# Ind. Code § 14-32-7-8: "Landscape survey"

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 14-32-7-8
- **Heading:** "Landscape survey"
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 14 / Article 32 / Chapter 7 / Section 14-32-7-8

## Text

Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "landscape survey" means a systematic scientific identification, inventory, and mapping of the features of the earth's surface that serve to constitute the landscape of a given area, including key factors such as the following:

(1) Land form.

(2) Vegetation.

(3) Wildlife.

(4) Physical characteristics.

(5) Visual perception.

(6) Historical and cultural sites.

(b) The Indiana state department of agriculture shall use the money appropriated by the general assembly to initiate and carry out a program of landscape surveys for Indiana to develop and present the surficial landscape data and information necessary to promote wise land use decisions.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citations: 13-4-3-3(i); 13-4-3-7.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.136-1997, SEC.39; P.L.1-2006, SEC.225; P.L.120-2008, SEC.18.

## Nearby sections

- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-1 Policy of department](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-1.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-2 "Geology"](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-2.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-3 "Land conservation"](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-3.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-4 "Landscape"](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-4.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-5 "Soil"](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-6 Division of soil conservation; administration and coordination of duties and responsibilities of department of agriculture; annual report](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-6.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-7 "Urban geology survey"](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-7.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-8 "Landscape survey"](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-8.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-8.5 "Soil surveys and geographic information systems"](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-8.5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-9 Support and assistance to local soil and water conservation districts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-9.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-10 Appropriations; uses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-10.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-11 Coordination and scheduling of urban geology survey program and landscape survey program](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-11.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-12 Duties of soil conservation division](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-12.md)
- [Ind. Code § 14-32-7-13 Administration](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T14_A32_C7_S14-32-7-13.md)

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