Data API

Commercial Navigable River

Freight & Aviation
Data Steward
DVRPC GIS
Update Frequency
as needed
Metadata Last Modified
November 4, 2025
Dataset Type
Geospatial
Source
  • Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC)
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Organization Type
Federal GovernmentPlanning Commission
Use Limitations
Unrestricted: can be shared internally and externally without data sharing agreement
License
No License Provided

The DVRPC navigable river layer is a polygon layer representing the extents of the Delaware and Schulykill rivers that are designated for commercial traffic. Each waterway is segmented by the appropriate channel and reaches division. NOAA data was utilized to populate the segments with related navigation data.

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objectid
pff_id
name
townships
start_
end_
length
width
depth
clearance
source
web_id
dvrpc_st

Data Dictionary

Column Type Label Description
OBJECTID OID OBJECTID Internal feature number.
shape Geometry Shape Feature geometry.
pff_id String pff_id
name String NAME
start_ Double start_
end_ Double end_
river bordering townships String townships
dvrpc_st String DVRPC_ST
web_id String Web_ID
length Double length
channel width Double width
channel depth Double depth
max air draft String clearance
source String Source
st_area(shape) Double st_area(shape)
st_perimeter(shape) Double st_perimeter(shape)