Rhode Island Maps and Data

Digital Data Availability Summary*

RHODE ISLAND	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	18 municipalities
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 Rhode Island was not completed for the current iteration of this toolkit.

GIS Portals

Department of Environmental Management Maps. (Web site)
Marine Resource Uses. (Web site) University of Rhode Island Digital Imagery Server (Web site). Aerial photography and topographic maps.
Rhode Island Geographic Information System. (Web site)

Submerged Lands

The submerged lands boundary is, generally, the external boundary of the polygons in the following datalayers:

Data	Marine & Estuarine Waters: Water Quality Standards and Impairments
Access	Download ESRI shapefile. (Web site)
Detail	Marine and estuarine waters, with attribute coding for water quality standards and impairments, and special resource protection waters.
Distributor	Rhode Island Geographic Information System.

Data	Coastal Water Use Type
Access	Download ESRI shapefile. (Web site)
Detail	Vector polygon representations of all water subject to regulation by the RI Coastal Resources Management Commission. Coastal waters are identified in 5 classes based upon characteristics of the shoreline. 2007.
Distributor	Rhode Island Geographic Information System.

Ownership

Submerged Lands Parcels

No data found.

General Property and Parcel Data

No data found.

Public and Conservation Lands

Data	State Conservation and Park Lands (also called DEM Openspace)
Access	Download ESRI shapefile or view layer on interactive online map (Environmental Resource Map). (Web site)
Detail	Conservation Lands protected by the State of Rhode Island through Fee Title Ownership, Conservation Easement, or Deed Restriction. 2001.
Distributor	Rhode Island Geographic Information System.

Data	Local & NGO Conservation and Park Lands (also called Local Openspace)
Access	Download ESRI shapefile or view layer on interactive online map (Environmental Resource Map). (Web site)
Detail	Park & Protected conservation lands held by The Nature Conservancy, The Audubon Society of RI, US Fish & Wildlife Service, local & municipal land trusts and municipal governments in RI. 2006.
Distributor	Rhode Island Geographic Information System.

Leases and Other Use Authorizations

Aquaculture and Shellfish

Data	Aquaculture Locations.
Access	View in interactive online map (Rhode Island Commercial and Recreational Fisheries Map). (Web site)
Detail	Point locations. Metadata does not document attributes, which appear to include name of lessee or operator, number of leases, species cultivated, acreage, and assent number. Locations may have multiple leases (NUM_LEASE > 1). Some locations appear not to be lease locations, and may be operating under other authorization. (14 records have NUM_LEASE = 0, and all these have ACRES = 0 or 0.01.) Totals: 34 locations, 34 leases, 67.04 acres. 2003.
Distributor	University of Rhode Island Environmental Data Center.

Other Use Authorizations

No data found.

Local Parcel Information

NETROnline or Public Records Online. (Web site)
Portal for Cities and Towns. (Web site)
Public Record Directory. (Web site)

Bristol County

Town of Barrington

Deed Records	Data availability not assessed.
Assessment Data	Assessor’s Office. (Web site)
Parcels	Appraisal Resources, yields property information including map/lot number, ownership, location, assessment and building information. (Web site)

Town of Bristol

Deed Records	Data availability not assessed.
Assessment Data	Assessor’s Office. (Web site)
Parcels	Appraisal Resource; yields property information including map/lot number, ownership, location, assessment and building information. (Web site)

Town of Warren

Deed Records	Data availability not assessed.
Assessment Data	Data availability not assessed.
Parcels	Appraisal Resource; yields property information including map/lot number, ownership, location, assessment and building information. (Web site)

Kent County

Town of E. Greenwich

Deed Records	Data availability not assessed.
Assessment Data	Data availability not assessed.
Parcels	Appraisal Resource; yields property information including map/lot number, ownership, location, assessment and building information. (Web site)

Newport County

Town of Jamestown

Deed Records	Data availability not assessed.
Assessment Data	Data availability not assessed.
Parcels	Appraisal Resource; yields property information including map/lot number, ownership, location, assessment and building information. (Web site)

Town of Middletown

Deed Records	Data availability not assessed.
Assessment Data	With input of location, owner name, map/block yields this information, characteristics of improvements including sketch map, ownership record, land use code, site photograph. (Web site)
Parcels	Data availability not assessed.

Town of Newport

Deed Records	Data availability not assessed.
Assessment Data	With input of location, owner name, map/block yields this information, characteristics of improvements including sketch map, ownership record, land use code, site photograph. (Web site)
Parcels	Zoning Plat Maps; plat maps, with map index to individual blocks, with zoning overlay and parcel identification (jpg). (Web site)

Town of Portsmouth

Deed Records	Data availability not assessed.
Assessment Data	With input of location, owner name, map/block yields this information, characteristics of improvements including sketch map, ownership record, land use code, site photograph. (Web site)
Parcels	Plat Maps; 2002 plat maps, with map index to individual blocks, maps with parcel information and street names, some government ownership. (Web site)

Town of Tiverton

Deed Records	Data availability not assessed.
Assessment Data	Data availability not assessed.
Parcels	Yields property information including map/lot number, ownership, location, assessment and building information. (Web site)

Providence County

Town of Cranston

Deed Records	Data availability not assessed.
Assessment Data	Data availability not assessed.
Parcels	With input of location, owner name, map/block yields this information, characteristics of improvements including sketch map, ownership record, land use code, site photograph. (Web site)

Town of E. Providence

Deed Records	Data availability not assessed.
Assessment Data	Data availability not assessed.
Parcels	With input of location, owner name, map/block yields this information, characteristics of improvements including sketch map, ownership record, land use code, site photograph. (Web site)

City of Providence

Deed Records	Data availability not assessed.
Assessment Data	Input parcel identification, name or street name (from a pull down list) which yields property information including map/lot number, ownership, location, improvements, assessment and site photograph. (Web site)
Parcels	See Assessment Data above.

Washington County

Town of Charlestown

Deed Records	Land Evidence Records; actual documents are not available electronically. Documents can be requested by email from clerk@charlestownri.org . (Web site)
Assessment Data	Data availability not assessed.
Parcels	With input of location, owner name, map/block yields this information, characteristics of improvements including sketch map, ownership record, land use code, site photograph. (Web site) Real Estate Data includes sales as well as parcel information, no ownership. (Web site) Real Estate Roll (2005); properties listed alphabetically by owner. (Web site) Maps listed by block number, individual parcels can be located and parcel number identified, available for downloading as individual pdf files or all as one .zip file which has each map as a .tif image. (Web site)

Town of Narrangansett

Deed Records	With input of location, owner name, map/block yields this information, characteristics of improvements including sketch map, ownership record, land use code, site photograph. (Web site)
Assessment Data	Data availability not assessed.
Parcels	See Deed Records above.

Town of New Shoreham

Deed Records	With input of location, owner name, map/block yields this information, characteristics of improvements including sketch map, ownership record, land use code, site photograph. (Web site)
Assessment Data	Data availability not assessed.
Parcels	See Deed Records above.

Town of N. Kingstown

Deed Records	With input of location, owner name, map/block yields this information, characteristics of improvements including sketch map, ownership record, land use code, site photograph. (Web site)
Assessment Data	Data availability not assessed.
Parcels	See Deed Records above.

Town of S. Kingstown

Deed Records	With input of location, owner name, map/block yields this information, characteristics of improvements including sketch map, ownership record, land use code, site photograph. (Web site)
Assessment Data	Data availability not assessed.
Parcels	See Deed Records above.

Town of Westerly

Deed Records	With input of location, owner name, map/block yields this information, characteristics of improvements including sketch map, ownership record, land use code, site photograph. (Web site)
Assessment Data	Data availability not assessed.
Parcels	See Deed Records above.