This FEMA layer is used by NJDEP in an ArcGIS Online web mapping application. The National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) data incorporates all Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) databases published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and any Letters of Map Revision (LOMRs) that have been issued against those databases since their publication date. It is updated on a monthly basis. The FIRM Database is the digital, geospatial version of the flood hazard information shown on the published paper FIRMs. The FIRM Database depicts flood risk information and supporting data used to develop the risk data. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual-chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The FIRM Database is derived from Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published FIRMs, flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by FEMA. The NFHL is available as State or US Territory data sets. Each State or Territory data set consists of all FIRM Databases and corresponding LOMRs available on the publication date of the data set. The specification for the horizontal control of FIRM Databases is consistent with those required for mapping at a scale of 1:12,000. This file is georeferenced to the Earth's surface using the Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) and North American Datum of 1983.
The Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) Database depicts flood risk information and supporting data used to develop the risk data. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual-chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The DFIRM Database is derived from Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The file is georeferenced to earth's surface using the State Plane Coordinate System. The specifications for the horizontal control of DFIRM data files are consistent with those required for mapping at a scale of 1:12,000.
This screening tool provides users with information about the presence of indicators of flood potential on or near a property of interest. This tool does not calculate actual risk. Site-specific conditions affect actual flood risk. Flood indicators include, waterbodies, watercourses, FEMA Flood Zones, and State Flood Hazard Areas identified by the Department on New Jersey Flood Hazard Area mapping (Flood Plan) and associated Design Flood profiles, as well as New Jersey Tidal Climate Adjusted Flood Elevation (CAFE). These indicators are often associated with flood prone properties, but actual flood risk should be determined by a licensed professional engineer, who is experienced in delineating floodplains and can evaluate site-specific conditions like, topography, location and condition of local infrastructure. The geographic extent of flood prone areas can change due to local factors including, increases in impervious surface, changes to stream flow, natural impediments, or aging, poorly maintained or failing infrastructure. The size and extent of this area is also expanding due to climate change-related impacts like increasing rainfall intensities and sea-level rise. The Department recommends using the FEMA 500-year floodplain as an indicator of future conditions (e.g. increasing rainfall intensities) in non-tidal areas. Future sea-level conditions in tidal areas are depicted by the NJ Tidal CAFE.
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The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation study deliverables depict and quantify the flood risks for the study area. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation flood risk boundaries are derived from the engineering information Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The profile polyline feature class was created based upon the separate NJ State Flood Study’s mostly 11x17 inch profiles. The feature class segments approximate the extent of each 11x17 inch profile. The NJ State Flood Study combined plans and profiles were intentionally not captured in this feature class.
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Digital flood-inundation maps for an approximate 7.5-mile reach of the Peckman River in New Jersey, which extends from Verona Lake Dam in the Township of Verona downstream through the Township of Cedar Grove and the Township of Little Falls to the confluence with the Passaic River in the Borough of Woodland Park, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science Web site at http://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation/ depict estimates of the probable areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at the USGS streamgage on the Peckman River at Ozone Avenue at Verona, New Jersey (station number 01389534). Near-real-time stages at this streamgage may be obtained on the Internet from the USGS National Water Information System at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/. Flood profiles were sim ...
As part of the Framework, the extent of coastal flood hazard was completed by using readily availableSea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) modeling conductedby NOAA. SLOSH modeling of hurricane intensities is categorized by the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale and includes other characteristics of hurricanes that can vary considerably along the coast, such as angle of approach to the shoreline, width and slope of the continental shelf, astronomical high tide level, and local geographic features (FEMA 2011). The SLOSH model outputs inform hurricane evacuation studies. The inundation zones identified by the SLOSH model depict areas of possible flooding from the maximum of maximum (MOM) event within the five categories of hurricanes by estimating the potential surge inundation during a high-tide landfall. Although the SLOSH inundation mapping is not referenced to a specific probability of occurrence (unlike FEMA flood mapping, which presents the 0.2-percent- and 1-percent-annual-chance flood elevation zones) nor does it include wave heights, the flooding inundation from a Category 4 hurricane making landfall during high tide represents an extremely lowprobability of occurrence but high-magnitude event.The intent of the NACCS is to generate a spatially comprehensive, but first-order approximation of flooding vulnerability across the entire northeastern Atlantic coastal region. The use of the SLOSH model MOM was necessary based on the very large spatial extent of the study area and the fact that it is currently the most advanced storm surge modeling available for the entire study area. The extent of the Category 4 MOM represents the maximum storm tide levels caused by extreme hurricane scenarios across the region, and, therefore, provides a reasonable approximation of the most extreme flooding extent. The State and District of Columbia Appendix presents the SLOSH hydrodynamic modeling inundation mapping associated with Categories 1 through 4 hurricanes used for evacuation modeling.
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Digital flood-inundation maps for coastal communities within Atlantic County in New Jersey were created by water surfaces generated by an Advanced Circulation hydrodynamic (ADCIRC) and Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) model from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region II coastal analysis and mapping study (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014). Six synthetic modeled tropical storm events from a library of 159 events were selected based on parameters including landfall _location or closest approach _location, maximum wind speed, central pressure, and radii of winds. Two storm events were selected for the tide gage providing two "scenarios" and accompanying inundation-map libraries. The contents of this data release support the following publication: Suro, T.P., Niemoczynski, M.J., Boetsma, A.C., and Niemoczynski, L.M., 2023, Moderate flood level scenarios: synthetic storm-driven flood-inundation maps for coastal communities in 10 New Jersey counties: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2023-5005, 64 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235005. The landing page on which this and 24 other storm scenarios reside is: Niemoczynski, L.M., Niemoczynski, M.J., Boetsma, A.C., and Suro, T.P., 2023, Synthetic storm-driven flood-inundation grids for coastal communities in 10 New Jersey counties: U.S Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RVF9P8. References cited: Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014, FEMA Region II Coastal Analysis and Mapping Study, accessed November 2, 2018, at http://www.region2coastal.com/resources/about-the-coastal-flood-study/
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The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation study deliverables depict and quantify the flood risks for the study area. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation flood risk boundaries are derived from the engineering information Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Digital flood-inundation maps for coastal communities within Cape May County in New Jersey were created by water surfaces generated by an Advanced Circulation hydrodynamic (ADCIRC) and Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) model from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region II coastal analysis and mapping study (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014). Six synthetic modeled tropical storm events from a library of 159 events were selected based on parameters including landfall location or closest approach location, maximum wind speed, central pressure, and radii of winds. Two storm events were selected for the tide gage providing two "scenarios" and accompanying inundation-map libraries. The contents of this data release support the following publication: Suro, T.P., Niemoczynski, M.J., Boetsma, A.C., and Niemoczynski, L.M., 2023, Moderate flood level scenarios: synthetic storm-driven flood-inundation maps for coastal communities in 10 New Jersey counties: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2023-5005, 64 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235005. The landing page on which this and 24 other storm scenarios reside is: Niemoczynski, L.M., Niemoczynski, M.J., Boetsma, A.C., and Suro, T.P., 2023, Synthetic storm-driven flood-inundation grids for coastal communities in 10 New Jersey counties: U.S Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RVF9P8. References cited: Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014, FEMA Region II Coastal Analysis and Mapping Study, accessed November 2, 2018, at http://www.region2coastal.com/resources/about-the-coastal-flood-study/
Digital flood-inundation maps for an approximately 295-mile length of the New Jersey coastline and tidewaters through 10-coastal counties stretching from Cumberland County through Bergen County; including Cumberland, Cape May, Atlantic, Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Union, Essex, Hudson, and Bergen counties were created by the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM). The flood-inundation maps depict extent and depth estimates of coastal flooding corresponding to selected tidal elevations recorded by 25 real-time USGS tide gages located throughout the length of the study area coastline. The flood-inundation maps can be accessed through the U.S Geological Survey Flood Decision Support Toolbox (FDST) Web site (U.S. Geological Survey, 2022). The contents of this data release support the following publication: Suro, T.P., Niemoczynski, M.J., Boetsma, A.C., and Niemoczynski, L.M., 2023, Moderate flood level scenarios: synthetic storm-driven flood-inundation maps for coastal communities in 10 New Jersey counties: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2023-5005, 64 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235005. Reference cited: U.S. Geological Survey, 2022, InFRM Flood Decision Support Toolbox: U.S. Geological Survey Interagency Flood Risk Management web interface: accessed Jan 4, 2022 at http://webapps.usgs.gov/infrm/fdst.
The National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) is a geospatial database that contains current effective flood hazard data. FEMA provides the flood hazard data to support the National Flood Insurance Program. This dataset is the NFHL layer clipped to Manville Borough’s boundaries.
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Digital flood-inundation maps for coastal communities within Ocean County in New Jersey were created by water surfaces generated by an Advanced Circulation hydrodynamic (ADCIRC) and Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) model from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region II coastal analysis and mapping study (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014). Six synthetic modeled tropical storm events from a library of 159 events were selected based on parameters including landfall location or closest approach location, maximum wind speed, central pressure, and radii of winds. Two storm events were selected for the tide gage providing two "scenarios" and accompanying inundation-map libraries. The contents of this data release support the following publication: Suro, T.P., Niemoczynski, M.J., Boetsma, A.C., and Niemoczynski, L.M., 2023, Moderate flood level scenarios: synthetic storm-driven flood-inundation maps for coastal communities in 10 New Jersey counties: U.S. Geological ...
The Flood Plan Locator is a layer of footprints, or extents, of individual digital flood plans.
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High Water Marks and USGS Depth Gauge information for the maximum depth of water for locations across New Jersey after Hurricane Irene. Important columns are: Standard measures: Latitude, Longitude, Flood Elevation. From the Oakridge HAND dataset: DEM elevation, HAND elevation, Catchment Common ID (COMID), Derived and added information: Inundation depth at that location, total estimated stream depth, notes for data cleaning and errors, maximum flow from the National Water model during Irene, calibrated Manning's Roughness Values, the predicted stream depth from the calibrated roughness, and RMSE between estimated stream depth and calibrated stream depth.
Estimation of Future Percent Flooding within Urban Areas per Census Block Group for the New Jersey Environmental Justice Mapping Tool. Estimates represents a potential scenario of urban flood conditions due to climate change projections (2020 New Jersey Scientific Report on Climate Change, Chapter 4.3 Sea – Level Rise). This layer was developed by combining 1) Tidal Climate Adjusted Flood Elevation for New Jersey (approximate delineation of additional 5 foot flood water height added to the FEMA coastal Special Flood Hazard Area 12/01/2013 to 12/31/2016) with 2) the inland FEMA Statewide Combined Flood Hazard Maps (1% (100-Year)/ 0.2% (500-Year) Flood Hazard Areas 2019). This Statewide Future Flood Hazard Areas were than clipped to Urban Areas (2015) with Census Block Group (2019) ID attribute added.
This dataset provides a shapefile showing the natural floodplain for New Jersey. These floodplain polygons for the entire state are extracted from the gSSURGO soil data from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
Digital flood-inundation maps for coastal communities within Bergen, Hudson, Essex, and Passaic Counties in New Jersey were created by water surfaces generated by an Advanced Circulation hydrodynamic (ADCIRC) and Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) model from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region II coastal analysis and mapping study (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014). Six synthetic modeled tropical storm events from a library of 159 events were selected based on parameters including landfall location or closest approach location, maximum wind speed, central pressure, and radii of winds. Two storm events were selected for the tide gage providing two "scenarios" and accompanying inundation-map libraries. The contents of this data release support the following publication: Suro, T.P., Niemoczynski, M.J., Boetsma, A.C., and Niemoczynski, L.M., 2023, Moderate flood level scenarios: synthetic storm-driven flood-inundation maps for coastal communities in 10 New Jersey counties: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2023-5005, 64 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235005. The landing page on which this and 24 other storm scenarios reside is: Niemoczynski, L.M., Niemoczynski, M.J., Boetsma, A.C., and Suro, T.P., 2023, Synthetic storm-driven flood-inundation grids for coastal communities in 10 New Jersey counties: U.S Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RVF9P8. References cited: Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014, FEMA Region II Coastal Analysis and Mapping Study, accessed November 2, 2018, at http://www.region2coastal.com/resources/about-the-coastal-flood-study/
Digital flood-inundation maps for coastal communities within Atlantic County in New Jersey were created by water surfaces generated by an Advanced Circulation hydrodynamic (ADCIRC) and Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) model from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region II coastal analysis and mapping study (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014). Six synthetic modeled tropical storm events from a library of 159 events were selected based on parameters including landfall _location or closest approach _location, maximum wind speed, central pressure, and radii of winds. Two storm events were selected for the tide gage providing two "scenarios" and accompanying inundation-map libraries. The contents of this data release support the following publication: Suro, T.P., Niemoczynski, M.J., Boetsma, A.C., and Niemoczynski, L.M., 2023, Moderate flood level scenarios: synthetic storm-driven flood-inundation maps for coastal communities in 10 New Jersey counties: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2023-5005, 64 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235005. The landing page on which this and 24 other storm scenarios reside is: Niemoczynski, L.M., Niemoczynski, M.J., Boetsma, A.C., and Suro, T.P., 2023, Synthetic storm-driven flood-inundation grids for coastal communities in 10 New Jersey counties: U.S Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RVF9P8. References cited: Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014, FEMA Region II Coastal Analysis and Mapping Study, accessed November 2, 2018, at http://www.region2coastal.com/resources/about-the-coastal-flood-study/
Digital flood-inundation maps for coastal communities within Monmouth County in New Jersey were created by water surfaces generated by an Advanced Circulation hydrodynamic (ADCIRC) and Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) model from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region II coastal analysis and mapping study (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014). Six synthetic modeled tropical storm events from a library of 159 events were selected based on parameters including landfall location or closest approach location, maximum wind speed, central pressure, and radii of winds. Two storm events were selected for the tide gage providing two "scenarios" and accompanying inundation-map libraries. The contents of this data release support the following publication: Suro, T.P., Niemoczynski, M.J., Boetsma, A.C., and Niemoczynski, L.M., 2023, Moderate flood level scenarios: synthetic storm-driven flood-inundation maps for coastal communities in 10 New Jersey counties: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2023-5005, 64 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235005. The landing page on which this and 24 other storm scenarios reside is: Niemoczynski, L.M., Niemoczynski, M.J., Boetsma, A.C., and Suro, T.P., 2023, Synthetic storm-driven flood-inundation grids for coastal communities in 10 New Jersey counties: U.S Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RVF9P8. References cited: Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2014, FEMA Region II Coastal Analysis and Mapping Study, accessed November 2, 2018, at http://www.region2coastal.com/resources/about-the-coastal-flood-study/
This FEMA layer is used by NJDEP in an ArcGIS Online web mapping application. The National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) data incorporates all Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) databases published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and any Letters of Map Revision (LOMRs) that have been issued against those databases since their publication date. It is updated on a monthly basis. The FIRM Database is the digital, geospatial version of the flood hazard information shown on the published paper FIRMs. The FIRM Database depicts flood risk information and supporting data used to develop the risk data. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual-chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The FIRM Database is derived from Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published FIRMs, flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by FEMA. The NFHL is available as State or US Territory data sets. Each State or Territory data set consists of all FIRM Databases and corresponding LOMRs available on the publication date of the data set. The specification for the horizontal control of FIRM Databases is consistent with those required for mapping at a scale of 1:12,000. This file is georeferenced to the Earth's surface using the Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) and North American Datum of 1983.