List of Maps in a Typical Community Resource Inventory Map Set

This list contains the base and overlay maps included in a common resource inventory map set.  Variations of this list can be implemented on request.

Base Maps:

• Topography
• Orthographic Aerial Photography
• Land Cover Categories
• Surficial Materials
• Ground and Surface Water Quality Classifications

Note: to further help in determining location of significant features, all base maps except the topography map feature roads, which are delineated as limited access highways (usually interstate highways), other numbered routes (either U.S. or state highways), and local roads. 

Overlay Maps:

• Hydrological Features
• Farmland Soils
• Wetland Soils
• Potential Stratified Drift Aquifer Areas
• Significant and Permanently Protected Open Space
• Watershed Basin Boundaries, trails and Natural Diversity Database Sites (can be generated as a combination map)
• Property Parcels (if available in GIS format)
• Areas with Potential for Archaeological Findings

Additional Maps (from analysis derived in part from existing base map and overlay map data, supplemental data derived from local knowledge, or other data sources):

• Areas Containing Archaeological sites (based on local knowledge and/or records from the Office of the State Archaeologist)
• Historical and Cultural Features
• Agricultural Resources Summary Areas
• Forest and Wildlife Resources Summary Areas
• Co-occurring resource analysis
• Other data, provided mostly by town Conservation Commissions, related organizations, or knowledgeable local residents

NOTE: the majority of data shown on the Base Maps and Overlay Maps list exist only within the Connecticut region of the Quinebaug-Shetucket National Heritage Corridor.  Map list data sets intended for Conservation Commissions and related organizations of towns located within the Massachusetts region of the Corridor may vary from what is listed above.

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