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    Geology for Everyone

    Geology on the Web

     The pressures of continued growth in the Commonwealth of Kentucky require a better understanding of the physical environment in which we live. Kentucky taxpayers bear the cost of poor development decisions that result from inadequate technical input. "Smart Growth" planning can identify areas of suitable geologic and engineering character for many kinds of land use.
     The Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) is producing land-use planning maps based on geologic and environmental analyses. A map will be produced for each Kentucky county at a scale of either 1:48,000 or 1:63,360. Each map will provide an interpretation of the local geology in nontechnical language and can be used by homeowners, developers, and planners.
     The maps provide information on how the underlying rock in an area affects excavation and foundations, on-site wastewater treatment systems, residential and industrial developments, highway and street development, and pond and reservoir construction. Photographs of sites in the area are used to illustrate the geologic discussion.
     Please let us know if you would like to make your county a priority area for map development. Also give us your suggestions on how these maps might be made even more useful for land-use planning and management, and how we might provide the best possible service to all areas of the state. Please send comments and suggestions to Dan Carey, e-mail: carey@uky.edu, tel: 859-257-5500x157. .