{"id":2067,"date":"2022-07-15T15:09:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njgs\/?page_id=2067"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:12:03","slug":"historical-technical-reports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njgws\/technical\/historical-technical-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Technical Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1668799966046{background-color: #e7daac !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1668800147855{padding-left: 140px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Historical Technical Reports<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1690466858210{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1690467291701{background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”]Data presented in these historical reports include, but are not limited to, groundwater supplies in particular areas of the state, the geology of New Jersey, the paleontology of New Jersey, and battles and skirmishes of the American Revolution in New Jersey. These reports are broken into four types: Annual Reports, Final Report Series, Special Reports, County in Brief Report Series, and Miscellaneous.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The following is a list of historical technical reports published by the New Jersey Geological & Water Survey:[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion section_title_tag=”h6″ color=”mulled-wine” spacing=”5″ c_icon=”chevron” c_position=”right” active_section=”-1″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1690460975366{background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”][vc_tta_section title=”Annual Reports” tab_id=”annual-reports”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]The following historical reports provide a brief, annual summary of the work performed by the New Jersey Geological Survey from 1836 to 1909:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Report on the Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey, By Henry D. Rogers, 1836<\/a> <\/i> (without maps and cross sections)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Description of the Geology of the State of New Jersey, Being a Final Report, 1840<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0First Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1854<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Second Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1855<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Third Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1856<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Report of Professor George H Cook Upon the Geological Survey of New Jersey and its Progress During the Year 1863<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of Professor George H Cook, State Geologist, of the Geological Survey of New Jersey, for the Year 1864<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Third Annual Report on the Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey for the Year 1866<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Report of the State Geologist, Professor George H Cook, for the Year 1867<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Geology of New Jersey, 1868<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist of New Jersey for the Year 1869<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist of New Jersey for the Year 1870<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1871<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1872<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1873<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist of New Jersey for the Year 1874<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist of New Jersey for the Year 1875<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1876<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1877<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1878<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1879<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1880<\/a> <\/i>\u00a0\u00a0(also available in German<\/a> <\/i>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1881<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1882<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1883<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1884<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1885<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1886<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1887<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1888<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1889<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1890<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1891<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1892<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1893<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1894<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1895<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1896<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1897<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1898<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1899 <\/a> <\/i>(Report on Forests)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1899<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1900<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1901<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1902<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1903<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1904<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1905<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1906<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1907<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1908<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1909<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Sample Image of basaltic columns in O’rourkes quarry on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Orange, New Jersey from the annual report of the state geologist for the year 1884.<\/figcaption><\/figure>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Final Report Series” tab_id=”final-report-series”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]The following volumes comprise a report that contains information pertaining to the geodesy, topography, magnetism, and climate of New Jersey:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1690466462830{background-color: #efefef !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”2132″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Sample page from final report (vol. V).<\/em><\/p>\n

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Volume\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nPublication Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I<\/td>\nTopography, magnetism, and climate<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n1888<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
II<\/td>\nPart 1. Mineralogy, and botany<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n1889<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPart 2. Zoology<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n1890<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
III<\/td>\nWater-supply, water-power, flow of streams and attendant phenomena<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n1894<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IV<\/td>\nThe physical geography of N.J.<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n1898<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
V<\/td>\nGlacial geology of N.J.<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n1902<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VI<\/td>\nThe clays and clay industry of N.J.<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n1904<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VII<\/td>\nIron Mines and Mining in N.J.<\/a> <\/i> (with maps and plates)<\/td>\n1910<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VIII<\/td>\nThe Quaternary formations of southern N.J.<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n1917<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The special reports listed below describe the geology and groundwater supplies of Newark, New Jersey and from the No. 1 sand in the vicinity of Parlin, Middlesex County, New Jersey. These reports were prepared in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey as a part of the cooperative investigation of the groundwater resources of the State.<\/p>\n

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Sample page from Special Report 7.<\/em><\/p>\n

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SPR Number<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nPublication Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nWater Supplies from the no. 1 Sand in the vicinity of Parlin, New Jersey<\/a> <\/i><\/sup><\/td>\n1937<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nPreliminary Report on the Geology and Ground-Water Supply of the Newark, New Jersey Area<\/a> <\/i><\/sup><\/td>\n1951<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Miscellaneous Historical Reports” tab_id=”miscellaneous-historical-reports”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=””] <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublication Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A preliminary Catalogue of the Flora of New Jersey<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\ncompiled by Britton, N.L.<\/td>\n1881<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Report on the Clay Deposits of Woodbridge, South Amboy And Other Places in New Jersey<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n1878<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paleontology of New Jersey. Volume I. Brachiopoda and Lamellibranchiata of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of N.J.<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nWhitfield, Robert P.<\/td>\n1886<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paleontology of New Jersey. Volume II. Gasteropoda and Cephalopoda of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of N.J.<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nWhitfield, Robert P.<\/td>\n1892<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paleontology of New Jersey. Volume III. The Paleozoic faunas<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nWeller, Stuart<\/td>\n1903<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paleontology of New Jersey. Volume IV. A Report on the Cretaceous Paleontology of New Jersey<\/a> (Text) <\/i><\/td>\nWeller, Stuart<\/td>\n1907<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paleontology of New Jersey. Volume IV. A Report on the Cretaceous Paleontology of New Jersey<\/a> (Plates) <\/i><\/td>\nWeller, Stuart<\/td>\n1907<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Geology of the County of Cape May, State of New Jersey<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nCook, H.<\/td>\n1857<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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