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Desk Top Resources United States Army Corps of Engineers Information Session, May 7, 2013 Buffalo District, US Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch http://www.lrb.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory.aspx Topographic Maps http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/ National Wetland Inventory Maps Remember limitation – absence of a mapped wetland on the NWI maps cannot be interpreted to indicate that no wetlands exits within the non-mapped area. The only definitive determination is by an on-site survey. http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/data/ New York State Environment Resource Mapper (DEC-Regulated Wetlands and Streams) State regulated wetlands are 12.4 acres and larger – these maps do not include smaller wetlands, but are a “subset” of the NWI maps. http://www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/ERM/viewer.htm US Geological Survey Soil Maps http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/HomePage.htm Other Online Resource Maps http://maps.google.com/ http://bing.com/maps/ Google Earth Pro – this is an application that you need to download Historic Properties (State Preservation Office – SHPO)/Cultural Resources (Indian Tribes) http://nysparks.com/shpo/ Floodplain Maps http://msc.fema.gov/