Drainage Board

Meetings


  • 10 a.m. (Unless Otherwise Noted)
  • 1st Wednesday of Every Month
  • Tippecanoe County Building
    20 N 3rd Street
    Tippecanoe Room
    Lafayette, IN 47901
Note: These dates and times are subject to revision by the Drainage Board.
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Agendas & Minutes


Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.
View Most Recent Agendas and Minutes | View Agendas and Minutes From 2016 and Older

2018 Drainage Board Officers


  • David S. Byers, President
  • Tracy Brown, Vice President
  • Thomas P. Murtaugh, Member

Questions/Comments/Concerns: Email the Drainage Board.

County Drainage Board


The Surveyor is an ex-officio, non voting, member of the County Drainage Board. In this capacity the County Surveyor is the technical authority on the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of all regulated drains or proposed regulated drains in the county. The board and Surveyor have jurisdiction over regulated drains. Regulated drains are drains established by either the Commissioners Court or Circuit Court of each county prior to 1965 or the Drainage Board since 1965. These drains are open ditches or tile drains or a combination.

The Surveyor also advises the Drainage Board in regards to compliance with the General Drainage Ordinance Establishing Storm Drainage and Sediment Control. The purpose of the ordinance is to reduce the hazard to public health and safety caused by excessive storm water runoff, to enhance economic objectives and to protect, conserve and promote the orderly development of land and water resources within the county.

Tippecanoe County Regulated Drain Map 
(Note: This map is strictly for visual representation. Changes are constantly being made by the Drainage Board to County Regulated Drains. For more detailed and updated information, please contact the Tippecanoe County Surveyor's Office at (765) 423-9228.)

Drainage Master Plans

  1. A.Ross Master Plan 2016
  2. Berlowitz Master Plan 2014

Drainage Impact Areas

  1. Indian Creek Impact Resolution Exhibit A (PDF)
  2. Resolution 2006-01-DB/JN Kirkpatrick Drain (PDF)
  3. Resolution 2006-02-DB/Haffner Drain (PDF)
  4. Resolution 2006-03-DB/Berlowitz Drain (PDF)
  5. Resolution 2011-02-DB/S.W. Elliott Drain Br. 11 (PDF)
  6. Resolution 2013-01-DB/Indian Creek Drainage Impact Area (PDF)
  7. Resolution 2013-01-DB/Indian Creek Impact Area, Exhibit B (PDF)

Ordinances & Manuals

  1. 2016 Stormwater Technical Standards Manual
  2. 2017 Comprehensive Stormwater Management Ordinance
  3. 2017 Stormwater Ordinance Appendix D
  4. Ordinance 2017-04-CM
  5. Resolution 2017-01-DB
  6. Amended Ordinance Establishing Uniform Fee Schedule (PDF)
  7. No Net Loss Floodplain Policy (PDF)

Stormwater Storage Fee Areas

  1. Stormwater Storage Fee Areas

Alexander Ross Stormwater Storage Fee Area

  1. Alexander Ross Storage Fee Area
  2. Resolution 2014-02-DB ARoss Regional Detention Basin Storage Fees

Berlowitz Stormwater Storage Fee Area

  1. Berlowitz Storage Fee Area
  2. Resolution 2014-03-DB Berlowitz Detention Basin Storage Fees

F-Lake Storage Fee Area

  1. F.Lake Storage Fee Area
  2. Resolution 2014-01-DB F-Lake Detention Basin Storage Fees