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Indiana Geological and Water Survey
Indiana University
Mapping

Mapping the state

The IGWS surveys the state and disseminates information to contribute to the mitigation of geologic hazards and the wise stewardship of the energy, mineral, and water resources of Indiana.

Current mapping program focus

  • seamless geologic maps of Indiana at the 1:250,000 and 1:500,000 scales;
  • 1:100,000-scale bedrock maps south of the 40th parallel;
  • targeted unconsolidated maps to address key relationships among Quaternary sediments;
  • subsidence or landslide susceptibility maps south of the Wisconsin glacial boundary; and
  • maps of bedrock aquifers based on collected hydrogeological data.

Recent publications

2026 Characteristics of Pennsylvanian Sandstones from Southwest Indiana—Implications for Distinguishing the Caseyville from the Tradewater Formation in Indiana

2026 Cross Sections Depicting Unconsolidated Sediment Stratigraphy of Northern Indiana

2025 Review of Boundaries of U.S. Midcontinent Stages in the Pennsylvanian of Indiana

2025 MIS 6 Ice-marginal Sediments in the Buried Bedrock Valley of the East Fork White River near Jasper, Indiana

2025 Indian Creek Member of the Ste. Genevieve Limestone (Chesterian, Mississippian) in South-central Indiana

2025 Quaternary Geology of the Indiana Portion of the Southern Half of the Kankakee 30- x 60-minute Quadrangle

2025 Quaternary Geology of the Indiana Portions of the Chicago and the Northern Half of the Kankakee 30- x 60-minute Quadrangles

2025 Preliminary Map of the Bedrock Geology of the Southern Half of the Bloomington 30- x 60-minute Quadrangle

2024 Geologic Map of the Indiana Portions of the 30- by 60-minute Jasper and Tell City Quadrangles

2024 Quaternary Geology of the Bloomington 30- x 60-minute Quadrangle, Indiana

2024 Updated Stratigraphic Framework for the Late Pleistocene Glacial Deposits of the Saginaw Lobe of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, Indiana

2024 The St. Meinrad Coal Member (Pennsylvanian)–Reference Sections from Spencer County, Indiana

2024 Modifications of Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy in Indiana

2023 Quaternary Stratigraphy and Geomorphic History of the Flatwoods Region of Owen and Monroe Counties, Indiana

2023 Quaternary Geology of the Washington-Jasper Area

2023 Geologic Map of the Bedford 30- x 60-minute Quadrangle, Indiana

2021 Quaternary Geology of the Indiana Portion of the Western Extent of the South Bend 30- x 60-minute Quadrangle 

2021 Preliminary Map of the Bedrock Geology of the Northern Half of the Bedford 30- x 60-minute Quadrangle, Indiana

2021 Preliminary Map Showing Quaternary Geology of the Trafalgar 7.5-minute Quadrangle, Indiana

2021 Preliminary Map Showing Quaternary Geology of the Franklin 7.5-minute Quadrangle, Indiana

2021 Bedrock Topography of the Berne, Domestic, Geneva, and Willshire 7.5-minute Quadrangles, Indiana-Ohio

2021 Bedrock Geology of the Southern Half of the Knox 30- x 60-minute Quadrangle, Indiana

2021 Quaternary Geology of the Indiana Portion of the Eastern Extent of the South Bend 30- x 60-minute Quadrangle