| Map Type and Features |
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Tax Parcel Map Index
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| 18" x 18" (approximate) |
| Parcel lines, roads, section and quarter section lines and numbers lot, meander lines, parcel numbers, subdivisions (with index), railroads, hydrography, Rural Address Grid Numbers.
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Transportation Maps
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| Countywide: 38" x 26" (approximate)
Community: 8-1/2" x 11" (approximate) |
| Road Index, Interstate Highways, U.S. Trunk Highways, State Trunk Highways, Town Roads, Private Roads, Urban Roads, Section Lines, Hydrography, Airports, Amtrak Stations, Hospitals, Ferry Crossing, Railroads, Waysides. |
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Aerial Photography
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| Custom |
| Aerial Photography available from both the April 2002 flight and the April 1995 flight:
2002 Flight Features: Digital orthophotography created from April 2002 flight taken at 10,000 feet producing a final product scale of 1" = 1,666. Film diapositives of the aerial photography were scanned at 15 microns resulting in digital orthophotography with a 1 foot pixel resolution, meeting 1" = 200' National Horizontal Map Accuracy Standards.
1995 Flight Features: Digital orthophotography created from April 1995 flight taken at 10,000 feet producing a final product scale of 1" = 1,666. Film diapositives of the aerial photography were scanned at 30 microns resulting in digital orthophotography with a 2 foot pixel resolution, meeting 1" = 400' National Horizontal Map Accuracy Standards.
Options Available: By tax parcel, by Section-Town-Range, overlay parcel lines, overlay section lines, overlay road centerlines, and other options available. |
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Natural Resources
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| Various |
Choose from the following maps: Wetlands Inventory, Prime Farmland, Highly Erodible Land, Building Site Potential, Watersheds, NASS Land Use/Land Cover, WISCLAND Land Cover, Land Evaluation Rating (from LESA), Hydric Soils.
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Emergency Management System and Fire Districts
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| Countywide: 44" x 36" (approximate) |
Features: District Boundaries, Municipal Boundaries, Roads, Road Index, Section, Town Range, Hydrology, Rural Fire Number Grid, District Name, Square Miles of District, Headquarters, Contact Information.
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Supervisory Districts
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| Countywide: 34" x 22" (approximate) |
Derived from the Wisconsin Shape Editor (WISE) Initiative designed to facilitate 2001 redistricting. Features: Municipal Boundaries, Supervisory District Boundaries, Voting Ward Boundaries, Road Index, Interstate Highways, U.S. Trunk Highways, State Trunk Highways, Town Roads, Private Roads, Urban Roads, Section Lines, Hydrography, Airports, Amtrak Stations, Hospitals, Ferry Crossing, Railroads, Waysides, Rural Address Grid Numbers.
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School Districts
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| Various |
| School Districts in Columbia County were created using data taken from the most recent tax parcel data base as maintained by the Columbia County Land Information Department. A tax parcels' inclusion into a district is determined by the State of Wisconsin.
Available Countywide, By School District or by Community. |
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Aldermanic Districts, Voting Wards, Census Tract Boundaries
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| 22" x 17" (approximate) |
| Features: Includes Voting Ward District boundaries, School District boundaries, County Board Supervisory District boundaries, Public School District inset, County Board Supervisory District inset, roads, rural address grid, hydrology, section lines.
Note: community maps in Adobe pdf format are available at no cost on this website. These community maps include Roads, Voting Wards, School Districts, Supervisory Districts. Click here to view or download a free version. |
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Global Positioning System (GPS)
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| 22" x 17" (approximate) |
| HARN (High Accuracy Reference Network) GPS Points. Data obtaimed from the 1995 East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission and Aero-Metrix Project for establishing GPS control on control stations spread throughout the county.
Note: GPS Data Monumentation Sheets are available online.Click Here to view GPS Data Monumentation Sheets. |
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4' Contours Maps
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| Custom Size |
| Contour lines are lines that indicate elevation. Contour lines are lines drawn on a map connecting points of equal elevation. If you walk along a contour line you neither gain nor lose elevation. These lines show the topography on the map and are shown in brown. Two types of contour lines are shown. Regular contour lines are the thinner brown lines; index contour lines are the thicker brown lines. The numbers written in brown along the contour lines indicate elevation of the line. For this map elevation is in feet above sea level.
Contour lines are useful because they allow us to show the shape of the land surface (topography) on a map. A common use for a topographic map is to determine the elevation at a specified locality. Contour lines also allow us to get a general feeling for how much relief occurs in any specified locality. |
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