Note: Some information in this metadata describes the DEPHUC 14 coverage instead of the DEPHUC 11 because DEPHUC 14 is more detailed. Most processes and procedures used are identical for both coverages.
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References cited:
Seaber, P.R., Kapinos, F.P., and Knapp, G.L., 1987, Hydrologic unit maps: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2294, p. 1-13.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1980, Hydrologic watershed unit map-1980 State of New York: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1 sheet.
_______ 1982, Hydrologic unit coding map. (Unpublished map.) Somerset, New Jersey, 1 sheet.
_______ 1992, Mapping and digitizing hydrologic unit boundaries: National instruction no. 170-304. 26 p.
U.S. Geological Survey, 1974, Hydrologic unit map-1974, State of New Jersey, 1 sheet.
_______ 1982, A U.S. Geological Survey data standard, codes for the identification of hydrologic units in the United States and the Caribbean outlying areas: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 878A. p. A1- A3.
Hydrologic unit codes were used to tag each drainage basin polygon in the entire state with a 14-digit code. Various subsets of these 14 digits are included in the data set. They are coded in the attribute HUC14, which has pieces of it redefined as HUC4, HUC6, HUC8, and HUC11.
HUC 02040206010 (Oldman's Creek) was moved from HUC8 02040206 (Cohansey & Maurice) to HUC8 02040202 (Lower Delaware)
HUC 02040301010 (Manasquan River) was moved from HUC8 02040301 (Mullica & Toms River) to HUC8 02030104 (Sandy Hook & Staten Island)
Moved hucdiv 11 arc at point of Sandy Hook to new point on New Jersey/New York state boundary line
For Atlantic Ocean coastline, offshore buffer created at 3 miles. Buffer at 5 miles is ocean.
Hucdiv arcs between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York coded item hucdiv = 11. Delineations are in agreement with huc boundaries of publication Hydrologic Watershed Unit Map-1980 State of New York
Hucdiv arcs between Staten Island and Long Island, New York coded item hucdiv = 8 Delineations are in agreement with huc boundaries of publication Hydrologic Watershed Unit Map-1980 State of New York
hucdiv arcs of huc11 polygon 02040301050 changed
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040301080100 to 02040301050040,
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040301080110 to 02040301050050, new arc digitized for huc11 boundary at Seaside bridge reason consolidation of Kettle Creek
Added offshore polygon huc14 02030104910020
Added offshore polygons huc14 02030104920020 and 02030104920030
Added offshore polygons huc14 02030104930020 and 02030104930030
Added offshore polygons huc14 02040301910020 and 02040301910030
Added offshore polygons huc14 02040301920020, 02040301920030, and 02040301920040
Added offshore polygons huc14 02040302910020 and 02040302910030
Added offshore polygons huc14 02040302920020, 02040302920030, 02040302920040, 02040302920050, and 02040302920060
Added offshore polygons huc14 02040204910020, 02040204910030, and 02040204910040
Moved huc14 02040206070010 to 02040206060100
Moved the huc8 arc from the coastline to the state line for huc14 02040206060100
Calculated coastline arcs for huc8 02040206 item hucdiv equal to 8
Moved subpoly of huc14 02040105150040 to 02040105150020
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02020007040030 to 02020007040050, reason consolidation of Wawayanda Creek
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02020007040030 to 02020007040040, reason consolidation of Black Creek
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02030105160040 to 02030105160070, reason consolidation of South River watershed
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02030105100140 to 02030105100130, reason consolidation of Bear Brook
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02030105110070 to 02030105110070, reason consolidation of Beden Brook
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02030104070060 to 02030104070070, reason consolidation of Beden Brook
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02030104060060 to 02030104070110, reason consolidation of lower Shrewsbury River
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040301160100 to 02040301160110, reason consolidation of Albertson Brook
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040301150060 to 02040301150040, reason consolidation of Springers Brook
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040301190040 to 02040301190030, reason consolidation of West Branch of Wading River
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040301190070 to 02040301190050, reason consolidation of West Branch of Wading River
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040302050130 to 02040302050090, reason consolidation of English Creek subwatershed
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040206140010 to 02040206120050, reason consolidation of lower Still Run
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040206140060 to 02040206140010, reason consolidation of subbasins of Maurice River
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040202120060 to 02040202120080, reason consolidation of Big Timber Creek
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040202120060 to 02040202120020, reason consolidation of North Branch of Big Timber Creek
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040206040010 to 02040206040030, reason consolidation of subbasin
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040202060020 to 02040202060050, reason consolidation of Black Run
Reassigning of some subpolygons of huc14 02040201030010 to 02040201070030, reason consolidation of Crosswicks Creek
Reassigning of some subpolygons of huc14 02040202160060 to 02040206020010, reason consolidation of Oldmans Creek
Reassigning of some subpolygons of huc14 02030103100010 to create new 02030103100020, all of remaining huc14 polygons in 02030103100 were renumbered, reason consolidation of Masonicus Brook and Mahwah River
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02030103040020 to 02030103120060, reason consolidation of Deepavaal Brook
New hucdiv line digitized for huc14 02030103120010, reason consolidation of Peckman River
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040105110040 to 02040105120020, reason consolidation of Lopatcong Creek. New arc digitized for delineation.
Reassigning of subpolygons of huc14 02040105110020 to 02040105110030, reason consolidation of Buckhorn Creek.
2. NJGS Processing Notes for Dephuc14
12/22/99 NJGS received sub-huc14 basins coverage from USGS-WRD in NAD27 UTM coordinates and began processing into Dephuc14 in NAD83 State Plane Feet coordinates. Projection resulted in a coverage that was shifted about 735 ft SSW in comparison to earlier coverages. The reason for, and origin of this shift is unknown. Therefore, the projected coverage was manually transformed using an affine transformation to best fit the correct line positions based on a comparison to earlier version of the dephuc14 coverage. The coverage was built as a polygon and line coverage.
12/28/99 The new coverage was edited to delete the USGS version of the NJ State boundary, then equivalent lines from the NJDEP State-boundary reference coverage (stateco) were added in their place. All node errors and label errors were edited, then the coverage was dissolved from a sub-huc14 level to the huc14 level.
12/30/99 The dephuc14 coverage was cleaned, then polygon labels from an earlier version were joined to the PAT in order to preserve NJPDES attributes for unchanged polygons. Watershed Management Area, Water Region, and new HUC codes were edited to reflect the revisions. Repeated PAT items were dropped.
01/03/00 The dephuc14 AAT was edited to add USGS and NJGS field items HUCDIV and LINTYPE respectively. HUCDIV is an item used to represent the HUC4, HUC6, HUC8, HUC11, and HUC14 boundary lines, with the lower HUC values taking precedence over higher values. LINTYPE denotes those lines taken from the NJ State boundary theme (LINTYPE 9).
01/26/00 Arc attributes were manually updated to reflect HUC and LINTYPE values. The coverage was then rebuilt.
02/04/00 Arcs were added and deleted from the coverage based on NJDPES review to correct HUC14 basin delineation.
02/10/00 ARCS were added to coverage based on NJPDES review and USGS agreement to correct HUC14 basin delineation. All HUCDIV arcs items and HUC14 polygon items updated and checked. The set of 212 NAD83 quadrangle tics for the State were added to dephuc14 to replace the set of four tics originally included in the coverage. The dephuc14 coverage was cleaned and duplicated as dephuc14bup.
03/17/00 Created two new HUC14 polygons by adding two new lines based on NJPDES review of proposed changes with the USGS. Recleaned the coverage.
03/20/00 Updated coverage polygon labels with NJPDES labels. Added HUC4, HUC6, HUC8, WREGION, WR-NAME, WMA_NAME and WMNAME items and updated them to DWM specifications.
03/27/00 Added a new HUC11 line to split offshore HUC11 02040302910 in order to add 02040302920. Updated HUCDIV lintypes for altered area. Update HUC14 d_swid codes for 4 polygons. Dissolved dephuc14 into dephuc11, added and updated .PAT items for WMA, WMA_NAME, WREGION, and WR_NAME.
9/11/00 Calculated total drainage area of each subwatershed. This includes area that drains to the subwatershed plus that of the subwatershed. Expressed area in acres and square miles. Added areas to coverage.
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