Fort Dix Archaeology and Cultural Resources Archive

This is a draft cultural resource management plan for the Regional Training Site (Intelligence) and the Equipment Concentration Site (ECS) #27 at Fort Dix. Based on the topographic location of this facility, historic map research, and subsurface testing, no further archaeological work is recommended for the Regional Training Site (Intelligence) property. Building 6558 is probably not eligible for the New Jersey State or National Register of Historic Places as an individual structure but may be...

Volume II of CRM plan. Appendices B-F

Phase IB archaeological survey of the Fort Dix armory, a 44-acre complex within Fort Dix. Investigations included excavation of 169 shovel tests in high, moderate, and low sensitivity areas, of which 76 documented areas of soil disturbance. No potentially significant archaeological resources were identified.

The U.S. Army Environmental Center (AEC) tasked the Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX) with the job of assisting Army installation personnel in complying with the requirements of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (P.L. 101-601, NAGPRA). The MCX was asked to locate and assess archaeological collections derived from Army-owned lands, to identify the federally recognized Native American tribes most likely...

This report describes and discusses archaeological data recovery at the site of the Cherry Valley Tavern/Pointville Hotel Site [28-Bu-413], located on the Fort Dix Military Reservation in Burlington County, New Jersey. Data recovery was undertaken to enable a Determination of No Adverse Effect to be made in respect of proposed wastewater treatment facilities which would adversely effect the remains of the tavern. Phase 2 investigations had previously determined that the tavern was eligible for...

This report documents the results of archaeological monitoring activities conducted between October 2004 and March 2005 at Hanover Lake Dam, located within the boundaries of the U.S. Army Training Center at Fort Dix (USATCFD), Burlington County, New Jersey. Hanover Lake Dam is also the location of an archaeological site known as the Hanover Furnace Complex (28BU512), which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service 1974). A base initiative to restore the dam and...

John Milner Associates, Inc. (JMA) performed two Phase I archeological surveys and five Phase IA archeological sensitivity assessments in seven New Jersey Army National Guard (NJANG) installations: Picatinny, Morristown, West Orange, Lawrenceville, Fort Dix, Sea Girt, and Vineland. These investigations were performed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), St. Louis District on behalf of the New Jersey Army National Guard. The purpose of the studies is to assist in the preparation of an...

This architectural inventory and evaluation for the Charles E. Kelly Support Facility in southwestern Pennsylvania was conducted in compliance with Army Regulation 200-4 and Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended. The buildings were inventoried in accordance with procedures currently in use by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Historic Preservation. C. E. Kelly is composed of four discontiguous parcels in Allegheny County linked by...

This project details an architectural investigation o f two buildings (Buildings 9001 and 9007) located on the Fort Dix Military Installation in Burlington County, New Jersey. Due to the need to close the wells under these two buildings in accordance with current New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regulations and the lack of any foreseeable need for these presently unused structures, the U S. Army has proposed to demolish these buildings in order to access the wells. In accordance...

This project is an architectural investigation of all previously undocumented pre-1960 buildings at Fort Dix Military Installation in Burlington and Ocean Counties, New Jersey. In accordance with regulations concerning the protection of cultural resources on the installation, the U.S. Army has contracted to document all of its remaining pre-1960 buildings prior to demolition, alteration, or reuse. John Milner Associates, Inc. (JMA) was subcontracted by Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation,...

Volume 2 of the series hold the appendices which includes qualifications of the principal investigators, the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office Individual Structure Survey Forms, and Program comments. This project is an architectural investigation of all previously undocumented pre-1960 buildings at Fort Dix Military Installation in Burlington and Ocean Counties, New Jersey. In accordance with regulations concerning the protection of cultural resources on the installation, the U.S. Army...

This project is an architectural investigation of five buildings (Buildings 3270, 3502, 3503, 3504, and 3505) located on the Fort Dix Military Installation in Burlington County, New Jersey. Due to lack of foreseeable need for these presently unused buildings, the U S. Army proposes to demolish them In accordance with regulations concerning the protection of cultural resources on the installation, the U S Army has contracted to document these buildings prior to their demolition John Milner...

This project is an architectural investigation of seven buildings (Buildings 5311, 5319, 5321, 6510, 6608, 6621, and 6622) located on the Fort Dix Military Installation in Burlington County, New Jersey. Due to the lack of any foreseeable need for these presently unused and partially used buildings, the U.S. Army has proposed to demolish them. In 1986, the Department of Defense entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National...

Black and white photographs of aerial imagery of the area encompassing Fort Dix.

Black and white photographs of aerial imagery of the area encompassing Fort Dix.

Color photographs of aerial imagery of the area encompassing Fort Dix.

A combined Phase I and II cultural resource survey was carried out in connection with the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s proposed replacement of Bridge’s 0317-156 and 0317-157 along a stretch of U.S. Route 130 in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, N.J. These bridges cross the abandoned alignment of the Delaware and Atlantic/Columbus, Kinkora and Springfield Railroad which formerly extended between Kinkora and New Lisbon. These studies were focused on the identification and...

"The report describes rehabilitation activites at the National Register-eligible Scott Plaza Family Housing Area in Fort Dix, New Jersey and documents their final conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties (Treatment Standards). Between October 2007 and April 2008, John Cullinane Associates made six monthly visits to the Scott Plaza Family Housing Area in order to monitor rehabilitation activities. The report summarizes rehabilitation...

The U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) was tasked to conduct research for Army installation personnel at Fort Dix, New Jersey, that will contribute to their compliance with the requirements of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C.3001-3013 (NAGPRA) and its implementing regulations 43 C.F.R. Part 10. Specifically, USACERL was tasked to review all pertinent information on cultural affiliation for future archaeological materials...

The report is divided into two volumes. Volume I includes the management summary, environmental setting, prehistoric and historic overviews, and the results of the archaeological and architectural surveys. This report presents the results of a Phase I cultural resource survey which was conducted at the U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Dix during the winter of 1982. The survey was administered by the National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Region, Philadelphia and was conducted by the Cultural...

The report is divided into two volumes. Volume II consists of the technical appendices including the results of the historic map search, detailed survey results, artifact records, National Register, Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), and New Jersey Historic Sites Inventory Forms, and a detail of the predictive model used for the survey. This report presents the results of a Phase I cultural resource survey which was conducted at the U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Dix during the...

This document only contains Appendix A of the original report. Appendix A represents the results of the historic map search for potential historic sites within the boundaries of the USATCFD reservation. All potential sites are listed in table form. Each table references particular sites (generally farmsteads) to the historic maps in which they appear and each site is located on current USGS 7.5' topographic maps. The historic maps are located in the beginning of the appendix. The topographic...

This report describes an archaeological survey undertaken as part of proposals for new tertiary wastewater treatment facilities at Fort Dix and the McGuire Air Force Base, in parts of New Hanover and Pemberton Townships, Burlington County, New Jersey. The project involves construction or stockpiling of materials on a total of approximately 150 acres, disposed in five separate locations, and the placement of a new force main along about 5.25 miles of new alignment. Background research for the...

This report details an architectural investigation of a group of twelve temporary wooden warehouse buildings located on the west side of Wrightstown-Pemberton Rd. within the 3100 Building Series on the Fort Dix Military Installation (FDMI) in Burlington County, New Jersey. Faced with the poor overall condition of the warehouses and the lack of any foreseeable need for the facilities, the United States Army has proposed to demolish this group of buildings. Recognizing its management...

This report details an architectural investigation of a group of buildings and structures (Buildings 3253, 3560, 4439, 6605, 6739, 6740, 9434, 9511 and 9911) located on the Fort Dix Military Installation (FDMI) in Burlington County, New Jersey. Faced with the poor overall condition of these resources and the lack of any foreseeable need for the facilities, the United States Army has proposed to demolish this group of resources. Recognizing its management responsibilities concerning the...

The Department of the Air Force proposes to expand the Air Mobility Warfare Center existing parking lot located on the south side of building # 5656 at Fort Dix, New Hanover Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. A cultural resource survey was undertaken across the entire property in accordance to Pinelands Commission regulation 7:50-6.155(a). The cultural resource survey comprised of both a review of historic and contemporary documentary and cartographic sources and subsurface testing on a...

The following report describes a cultural resources reconnaissance carried out in connection with the proposed upgrading of seven range areas at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Three of these areas (Ranges 6, 9 and 11, totalling 124 acres) are located in New Hanover Township, Burlington County. The remaining four areas (Ranges 61, 65, 85 and 9300, totalling 1026 acres) are located in Plumsted Township, Ocean County. These cultural resource studies were carried out by Hunter Research Associates under...

A cultural resources survey was conducted by Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc. for Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation on behalf of the Historic Preservation Office, Environmental Division, Directorate of Public Works. U S. Army, Fort Dix, New Jersey, at the site of a proposed Central Tactical Vehicle Wash Facility. The U. S. Army has slated one structure on the property, Building 8432, for demolition. In accordance with regulations concerning the protection of cultural resources on the...

This report is a preliminary draft of a cultural resource survey that was conducted between January 19 and March 15, 2000 for a proposed Air Mobility Warfare Center compound site at Fort Dix. A walkover survey was performed prior to subsurface testing to determine existing conditions. This survey identified the presence of a partially exposed brick and mortar feature in the northern section near 18th Street. Initially, it was unclear whether this feature is part of an intact foundation...

A cultural resources survey was undertaken in February 2001 on cellular tower site PRI 68-PHI FTDIX in Pemberton Township, Burlington County, located within the Fort Dix Military Reservation. The survey was conducted by Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc. (Cranbury, New Jersey) for Adams, Rehmann & Heggan Associates, Inc (Hammonton, New Jersey) as required by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Pinelands Commission. The Area of Potential Effect (APE), was a 10,000 square...

Report reviews Fort Dix military munitions response program records, including historical mapping, to identify locations historically used as operational ranges and where unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, and munition constituents may be encountered. The report provides recommendations for environmental restoration of these areas.

Architectural history survey of Naval Reserve Training Center, Fort Dix buildigns 5951, 5880, 5882, 5887, 5919, 5954, 5955, 5956, 5957, 5958, and 5994. No historically significant historic architectural resources identified.

This is the final version of this report. This is volume 2 of 2 and includes appendices I-V including, qualifications of key personnel, survey block maps, artifact catalog, shovel test pit records, New Jersey State Museum site registration forms. TRC Environmental Corporation (TRC) conducted a Planning Level (Phase I) Cultural Resource Survey of approximately 162 hectares (400 acres) of selected, discontiguous Tactical Training Areas (TACs) on Fort Dix, New Jersey between December 2003 and...

This version of the report is the final version. it is volume 1 of 2. TRC Environmental Corporation (TRC) conducted a Planning Level (Phase I) Cultural Resource Survey of approximately 162 hectares (400 acres) of selected, discontiguous Tactical Training Areas (TACs) on Fort Dix, New Jersey between December 2003 and March 2004. The purpose of the Phase 1 survey was to locate and identify any potentially significant cultural resources in portions of TACs 1D, 1E, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 3C, 5A,...

In 2004, a planning level (Phase I) survey was completed at the Fort Dix Military Installation in Burlington and Ocean Counties, New Jersey. Since 1995, Fort Dix has undertaken a long-term investigation to identify, evaluate, prioritize, and manage archaeological resources at the installation. A stratified research methodology was initially employed by placing standardized sampling units into zones of high and low sensitivity. Areas of high and low archaeological sensitivity consisted of...

On behalf of the United States Army Directorate of Public Works, the PARS Enviormental, Inc, (PARS) has conducted a Phase IA Archaeological Assessment for a lA-acre parcel and its surrounding half-mile radius within the southeastern corner of the Fort Dix Army Base. This portion of the base is located in Manchester Township, Ocean County, New Jersey. The United States Army Directorate of Public Works has proposed the construction of four new buildings within the northwestern corner of the...

AMEC E&C Services, Inc. has been commissioned by AMEC E&E Services, Inc (AMEC) to perform a geophysical survey at Fort Dix, NJ. The geophysical survey is in support of a Phase 1 Cultural Resources Survey (e.g. an archeological survey), the purpose of which is to identify potential features of archeological significance, in advance of planned construction activities in the study area. The study site consists of a nominal 150 ft x 250 ft area located within Ft. Dix. Several anomalies were...

HABS/HAER inventory forms for structures located on Fort Dix Military Installation. Includes building description and historical background information.

This is the original National Register of Historic Places nomination form for the Hanover Furnace historic property. Hanover Furnace dates from the post revolutionary period and contained an iron furnace, iron master's house, workers houses, and a sawmill. The furnace supported a community of over 200 people and lasted until the raw materials were depleted in the 1840's.

Tetra Tech EC, Inc., (TtEC) under contract to Fort Dix, has conducted an architectural resource survey and study of Brindle Lake Dam (Dam). The Dam is located in the Township of Plumsted, Ocean County, New Jersey, at Fort Dix. Fort Dix has proposed repair and rehabilitation of the Dam. Brindle Lake Dam (Dam) is a 1928 earth dam, with a wooden spillway, which was constructed to replace a nineteenth century dam on the same site. The Dam impounds a pond, Brindle Lake, with a surface area of...

Tetra Tech EC, Inc. (TtEC), under contract to the Army Reserve Contracting Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey (“Fort Dix"), conducted an architectural resource survey and study of four 1930s-era utilitarian buildings located at Fort Dix. Fort Dix proposes to demolish or renovate the buildings. This study is conducted as part of Fort Dix's compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. Fort Dix will consult with the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office and...

Historical aerial photograph of Fort Dix and McGuire Air Force Base.

This report documents the history of Fort Dix from its inception during World War I to the time of its writing in the 1960s. The appendices includes list of commanders throughout the years and the rooster dated December 31, 1966.

An initial cultural resources assessment was conducted for the Fort Dix Sanitary Landfill Site, Fort Dix Military Reservation, Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The project study area consists of approximately 126 acres, including an existing 76 acre landfill and surrounding 50 acres. The landfill is on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Priority List and is scheduled for remedial closure. Remediation activities will be conducted within the existing landfill and...

Between December 2003 and March 2004, TRC Environmental Corporation (TRC) conducted a Planning Level (Phase I) Cultural Resource Survey for approximately 162 hectares (400 acres) of selected, discontiguous tactical training areas. This survey was performed for the Fort Dix Directorate of Public Works/Environmental Division and represents partial fulfillment of Fort Dix’s ongoing cultural resources compliance under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as...

Between December 2003 and March 2004, TRC Environmental Corporation (TRC) conducted a Planning Level (Phase I) Cultural Resource Survey for approximately 162 hectares (400 acres) of selected, discontiguous tactical training areas. A total of 56 separate archaeological sites and isolated finds were encountered during this investigation. Of this total, 25 were previously known sites (22 historic and three prehistoric) that were specifically slated for systematic shovel testing. The remaining 31...

Map of Fort Dix Military Reservation as drawn by Matthew Chester Nowak, Forestry Technician. This map was worked on in 1977 and is based upon past maps and photos.

This report is a nomination form for Camp Dix Warehouse Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places Inventory. Includes descriptions, photographs, and related correspondence. The Camp Dix Warehouse Historic District, located entirely within Fort Dix in central New jersey, is composed of five originally identical frame warehouses and the masonry base of a grain elevator. All were built as part of the mobilization which followed the entry of the United States into World War I...

This is a revised nomination form for the historic site of Hanover Furnace to the National Register of Historic Places Inventory. Hanover Furnace is located on the North Branch of the Rancocas Creek within the Fort Dix military reservation. It is unoccupied except for an adjacent firing range. Hanover Furnace dates from the post revolutionary period of the eighteenth century. In its early history it contained an iron furnace, iron master's house, workers houses, and a sawmill. The adjacent...

National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form for the Hartshorne-Harker House or Quarters One (Fort Dix Commanding General's Quarter) at Fort Dix. Quarters One, built in 1848, is one of two structures within the confines of Fort Dix, New Jersey, that predate construction of the installation and is among the oldest structures on the post. The driveway was originally the main road into Camp Dix, the precursor of the present Fort Dix, until construction of the present traffic...

National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form for the Hartshorne-Harker House, also known as Quarters 1 (Fort Dix Commanding General's Quarters). Includes statements of significance and accompanying maps and photographs. A complete version of this nomination form can be found in tDAR at: https://core.tdar.org/document/438576

National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form and associated correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and title search about the Ridgway-Oldrey House, Quarters 2 which is located in the confines of Fort Dix, New Jersey. Quarters 2 is one of the two structures at Fort Dix that predates the construction of the installation and is among the oldest building on the post built in approximately 1861. The vernacular architecture of the house illustrates the "basic' house type...

This report presents the results of cultural resource monitoring for a proposed P-162V Joint Aviation Support Division and Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Facility at Fort Dix, Burlington County, New Jersey. URS Corporation (URS) conducted this work for Archer Western Contractors. The purpose of the study was to identify the nature/extent of any cultural resources encountered within the project’s area of potential effects (APE) and determine if they would be impacted during the...

In 2011, an archaeological excavation was conducted at Site 28-BU-542 within Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL). Site 28-BU-542 is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D of 36 Code of Federal Regulations 60.4 and is a portion of the historic community of Pointville dating from the early nineteenth century. This brochure briefly describes background information, excavation information, and corresponding results.

A Phase I archaeological investigation was conducted by Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc. for Ogden Environmental and Energy Services Co., Inc. on behalf of the Historic Preservation Office, Environmental Division, Directorate of Public Works, U.S. Army, Fort Dix, New Jersey at the site of a proposed leach field and septic tank for the proposed Ammunition Storage Point (ASP) in Tactical Training Area 5D, Fort Dix Military Installation, New Hanover Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. Testing...

The Cultural Resources Group of Rise Straw & Kolodner, Inc. (KSK) conducted a Phase I Archaeological Survey of a portion of the U.S. Army Training Center at Fort Dix (USATCFD), Burlington and Ocean Counties, New Jersey. Field testing for this project followed the guidelines established in the Fort Dix New Jersey U.S. Army Resent Command Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (Parsons Engineering Science 2001), and involved the use of a stratified survey sample to examine portions of the...

The Department of the Army (DA) has contracted with AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc. (AMEC) to conduct a Phase I Cultural Resource Survey within the Tactical Training (TAC) Areas 11 and 12 at the Fort Dix Military Installation in Ocean County, New Jersey. This current study is part of a long-term archaeological investigation to identify cultural resources that may be potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The long-term cultural resource investigation is concentrated...

The Ft. Dix Directorate of Public Works requested an archaeological investigation of the project area because of the potential that mid-nineteenth century building foundations and/or their associated shaft features (wells and privies), associated with the former town of Pointville, might be present in the footprint.

The Cultural Resource Group of Louis Berger & Associates, Inc. (LBA) conducted a Phase 1A archaeological investigation of two adjacent parcels of land situated along New Jersey Route 70, west of the town of Whiting, Manchester Township, Ocean County, New Jersey. This work was done under contract with SRI International, Menlo Park, California. Collectively, these properties consist of approximately 12 acres, each encompassing 6 acres and measuring ca. 400 feet wide by 650 feet deep. The plot on...

A Phase I archaeological investigation was conducted by Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc. for Ogden Environmental and Energy Services, Inc. on behalf of the Historic Preservation Office, Environmental Division, Directorate of Public Works, U.S. Army, Fort Dix, New Jersey at the site of a proposed Ammunition Storage Point (ASP) in Tactical Training Area 5D, Fort Dix Military Installation, Burlington County, New Jersey. Testing occurred in areas subject to direct construction impacts (approximately...

Tetra Tech EC, Inc. (TtEC), conducted a Phase I and II archeological survey of the project area for the proposed replacement of Brindle Lake Dam, under contract to Fort Dix. The structure is a low earth dam on Brindletown Creek on the Fort Dix Military Reservation in the Township of Plumsted, Ocean County, New Jersey. The project’s area of potential effects (APE) covers an area of 5.5 acres (2.3 hectares) and includes the dam, two laydown areas, and access roads. A portion of the project area...

This summary report describes archaeological survey work and supporting analysis undertaken at Fort Dix in 1997-8 under Delivery Order 41 of Contract DACW61-61-D-0010 between Hunter Research Inc. and the Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This Task Order envisaged a Phase I identification level survey of high and low archaeological sensitivity areas, directed chiefly at the location and preliminary characterization of prehistoric resources at Fort Dix. This document contains...

This summary report describes archaeological survey work and supporting analysis undertaken at Fort Dix in 1997-8 under Delivery Order 41 of Contract DACW61-61-D-0010 between Hunter Research Inc. and the Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This Delivery Order implemented Task Order Number 3, issued by the Historic Preservation Office, Environmental Division, Directorate of Public Works, U.S. Army Fort Dix on February 27 1997. Delivery Order 41 was administered by the New York...

The purpose of this study was to identify any potentially significant prehistoric and/or historic archaeological resources that might be impacted by construction-related activities. The Ft. Dix Directorate of Public Works requested an archaeological investigation of the project area because of the potential that mid-nineteenth century building foundations and/or their associated shaft features (wells and privies), associated with the former town of Pointville, might be present in the footprint...

This investigation was performed for the Fort Dix Directorate of Public Works/Environmental Division and represents partial fulfillment of Fort Dix’s ongoing cultural resources obligations under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended). The purpose of this fieldwork was to identify any potentially significant cultural resources that might be contained in Tactical Areas (TACs) 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1F, within the northwestern corner of the base, as well as to...

Part 1 of this report documents the methods, results, and conclusions of a Phase I Archaeological Survey at the Hanover Lake Dam area of the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Dix (USATCFD), Burlington County, New Jersey. Conducted by the Cultural Resources Group of Kise Straw & Kolodner, Inc. (KSK) in May 2001, this survey was performed for AMEC, the base’s environmental consultant. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the presence or absence of potentially significant prehistoric and/or...

Burlington County, New Jersey. The survey was required under the Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, and regulations of the New Jersey Pinelands Commission, and was undertaken under contract to the Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The landfill is classified on the National Priority List, and work was undertaken by individuals meeting qualifications under 26 CFR 1910.120 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. The project area is contained...

Pacific Environmental Services, Inc. (PES), a MACTEC Company, conducted a Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of approximately 1,676 acres (678 hectares) in Tactical (TAC) Areas 9A, 9B, 9C, 10A, and 10B in the northeastern section of the United States Army Training Center (USATC) at Fort Dix, New Jersey (NJ). This project was carried out as part of the ongoing efforts of the Fort Dix Historic Preservation Office (FDHPO) program to comply with federal and local cultural resource legislation such...

Panamerican Consultants, Inc. (Panamerican) was contracted by Tetra Tech, Inc., Portland, Maine, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District (USACE), to conduct a Phase II archaeological investigation of 28-Bu-678 (TRC-P7), a prehistoric site located in Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL) Tactical Training Area (TAC) 2C, Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The site was identified during a 2005 planning-level (Phase I) cultural resources survey that included...

In August of 1998, a Phase I archaeological investigation was conducted by Richard Grubb & Associates for Ogden Environmental and Energy Services on behalf of the Historic Preservation Office, Environmental Division, Directorate of Public Works, U.S. Army, Fort Dix, New Jersey at the site of a proposed Ordnance Operations Building, Ammunition Storage Point in Tactical Training Area 5D, Fort Dix Military Installation, New Hanover Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The Phase I investigation...

This project is an architectural investigation of 13 buildings (Buildings 3505, 3506, 3507, 3508, 3509, 3510, 3511, 3512, 3513, 3519, 3521, 3522, and 3555) located on the Fort Dix Military Installation in Burlington County, New Jersey. Due to lack of foreseeable need for most of these buildings, the U.S. Army proposes to demolish 12 of them. The remaining building, 3555, will be converted to a new use. In accordance with regulations concerning the protection of cultural resources on the...

Plan of a survey map of Fort Dix and its surrounding areas. Includes mentions of former roads, right of ways and railways using historic reference documents.

In October of 1996, the Fort Dix Historic Preservation Office (FDHPO) completed a preliminary archaeological investigation in the 2100 Area at Fort Dix. Fort Dix plans to construct a pump station on the south side of Saylors Pond Road, about one-quarter mile west of Route 68. The proposed pump station (0.23 AC) will be used to augment the flow of aircraft fuel in the existing underground pipeline that links the Jacksonville Tank Farm with McGuire AFB. This study was performed at the request of...

In June and July of 1998, the Fort Dix Historic Preservation Office (FDHPO) completed a preliminary archaeological investigation in Tactical Training Areas (TTA) 9-13 at Fort Dix. A total of thirteen training areas encompassing about 209 acres were field inspected during this present survey by the FDHPO. This study was performed at the request of the New Jersey Pinelands Commission (NJPC) in order to determine the presence or absence of Euro-American or Native American cultural resources in the...

A Phase IB archaeological survey was conducted for a proposed Federal Prison Camp to be developed on a site of approximately 6 hectares (15 acres) within the Fort Dix military base in New Fianover Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The proposed project site’s area of potential effect, or project area, was entirely within the boundary formed by Pennsylvania Avenue to the west, Doughboy Road to the south, East 19th Street to the east, and the junction of Pennsylvania Avenue and East 19th...

"The report describes rehabilitation activites at the National Register-eligible Scott Plaza Family Housing Area in Fort Dix, New Jersey and documents their conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties (Treatment Standards). Between October 2007 and April 2008, John Cullinane Associates made six monthly visits to the Scott Plaza Family Housing Area in order to monitor rehabilitation activities in buildings 5413, 5414, 5415, 5419, 5420, 5421,...

Fort Dix commissioned an architectural history survey and conditions assessment for the Scott Plaza Family Housing Historic District's 7 Georgian Revival residential buildings, 3 associated garages, and 2 associated transformer vault buildings and landscaping. The Information Package that describes the contributing (NRHP eligible) structures and buildings and historic landscapes in compliance with a Programmatic Agreement among the Army Air Force, and NJHPO. Renovations begun in November 2006...

A preliminary archaeological survey has been completed as part of the overall assessment of the environmental impact of the proposed northern Burlington County regional sewerage system. As a result of this survey a number of cultural resources, including both historic and prehistoric properties, have been identified in or near the project area. Most of the sites recognized by this research will be unaffected by the proposed undertaking, however, five prehistoric sites are likely to be adversely...

A cultural resources assessment was conducted for the Fort Dix Sanitary Landfill Site, Fort Dix Military Reservation, Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The assessment was authorized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and conducted by Law Environmental) Inc. Mr. Robert S. Webb served as the Principal Investigator. The study is contained within a 126-acre tract of land including a 76-acre landfill area. In view of the intensive survey findings, no further work is recommended...

A Phase IB survey of eleven temporary surface stockpile areas was undertaken at Fort Dix in July, August and October 1992. The temporary surface stockpile areas will be used for the short-term storage of materials during construction of the tertiary wastewater treatment system. Following review of field data during the preparation of this report, the accounts presented here have not been substantially modified from the reports submitted to the Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

Letters and supporting documentation for the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for Quarter #2 (Ridgway-Oldrey House) at Fort Dix. Documentation includes photographs, newspaper articles, work orders, titles, and background research documents.

The Historic Properties Component (HPC) is the portion of the Integrated Cultural Resources Management (ICRMP) that relates to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Section 106 of the NHPA requires Federal agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties and afford the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) a reasonable opportunity to comment on such undertakings. The Section 106 process seeks to accommodate...

This document covers the Historic Properties Component of the Integrated Cultural Resource Management Plan for Fort Dix, New Jersey. The Historic Properties Component (HPC) is the portion of the Integrated Cultural Resource Management Plan (ICRMP) that relates to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Section 106 of the NHPA requires Federal agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties and afford the Advisory...

Tetra Tech EC, Inc. (TtEC), conducted a Phase I and II archeological survey of the project area for the proposed replacement of Brindle Lake Dam, under contract to Fort Dix. The structure is a low earth dam on Brindletown Creek on the Fort Dix Military Reservation in the Township of Plumsted, Ocean County, New Jersey. The project’s area of potential effects (APE) covers an area of 5.5 acres (2.3 hectares) and includes the dam, two laydown areas, and access roads. A portion of the project area...