NJ Land use 2015

Overview

Land use data from NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection Bureau of GIS.

Attributes

acres

Area of polygon in acres.

number
land_use_code_2015

Numeric 4 digit code representing land use/land cover category, (see Land Use/Land Cover Classification System (2015).html).

string
land_use_label_2015

Description of land use/land cover category, (2015).

string
land_use_type_2015

Generalized (Level I) land use/land cover category, (2015).

string
impervious_surface_share_2015

Percent of each land use polygon covered by impervious surface for 2015 calculated from LiDAR 2015 IS project.

number
impervious_surface_acres_2015

Acreage of each polygon covered by impervious surfaces for 2015.

number
distressed_vegetation_2015

Flag to identify Distressed Vegetation polygons that show the effect of some stress in 2015: 0- No vegetation stresses evident, 1- Stress visible in needles of standing live conifers, 2- Evidence of reduced vigor in non-conifer species, 3- Man-made disturbance, 4- Persistent Distressed Vegetation

string
land_use_code_2012

Numeric 4 digit code representing land use/land cover category, (see Land Use/Land Cover Classification System (2012).html).

string
land_use_label_2012

Description of land use/land cover category, (2012).

string
land_use_type_2012

Generalized (Level I) land use/land cover category, (2012).

string
impervious_surface_share_2012

Percent of each land use polygon covered by impervious surface for 2012.

number
impervious_surface_acres_2012

Acreage of each polygon covered by impervious surfaces for 2012.

number
distressed_vegetation_2012

Flag to identify Distressed Vegetation polygons that show the effect of some stress in 2012: 0- No vegetation stresses evident, 1- Stress visible in needles of standing live conifers, 2- Evidence of reduced vigor in non-conifer species, 3- Man-made disturbance, 4- Persistent Distressed Vegetation

string
land_use_change_2015

Flag that identifies whether polygon has undergone a land use/land cover change between 2012 and 2015: 0- Polygon has not undergone change in land use classification between 2012 and 2015, 1- Polygon has undergone a change in land use classification between 2012 and 2015

string
impervious_surface_change_2015

Flag that identifies whether polygon has undergone a change in estimated impervious surface percent between 2012 and 2015: 0- Polygon has not undergone a change in estimated impervious surface percent between 2012 and 2015, 1- Polygon has undergone a change in estimated impervious surface percent between 2012 and 2015

string
hydrologic_unit_code

USGS Hydrologic Unit 8 digit Code (Subbasin): 02020007- Rondout, 02030101- Lower Hudson, 02030103- Hackensack - Passaic, 02030104- Sandy Hook - Staten Island, 02030105- Raritan, 02040104- Middle Delaware - Mongaup - Brodhead, 02040105- Middle Delaware - Musconetcong, 02040201- Crosswicks - Neshaminy, 02040202- Lower Delaware, 02040204- Delaware Bay, 02040206- Cohansey - Maurice, 02040301- Mullica - Toms, 02040302- Great Egg Harbor, 02040303- Chincoteague

string
dataset_status

Identifies development status of data set: DRAFT- For internal review only, FINAL- Final NJDEP approved data set

string
dataset_approved_date

Date data set was approved by NJDEP.

string
comid

10-digit integer that uniquely identifies the occurrence of each feature.

string
permid

A permanent identifier that uniquely identifies each feature.

string
feature_last_modified_date

Date of last feature modification.

string
source_resolution

Source resolution. Currently NHD is available as separate resolutions: 1- Local, greater than 1:12,000, 2- High, 1:24,000/12,000, 3- Medium, 1:100,000

string
gnis_id

Unique identifier assigned by GNIS.

string
gnis_name

Proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.

string
area_sq_km

Area of feature in square kilometers.

number
elevation

The vertical distance from a given datum.

number
reach_code

Unique identifier composed of two parts. The first eight digits is the subbasin code as defined by FIPS 103. The next six digits are randomly assigned, sequential numbers that are unique within a subbasin, 8 digit subbasin followed by unique id.

string
feature_type

Three-digit integer value; unique identifier of a feature type.

string
feature_code

Five-digit integer value; composed of the feature type and combinations of characteristics and values.

string
feature_type_desc

Text description of FType Domain value.

string
feature_code_desc

Text description of FCode Domain value.

string
feature_type_domain

Text description of FType Domain value for display layer symbology.

string
nhd_feature_class

Text description of NHD feature class crosswalk: NHDArea- Feature is part of NHDArea feature class, NHDWaterbody- Feature is part of NHDWaterbody feature class

string
waterbody_name

Proper name of larger waterbody to which the portion of named water is part of, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.

string
feature_id

Unique identifier assigned by Bureau of Geographic Names from GNIS database download.

string
feature_name

Proper name, specific term, or expression by which a particular geographic entity is known.

string
feature_class

Feature classification assigned by Bureau of Geographic Names from GNIS database download.

string
level_elevation

Elevation value of waterbody used to Hydro-flatten DEM.

number
shape_length

Length of feature in internal units.

number
shape_area

Area of feature in internal units squared.

number