Resources for Planners and Developers

On this page:

1. Water supply
2. Characterizing geologic hazards
3. Evaluating property characteristics
4. Links

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1. Water supply

• Online Significant Sand and Gravel Aquifers Maps
  • Digital aquifer data
• Online Bedrock Ground-Water Resources Maps
• Water Well Database
  • Digital water well data

2. Characterizing geologic hazards

• Online Coastal Landslide Hazards Maps
  • Digital landslide data
• Online Landslide Sites and Areas of Landslide Susceptibility Maps
• Online Coastal Bluffs Maps
  • Digital bluffs data
• Coastal erosion
  • Online Beach and Dune Geology Aerial Photos
  • State of Maine's Beaches in 2007
  • State of Maine's Beaches in 2009
  • State of Maine's Beaches in 2011
  • State of Maine's Beaches in 2013
  • Impacts of Future Sea Level Rise on the Coastal Floodplain
• Earthquake hazards

3. Evaluating property characteristics

• Topographic maps
• Surficial geology
  • Digital surficial geology data
• Surficial materials
  • Digital materials data
• National Wetlands Inventory Maps (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
• Bedrock geology

4. Links

• Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• Maine Natural Areas Program
• Land Use Planning Commission
• To find local town and county information

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Last updated on September 12, 2013