Surface Water

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.