Project 1:

Ocean County Sites

 

Unconfined Disposal Site

 

161 – Northwest Point Island

 

Northwest Point Island is located in Barnegat Bay, situated between Chadwick Beach and Silver Bay in Toms River Township.  The island is a narrow strip of land pointing to the northwest.  On the island is a small unconfined disposal site (UDS).  The disposal site is approximately 0.60 acres and is heavily vegetated. This location faces the northwest wind fetch across the Barnegat Bay and could be a natural sand beach against the marsh deposit that the beach protects.  GPS and sediment data were not collected at the site.