ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

1. Watershed/drainage basin delineation
2. Map resources
   1. National Map Viewer: make your own maps
   2. State-wide Geologic Maps for Illinois: https://resources.isgs.illinois.edu/maps/statewide-maps
   3. National Geologic Map Database: https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngmdb/ngmdb_home.html
3. Natural Resources
   1. Water supply info
      • ILWATER - find well logs here
      • Illinois Municipal Water Use
      • Illinois Water Supply Planning (ISWS)
      • http://il.water.usgs.gov/
   2. ISGS Industrial Minerals Section
      • ISGS Directory of Illinois Mineral Producers and Maps of Extraction Sites - lists non-energy resources mined in each county and gives mine name, location, and geologic unit(s)
   3. ISGS Resources
      • Coal mines: https://ilmineswiki.web.illinois.edu/wiki/ILMINES
      • Oil & Gas
   4. USGS Resources
      • National Minerals Information Center (follow the link to "US States" for state-level information)
      • Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI)
      • Critical Minerals Mapping Initiative
      • Earth MRI Acquisitions Viewer
      • National Water Dashboard
   5. US Dept. of Agriculture
      • on-line soil surveys: http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/HomePage.htm
   6. Illinois Dept of Agriculture: http://www.agr.state.il.us/
      • Farmland protection: https://www.agr.state.il.us/farmland-protection/
   7. Illinois Dept.of Public Health:
      • Drilled Well Fact Sheet: http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/factsheets/drilledwlsFS.htm
      • Bored Well Fact Sheet: http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/factsheets/boredwlsFS.htm
4. Natural Hazards
   1. On-line Natural Hazard Maps (Federal Emergency Management Agency & ESRI)
      • instructions:
        1. In the "Product Search by Address" box, select "public flood map" in the product box, enter your address, and click on the "product search" box.
        2. On the results page, select "view."  You will be able to look at a copy of the flood hazard map, you can zoom in using the buttons next to the map. Note: there may be more than one page to look at, if so, you can go to the next sheet using the buttons that will be at the top of the page.
        3. On the left side of the map, click on the "Make a FIRMette" button.  This will allow you to make a printable version of a portion of the map.  (Be sure to move the pink square over the area you would like to have printed.)
   2. Topographic Wetness Index mapping - shows the effect of local topography on runoff flow direction and accumulation
   3. Risk Factor - includes risks from flooding, wildfires, and heat
   4. Illinois State Geological Survey Hazards programs
      • Karst
      • Seiches (Lake Michigan)
   5. USGS Natural Hazards Gateway
      • earthquakes
      • coastal and marine hazards
      • volcanoes
      • landslides
   6. USEPA radon gas information
      • USEPA Map of Radon Zones
   7. Illinois Emergency Management Agency
      • Earthquakes (site includes Earthquake zone map based on "worst case" scenario)
      • Radon Gas
   8. Surface Water Data
      • USGS National Data, real time & historical
      • U.S Army Corps of Engineers River Gages
      • National Water Prediction Service
   9. Coastal Hazards
      1. storm surge
         • National Storm Surge Risk Maps
           • interactive map
           • background information
         • National Hurricane Center
      2. tsunami
         • NOAA Tsunami
         • The Tsunmai Zone
         • Tsunami maps
      3. NOAA Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper
5. Human-Induced Hazards
   1. USEPA searchable databases (La Salle county must be spelled with a space)
      • Use this searchable map (Enviromapper): https://enviro.epa.gov/enviro/em4ef.home
        1. Enter your zip code
        2. Click on the magnifying glass or hit "return"
        3. Zoom in on your house
        4. Click on the "Search Envirofacts" menu and select "Search by program"
        5. Select the options to map on the menu on the left hand side. Each time you select, the map will display the sites in that category on the map with a green square or a green circle with a number. (You may need to wait for the sites to show up on the map.)
           • If it is a green circle with a number, click on the circle to zoom in further. You may need to do this several times before you see a green rectangle.
        6. Click on a green rectangle to see the site name.
        7. Click on the site name to get more information about that facility.
   2. IEPA Leaking UST database
      • enter a zip code to narrow the search to a town
      • click on the IEMA number for more information on a specific site
      • background on LUSTs here: State Fire Marshall information
   3. ISGS County Coal Map Series
      • Coal Mine Viewer
      • Planned Coal Mine Subsidence in Illinois: A Public Information Booklet
      • Mine Subsidence in Illinois: Facts for Homeowners
   4. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
      • If you are off-campus, use this link
      • When you select a map to view, you may be prompted to select the college you belong to and then your IVCC 14 digit ID number. After adding that information you will have access to the maps.
      • great source for historical land use, access available from computers on the IVCC campus and off-campus using your IVCC ID #
      • a small circle with a "GT" next to it indicates a buried gasoline tank; a "filling station" is a gas station
   5. IEPA Landfill Capacity Report (Region 1 includes most of the IVCC district)
      • https://epa.illinois.gov/topics/waste-management/landfills/landfill-capacity.html
   6. Illinois Dept.of Public Health:
      • Division of Environmental Health: http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/ehhome.htm
   7. U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
      • Public Health Assessments of some haz. waste sites: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/
      • map: http://gis.cdc.gov/atsdr/default.asp