Surveyor

                         Welcome to the Tippecanoe County Surveyor's Office.

Your county surveyor is a constitutional officer of the county and is elected to a four-year term from the county at large. Please take a look around and enjoy your visit. Let us know if we can answer any questions.

The Surveyor's Office:

• Oversees all section corners throughout the county
• Reviews and inspects all new residential, commercial and industrial developments for compliance with the County Stormwater Ordinance
• Supervises construction, reconstruction and maintenance of county drains and ditches

Responsibilities to the Public

The obligation of the Surveyor's Office to the people of this county is addressed in Indiana Code, Title 36, Article 2, Chapter 12, Sections 1-15 (IC 36-2-12). The County Surveyor's Office does not conduct individual private land surveys. The following is an outline of the responsibilities centered around and within our office.

Drainage

• Gets involved Department of Natural Resources
• Develops drainage studies and specifications for all drains as needed
• Ex officio member of the County Drainage Board, as required by state law
• Investigates alleged drainage obstructions petitioned for removal by property owners, as required by state law
• Manages the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of all county regulated (legal) drains for the County Drainage Board, as required by state law
• Supervises investments of the Regulated Drain Assessments
• Maintains Tippecanoe County Regulated Drain Map

Phase II Stormwater Program

• Participate in the Federal Stormwater Program
• Manage and Coordinate Clean Water Act required by the U.S. EPA to establish the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting program

Tippecanoe County Partnership for Water Quality (TCPWQ)

• Find out what's in our stormwater runoff!
• Send us your comments!

Ordinance Establishing Uniform Fee Schedule (PDF)

• Erosion and Sediment Control for Individual Building Sites
• Rule 13 requires Tippecanoe County to develop and implement a comprehensive Stormwater Quality Management Plan (SWQMP)

2023 Comprehensive Stormwater Management Ordinance
 2016 Stormwater Technical Standards Manual 

2023 Stormwater Technical Standards Manual
 
TCSO Policy Change Effective March 1, 2019 (Permit Process)

• Maintains Bench Mark data files
• Perpetuates and maintains section corners as required by State Law
• Upholds the Section Corner Ordinance (PDF)
• Tippecanoe County Section Corner Map

GIS Mapping

• Digital map of the Section Corner monuments and reference sheets (dossier)
• GIS Policy Committee, President
• Mapping of County Regulated drains, watersheds and GPS locations of the county tile network

Planning

• Member of the County Subdivision Review Committee, the County Zoning Ordinance Review Committee
• Reviews all "Plats of Subdivision" of county land in accordance with the County Drainage Ordinance

Miscellaneous 

• Continually called on by the public concerning:
  • Drainage in general
  • Land surveying in general
  • Property-deed description interpretation
  • Section Corner information
  • Survey requirements
  • Manages 4 budgets (Surveyor's, Drainage Board, Section Corner Perpetuation, and Phase II Stormwater) in addition to several other miscellaneous funds
• John Saltzman Regulated Drain 2 Stage Ditch Project 2012 (PDF)
• Boes Ditch Analysis Stream Corridor Improvements October 2019

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