By Michele Smith
The Times
Commissioners Approve Topographic of County
Maps will be used by FEMA, DNR, USDS and the Corps of Engineers
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August 17, 2017
At last week’s meeting the Columbia County Board of Commissioners signed agreements between the county and the U.S. Geologic Survey Department, and between the county and the Department of Natural Resources for high resolution lidar topographic mapping of the county, that will take place in the fall of 2017.
Public Works Director Andrew Woods told the commissioners, “FEMA is on board for flood maps. The DNR is on board for slopes and rockslides. The USDS wants the maps, and the Corps will happily use the data,” Woods said. “It’s pretty exciting stuff.”
The commissioners also a...
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