{"id":2212,"date":"2022-07-20T10:20:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T14:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njgs\/?page_id=2212"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:17:13","slug":"other-technical-maps-and-reports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njgws\/technical\/other-technical-maps-and-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Technical Maps and Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1668800450793{background-color: #e7daac !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1668800569892{padding-left: 140px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Other Technical Maps and 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][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1690479776299{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column_text]The maps and reports provided below are technical in nature but have not been peer-reviewed. The information presented in these documents pertains to, but is not limited to, earthquakes and New Jersey topography.[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion title_tag=”h5″ section_title_tag=”h6″ color=”mulled-wine” spacing=”5″ c_icon=”chevron” c_position=”right” active_section=”-1″ no_fill=”true” collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Earthquakes” tab_id=”earthquakes”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_text_separator title=”Earthquake Loss Estimation Studies: Geologic Component”][vc_column_text css=””]Damaging earthquakes in New Jersey are rare, but they have occurred and undoubtedly will again. Although predicting the time, place, and magnitude of earthquakes is not possible, their potential to do damage can be. Structural damage caused by an earthquake depends on how much the ground shakes. The amount of ground-shaking, in turn, depends on how soft and how deep the soil is, and on the type of bedrock lying beneath it. Also important is whether the soil type will lose strength, liquefy or slide downhill when shaken.<\/p>\n

Computer software (HAZUS, for Hazards U.S.) developed under the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was developed to simulate ground-shaking, building damage, and estimate economic loss, for potential earthquakes. The simulations take into account the magnitude and location of the earthquake, the physical properties of the soil and bedrock, and the type of building construction in the study area. Results of these simulations are used to guide the strengthening of structures built on vulnerable soils and to plan emergency response.<\/p>\n

The Survey, with partial funding from the N. J. State Police Office of Emergency Management, maps seismic soil properties, including shaking behavior, liquefaction susceptibility, and tendency to landslide. This is completed by county at 1:24,000 scale.<\/p>\n

Shaking behavior is mapped according to the methods developed by the\u00a0National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. Liquefaction and landslide susceptibility are mapped according to the classifications used in the\u00a0HAZUS model. For each county, HAZUS simulations use geologic data to provide damage and loss estimates for selected earthquake scenarios. The reports below provide details on these soil properties and economic loss estimates. The data on building stock used in these simulations are supplied with the HAZUS software and are from both federal and commercial sources. The building data have not been checked or verified by the N. J. Geological Survey.<\/p>\n

The GIS ESRI\u2122 shapefiles of Soil, Liquefaction and Landslide Susceptibility in New Jersey are available at\u00a0DGS15-2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Studies by County<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bergen<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Essex<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hudson<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middlesex<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monmouth<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morris<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Passaic<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Somerset<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Union<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Sample pages from Earthquakes in New Jersey, 1973 (Revised 1977).<\/em><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]This document<\/a> <\/i> includes a brief discussion of seismology, a listing of seismograph stations in and near New Jersey, an account of minor seismic activity related to the Triassic Border Fault and other areas in the state, and a listing of all the major and minor earthquakes large enough to be felt in New Jersey, and a few (too weak to be felt) detected by very sensitive seismographs. Authored by Daniel R. Dombroski, Jr. Published in 1970, revised in 1977.<\/p>\n

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An updated list and location map of earthquake occurrences in New Jersey is can be found in\u00a0DGS04-1<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Historic Fill Maps” tab_id=”1713966070772-2d361c89-9229″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Brownfield Historic Fill<\/h4>\n

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The \u201cBrownfield and Contaminated Site Remediation Act\u201d (N.J.S.A. 58:10B-1 et seq.) requires the Department to map regions where large areas of historic fill exist and to make this information available to the public. The Survey prepared maps showing areas of historic fill covering more than five acres. For the purposes of these maps, historic fill is non-indigenous material placed to raise the topographic elevation of a location. No representation is made as to the composition or contamination of the fill. These maps are not intended to be used at a parcel-scale. Any local evaluation of historic fill must be conducted by appropriate governmental agencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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 Milford PA-NJ<\/a><\/i><\/td>\nBoonton NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nFrenchtown NJ-PA<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nAllentown NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
  Port Jervis South NJ-Ny-PA<\/a><\/i><\/td>\nPompton Plains NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nPittstown NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nRoosevelt NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
  Unionville NY-NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nPaterson NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nFlemington NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nAdelphia NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
  Pine Island NY-NJ<\/i><\/td>\nHackensack NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nRaritan NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nFarmingdale NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Lake Maskenozha PA-NJ<\/a><\/i><\/td>\nYonkers NJ NY<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nBound Brook NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nAsbury Park NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
  Culvers Gap NJ-PA<\/a><\/i><\/td>\nBangor PA-NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nPlainfield NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nFrankford PA-NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Branchville NJ<\/a><\/i><\/td>\nBelvidere NJPA<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nPerth Amboy NJ-NY<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nBeverly PA-NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Hamburg NJ<\/a><\/i><\/td>\nWashington NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nArthur Kill NY-NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nBristol PA-NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Wawayanda NJ-NY<\/a><\/i><\/td>\nHackettstown NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nLumberville PA-NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nColumbus NJ <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Greenwood Lake NY_NJ<\/a><\/i><\/td>\nChester NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nStockton NJ-PA<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nNew Egypt NJ <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Sloatsburg NY-NJ<\/a><\/i><\/td>\nMendham NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nHopewell NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nCassville NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bushkill PA-NJ<\/a><\/i><\/td>\nMorristown <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nRocky Hill NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nLakehurst NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Flatbrookville NJ-PA<\/a><\/i><\/td>\nCaldwell NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nMonmouth Junction NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nLakewood NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Newton West<\/i><\/a><\/td>\nOrange NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nNew Brunswiick  NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nPoint Pleasant NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
  Newton East <\/a><\/i><\/td>\nWeehawken NJ NY<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nSouth Amboy<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nPhiladelphia PA-NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
  Franklin NJ<\/a><\/i><\/td>\nCentral Park NY-NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nKeyport NJ-NY<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nCamden NJ-PA <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Newfoundland NJ<\/i> <\/a><\/td>\nEaston NJ PA<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nSandy Hook NJ-NY<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nMoorestown  NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Wanaque NJ<\/i> <\/a><\/td>\nBloomsbury NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nLambertville PA-NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nMount Holly NJ <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Ramsey NJ-NY<\/i><\/a><\/td>\nHigh Bridge NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nPennington NJ-PA <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nPemberton NJ <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Park Ridge NJ-NY<\/i><\/a><\/td>\nCalifon NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nPrinceton NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nBrowns Mills NJ  <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Nyack NY-NJ <\/i><\/td>\nGladstone NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nHightstown NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nWhiting NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Stroudsburg PA-NJ <\/i><\/td>\nBernardsville NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nJamesburg NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nKeswick  Grove NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Portland NJ-PA<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nChatham NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nFreehold NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nToms River NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Blairstown NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nRoselle NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nMarlboro NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nSeaside Park NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 Tranquility NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nElizabeth NJ-NY<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nLong Branch NJ <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nMarcus Hook PA-NJ-DEL  <\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanhope NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nJersey City NJ-NY<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nTrenton West PA-NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nOcean City NJ <\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dover NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nRiegelsville PA-NJ<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nTrenton East NJ-PA<\/a> <\/i><\/td>\nAtlantic City NJ<\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Woodbury NJ<\/a><\/i>                                 Long Beach NE NJ<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

TuckaHoe NJ<\/i>                                 Marmora NJ<\/i><\/p>\n

Runnemede NJ<\/i> <\/a>                             Delaware City DEL-NJ<\/i>  <\/a><\/p>\n

Clementon NJ<\/i>                                 Salem NJ<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Medford Lakes NJ<\/i>                         Alloway NJ <\/i><\/p>\n

Indian Mills NJ <\/a><\/i>                              Elmer NJ<\/i><\/p>\n

Chatsworth NJ <\/a> <\/i>                             Newfield NJ<\/i><\/p>\n

Woomansie NJ<\/a><\/i>                              Buena NJ<\/i><\/p>\n

Brookville NJ<\/i> <\/a>                                 Newtonville NJ <\/i><\/p>\n

Forked River NJ <\/a><\/i>                            Egg Harbor City NJ<\/i><\/p>\n

Barnegat Light NJ<\/a><\/i>                         Green Bank NJ<\/i><\/p>\n

Wilmington South DEL-NJ<\/a><\/i>           New Gretna NJ <\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Penns Grove NJ-DEL <\/a><\/i>                    Tuckerton NJ<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Woodstown NJ<\/i>                               Taylor Bridge DEL-NJ<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Pitman East NJ<\/i>                              Canton NJ-DEL<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Pitman West NJ                                Millville NJ <\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Shiloh NJ<\/i>                                        Five Points<\/i><\/p>\n

Williamstown NJ<\/i>                           Bridgeton NJ<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Hammonton NJ<\/i>                             Dorothy NJ<\/i><\/p>\n

Atsion NJ<\/a><\/i>                                        Mays Landing NJ<\/i><\/p>\n

Jenkins NJ<\/i> <\/a>                                     Pleasantville NJ<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Oswego Lake NJ<\/i> <\/a>                     Bombay Hook DEL-NJ<\/i><\/p>\n

Brigantine NJ<\/i>                              Ben Davis Point NJ–DEL<\/i><\/p>\n

Oceanville NJ<\/i>                                  Cedarville NJ<\/i><\/p>\n

West Creek NJ<\/i> <\/a>                               Dividing Creek NJ <\/i><\/p>\n

Ship Bottom NJ<\/i> <\/a>                             Port Elizabeth NJ <\/i><\/p>\n

Fortescue NJ<\/i>                                   Port Norris NJ<\/i><\/p>\n

Heislerville NJ<\/i>                                 Woodbine NJ<\/i>  <\/a><\/p>\n

Sea Isle City NJ <\/a><\/i>                                Rio Grande NJ<\/i><\/p>\n

Stone Harbor NJ <\/a><\/i>                             Avalon NJ <\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Cape May NJ   <\/a><\/i>                                Wildwood NJ <\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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