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Gunnison County Planning Planning Commission Mapping Project

Date: 1974-01-01
Categories: Land Use, Geospatial Analysis, Gunnison Basin, Forest Ecology, Soil Science, Geochemistry & Isotopes, Land & Water Management, Community Planning, Recreation & Tourism
Geographic scope: gunnison basin
Source: Sustainable Living Library

Summary

Tasks Construction of interpretative overlay maps for the private lands in Gunnison County from the Soil Con- servation Service's photographic detailed soil maps. These overlays are to be used with the available Ue. S- Forest Service overlay map set prepared for ; the draft Model Transportation Plan. This combined - set of overlay maps provides a fundamental and ' * versatle planning tool for the analysis of agricul- ture, recreation, industry, housing, and other land useSe Gunnison County Planning Commission MApping Project ‘The location of soil types with severe limitations for dwelling units, local roads and streets, septic. . tank absorption fields, and errosion hazards are to. ' _ be mapped. Each of the four limitations will be mapped on mat mylar at a large scale (1:31,680) from 48 atlas sheets of the detailed Gunnison Area Surveys These sheets are each approximately 10 x 15 inches. © They are "blue line" advance sheets from the completed