What is a GIS?

A GIS (Geographic Information System) is a technology field that incorporates geographic features with tabular data in order to map, analyze, and assess real-world problems. These features and their related data are stored in layers based on a common attribute. The layers are then combined in order to make decisions. What layers of information you combine depends on your purpose: finding the best location for a new store, analyzing environmental damage, viewing similar crimes in a city to detect a pattern, and so on.

The Fountain Sanitation District uses GIS to map and maintain information on sewer infrastructure, municipal boundaries, new construction, billing areas, parcel information (parcel lines, zoning, land use etc.), and more. The GIS is used to produce data and maps for meetings, planning, billing, presentations, and other staff needs.

 

Our Mission

To develop and maintain a district wide GIS as a tool to assist in protecting the environment and public health, to provide high quality, cost efficient service to the people of Fountain, to be made available to all Fountain Sanitation District customers, developers, and contractors.

Contact the GIS Department

If you have any questions or comments about the GIS department, to request additional information, or to report a bug, email gisadmin@fsd901.org. Phone inquiries may be made by calling 719-382-5303.

Contact Fountain Sanitation District

All other inquiries not relating to GIS or the Web Mapping application may be directed to the Fountain Sanitation District Administrative office at fsdistrict@fsd901.org. You may also reach FSD by phone at 719-382-5303.

For more information about Fountain Sanitation District, including rates and fees, service applications, master plan, budget, and more, please visit the main web site by clicking on the link below.

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Emergencies
In the event that you should have a sanitary sewer emergency after hours and need to contact someone immediately, please call the main number for the District offices at 719-382-5303. Phones are transferred to the after-hours personnel on call. In the event the on call personnel cannot be reached, please call the City of Fountain Police Department at 719-382-8555. They will be able to reach the next available personnel on call.