MAPPING THE GEOLOGIC SUBSURFACE IN NEW YORK CITY

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Presented by

Dennis Askins and Richard Meserole

AERIAL VIEW NEW YORK CITY

THERMAL INFRARED LANDSAT NYC

VEGATATION LANDSAT NYC

NEW YORK CITY UNDERGROUND

Level 1

Street to 30 Feet

Level 2

30 to 200 Feet

Level 3

200 to 800 Feet

SOURCES OF GEOLOGIC SUBSURFACE DATA

HISTORICAL GEOLOGICAL MAPS, TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS , ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORTS, ETC.

TOPOGRAPHIC RELIEF MAP SHOWINGOUTCROPS AND HILLS IN NYC (1781-82)

TOPOGRAPHIC RELIEF MAP OF NY-PENN-NE BY JOHN MONTRESOR (SOUTHERN SHEET)

A CHART OF NEW YORK HARBOUR : WITH THE BANKS, SOUNDINGS AND SAILING

MARKS FROM THE MOST ACCURATE SURVEYS & OBSERVATIONS 1784-1794

PLAN OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLYN AND PART OF LONG ISLAND, RATZER 1766-67

RATZER MAP 1770

VIELE TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP (1865)

ZOOM IMAGE COLLECT POND VIELE MAP (1865)

BRONX TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP (1872)

BROOKLYN MAP SHOWING THE ORIGINAL HIGH GROUND AND LOW GROUNDS, SALT

MARSH & SHORELINES (1776-7)

GEOLOGICAL MAP OF LONG & STATEN ISLANDS WITH ENVIRONS OF NEW YORK, BY W.W, MATHER - FROM THE TOPOGRAPHICAL

SURVEYS OF J. CALVIN SMITH, ENDICOTT, NEW YORK, 1842

GEOLOGIC MAP OF MANHATTAN OR NEW YORK ISLAND, I. COZZENS JR. (1843)

J . F. KEMP GEOLOGIC MAP (1887-88)

NEW YORK CITY TECTONICS

STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE MANHATTAN PRONG

L. HALL (1968, 1980)AND J . RODGERS (1985)

USGS FOLIO 83MERRILL ET AL. (1902)

GEOLOGIC MAP OF BRONX AND MANHATTAN (1902)

STRUCTURAL MAP BRONX AND MANHATTAN (1902)

GEOLOGIC MAP STATEN ISLAND (1902)

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEYNYC GEOLOGICAL BEDROCK MAPS

USGS GEOLOGIC MAP MANHATTANBASKERVILLE (1994)

X-Y CROSS-SECTION MANHATTAN

USGS GEOLOGIC MAP BRONX BASKERVILLE (1992)

GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GREATER NYCMETROPOLITAN REGION

SURFICIAL GEOLOGICAL MAP OF NYLOWER HUDSON SHEET (1989)

PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL DEPOSITS AND FEATURES IN THE NEW YORK CITY REGION

USDA SOIL MAP NEW YORK CITY (2006)

WATER TABLE MAP BROOKLYN-QUEENSUSGS (1997)

OUTSIDE AGENCY BORING DATA

NEW YORK STATE DOT

NYS DOT KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE BORINGSFIGURE 1

NYS DOT KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE SUBSURFACE GEOLOGIC PROFILE

FIGURE 2

NYS DOT KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE SUBSURFACE GEOLOGIC PROFILE

FIGURE 3

ARCHEOLOGICAL REPORTS

GEOPROBE LAYOUT RANDALLS ISLAND

STRATIGRAPHIC CROSS-SECTIONARC-1 TO ARC-3

STRATIGRAPHIC CROSS-SECTIONARC-5A TO ARC-7A

WPA MAPS & BORINGS

WPA TITLE SHEET

WPA MAPS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (1938)

WPA-MN-VOLUME 1- SHEET 12

WATER STREETBORINGS 71 TO 69

WPA-MN-V1-12BORINGS 69 TO 71

WPA TITLE SHEET

NYC DDCGIS GEOLOGIC PLATFORM

NYC INTERACTIVE GIS GEOLOGIC MAP

NYC DDCHYPERLINK TO RECORD OF BORINGS

NYC DDC11TH AVENUE BANK ST. TO W 22 ST.

HYPERLINK TO GEOLOGIC CROSS-SECTION

NYC DDC HYPERLINK TOSES1007 TODT HILL AREA, S.I .

GEOLOGIC PROFILE

WARDS ISLAND MANHATTANBORINGS & PROBES

NYC DDC INTERACTIVE GIS MAP

SUBSURFACE INTERFERENCE MAPS

BURIED TRACKS & YOKES, TUNNELS, ETC.

BROOKLYN TROLLEY TRACK MAP

MANHATTAN TROLLEY MAP BLUE ROUTE CABLE – RED ROUTE HORSE DRAWN

BURIED YOKES7TH AVENUE & TIMES SQUARE AREA

BURIED RAILROAD TUNNELATLANTIC AVENUE BROOKLYN

GEOLOGICAL SUBSURFACE INTERFERENCE

80 TON BOULDER JEWETT AVENUESTATEN ISLAND

SHALLOW BEDROCK FROM THICKNESS OF SOIL COVER

BURIED SUBSURFACE TOPOGRAPHY

REFERENCES

LANDSAT IMAGES NYC

https://landsat.visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=6800

NYC UNDERGROUND- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICHTTPS://WWW.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/NYUNDERGROUND/DOCS/NYMAIN.HTML

Viele Map 1865

https://kottke.org/plus/viele-map/

Zoom Image Collect Pond Viele Map 1865

www.davidrumsey.com/maps6128.html

BROOKLYN MAP SHOWING THE ORIGINAL HIGH GROUND AND LOW GROUNDS,

SALT MARSH & SHORELINES (1776-7)

www.oldmapsonline.org/map/nypl/1692734

Map of NY-Penn-NE-Captain Montresor (southern sheet)

http://www.stonybrook.edu/libmap/img005b.jpg

A chart of New York Harbour : with the banks, soundings and sailing marks from the most

accurate surveys & observations 1784-1794

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-eed7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Plan of the Town of Brooklyn and part of Long Island, Ratzer 1766-67

https://i2.wp.com/cobblehill.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Ratzers-Plan_1766-

67_NYPL_midupup-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C701

Geological Map of Long & Staten Islands with Environs of New York, by W.W, Mather - from the Topographical Surveys

of J. Calvin Smith, Endicott, New York, 1842

https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/29638/Geological_Map_of_Long_and_Staten_Islands_with_the_Environs_of_

New_York_by/Mather.html

GEOLOGIC MAP OF MANHATTAN OR NEW YORK ISLAND, I. COZZENS JR. (1843)

https://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2012/09/maps-from-cozzens-geological-history-of.html

The Geology of Mahattan Island, by James F. Kemp, Idem, vol 7, 1887-88, pp. 49-64, with map.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/237342989_fig1_Figure-2-Colorized-version-of-the-first-geological-map-of-

Manhattan-based-on-the-work

NEW YORK CITY TECTONICS

https://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/images/fig11.jpg

STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE MANHATTAN PRONG, L. HALL (1968, 1980)AND

J. RODGERS (1985)

"Bedrock Geology of New York City: More than 600 m.y. of geologic history" Brock, 2001

http://pbisotopes.ess.sunysb.edu/reports/ny-city/

GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GREATER NYC METROPOLITAN REGION

http://geologycafe.com/home/nycr_sfbr.html

PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL DEPOSITS AND FEATURES IN THE NEW YORK CITY REGION

https://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/moraines/quaternary.htm

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Jeffrey Au, P.E., DDC B.E.G.S., Geotechnical Engineer

Alex Posner, DDC Sustainable Design, Hydrogeologist

Bobby Issac, P.E., DDC Infrastructure, Geotechnical Engineer

THANK YOU !FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US WITH YOUR

QUESTIONS.ASKINSD@DDC.NYC.GOV

MESEROLRI@DDC.NYC.GOV