau of Marine Water MonitoringBureau of Freshwater & Biological MonitoringBureau of Water Quality Standards & Assessment Natural and Historic Resources Division of Fish & Wildlife Engineering and Construction Division of Fish & Wildlife Engineering and Construction Dam Safety Section Flood Control Section Bureau of Coastal EngineeringDam Safety SectionFlood Control SectionBureau of Coastal Engineering Land Use Management

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NJ Hydrography 2002

NJDEP Contract started January 2009 with Pilot HUC8 Contract started January 2009 with Pilot HUC8 - Team Civil: Civil Solutions, Data Enhancements Services & Watershed Concepts NJDEP Role NJDEP Role - Data Preparation – Coverage format, FCode crosswalk, Subset Source, Flow check, Errors identified & fixed, NHDGCT prep to Interactive Conflation step - Supply Vendor SourceGDB, SubsetGBD, Coverages (net24, huc_edit, nhdpt, hyd2d_fc) - Respond to vendor questions - QC deliverables: Reachcode checks, Table relates - XmlExport & Xml2GDB USGS Role - NHD Expertise / Training - QC Deliverables - Upload to NHD NHD Conflation Project

NJDEP NJ to NHD Feature Crosswalk All except

NJDEP Flowline FCode Crosswalk 0 - River bank/Water body (>30ft) 1 - Stream(10-30ft) 2 - River/Water Body Centerline 3 - Artificial Connector 4 - Ditch 5 - Indeterminate Wetland drainage 0 = Coastline only 1 = StreamRiver 2 = ArtificialPath 3 = Connectors < 75’ 3 = Pipelines => 75’ 4 = CanalDitch 5 = StreamRiver 2002 NJDEP Stream code NHD Flowline FCode CurrentCurrent

NJDEP NHD Project Status

NJDEP Project Challenges Project Challenges - Subbasin Boundary changes - State Borders & SubsetGDB - Missing feature checks - NHD Structure vs NJ target data - NHDFlowline features - NHDWaterbody features - NHDArea features - GNIS feature name differences - Water level of ponds missing - Tidal water levels - Bay / Ocean separation - Coastline shifts Future Challenges Future Challenges - GNIS feature updates - Water Tidal water levels - Feature Class updates - Event Themes

NJDEP Contact Info: NJDEP, Bureau of GIS Website: Phone: (609)