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Basin Studies
Catalog #
Water Resource Availability Reports
Date Cost +S&H
101 OL 87-1 Water Resource Availability in the St. Joseph River Basin 1987
102 OL 88-2 Water Resource Availability in the Whitewater River Basin 1988
103 OL 90-3 Water Resource Availability in the Kankakee River Basin 1990
104 OL 94-4 Water Resource Availability in the Lake Michigan Region 1994
105 OL 96-5 Water Resource Availability in the Maumee River Basin 1996
112 OL 2002-6 Ground-Water Resources in the White and West Fork White River Basin, Indiana 2002
106 OL Indiana's Water Use (published at irregular intervals) Various Dates
107 OL Trends in Indiana's Water Use 1986-1996 (Special Report No. 1) 1998
108 OL Ambient Ground Water Chemistry Various Dates
109 OL Aquifer Transmissivity Values Various Dates
110 OL Aquifer Systems Various Dates
111 OL West Fork White River Basin Bedrock-surface Topography Various Dates
Flood Plain Mapping
The Division of Water has conducted many floodplain mapping projects since 1965. These maps show features such as roads, buildings, fence lines, railroads, vegetation, and contour lines that give ground elevations. Most of the maps are at a scale of 1 inch = 200 feet; however, some maps are at 1 inch =100 feet or 1 inch = 400 feet. The contour interval is 2 feet. Please note that the index maps below show the footprint on the ground of the entire sheet; however, in many cases, only certain areas within that footprint were mapped. Some areas may be blank.

Although called floodplain mapping, these maps do not show floodways or other flood zones. Maps showing flood zones are available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Toll Free Telephone Number 1-800-358-9616.

Catalog #
Map Name
# of
Sheets
$1.50
per sheet
+S&H
301 HC Little Calumet River 50
302 HC City of Columbus 41
303 HC Wabash at Lafayette 24
304 HC WFK White River at Anderson-Muncie 41*
306 HC Wildcat Creek at Kokomo 14*
307 HC St. Joseph & Elkhart River 42*
308 HC Big Blue River at Shelbyville 12
309 HC Whitewater River at Brookville 12
310 HC Whitewater River at Connersville 17
311 HC Wabash River at Wabash 10*
312 HC Little River at Huntington 6*
313 HC Patoka River at Jasper 22
314 HC North Fork Salt Creek at Nashville 8*
315 HC Wabash & Eel River at Logansport 21*
316 HC Iroquois River at Rensselaer 7
317 HC WFK White River at North Indianapolis 17*
318 HC WFK White River at Noblesville 24*
319 HC WFK White River at Washington st.-Waverly 37*
320 HC WFK White River at Martinsville 38*
321 HC Youngs Creek at Franklin 5*
322 HC White Lick Creek at Plainfield 11*
323 HC WFK Blue River at Salem 5*
324 HC White Lick Creek at Brownsburg 9*
325 HC Little Buck Creek at Indianapolis 8*
326 HC Sugar Creek at Crawfordsville 6*
327 HC Brandywine Creek at Greenfield 5*
328 HC Flatrock River at Rushville 8
329 HC St. Mary's River at Decatur 12
330 HC Maumee & St. Mary's at Fort Wayne 24
331 HC Salamonie River at Portland 10
332 HC Lick Creek at Indianapolis 10*
333 HC Fall Creek at West Indianapolis 7
334 HC Fall Creek at East Indianapolis 8
335 HC St. Joseph River at Fort Wayne 11
336 HC St. Joseph River at Leo 11
337 HC Cedar Creek near Auburn 12
338 HC Cool Creek at Carmel 7*
339 HC Eagle Creek at Zionsville 8
340 HC Trail Creek at Michigan City 9
341 HC Wea Creek at Lafayette 17
342 HC WFK White River--Clare to Anderson 21*
343 HC Burnett Creek at Battleground 8
344 HC Honey Creek at Prairieton 14
345 HC Pleasant Run Creek at Greenwood 9
346 HC Prairie Creek at Lebanon 9
347 HC Lost Creek at Terre Haute 15
348 HC Crooked Creek at Augusta 15
349 HC Little Eagle Creek at New Augusta 13
350 HC East Fork Whitewater River -Richmond 15
351 HC Silver Creek at New Albany 23
352 HC Whiskey Run and Brandywine Fork at Marengo 7*
353 HC Judy Creek at South Bend 11
354 HC Kankakee River 38
355 HC Yellow River 18
356 HC Honey Creek at Smith Valley 9
357 HC Junk Ditch at Fort Wayne 13
358 HC Beanblossom Creek at Trevlac 5
359 HC Blackman Lake 2
360 HC Hoffman Lake 3
361 HC Tippecanoe River-Oakdale Dam to Wabash River 13
362 HC Tippecanoe River-Buffalo to Winamac 28
363 HC Wabash at Bluffton 12
364 HC Salt Creek at Valparaiso 11
365 HC Little Eagle Branch at Eagletown 12
366 HC New Reynolds Ditch at Lebanon 3
367 HC Dry Branch at Crawfordsville 2
368 HC Wabash at Lafayette (1988 Revision) 23
369 HC White Lick Creek at Mooresville 71
370 HC Little Calumet River at Burns Waterway 50
371 HC Cedar Creek in DeKalb and Allen Counties 12
# of Sheets does not include vertical, horizontal, or index sheets
*Reduced Copies
Flood Plain Management
Catalog #
Date Cost +S&H
405 OL Waterlines newsletter bi-annually
407 OL Flooding and Post Disaster Responsibilities a local administrators guide(2.1mb file) 2004
408 OL Local Floodplain Administrator's Guide
409 OL Indiana Model Ordinance for Flood Hazard Areas 2013
Ground Water Publications
Catalog #
Date Cost +S&H
501 OL Bulletin #1 Memorandum Concerning a Pumping Test at Gas City 1945
501.5 OL Bulletin #2 Water Levels in Indiana 1946
502 OL Bulletin #3 Ground Water Resources St. Joseph County 1948
503 OL Bulletin #4 Ground Water Resources Boone County 1949
504 OL Bulletin #5 Ground Water Resources Noble County 1950
504.1 OL Bulletin #7 Water Level Records of Indiana 1956
505 OL Bulletin #8 Ground Water Resources Tippecanoe County 1958
505.5 OL Bulletin #8 Ground Water Resources Tippecanoe County Appendix: Basic Data 1956
506 OL Bulletin #9 Ground Water Resources Adams County 1962
507 OL Bulletin #10 Ground Water Resources Lake County 1961
508 OL Bulletin #11 Ground Water Resources Greene County 1961
509 OL Bulletin #12 Ground Water Resources Porter County 1962
510 OL Bulletin #13 Ground Water Resources LaPorte County 1962
511 OL Bulletin #14 Ground Water Resources Sullivan County 1962
512 OL Bulletin #15 Ground Water Resources St. Joseph County 1962
513 OL Bulletin #16 Ground Water Resources Clay County 1962
514 OL Bulletin #17 Ground Water Resources Vigo County 1963
515 OL Bulletin #18 Ground Water Resources Owen County 1963
516 OL Bulletin #19 Ground Water Resources Marshall County 1964
517 OL Bulletin #20 Ground Water Resources Fulton County 1964
518 OL Bulletin #21 Ground Water Resources Putnam County 1964
519 OL Bulletin #22 Ground Water Resources Starke County 1964
520 OL Bulletin #23 Ground Water Resources Parke County 1964
521 OL Bulletin #24 Ground Water Resources Pulaski County 1964
522 OL Bulletin #25 Ground Water Resources Jasper County 1964
523 OL Bulletin #26 Ground Water Resources Newton County 1964
524 OL Bulletin #27 Ground Water Resources Montgomery County 1965
525 OL Bulletin #28 Ground Water Resources Fountain County 1965
526 OL Bulletin #29 Ground Water Resources Vermillion County 1965
527 OL Bulletin #30 Ground Water Levels in Indiana 1955-1962 1966
528 OL Bulletin #31 Geohydrology and Ground Water Potential of Lake County 1968
529 OL Bulletin #32 Geohydrology and Ground-Water Potential of Porter and LaPorte Counties 1968
530 OL Bulletin #33 Geohydrology and Ground-Water Potential of St. Joseph County 1969
531 OL Bulletin #34 Hydrogeology of the Principal Aquifers in Vigo and Clay Counties 1971
532 OL Bulletin #35 Hydrogeology of the Principal Aquifers in Sullivan and Greene Counties 1973
533 OL Bulletin #36 Ground Water Resources of Montgomery County 1974
534 OL Bulletin #37 Water Resources Delaware County 1968
535 OL Bulletin #38 Ground Water Resources Vanderburgh County 1977
536 OL Bulletin #39 Ground Water Resources Posey County 1977
536.1 OL Bulletin #40 Hydrogeology of Harrison County 2006
537 OL Bulletin #41 Hydrogeology of Gibson County 1990
538 OL Bulletin #42 Hydrogeology of Union County 1992
539 OL Bulletin #43 Hydrogeology of Fayette County 1993
Ground Water Atlases
Catalog #
Date Cost +S&H
601 OL Atlas #1 Water Resources of Morgan County 1964
602 OL Atlas #2 Water Resources of Johnson County 1966
603 OL Atlas #3 Water Resources of Hendricks County 1968
604 OL Atlas #4 Water Resources of Tipton County 1968
605 OL Atlas #5 Water Resources of Grant County 1968
606 OL Atlas #6 Water Resources of Randolph County 1971
607 OL Atlas #7 Water Resources of Madison County 1971
608 OL Atlas #8 Water Resources of Hamilton County 1971
609 OL Atlas #9 Water Resources of Henry County 1973
610 OL Atlas #10 Water Resources of Marion County 1974
611 OL Atlas #10-A Technical Atlas of the Ground Water Resources of Marion County 1976
612 OL Atlas #11 Water Resources of Hancock County 1975
613 OL Atlas #12 Water Resources of Shelby County 1976
614 OL Atlas #13 Water Resources of Boone County 1977
Miscellaneous Maps
Catalog #
Date Cost +S&H
701 OL Misc. Map #42 Bedrock Topography of the Teays Valley, Western Part 1985
702 OL Misc. Map #43 Bedrock Topography of the Teays Valley, Central Part 1985
703 OL Misc. Map #44 Bedrock Topography of the Teays Valley, Eastern Part 1985
Miscellaneous Ground Water Reports
Catalog #
Date Cost +S&H
801 OL Ground Water in Indiana 1965
802 OL Generalized Ground Water Availability in Indiana (map) 1980
803 OL Hydrogeologic Evaluation of Proposed North (Teays Valley) Well Field: Marion, Indiana 1985
804 OL The Indiana Water Resource-Availability, Uses, and Needs Vol. 1 1980
805 OL The Indiana Water Resource-Recommendations for the Future Vol. 2 1980
806 OL Hydrogeology of the Lafayette (Teays) Bedrock Valley System, North-Central Indiana 2003
807 OL Minimum Standards for Water Well Construction (IC 25-39) 2003
808 OL Plugging and Sealing Abandoned Water Wells...a landowners responsibility 2004
809 OL Methane Gas & Your Water Well - A Fact Sheet for Indiana Water Well Owners 2012
Surface Water Publications
Catalog #
Date Cost +S&H
901 OL Drainage Areas of Indiana Streams 1975
903 OL Coordinated Discharges of Selected Streams in Indiana published as needed
904 OL Rainfall Frequency in Indiana 1994
905 OL Roster of Indiana Waterways Declared Navigable
Local Water Resource Project Guidance
Catalog #
Date Cost +S&H
1001 OL The Indiana Conservancy Act IC 14-33
1002 OL The Indiana Conservancy District Directory annually
1003 OL The Indiana Conservancy Act A Brief Summary
1004 OL Indiana Drainage Handbook 1996
1005 OL The Flood Control Revolving Fund IC 14-28-5 Information and Application 1997
1007 OL A Guide to the Preparation of a District Plan 1992
Other Information
Catalog # Date Cost +S&H
2000 OL "Division of Water Benchmarks for Indiana" contains information about the location of DOW benchmarks throughout the State published as needed
2001 OL General Guidelines for New Dams and Improvements to Existing Dams in Indiana 2001
2002 OL Water Rights: Emergency Regulation 2003
2003 OL Driller's Bits Newsletter published as needed

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