Data and sources
Baseline Site Characteristics
Municipality
Municipality name
MassGIS Data: Property Tax Parcels (2023)
Site ownership type
Multi-select:
Private parcel
Public parcel
Right of Way segment
MassGIS Data: Property Tax Parcels (2023)
Ownership
Owner name
MassGIS Data: Property Tax Parcels (2023)
Use description
Use description
Parcel MassGIS Data: Property Tax Parcels (2023)
Parcel ID
Land Cover Characteristics
Imperviousness (broken down by roof vs surface imperviousness)
Either:
Percent imperviousness
Acreage of imperviousness
MassGIS Land Cover Land Use (2016)
Soil hydrology score
Score from 0 –3 based on hydrologic soil group.
0 = highest runoff potential.
3 = highest infiltration potential.
MassGIS Data: Soils SSURGO-Certified NRCS (2021)
Drainage Network
Only available for 5 partner municipalities for which we received local drainage data.
Proximity to drainage network
Distance (in feet)
Local data from municipalities
Proximity to catch basins
Distance (in feet)
Local data from municipalities
Equity Considerations
Lack of access to Greenspace
In Trust for Public Land’s ParkServe “Priority Areas”
Trust for Public Land (2022)
Low tree canopy
Within a block group in the bottom 40th percentile for tree canopy coverage within the municipality
Land Cover Land Use (2016)
High Urban Heat Island effect
Within a census block that scores in the top 40% of blocks in the municipality for high heat index
MAPC Land Surface Temperature Index (2021)
In EJ community
Within a MassGIS EJ Population
MassGIS EJ Populations (2022)
Community exposure
Within a town center or in a 5-minute walk radius from a school, community center, library, senior center.
MassGIS, MAPC Town Centers
Sensitive Land
Wetlands
Overlap with wetlands?
MassDEP Wetlands (2005)
Activity Use Limitations
Overlap with AUL sites?
MassDEP AUL (2023)
Zone II Wellhead Protection Areas
Overlap with Zone II WPA?
MassDEP WPA (2023)
Intermediate Wellhead Protection Areas
Overlap with Intermediate WPA?
MassDEP WPA (2023)
Watershed
Select which watershed(s) overlap
MassGIS – NRCS HUC Basins 10-digit (2005)
Nutrient Load
Nutrient load
For impervious land on site:
P/acre/yr (lbs)
Total P/yr (lbs)
MassGIS Land Cover Land Use (2016) + updated guidance for PLER
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