North Carolina Maps and Data

Digital Data Availability Summary*

NORTH CAROLINA	Spatial	Non-spatial	None
GIS Portals	x
Submerged Lands			x
Ownership
Submerged Lands Parcels			x
General Property and Parcel Data			x
Public and Conservation Lands	x
Leases and Other Use Authorizations
Aquaculture and Shellfish		x
Other Use Authorizations			x
Local Parcel Information	17 coastal counties
Deed Records	Availability of local data was not completely assessed; Links to many local data sources are identified.
Assessment Data
Parcels

* Due to project constraints, a comprehensive assessment of the availability of spatial data from all statewide and local sources in North Carolina was not completed for the current iteration of this toolkit.

GIS Portals

Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (Web site)
City GIS Data (Web site)
County GIS Data (Web site)
NCSU Libraries Geospatial (GIS) Data Services (Web site)
OneMap (Web site). Access to interactive online map viewer and file download.
Ramona GIS Inventory (NC One Map GIS Data Inventory) (Web site). Searchable status maps that reveal which local or state government agencies have produced a specific data set.

Submerged Lands

No data found.

Ownership

Submerged Lands Parcels

As of August 2007, North Carolina was in the process of mapping private, proven claims to submerged lands. No data was found online.

General Property and Parcel Data

No data found.

Public and Conservation Lands

Data	Conservation Easements.
Access	Download from ftp site. (Web site)
Detail	Revised 2007.
Distributor	North Carolina State Property Office.

Data	Conservation Tax Credit Properties.
Access	Download ArcSDE Feature Class. (Web site) [May be same as above.]
Detail	Property donated to the state in return for a tax credit. 1991-2007.
Distributor	North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis

Data	State Owned Land.
Access	Download from ftp site. (Web site)
Detail	Revised 2007.
Distributor	North Carolina State Property Office.

Data	State Owned Land. [May be same as above.]
Access	Download ArcSDE Feature Class. (Web site)
Detail	Exterior boundaries of state-owned complexes in North Carolina. 1993-2007.
Distributor	NC OneMap.

Data	Federal Land Ownership.
Access	Download ArcSDE Feature Class. (Web site)
Detail	Boundaries of land in North Carolina that is owned and managed by the US Government. 1984-2007.
Distributor	NC OneMap.

Leases and Other Use Authorizations

Aquaculture and Shellfish

Data	Shellfish Lease Data.
Access	Request non-spatial summary data. (1-800-682-2632)
Detail	Number of leases and acreage by county.
Distributor	Division of Marine Fisheries. North Carolina Department of Energy and Natural Resources.

Other Use Authorizations

No data found.

Local Parcel Information

Beaufort County

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Property search by owner, deed book/page, pin or address using pull-down menus for community name, street name and street number; GIS type map with click and drag zoom capabilities, “information” yields this information, acreage, assessment, basic property description, and can add soils, water land use and district overlays. (Web site)
Parcels	Availability of data not assessed.

Bertie County (Web site)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Availability of data not assessed.
Parcels	Zoom to parcel; information button outputs (Web site)

Brunswick County

Deed Records	Input parcel number, owner name, or address yields same information, legal description, deed book/page, tax information, link to GIS parcel map, property record card with building specifics and improvements, land use, sketch map, assessments, parcel report button from Assessor’s Office yields similar information and includes photograph. (Web site)
Assessment Data	See Deed Records above. Also, see Deed Records above.
Parcels	Click and drag zoom features, parcel numbers display on map. (Web site) Also, see Deed Records above.
Other Data	Online search links for other information including permits and inspections. (Web site)

Currituck County (Web site)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Tax Department Real Estate Search; input owner, parcel number, address, or subdivision; output same information, acreage, sale information, assessment, buildings and land data. (Web site)
Parcels	Availability of data not assessed.

Camden County (Web site)

Deed Records	Documents and Indexes. (Web site)
Assessment Data	Interactive GIS Online; search geographically or input owner or address; output parcel map with same information, PIN, acres, assessed value, and deed book and page numbers. (Web site)
Parcels	See Assessment Data above.

Carteret County (on Pamlico Sound)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Availability of data not assessed.
Parcels	Input name, address, property pin, or neighborhood code (code list provided), yields same information, acreage, assessments, districts, building characteristics, sketch map if available. (Web site)
Other Data	County GIS Maps; requires Microsoft Internet Explorer, click and drag for zooming in [may be unable to get property information]. (Web site)

Chowan County (Web site)

Deed Records	Deed index data and tax assessment data. Link to parcels GIS. (Web site)
Assessment Data	See Deed Records above.
Parcels	GIS Online; text or geographic searches; data includes owner. (Web site)

Dare County (on Pamlico Sound)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Availability of data not assessed.
Parcels	GIS map, click and drag for zoom, parcel identification includes PIN, parcel number, address, owner, subdivision; click on parcel number access parcel data sheet including additionally deed book/page, assessment, building photograph. (Web site) Nonspatial data searches via tax/property by address, parcel number, or owner.

Gates County (Web site)

Availability of data not assessed.

Hertford County (Web site)

Availability of data not assessed.

Hyde County (on Pamlico Sound)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Contact information to search tax records including real property. (Web site)
Parcels	Availability of data not assessed.

Tyrrell County (on Albemarle Sound)

Availability of data not assessed.

New Hanover County

Deed Records	Tax records search by name, address, parcel identification, map pin number, yields same information and assessment, some building features and sketch (where available), deed book/page for prior sales, with link to GIS parcel map. (Web site)
Assessment Data	Site offers link to dbf files, which open in SPSS, for all tax data for the county as of 12/06 [approximately 100,000 entries], with map identification, owner, legal description, address, city, subdivision name. (Web site) Also, see Deed Records above.
Parcels	Click and drag zoom feature on aerial photography base map, with parcel outlines. (Web site) Also, see Deed Records above.
Other Data	County GIS; site offers a variety of links to GIS shapefiles for aerial photography, resources such as topography, soils, hydrology, improvements, streets. (Web site)

Onslow County

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	GIS/Mapping System. Click and drag for map zoom features, “information” button yields parcel identification, tax record, pin, owner, address, neighborhood, property description, assessment, plat book/page, acreage, improvements, some hydrology, aerial photography; also can do parcel search (top right tool bar) using parcel number, pin, owner name, address, neighborhood code, sale price, building value, assessments, deed book/page etc. [note: includes tidelands but not open water]. (Web site)
Parcels	See Assessment Data above.

Pamlico County (on Pamlico Sound)

Deed Records	GIS and Property Record Search; GIS type map with click and drag zoom capabilities, “information” owner, address, map number, deed book/page, assessment, plat map, can add aerial photo overlay. (Web site)
Assessment Data	See Deed Records above.
Parcels	Availability of data not assessed.

Pasquotank County (Web site)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Tax Assessment Parcel Database; input owner, parcel ID, address, or map/block; output same information, assessment, and aerial photography. (Web site)
Parcels	Interactive Map. (Web site) Tax Maps in PDF. (Web site) Also, see Assessment Data above.

Pender County

Deed Records	Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer, click and drag for zoom to parcel, “information” button yields pin, owner, address, assessment, deed book/page, zoning, plat map. (Web site)
Assessment Data	See Deed Records above.
Parcels	See Deed Records above.

Perquimans County (Web site)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Property Cards and GIS/Tax Maps; zoom into specific parcel and click on “show property card for parcel” to see ownership, address, building improvements, assessments. (Web site)
Parcels	See Assessment Data above.

Washington County (on Albemarle Sound)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Property tax record card search input owner, address, parcel number, pin yields same information and building properties, acreage. (Web site)
Parcels	Availability of data not assessed.