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Created in 1837, the Indiana Geological and Water Survey (IGWS) is an official agency of the U.S. state of Indiana charged with geological research and the dissemination of information about the state's energy, mineral and water resources. [1] In 2017, the Indiana Geological Survey was renamed to the Indiana Geological and Water Survey. [2]
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Indiana. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
This map of United States water resource subregion hydrologic units updated boundaries to include the ocean as well as the portions of the basins that cross international borders For the use of hydrologists, ecologists, and water-resource managers in the study of surface water flows in the United States, the United States Geological Survey ...
The highest point in Indiana is Hoosier Hill, at 1,257 feet (383 m) above sea level in northern Wayne County. Rural areas in the central portion of the state are typically composed of a patchwork of fields and forested areas. The geography of Central Indiana consists of gently rolling hills and sandstone ravines carved out by the retreating ...
With the Kankakee River, the Illinois River watershed stretches from the Illinois border in northwest Indiana and up into Michigan's Berrien County, adjacent to St. Joseph County. This drainage area include most of the state known as the Northwest Indiana , including the city of La Porte but excluding the area north of the Valparaiso Moraine ...
Location: Owen / Putnam counties, Indiana, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: Mill Creek: Primary outflows: Mill Creek: Basin countries: United States: Water volume: 228,120 acre⋅ft (0.28138 km 3) Peak 27,112 acre⋅ft (0.033442 km 3) Normal: Surface elevation: 636 feet (194 m) [1]: Cagles Mill Lake, also known as Cataract Lake, is a reservoir located near ...
Monroe Lake is a reservoir located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Bloomington, Indiana, United States.The lake is the largest entirely situated in Indiana with 10,750 acres (43.5 km 2) of water surface area spread over the counties of Monroe and Brown.
In 2015, the USGS unveiled the topoView website, a new way to view their entire digitized collection of over 178,000 maps from 1884 to 2006. The site is an interactive map of the United States that allows users to search or move around the map to find the USGS collection of maps for a specific area.