Description: Village centers for the City of Newton, MA. There are no village boundaries in Newton, they do not serve any administrative function. Some villages have mroe clearly defined centers than others. These locations are the best approximations of the centers.
Description: Fire boxes in Newton, Massachusetts. Locations are imprecise - usually placed on buildings but not necessarily on the correct part of the building
ONEWAY
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type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: One Way Code, length: 2
, Coded Values:
[DV: One way section of divided street]
, [R: Highway Ramp]
, [Y: One Way Street]
, ...2 more...
)
Description: This data layer contains streams in Newton. Streams are generally narrow enough bodies of water to be represented as single lines at most mapping scales. Most streams in Newton run through underground drainage pipes for much of their length. The underground segments are represented as culverts and mostly have corresponding drainage pipes in the Storm Drainage layer. The Charles River is wide enough to be represented as a polygon feature at most common mapping scales so it is part of the Surface Water layer.
Description: Designated Scenic Roads - Newton, Massachusetts. Properties along these roadways are subject to City Ordinance Newton Rev. Ord. Sec. 20-40 (f)(6) describing what types of fencing are allowed along the front lot line of the property.
Description: The layer includes active passenger, freight, and MBTA Commuter Rail and Rapid Transit railways, along with abandoned rail lines. In many instances there is more than one track per rail line, and rail yards and spurs are included. The Central Transportation Planning Staff updated and enhanced railroad linework distributed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) as 1:100,000 Digital Line Graphs (DLGs). The original 1:100,000 DLG data were conflated to the orthophoto-derived 1:5,000 Centerline linework now used in this layer. CTPS added several attributes pertaining to type of service, MBTA Commuter Rail status, rail line ownership, and freight and passenger operation. Stored in ArcSDE and distributed in shapefile format, the statewide layer is named TRAINS_ARC. Other rail data from CTPS are TRAINS_NODE (named station locations) and TRAINS_RTE_TRAIN (MBTA Commuter Rail Routes). In addition, the MBTA Rapid Transit data are stored in separate layers: MBTA_ARC (subway, trolley, Silver Line vehicles) and MBTA_NODE (T stops).
Description: MassGIS derived these contours from the USGS 2021 Central Eastern MA Lidar Project data.The Hydro-enforced digital elevation model (DEM) and water's edge breaklines were processed in ArcGIS Pro 3.0.3 using the Contours with Barriers3D Analyst Tool using a contour interval of 0.3048 (meters).The resultant isolines' meter elevations were then multiplied by 3.28084 in a new field to display the elevations with a vertical resolution of 1.0 foot
Description: Three village center overlay districts were approved by the Newton City Council in 2023. These districts were created to target higher density housing near village centers and public transit.
Description: Zip Codes, City of Newton, Massachusetts. While zip codes do not always correspond to exact geographic areas, this is an accurate description of the location of Newton's zip codes.
Description: Wetland Restrictions - Newton, Massachusetts. These areas are subject to Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection restrictions on land use.
Description: This layer shows wetlands in Newton. These were originally mapped by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Some of the wetlands have been updated after site visits and where wetlands have been marked with flags, the boundaries have been adjusted.The wetlands shown in this data layer are for planning purposes only. Wetlands boundary determination for other purposes, such as the Wetlands Protection Act MA Act M.G.L. c. 131 or local by-laws, must use the relevant procedures and criteria.
Description: Surface Waters - Newton, Massachusetts. This data layer contains ponds and the Charles River in and around Newton. Previously in support of regional mapping, Newton maintained two separate surface water layers; one originally from Boston Edison and one from MassGIS. The first layer was clipped to the Newton city boundary while the second showed features in surrounding towns. The two layers did not line up well and created odd looking boundaries in the middle of the Charles River. To fix this problem the MassGIS polygons were adopted and a [DISPLAY] field was added to allow the user to show features only within Newton if desired.
Description: This data layer contains the boundaries of Newton’s election wards and precincts. Each ward consists of four precincts. The layer has polygon with fields to indicate Ward, Precinct and State Representative District.
Pub_Access
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type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Public Access, length: 1
, Coded Values:
[Y: Open to Public]
, [N: Not open to public]
, [L: Limited or members only]
, ...1 more...
)
Lev_Prot
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type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Level of Protection, length: 1
, Coded Values:
[P: In perpetuity]
, [L: Limited]
, [T: Term Limited]
, ...1 more...
)
Description: Floodplains in Newton, Massachusetts. The floodplains support Newton's Floodplain Ordinance of 2010. The ordinance defines floodways as the 100 year floodplain as defined in FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate (FIRM) Maps. These correspond to Zone AE on those maps. In addition, the oridinance lists most streams, not studied on the FIRM's by name and established as 30 foot corridor or buffer around each one.