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Land Development in Pierce County

Explore the process of finding a suitable housing development site in Pierce County while ensuring criteria such as good soil quality, minimal flooding, erosion, and seismic hazards, and absence of wetlands. Discover how to analyze tax parcels, soil types, wetland areas, seismic hazards, and flooding & erosion potential using ArcGIS. A specific 480-acre pre-developed site overview is provided with Everett Gravelly Sandy Loam soil and low seismic hazard. Learn about key constraints, objectives, and considerations for successful land development projects in the area.

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Land Development in Pierce County

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  1. Land Development in Pierce County ArcGIS for Civil Engineers CEE 424 Joss Gramstad, John Wright, Brynn Carr December 8, 2006

  2. Objectives • Find suitable housing development site in Pierce County

  3. Constraints • At least 20 acre site • Good soil • Minimal Flooding, Erosion, Seismic Hazards • No Wetlands • Already zoned residential

  4. Tax Parcels All tax parcels in Pierce County

  5. Zoned Residential & Greater than 20 acres

  6. Soils Layer All soil types Optimal Soil Types

  7. Wetland Areas

  8. Seismic Layer Seismic Hazard Areas

  9. Flooding & Erosion Potential Flood Hazards Potential Erosion Hazards

  10. Analysis All layers shown

  11. Puyallup Tax Parcels

  12. Optimal Site SOIL A FLOOD SEISMIC EROSION WETLAND

  13. 9901 181st Ave. E

  14. Site Overview • 480 acres of zoned residential land • Everett Gravelly Sandy Loam Soil • No Erosion Hazard • Minimal Flooding Hazard • No Wetlands • Low Seismic Hazard

  15. Pre-Developed Site Pictures

  16. Pre-Developed Site Pictures

  17. Pre-Developed Site Pictures

  18. Developing Site Pictures

  19. Developing Site Pictures

  20. Questions?

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