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Basin Studies
Catalog # 
Water Resource Availability Reports
DateCost+S&H
101 OL87-1 Water Resource Availability in the St. Joseph River Basin 1987 - -
102 OL88-2 Water Resource Availability in the Whitewater River Basin 1988 - -
103 OL90-3 Water Resource Availability in the Kankakee River Basin 1990 - -
104 OL94-4 Water Resource Availability in the Lake Michigan Region 1994 - -
105 OL96-5 Water Resource Availability in the Maumee River Basin 1996 - -
112 OL2002-6 Ground-Water Resources in the White and West Fork White River Basin, Indiana 2002 - -
107 OLTrends in Indiana's Water Use 1986-1996 (Special Report No. 1) 1998 - -
108 OLAmbient Ground Water Chemistry Various Dates - -
109 OLAquifer Transmissivity Values Various Dates - -
110 OLAquifer Systems Various Dates - -
111 OLWest Fork White River Basin Bedrock-surface Topography Various Dates - -
Floodplain 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 HCLittle Calumet River 50 - -
302 HC City of Columbus 41 - -
303 HCWabash at Lafayette 24 - -
304 HCWFK White River at Anderson-Muncie 41* - -
306 HCWildcat Creek at Kokomo 14* - -
307 HCSt. Joseph & Elkhart River 42* - -
308 HCBig Blue River at Shelbyville 12 - -
309 HCWhitewater River at Brookville 12 - -
310 HCWhitewater River at Connersville 17 - -
311 HCWabash River at Wabash 10* - -
312 HCLittle River at Huntington 6* - -
313 HCPatoka River at Jasper 22 - -
314 HCNorth Fork Salt Creek at Nashville 8* - -
315 HCWabash & Eel River at Logansport 21* - -
316 HCIroquois River at Rensselaer 7 - -
317 HCWFK White River at North Indianapolis 17* - -
318 HCWFK White River at Noblesville 24* - -
319 HCWFK White River at Washington st.-Waverly 37* - -
320 HCWFK White River at Martinsville 38* - -
321 HCYoungs Creek at Franklin 5* - -
322 HCWhite Lick Creek at Plainfield 11* - -
323 HCWFK Blue River at Salem 5* - -
324 HCWhite Lick Creek at Brownsburg 9* - -
325 HCLittle Buck Creek at Indianapolis 8* - -
326 HCSugar Creek at Crawfordsville 6* - -
327 HCBrandywine Creek at Greenfield 5* - -
328 HCFlatrock River at Rushville 8 - -
329 HCSt. Mary's River at Decatur 12 - -
330 HCMaumee & St. Mary's at Fort Wayne 24 - -
331 HCSalamonie River at Portland 10 - -
332 HCLick Creek at Indianapolis 10* - -
333 HCFall Creek at West Indianapolis 7 - -
334 HCFall Creek at East Indianapolis 8 - -
335 HCSt. Joseph River at Fort Wayne 11 - -
336 HCSt. Joseph River at Leo 11 - -
337 HCCedar Creek near Auburn 12 - -
338 HCCool Creek at Carmel 7* - -
339 HCEagle Creek at Zionsville 8 - -
340 HCTrail Creek at Michigan City 9 - -
341 HCWea Creek at Lafayette 17 - -
342 HCWFK White River--Clare to Anderson 21* - -
343 HCBurnett Creek at Battleground 8 - -
344 HCHoney Creek at Prairieton 14 - -
345 HCPleasant Run Creek at Greenwood 9 - -
346 HCPrairie Creek at Lebanon 9 - -
347 HCLost Creek at Terre Haute 15 - -
348 HCCrooked Creek at Augusta 15 - -
349 HCLittle Eagle Creek at New Augusta 13 - -
350 HCEast Fork Whitewater River -Richmond 15 - -
351 HCSilver Creek at New Albany 23 - -
352 HCWhiskey Run and Brandywine Fork at Marengo 7* - -
353 HCJudy Creek at South Bend 11 - -
354 HCKankakee River 38 - -
355 HCYellow River 18 - -
356 HCHoney Creek at Smith Valley 9 - -
357 HCJunk Ditch at Fort Wayne 13 - -
358 HCBeanblossom Creek at Trevlac 5 - -
359 HCBlackman Lake 2 - -
360 HCHoffman Lake 3 - -
361 HCTippecanoe River-Oakdale Dam to Wabash River 13 - -
362 HCTippecanoe River-Buffalo to Winamac 28 - -
363 HCWabash at Bluffton 12 - -
364 HCSalt Creek at Valparaiso 11 - -
365 HCLittle Eagle Branch at Eagletown 12 - -
366 HCNew Reynolds Ditch at Lebanon 3 - -
367 HCDry Branch at Crawfordsville 2 - -
368 HCWabash at Lafayette (1988 Revision) 23 - -
369 HC White Lick Creek at Mooresville 71 - -
370 HCLittle Calumet River at Burns Waterway 50 - -
371 HCCedar Creek in DeKalb and Allen Counties 12 - -
# of Sheets does not include vertical, horizontal, or index sheets
*Reduced Copies
Floodplain Management
Catalog #  DateCost+S&H
405 OLWaterlines newsletter Quarterly - -
410 OLFloodplain Management in Indiana Quick Guide 2018 - -
411 OLDivision of Water's Online Research Center 2020 - -
413 OLPermit Process Flowchart 2020 - -
414 OLPost Flood Guidance For Local Floodplain Administrators 2021 - -
415 OLFloodplain Administrators Guidebook 2021 - -
416 OL General Guide to Floodplain Development in Indiana poster 2021 - -
417 OLIndiana Model Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance 2022 - -
418 OLIndiana Floodplain Information Portal (INFIP) 2.0 2022 - -
419 OLGuidelines for Solar Panel Projects in the Floodplain 2022 - -
420OLRequired Floodplain Administrator Training2023--
Ground Water Publications
Catalog #  DateCost+S&H
501 OLBulletin #1 Memorandum Concerning a Pumping Test at Gas City 1945 - -
501.5 OLBulletin #2 Water Levels in Indiana 1946 - -
502 OLBulletin #3 Ground Water Resources St. Joseph County 1948 - -
503 OLBulletin #4 Ground Water Resources Boone County 1949 - -
504 OLBulletin #5 Ground Water Resources Noble County 1950 - -
504.1 OLBulletin #7 Water Level Records of Indiana 1956 - -
505 OLBulletin #8 Ground Water Resources Tippecanoe County 1958 - -
505.5 OLBulletin #8 Ground Water Resources Tippecanoe County Appendix: Basic Data 1956 - -
506 OLBulletin #9 Ground Water Resources Adams County 1962 - -
507 OLBulletin #10 Ground Water Resources Lake County 1961 - -
508 OLBulletin #11 Ground Water Resources Greene County 1961 - -
509 OLBulletin #12 Ground Water Resources Porter County 1962 - -
510 OLBulletin #13 Ground Water Resources LaPorte County 1962 - -
511 OLBulletin #14 Ground Water Resources Sullivan County 1962 - -
512 OLBulletin #15 Ground Water Resources St. Joseph County 1962 - -
513 OLBulletin #16 Ground Water Resources Clay County 1962 - -
514 OLBulletin #17 Ground Water Resources Vigo County 1963 - -
515 OLBulletin #18 Ground Water Resources Owen County 1963 - -
516 OLBulletin #19 Ground Water Resources Marshall County 1964 - -
517 OLBulletin #20 Ground Water Resources Fulton County 1964 - -
518 OLBulletin #21 Ground Water Resources Putnam County 1964 - -
519 OLBulletin #22 Ground Water Resources Starke County 1964 - -
520 OLBulletin #23 Ground Water Resources Parke County 1964 - -
521 OLBulletin #24 Ground Water Resources Pulaski County 1964 - -
522 OLBulletin #25 Ground Water Resources Jasper County 1964 - -
523 OLBulletin #26 Ground Water Resources Newton County 1964 - -
524 OLBulletin #27 Ground Water Resources Montgomery County 1965 - -
525 OLBulletin #28 Ground Water Resources Fountain County 1965 - -
526 OLBulletin #29 Ground Water Resources Vermillion County 1965 - -
527 OLBulletin #30 Ground Water Levels in Indiana 1955-1962 1966 - -
528 OLBulletin #31 Geohydrology and Ground Water Potential of Lake County 1968 - -
529 OLBulletin #32 Geohydrology and Ground-Water Potential of Porter and LaPorte Counties 1968 - -
530 OLBulletin #33 Geohydrology and Ground-Water Potential of St. Joseph County 1969 - -
531 OLBulletin #34 Hydrogeology of the Principal Aquifers in Vigo and Clay Counties 1971 - -
532 OLBulletin #35 Hydrogeology of the Principal Aquifers in Sullivan and Greene Counties 1973 - -
533 OLBulletin #36 Ground Water Resources of Montgomery County 1974 - -
534 OLBulletin #37 Water Resources Delaware County 1968 - -
535 OLBulletin #38 Ground Water Resources Vanderburgh County 1977 - -
536 OLBulletin #39 Ground Water Resources Posey County 1977 - -
536.1 OLBulletin #40 Hydrogeology of Harrison County 2006 - -
537 OLBulletin #41 Hydrogeology of Gibson County 1990 - -
538 OLBulletin #42 Hydrogeology of Union County 1992 - -
539 OLBulletin #43 Hydrogeology of Fayette County 1993 - -
Ground Water Atlases
Catalog #  DateCost+S&H
601 OLAtlas #1 Water Resources of Morgan County 1964 - -
602 OLAtlas #2 Water Resources of Johnson County 1966 - -
603 OLAtlas #3 Water Resources of Hendricks County 1968 - -
604 OLAtlas #4 Water Resources of Tipton County 1968 - -
605 OLAtlas #5 Water Resources of Grant County 1968 - -
606 OLAtlas #6 Water Resources of Randolph County 1971 - -
607 OLAtlas #7 Water Resources of Madison County 1971 - -
608 OLAtlas #8 Water Resources of Hamilton County 1971 - -
609 OLAtlas #9 Water Resources of Henry County 1973 - -
610 OLAtlas #10 Water Resources of Marion County 1974 - -
611 OLAtlas #10-A Technical Atlas of the Ground Water Resources of Marion County 1976 - -
612 OLAtlas #11 Water Resources of Hancock County 1975 - -
613 OLAtlas #12 Water Resources of Shelby County 1976 - -
614 OLAtlas #13 Water Resources of Boone County 1977 - -
Miscellaneous Maps
Catalog #  DateCost+S&H
701 OLMisc. Map #42 Bedrock Topography of the Teays Valley, Western Part 1985 - -
702 OLMisc. Map #43 Bedrock Topography of the Teays Valley, Central Part 1985 - -
703 OLMisc. Map #44 Bedrock Topography of the Teays Valley, Eastern Part 1985 - -
Miscellaneous Ground Water Reports
Catalog #  DateCost+S&H
801 OLGround Water in Indiana 1965 - -
802 OLGeneralized Ground Water Availability in Indiana (map) 1980 - -
803 OLHydrogeologic Evaluation of Proposed North (Teays Valley) Well Field: Marion, Indiana 1985 - -
804 OLThe Indiana Water Resource-Availability, Uses, and Needs Vol. 1 1980 - -
805 OLThe Indiana Water Resource-Recommendations for the Future Vol. 2 1980 - -
806 OLHydrogeology of the Lafayette (Teays) Bedrock Valley System, North-Central Indiana 2003 - -
807 OLMinimum Standards for Water Well Construction (IC 25-39) 2003 - -
808 OLPlugging and Sealing Abandoned Water Wells...a landowners responsibility 2004 - -
809 OLMethane Gas & Your Water Well - A Fact Sheet for Indiana Water Well Owners 2012 - -
Surface Water Publications
Catalog #  DateCost+S&H
901 OLDrainage Areas of Indiana Streams 1975 - -
903 OLCoordinated Discharges of Selected Streams in Indiana published as needed - -
904 OLRainfall Frequency in Indiana 1994 - -
905 OLRoster of Indiana Waterways Declared Navigable  - -
Local Water Resource Project Guidance
Catalog #  DateCost+S&H
1002 OLThe Indiana Conservancy District Directory annually - -
1004 OLIndiana Drainage Handbook 1996 - -
1007 OLA Guide to the Preparation of a District Plan 1992 - -
1008 OLIndiana Conservancy Districts IC 14-33 Frequently Asked Questions 2013 - -
Other Information
Catalog #  DateCost+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 OLGeneral Guidelines for New Dams and Improvements to Existing Dams in Indiana 2001 - -
2002 OLWater Rights: Emergency Regulation 2003 - -
2003 OLDriller's Bits Newsletter published as needed - -
2004 OLSignificant Water Withdrawal Facility and Water Use Information published as needed - -
2005 OL2022 Annual Report 2022 - -

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