Natural and Cultural Resource Inventory and Guide
The Somerset County Planning Board is in the process of updating it's 1983 Natural & Cultural Resource Inventory which is an element of the County Master Plan. In 2015 the below listed maps were prepared based on best available data. Additional components of this plan element including chapter text and best management practices will be added in the future.
Chapter 1: Preserved Lands
Preserved Land-36" x 48" Display Map
Chapter 2: Freshwater Wetlands
Freshwater Wetlands 36" x 48" Display Map
Chapter 3: Geology
Geology-36" x 48" Display Map
Chapter 4: Groundwater
Aquifer-Groundwater Recharge Areas – 36” x 48” Display Map
Chapter 5: Habitat Areas
Habitat–36” x 48” Display Map
Chapter 6: Watershed and Drainage Basins
Watersheds– 36” x 48” Display Map
Chapter 7: Land Use/Land Cover
Land Use Land Cover 2007– 36” x 48” Display Map
Chapter 8: Prime Agricultural Lands
Prime Agricultural Lands – 36” x 48” Display Map
Chapter 9: Steep Slopes
Steep Slopes– 36” x 48” Display Map
Chapter 10: Soils
Generalized Soils – 36” x 48” Display Map
Chapter 11: Surface Water
Surface Water Resources– 36” x 48” Display Map
Chapter 12: Flood Prone Areas
Flood Hazard Areas– 36” x 48” Display Map
Chapter 13: Climate
(No Map)
Chapter 14: Contaminated Sites
Known Contaminated Sites– 36” x 48” Display Map
Chapter 15: Air Quality
(No Map)
Chapter 16: Cultural/Historic Sites
Cultural Centers– – 36” x 48” Display Map
Historic Sites open to the Public– 36” x 48” Display Map
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