Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part XXVII - State Lands
Subpart 1 - Land Information Mapping and Map Records System
Chapter 15 - Geographic Base Map
Section XXVII-1527 - Appendix A-Primary Features to be Mapped-Planimetric and Topographic Mapping

FEATURE DESCRIPTION

MAPPING REQUIREMENTS

* Airports and Related Features..........................................................................................................................

Outline

* Athletic Fields ...................................................................................................................................................

Apparent Limits

* Bridges and Overpasses....................................................................................................................................

Outline

* Buildings ...........................................................................................................................................................

Rooflines

* Bulkheads ...........................................................................................................................................................

Outline or Symbol

* Catch Basins and Drain Inlets..........................................................................................................................

Outline or Symbol

* Cemeteries ..............................................................................................................................

Apparent Limits

* Contour Lines......................................................................................................................................................

Interpreted Locations

* Cultivated Areas.................................................................................................................................................

Apparent Limits

* Culverts and Cross-drains.................................................................................................................................

Outline or Symbol

* Curbs and Edges of Traveled Ways................................................................................................................

Outline

* Docks and Piers..................................................................................................................................................

Outline

* Drainage Ditches and Canals............................................................................................................................

Outline

* Fences and Retaining Walls..............................................................................................................................

Outline or Symbol

* Floodwalls and Floodgates...............................................................................................................................

Outline or Symbol

* Highways, Roads and Streets...........................................................................................................................

Outline

* Hydrants .............................................................................................................................................................

Symbol

* Industrial Facilities.............................................................................................................................................

Outline

* Land Fills and Excavations................................................................................................................................

Apparent Limits

* Levees ...............................................................................................................................................................

Apparent Limits

* Manholes.............................................................................................................................................................

Symbol

* Parking Lots.........................................................................................................................................................

Outline

* Parks and Playgrounds......................................................................................................................................

Apparent Limits

* Pipeline Corridors...............................................................................................................................................

Apparent Limits

* Power Transmission Lines................................................................................................................................

Outline

* Pumping Stations................................................................................................................................................

Outline

* Railroads and Related Features........................................................................................................................

Outline and Symbols

* Rivers, Bayous, Lakes and Ponds....................................................................................................................

Water's Edge

* Shorelines............................................................................................................................................................

Water's Edge

* Slabs and Foundations......................................................................................................................................

Outline

* Spillways, Dams and Reservoirs......................................................................................................................

Outline

* Spot Elevations and Auxiliary Heights............................................................................................................

Measure or Interpret

* Storage Tanks and Silos....................................................................................................................................

Outline

* Surface Expression of Underground Features...............................................................................................

Outline or Symbols

* Survey Control....................................................................................................................................................

Symbol

* Swamps and Wetlands.......................................................................................................................................

Apparent Limits

* Swimming Pools..................................................................................................................................................

Outline

* Tennis and Other Courts...................................................................................................................................

Outline

* Towers .............................................................................................................................................................

Outline or Symbol

* Tunnel Entrances................................................................................................................................................

Outline

* Utility Poles.........................................................................................................................................................

Symbol

* Utility Substations..............................................................................................................................................

Outline

* Wooded Areas and Brushlines.........................................................................................................................

Apparent Limits

* Other Photo Identifiable Features....................................................................................................................

As Applicable