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Natural Resource Information available at our office
2315 Dean Street, Suite 100, St. Charles
Aerial Photography
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM)
NRCS Technical Guide
Plat Books
Soil Survey Books
Soil Information
USGS Topographic maps
Wetland Information
 
Aerial Photography                                   Aerial Photography & Slides  Order Form
Kane County: Years of photography available:  1939, 1954, 1961, 1967, 1974, 1988, 1993

DuPage County: Years of photography available: 1954, 1961, 1967, 1974, 1988, 1993 
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM)
Unincorporated Kane and DuPage counties
All mapped cities, municipalities and villages in Kane and DuPage counties
NRCS Technical Guide
Technical guides are the primary technical references for NRCS. They contain technical information about the conservation of soil, water, air, and related plant and animal resources.
 
Technical guides used in each field office are localized so that they apply specifically to the geographic area for which they are prepared. These documents are referred to as Field Office Technical Guides (FOTGs). The FOTG is maintained in each NRCS field office as a compilation of technical knowledge, resource data references and conservation practice standards.   

Appropriate parts of the Field Office Technical Guides are automated as databases, computer programs, and other electronic-based materials such as those included in the web pages at 
E-FOTG -Electronic Field Office Technical Guide for Illinois.

 
Plat Books
 
Soil Survey Books
We have the Kane County Soils Survey in hardcopy.  Call 630.584.7961 Ext. 3 or email to receive a copy of the Kane County Soil Survey Book.  A digital soil survey on CD is still expected to be published in the near future, but for those seeking a digital version of the soils survey and have a GIS software, the data is available from the USDA-SSURGO website.

DuPage County-The DuPage Soil Survey is in paper form.  We now have both the Soil View CD in digital format, and the always classic paper based version. For customers with GIS capabilities the same data is available through SSURGO (see below).  Call 630.584.7961 Ext. 3 or
email
to receive a copy of the DuPage Soil Survey CD or Book.  
 
Soil Information
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database, USDA-NRCS Soil Survey Division, National SSURGO Database.  Access the latest soils data information for select areas of the United States and it's territories.  At SSURGO Database Download screen click on SSURGO Listing to view the databases available.  Databases codes are listed alphabetically by state abbreviation.  To view databases you must have ArcView.

Soils Information  The Web sites for the National Soil Survey Center and Soil Survey Division have combined into this useful website.  Access to Illinois soils information as well as nationwide.

 
USGS Topography Maps
All Quadrants for Kane and DuPage counties are available
 
Wetland Information
National Wetland Inventory (NWI)
NRCS Wetland Inventory (1988 aerial photography)
    DuPage County- 1990 inventory
    Kane County- 1996 inventory
DuPage County swampbuster maps
NRCS Request for Certified Wetland Determination Form

Kane-DuPage Soil & Water Conservation District
2315 Dean Street, Suite 100
St. Charles, Illinois 60175
630/584-7961    FAX  630/584-9534