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Title: Map of flood-prone areas, Sweetser quadrangle, Indiana : 7.5 minute series (topographic)

Dates

• Issued: 1974
• Coverage: 1974
• Coverage: 1974 to 1974

Publishers

• Geological Survey (U.S.)

Summary

Filing title: Sweetser, Ind. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Contour interval 10 feet. Includes quadrangle location map. Shows portion of Grant, Miami, and Howard counties, including the regions of Sweetser and Converse, in Indiana. Scan of blue line map. Flood prone areas and occasional flood information overprinted on U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle. "Base by U.S. Geological Survey, 1962." "The purpose of the flood-prone area maps is to show administrators, planners, and engineers concerned with future land developments those areas that are subject to flooding. The U.S. Geological Survey was requested by the 89th Congress to prepare these maps as expressed in House Document 465." "This map is not intended to show the limits of the flood plain over which state or local agencies have regulatory authority." For guide to all see Index to maps of flood-prone areas in Indiana prepared by William G. Weist. Indianapolis, Ind. : U.S. Geological Survey Water-resources investigations , 48-74, 1975. GB1399.I6 W4 (I 19.42/4:48-74)

Imprint: Washington, D.C. : Interior--Geological Survey, [1974]

Dimensions: 59 x 45 or smaller; Scale: 1:24,000

Subjects

• Indiana--Miami County
• Indiana--Grant County
• Indiana--Howard County
• Indiana
• Floods
• Floodplains
• Flood forecasting
• Maps

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (-85.900,-85.800,40.600,40.500)

Provider

Indiana University

Rights

• Access rights: Public

Citation

Geological Survey (U.S.); United States. Federal Insurance Administration. Map of flood-prone areas, Sweetser quadrangle, Indiana : 7.5 minute series (topographic). Geological Survey (U.S.). Quadrangle maps, Topographic maps. https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAC3073/VAC3073-M-00290

Format

JPEG

Languages

• eng