Historical Technical Reports

Data presented in these historical reports include, but are not limited to, groundwater supplies in particular areas of the state, the geology of New Jersey, the paleontology of New Jersey, and battles and skirmishes of the American Revolution in New Jersey. These reports are broken into four types: Annual Reports, Final Report Series, Special Reports, County in Brief Report Series, and Miscellaneous.

The following is a list of historical technical reports published by the New Jersey Geological & Water Survey:

The following historical reports provide a brief, annual summary of the work performed by the New Jersey Geological Survey from 1836 to 1909:

 Report on the Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey, By Henry D. Rogers, 1836 (without maps and cross sections)
 Description of the Geology of the State of New Jersey, Being a Final Report, 1840
 First Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1854
 Second Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1855
 Third Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1856
 Report of Professor George H Cook Upon the Geological Survey of New Jersey and its Progress During the Year 1863
 Annual Report of Professor George H Cook, State Geologist, of the Geological Survey of New Jersey, for the Year 1864
 Third Annual Report on the Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey for the Year 1866
 Report of the State Geologist, Professor George H Cook, for the Year 1867
 Geology of New Jersey, 1868
 Annual Report of the State Geologist of New Jersey for the Year 1869
 Annual Report of the State Geologist of New Jersey for the Year 1870
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1871
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1872
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1873
 Annual Report of the State Geologist of New Jersey for the Year 1874
 Annual Report of the State Geologist of New Jersey for the Year 1875
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1876
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1877
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1878
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1879
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1880   (also available in German )
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1881
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1882
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1883
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1884
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1885
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1886
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1887
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1888
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1889
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1890
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1891
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1892
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1893
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1894
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1895
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1896
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1897
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1898
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1899 (Report on Forests)
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1899
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1900
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1901
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1902
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1903
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1904
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1905
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1906
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1907
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the year 1908
 Annual Report of the State Geologist for the Year 1909
Sample image from the first annual report of the state of New Jersey (1854).
Sample Image of basaltic columns in O’rourkes quarry on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Orange, New Jersey from the annual report of the state geologist for the year 1884.

The following volumes comprise a report that contains information pertaining to the geodesy, topography, magnetism, and climate of New Jersey:

The special reports listed below describe the geology and groundwater supplies of Newark, New Jersey and from the No. 1 sand in the vicinity of Parlin, Middlesex County, New Jersey. These reports were prepared in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey as a part of the cooperative investigation of the groundwater resources of the State.