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k S hrub-scrub WEST BROOK ar SCARBOROUGH Cl 1A G ¤£ 9 295 Other(rocky shore, strea m bed,unconsolida tedshore, reef,rocky bottom ) u )" ¨¦§ l l y )"22 B r o Stroudwater River NationaWetla l ndsInventory ma(NW I) ps(the ba wetla sis of ndsshown onthis ma are p) o k interpretedfromhigh altitude photographs. NW Wetla I ndsare identified by vegetation, )"22 PORTLAND hydrology,and geography inaccorda ncewith "Cla ssificaWetla tion of ndsand Deepwa ter Long Creek SOUTH PORTLAND H a bitats"(FW S /OBS-79/31,DecThe 1979). aerial photographs docum entconditions for Strout Brook theyea they r were taken. There isno attem in pt,either the design productsor this of ¤£1A inventory,defineto the lim proprietary its of jurisdiction any of Federal, State, orloca l governm ent.NW ma I psdepict general wetla ndloca tions,bounda ries,and SOUTH SCARBOROUGHPORTLAND cha racteristics.They are not asubstitute on-ground,for site-specific wetla nddelinea tion. Red Brook D e Drainage eri 9 77 ng Brook )" Fore River )" Data Sources 22 ek )" Cre ng DATA SOURCE INFORMATION GORHAM Lo South Branch ¨¦§95 (note: italicized file names can be downloaded from Maine Office of GIS) T OW NSHBOUNDARIES IP SCARBOROUGH Ma ine GISOffice(2015); of metwp24 114 )" ROADS onesuch N R Ma ine MaGIS,Office of ine Depa rtm entTransportation of (2015); medotpub iver H Y DROL OGY PondCove 295 Ma ine GeologicaU.S.GIS,Office of Survey l (2010); NHD ¨¦§ ¤£1 DEVELOPED Ma ine MaGIS,Office of ine Depa rtm entInla of nd Fisheries and Wildlife (2015) )"9 NATIONALWETL ANDSINVENTORY (NW I) Ma ine GISOffice(2015); of NWI Nonesuch River DRAINAGEDIVIDES k o Ma ine GISOffice(2015); of medrdvd Drainage ro B ll ba DATA SOURCE CONTACT INFORMATION B m e i Ma inehttp://www.maGIS:Office of ine.gov/megis/ e K c h esuc Ma ineDepa rtm entTransportation: of http://www.ma ine.gov/mdot/ Non h R Ma ineDepa rtm entAgriculture, of Conservation and Forestry: R iv i e d r http://www.ma ine.gov/da cf/pla nning/index.htm l g e Ma ineGeologica Survey: l http://www.ma ine.gov/doc/nrim c/mgs/mgs.htm Brook DIGITAL DATA REQUEST Scottow Drainage Trequest o digital da a tatown for ororga nization,visit our website. Bog http://www.beginningwithha bitat.org/the_ m a ps/gis_ da ta_ request.htm l SOUTH PORTLAND S ources:Esri, USGS NOAA , SCARBOROUGH 5,000 2,500 0 0.5 1 Map Prepared by Maine Scale: 1:24,000 Supported in part Supported in Feet Miles Projection: UTM 19N by Maine Outdoor Department of Inland part by Loon Conservation Meters Heritage Fund Fisheries & Wildlife Kilometers Datum: NAD 1983 lottery ticket sales Plate funds 1,000 500 0 0.5 SOUTH PORTLAND1 S tateMa of ine ¶ CAPE ELIZABETH May 2018