PUBLICATION SALES AND DATA DISTRIBUTION

The Publication Sales Office of the Kentucky Geological Survey makes published information about Kentucky's mineral and water resources available to thousands of customers each year. Maps and reports published by the Kentucky Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey account for most of the materials sold, but publications from other sources, as well as open-file reports dealing with Kentucky geology, are also available.

The Publication Sales Office is located on the first floor of the Mining and Mineral Resources Building at the corner of Rose Street and Clifton Avenue on the University of Kentucky campus. Convenient parking for customers is located in the University of Kentucky Faculty Club parking lot behind the Mining and Mineral Resources Building.

The office stocks 7.5-minute-quadrangle topographic and geologic maps for the entire State. These maps are at a scale of 1:24,000 (1 inch on the map represents 2,000 feet on the ground) and depict in great detail Kentucky's topography and geology. All available 1:250,000- and 1:100,000-scale topographic maps of Kentucky, as well as complete coverage of Hydrologic Atlases published by the U.S. Geological Survey, are also kept in stock. In addition, numerous other geologic, geophysical, structure, hydrologic, and mineral-resource maps are available from the KGS sales office. Open-file maps showing landslides and related features are available for approximately 250 quadrangles in eastern and south-central Kentucky; copies of these maps are available at a nominal cost.

All KGS reports that are still in print and USGS reports that deal with Kentucky geology are available for purchase at the Publication Sales Office. In addition, KGS maintains an extensive collection of open-file materials, including reports and maps, which can be reproduced for customers at a nominal charge.

The Publication Sales Office handles a large volume of requests for maps and reports. During the past fiscal year, this office distributed approximately 22,500 maps and 3,500 reports, as well as 20,150 copies of well records and other miscellaneous items. Most mail orders are shipped out the day after they are received.

A List of Publications, which shows available maps and reports and gives complete ordering instructions, is available free upon request.