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INTERVALE ROAD FAIRVIEW ROAD DARLING STREET SPARHAWK TERRACE SARGENT ROAD HOBART ROAD ABBOT COURT BRIMBLECOMB AVENUE EAST ORCHARD STREET SAGAMORE ROAD ROCKCLIFF ROAD GOODWINS COURT MAVERICK COURT MITCHELL ROAD PARK LANE ELM PLACE FLORENCE ROAD CAMPBELL WAY UNNAMED ROAD THOMAS CIRCLE WALLACE ROAD WARWICK TERRACE WEST ORCHARD STREET WHEELER PLACE HINES COURT PARKER LANE DIX ROAD ELLEN ROAD TUCKER STREET CHARLOTTE ROAD PIG ROCK LANE LONGFELLOW ROAD HARRIS COURT CROSS STREET HUNSLEY LANE HARDING LANE HATHAWAY ROAD ROYDON ROAD CUSHING ROAD SHARON ROAD UPLAND ROAD YOLANDE ROAD STONE TERRACE GREYWOOD MERRILL ROAD SHUMAN ROAD DES MOULIN LANE ROUNDY ROAD ROCKLAND ROAD NASHUA STREET BERINGER WAY PEABODY AVENUE ROGER ROAD RED FRANK LANE RUBY TERRACE SKINNERS PATH BASS ROCK LANE OAK CIRCLE FORT SEWELL TERRACE FADER PLACE GARNET STREET CRADLESKID LANE WADDEN COURT PLEASANT COURT GARFIELD STREET LEGGS HILL ROAD ROOSEVELT AVENUE BRIAR LANE / Flag Pond Joe’s Pond The information depicted on this map is for planning purposes only. It is not adequate for legal boundary definition, regulatory interpretation, or parcel-level analyses. Produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council GIS Lab. 60 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111 (617) 451-2770 Date: December 16, 2004 This map was produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s (MAPC) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Department for purposes of identifying criteria relevant to sitting wind energy facilities in the North Shore coastal region. The MAPC applied for and received funding from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Community Planning and Development Grant Program to integrate certain forms of distributed power generation and renewable energy into the local planning process. Funds were secured under the grant CP-04-05 for the creation of a map that would highlight areas with an increased potential for wind energy development within the coastal North Shore study area. The map also plays a role in identifying areas that may need to be considered when sitting wind energy developments. A complete list of data sources and the agencies involved in the map s creation are as follows: Massachusetts Geographic Information System (MassGIS), Metropolitan Area Planning Council(MAPC), Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD) and Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. This map was created by the MAPC GIS Department using the Arc/Info mapping and map analysis software. Specific mention of brand-name products or services does not necessarily constitute endorsement for use by the MAPC. The features depicted on this map represent approximations of real-world conditions and should only be used for planning purposes. The features depicted on this map may or may not meet National Map Accuracy Standards. That this exists for features shown on this has not been evaluated. There have been no deliberate omissions of map feature geography or feature attributes. Map Introduction Data Sources Map Notes 0.5 0 0.5 1 0.25 Kilometers 0.5 0 0.5 1 0.25 Miles Base Map Features Infrastructures Siting Considerations Generalized Zoning Wind Resource at 70 Meters (230 Feet) Hub Hight Roads Water Bodies Arterial/Collector Local n m Schools # * Historic Buildings Wetlands Industrially Zoned Protected Open Space Town Boundaries Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, Priority Habitats, Scenic Areas, Historic Districts Contours (Feet) Municipal, State and Federal Land Not Protected Open Space Commercially Zoned Mean Speed miles/hour meters/second Wind regimes below this mean wind speed are generally considered to be non-commercially viable in 2004 13.4 - 14.5 6 - 6.5 14.5 - 15.7 6.5 - 7 15.7 - 16.8 7 - 7.5 16.8 - 17.9 7.5 - 8 Land Based Wind Energy Facility Siting Considerations for Marblehead, MA

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The information depicted on this map is for planning purposes only.It is not adequate for legal boundary definition, regulatoryinterpretation, or parcel-level analyses.

Produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council GIS Lab.60 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111 (617) 451-2770

Date: December 16, 2004

Map Introduction

This map was produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s (MAPC) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Department for purposes of identifying criteria relevant to sitting wind energy facilities in the North Shore coastal region. The MAPC applied for and received funding from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Community Planning and Development Grant Program to integrate certain forms of distributed power generation and renewable energy into the local planning process. Funds were secured under the grant CP-04-05 for the creation of a map that would highlight areas with an increased potential for wind energy development within the coastal North Shore study area. The map also plays a role in identifying areas that may need tobe considered when sitting wind energy developments.

Data Sources

A complete list of data sources and the agencies involved in the map�s creation are as follows:Massachusetts Geographic Information System (MassGIS), Metropolitan Area Planning Council(MAPC), Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD) and Massachusetts TechnologyCollaborative.

Map Notes

This map was created by the MAPC GIS Department using the Arc/Info mapping and mapanalysis software. Specific mention of brand-name products or services does not necessarilyconstitute endorsement for use by the MAPC. The features depicted on this map represent approximations of real-world conditions and shouldonly be used for planning purposes. The features depicted on this map may or may not meetNational Map Accuracy Standards. That this exists for features shown on this has not beenevaluated. There have been no deliberate omissions of map feature geography or featureattributes.

Map Introduction

Data Sources

Map Notes

0.5 0 0.5 10.25Kilometers

0.5 0 0.5 10.25Miles

Base Map Features

Infrastructures

Siting Considerations

Generalized Zoning

Wind Resource at 70 Meters(230 Feet) Hub Hight

Roads

Water Bodies

Arterial/CollectorLocal

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Wetlands

Industrially Zoned

Protected Open Space

Town Boundaries

Areas of Critical Environmental Concern,Priority Habitats, Scenic Areas, Historic Districts

Contours (Feet)

Municipal, State and Federal LandNot Protected Open Space

Commercially Zoned

Mean Speed

miles/hour meters/second

Wind regimes below this mean windspeed are generally considered to be non-commercially viable in 2004

13.4 - 14.5 6 - 6.5

14.5 - 15.7 6.5 - 7

15.7 - 16.8 7 - 7.5

16.8 - 17.9 7.5 - 8

Land Based Wind Energy FacilitySiting Considerations for Marblehead, MA