2024 statemap award- new jersey geological and water surveyproject period: 07 01 2024 through 06 30 226PURPOSE: to complete geologic maps of two 7.5-minute quadrangles in new jersey, to completea…

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) provides $252,344 to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to complete the following deliverables by June 30, 2026:

1. Combined bedrock and surficial geologic maps for the Ben Davis Point/Bombay Hook Island and Sea Isle City/Sea Isle City East quadrangles in New Jersey.
2. A karst susceptibility map for the Bloomsbury quadrangle in New Jersey.
3. GEMS Level 3 GIS datasets for the surficial geology of the Clementon quadrangle, the geology of the Newfield quadrangle, and the bedrock geology of the Lakehurst quadrangle.

The project aims to provide high-quality geologic maps and digital datasets to support land use planning, resource management, hazard mitigation, and scientific research in New Jersey. The USGS STATEMAP program, which funds this award, supports state geological surveys in producing detailed geologic maps to address critical state-level economic, social, and scientific needs.

Activities

Compilation and geologic interpretation of aerial imagery, topographic imagery, and well and boring data fieldwork to identify and describe geologicmaterials and to verify and revise interpretations compilation of field data construction of mapand sections writing of explanatory text map review and editing construction of GIS datasetscompliant with gems level 3.deliverables: combined bedrock and surficial geologic map of the BEN davis point andbombay hook island quadrangles (combined as a single map), combined bedrock and surficialgeologic map of the sea isle city and sea isle city east quadrangles (combined as a single map),karst susceptibility map of the bloomsbury quadrangle, gems level 3 dataset of the surficialgeology of the clementon quadrangle (njgws GMS 21-4), gems level 3 dataset of thegeology of the newfield quadrangle (njgws OFM 128), gems level 3 dataset of the bedrockgeology of the lakehurst quadrangle (njgws OFM 115).

Expected outcomes

Pdfs and GIS datasets for each map available free to the public on the N.J.geological and water survey website in the open-file map, geologic map series, and digitalgeodata publication series.

Intended beneficiaries

Land-use and water-resource managers, engineering and environmentalconsultants, geologic-resource and geologic-hazard professionals, educators and citizensinterested in natural history and resources.