|
Size
& Location: The North and South Branch
Raritan WMA is 468 square miles.
Located
in Central New Jersey, the WMA is surrounded by the Upper Delaware to the
northwest, the Upper Passaic to the northeast, the Millstone and Lower
Raritan to the east and the Central Delaware Tributaries to the west.
 Major
Waterways: North & South
Branches of the Raritan River,
Neshanic River, Spruce Run, Lamington River
Major
Highways: Interstate 78, US
Highways 22, 202 & 206, State Route 31 Counties:
Morris, Hunterdon, Somerset List
of Municipalities Open
Space Areas: Round Valley, Spruce Run, Black
River, South Branch
Land Use
Percentages in 1995:
Agriculture
- 25.1%
Barren Land - 0.7%
Forest - 36.2%
Urban - 26.8%
Water - 2.0%
Wetland - 9.1%
Source:
NJDEP,
Office of Information Resources Management, Bureau of Geographic and
Information Analysis |
