Nysdec Freshwater Wetland Maps

Freshwater wetlands regulated by the state of new york (outside the adirondack park). To provide a faithful representation of official new york state regulatory freshwater wetlands maps for gis resource analysis at scales equal to the 1 to 24,000 scale of original mapping or smaller scales (e.g., 1 to 100,000 scale). The state legislature passed the freshwater wetlands act (pdf) (129 kb) (act) in 1975 with the intent to preserve, protect and conserve freshwater wetlands and their benefits, consistent with the general welfare and beneficial economic, social and agricultural development of the state.

Boundaries of wetlands, wetland checkzones, and classified waterways provided by the nysdec. The act identifies wetlands on the basis of vegetation. Coverages are not, however, a legal substitute for the official maps.

Freshwater wetlands regulated by the state of new york (outside the adirondack park).

These data are a set of arc/info coverages composed of polygonal and linear features. These data are a set of arc/info coverages composed of polygonal and linear features. These data are a set of arc/info coverages composed of polygonal and linear features. The environmental resource mapper (erm), a new web based interactive mapping application developed by dec, can be used to locate freshwater wetlands regulated by the state of new york.