The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has produced a fairly detailed map of soil liquefaction susceptibility across Island County....
After a lot of online searching, I have been able to put together a time machine of aerial photography showing Coupeville, Long Point, and the Sculpture Forest going back to 1941. Sources included the US Geological Survey, NHAP, and Western Mapping Center. The jumps in time show spurts...
Back in August I posted an updated Island County parcel map of Long Point, which included my property. I happened to see today that the parcel map has recently been further updated and improved. Parcels and boundary edge lengths are much clearer in the new version.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has flood insurance maps for the entire country. Although most people think of flooding along rivers, the maps actually include large tidal bodies of water, lakes, and areas...
First view of the property from out on the waters of Penn Cove! I was able to do a lot of triangulating to determine the approximate property boundaries from this angle, and created an overlay outline to show where our property is located. Click on either picture for a larger, more detailed...
The Puget Sound LIDAR Consortium provides high resolution topographic data for land throughout Washington and especially the Puget Sound area. It is mostly of interest since it shows topographical...