UPDE Municipal Support Tool: Upper Delaware River Corridor GIS Data

The UPDE Municipal Support Tool is a web-based GIS mapping application developed for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River corridor. It was created through a collaboration between the National Park Service, Upper Delaware Council, and Shippensburg University Center for Land Use and Sustainability to assist municipalities in project review and resource management. The tool leverages local, county, state, and federal datasets to support decisions within the 73.3-mile river corridor spanning Pennsylvania and New York.

Use Cases

• Reviewing proposed projects for conformance with the River Management Plan based on the described GIS application.
• Managing land use and resource allocation within the river corridor based on the described integration of local laws and ordinances.
• Supporting municipal technical assistance for project review based on the tool's stated purpose.
• Analyzing the complex network of jurisdictions across five counties and fifteen municipalities based on the described administrative framework.

Strengths

• The dataset is focused on a specific, Congressionally-designated area covering approximately 73.3 river miles.
• Development involved collaboration with Shippensburg University Center for Land Use and Sustainability for geotechnical support.
• The tool integrates datasets from local, county, state, and federal sources as described.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior

Collection Method

Developed through technical assistance from the National Park Service and collaboration with Shippensburg University Center for Land Use and Sustainability.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-04 01:09:34.472196; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River corridor, spanning Pennsylvania and New York across 5 counties and 15 municipalities.