Permit applicants, contractors and grant writers

Where is the project site?

Free permit map sheets for your site: vicinity map, USGS topo with the site marked, aerial, FEMA FIRMette and mapped wetlands, with a title block.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
WETLAND · 0.6 AC (NWI) CROSSING · 24 IN CULVERT HUC-12 180201250701

ePlan fills in

  • Site point
  • USGS topo quad
  • Aerial imagery
  • Flood zone (FIRMette)
  • Mapped wetlands

How it works

Permit map sheet set, from one answer

  1. Enter the site and pick the sheets you need.
  2. ePlan lays out the vicinity, topo, aerial, flood and wetland maps with your title block.
  3. Download the sheets free. Filing with the Corps? Start a nationwide permit PCN draft.

What you get

Permit map sheet set and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Pre-Construction Notification door.

The first draft

Permit map sheet set (free)

  1. Vicinity map with site
  2. USGS topo with site marked
  3. Aerial photo with project area
  4. FEMA FIRMette
  5. Mapped wetlands and streams
  6. Title block, north arrow and scale
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Nationwide permit pre-construction notification (PCN)

  1. Applicant and site
  2. Activity and nationwide permit number
  3. Waters and wetlands affected
  4. Species and historic properties
  5. Drawings and maps

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

45 days

is how long the Army Corps has to respond after it receives a complete nationwide permit notification
Source: 33 CFR 330.1(e)(1), eCFR

Ready for the paperwork?

Draft the Army Corps pre-construction notification (ENG Form 6082) for a dock, bank repair or small crossing. Wetlands and species checked. Free to read.

Pre-Construction Notification →

Questions

Permit map sheet set: what people ask

What is a FIRMette?

A full-scale section of a FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map that you make yourself and print on a home or office printer. Full maps are about two by three feet, and FIRMettes can be used in all aspects of the National Flood Insurance Program.

Source: msc.fema.gov

Where can I get a USGS topo map free?

USGS topographic maps first published on paper from 1884 to 2006 are scanned and free to download through topoView. Maps published as digital documents in 2009 and later are the US Topo series.

Source: ngmdb.usgs.gov

What does the Army Corps need in a permit application?

A complete description of the activity with drawings, sketches or plans sufficient for public notice, plus its location, purpose and need, schedule, adjoining owners and other permits. Detailed engineering plans are not required.

Source: ecfr.gov

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