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I would like to thank all those who contributed to the recent
discussion on FEMA flood insurance rate maps.  All the comments were
very helpful.  I intend to catalog the 1,944 sheets that cover
Wisconsin.  I estimate that it will take a little over 400 records to
catalog the individual titles.
 
In response to Jim Coomb's attempt to get FIRMs by contacting them
via email:
 
Jim, I just called the 1-800 number on their www page, told them we
were a government depository library and asked for all the maps
that cover the State of Wisconsin.. They then gave us a deposit
account number and I gave them our address.  The maps started coming
right away with the bulk coming about four months latter.  It was
that simple.
 
Scott
 
Scott R. McEathron
Associate Academic Librarian
American Geographical Society Collection
Golda Meir Library
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
PO Box 399
Milwaukee, WI 53201
U.S.A.
(414)229-6282
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