U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
New Jersey Spatial Data Sets

The data sets listed below are for larger scale data (1:24:000 up to 1:500,000) for the state of New Jersey. Data created by or maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is shown in the first table with links to the metadata and data where possible. Data from other agencies is shown in the second table, also with direct links.

Data of this sort tend to be dynamic. If you are aware of additional data not shown here please notify the contact person at the bottom of the page. Thank you !

Map of New Jersey

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DATA

OFFICE NAME THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
E.B. Forsythe, Cape May, Great Swamp, Supawna, and Wallkill. Refuge Boundaries, DEM and Hillshade Refuges within the state 1:24,000 Follow the metadata link Data link for New Jersey refuges. Data are in Arc/Info export format, and can be downloaded as a tar (UNIX) file or self-extracting exe (DOS) file. Data is all single precision.
National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) Wetland Information scattered: 1:24,000 General NWI metadata  Data Downloads in Arc/Info export or DLG formats. Data is arranged by 1:250,000 quads. Quads for New Jersey are Hartford, Scranton, New York, Newark, Wilmington, and Salisbury.
National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatcheries Public Use Roads and Parking Areas All National Refuge and Hatcheries in the state with public road or parking facilities 1:24,000 Metadata - Roads, Parking Areas Data Link

DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES

SOURCE THEME SPATIAL COVERAGE SCALE METADATA DATA LINK
USGS DEM 10m - very limited
30m - most of state
1:24,000

1:100,000
USGS data with status maps for the data layers, scales, and formats identified.   7.5 minutes DEM data in SDTS format
USGS DEM statewide 1:250,000 DEM factsheet 1:250,000 data in DEM format
USGS DOQ statewide 1:12,000 USGS data with status maps for the data layers, scales, and formats identified.   
USGS DRG statewide 1:24,000 DRG factsheet  
USGS DLG (boundary, hypsography, hydrography, transportation) statewide 1:100,000 DLG factsheet 1:100,000 data in DLG format
USGS DLG (various  - see metadata link for status maps) various 1:24,000 DLG factsheet SDTS format data only
New Jersey Geographic Information Network - NJGIN various statewide   Metadata is available on Data detail page. NJGIN Explorer offers information about a diversity of digital geospatial data available for use with Geographic Information Systems software.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection GIS Groundwater, Geology, DRG data various 1:24,000 to 1:500,000 Metadata is compressed with data files. NJDEP GIS datasets are available for download as ArcView Shape files.
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Soils  -  STATSGO statewide 1:250,000 Follow the link on the Data page. Download instructions for STATSGO data Available for DOS or UNIX, in DLG or Arc/Info export format.
NRCS Soils  -  SSURGO limited 1:24,000  Follow link to data files.  The metadata links are on the same lines as data links. Available SSURGO data    Data is listed alphabetically by state abbreviation.
Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center DEM statewide 1:24,000 Metadata - follow data links. Data can be downloaded in e00 format.

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