Product No.: 12051
Date Published: 07/2012
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This publication documents the natural and community resources of the Borough of Hightstown, Mercer County, New Jersey. The natural resource information includes descriptions, tables, and maps of: land use; soils; drinking water, aquifers, and wells; surface waters, including watersheds, streams, lakes, wetlands, and floodplains; impacts on water resources and surface water quality; impervious coverage; vegetation, including wetlands, forests, and grasslands; animal communities; threatened and endangered species; Natural Heritage Priority Sites; Landscape Project Priority Habitats; and known contaminated sites. Community resources that are briefly described include population, transportation, borough utilities and services, historic sites and buildings, and protected open space. A short history of the community is also included.Geographic Area Covered: Borough of Hightstown, Mercer County, New Jersey
Key Words: Air quality, aquifers, biodiversity, biological resources, built environment, climate, conservation, development, endangered species, environmental issues, environmental resource inventory, erosion, floodplains, forests, grasslands, groundwater, habitat, Hightstown, land preservation, Landscape Project, master planning, Mercer County, natural resources, New Jersey, open space, population, Rocky Brook, soils, steep slopes, topography, U.S. Census, vernal pools, water quality, watersheds, wetlands.
Staff Contact(s)
- Christopher J. Linn, AICP (clinn@dvrpc.org)
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