Wells County
WELLS COUNTY surveyor
102 W Market St
Suite 102
Bluffton, IN 46714
Mon-Fri: 8AM-4:30PM
(260) 827-0809
Jarrod M. Hahn, CFMCounty Surveyor (5th Term)
- 2010 County Surveyor President’s Award
- 2011 Outstanding Surveyor of the Year
- 2019-2020 and 2023-2024 President of Indiana County Surveyors Assoc
- 2024 Legislative Committee Member for Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors and Association of Indiana Counties
Diana CollinsDeputy Surveyor
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Welcome To The Wells County Surveyor
Your County Surveyor is a constitutional officer of the county and is elected to a4-year unlimited term from the county at large.
Your Wells County Surveyor oversees all section corners throughout the County. Is the technical authority on the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of all regulated or proposed open and tiled drains in Wells County. Certifies New Alcohol Beverage Permit, Serves as a non-voting member of the Wells County Drainage Board, serves as a voting board member of the Area Planning Commission Board, serves as voting board member of the Upper Wabash River Basin Commission, serves as voting member of the Maumee River Basin Commission. Is a member of the Wells County GIS Committee, County Plat Review Committee, County Surveyors Association of Indiana, National Association of County Surveyors, Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors, Land Improvement Contractors Association, Water Resources Policy Advisory Group for Indiana Farm Bureau, Committee Member of Western Lake Erie Basin, Member of Indiana and National Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management, Member of 2022 AIC Legislative Committee. AIC Awards Committee, Governor Appointed Drainage Taskforce Committee, and Mr. Hahn is a Certified Floodplain Manager(CFM).
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Services Provided
- Cornerstone Location
- Section Corner Tie Cards
- USGS Benchmark Location
- Flood Maps
- Topographic Maps
- Wells County Drainage Maps
- Wells County Road Maps
- Wells County Maps(past and present)
- Aerial Photography Maps(past and present)
- Wetland Inventory Maps
- Laminate
2×3=$0.50 8.5×11=1.00 11×17=$1.50 - Produce Copy of Large Map(36 inches wide)
- Produce Digital Scans
- Color Plotter
- Custom Made Maps
Types of Paper and Cost:
Bond 18×24=$2.00 24X36=$4.00
Vellum 18×24=$3.75 24X36=$7.50
Mylar 18×24=$6.00 24X36=$12.00 - ORANGE FLAGS 4X5X30 .08 each or $8.00-100 Bundle
WE ARE UNABLE TO TAKE DEBIT OR CREDIT CARDS IN THIS OFFICE.
LOCATED IN THE COURTHOUSE, 1ST FLOOR, NORTHWEST CORNER
NOTE: This office does not provide personal land surveys.(Please check in the Yellow pages for local listings)
Flood Zone Information
Wells Co Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan_Final_2015
2024 Flood Safety Awareness Week
Wells County Updated Flood Maps Effective date: October 16, 2014
Wells County Received the “2015 Excellence In Floodplain Management Award” for all County, City, Towns participation in the Community Rating System (CRS) Program.
F.A.Q.’s
We are located on the first floor, northwest end of the hall, Suite 102.
You call a Registered Land Surveyor, listed in the Yellow Pages under Surveyor. We do not do land surveying or handle line disputes.
If the survey was recorded, the Recorder and Area Plan office may have a copy. If not, you will need to know the SurveyCompany that last surveyed your property and contact them.
Call our office and ask to be put on the agenda for the next Drainage Board meeting. Please give a brief summaryof the reason for the appointment so the Board will be prepared to address your needs.
The Drainage Board has jurisdiction over the Regulated Drains. The following conditions require Drainage Board approval,encroachments into easem*nts, variances fromordinances or standards, relocate or replace a drain, and all monetary actionsfor drains (assessments, repairs, brushing, dredging, spraying, etc.)
All storm water run-off eventually goes into a body of water, i.e. lakes, an underground tile, or an open ditch;a regulated drainwill require periodic maintenance. Your ditch tax dollars goto a maintenance fund to pay for repairs, ditch bank spraying, logjams, cleaning, etc.
See IC 36-9-27-18 and 19, or call the Wells County Surveyor’s Office
No, the county is responsible for the regulated drain only. Any private tile connecting to a regulated drain tile is the responsibility of the land owner.
The terms “brushing” and “dredging” are used in the Surveyor’s Office when discussing the maintenance of regulated drains. “Brushing” is removal of trees, and small woodyvegetation from the top of the bank to the flow line of the drain. Brushing occurs when the woody vegetation has become overgrown on the banks of the regulated drain and islimiting the amount of water that can flow through this channel. “Dredging” is the process of excavation excess sediment in the channel of the drain in order to increase flow and thestorage capacity of the drain. These two operations are performed by contractorsunder the direction of the Wells County Surveyor’s Office.
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