Virginia Maps and Data

Digital Data Availability Summary

VIRGINIA	Spatial	Non-spatial	None
GIS Portals	x
Submerged Lands			x
Ownership
Submerged Lands Parcels			x
General Property and Parcel Data	x	x
Public and Conservation Lands	x
Leases and Other Use Authorizations
Aquaculture and Shellfish	x
Other Use Authorizations	x	x
Local Parcel Information	13 coastal counties; 3 cities
Deed Records	Availability of local data was not completely assessed; Links to some many data sources are identified.
Assessment Data
Parcels

GIS Portals

Coastal Geographic and Educational Management System. (web site) Interactive online mapping tool brings together coastal resources data from many state agencies.
GIS Coastal Mapping Tools. (web page) Online mapping tools include Blue Infrastructure, Marina Suitability, Oil Spill Cleanup and Response, Shallow Water Use Conflict, Shoreline Manager’s Assessment, Wetlands tools, and tools for specific localities.
Virginia Geographic Information Network. (web site) Provides links to state agencies, educational institutions, cities and counties, and planning districts that maintain GIS data. For state agencies and local governments, VGIN provides access to Internet mapping capabilities through SOTECH (web page).

Submerged Lands

No data found.

Ownership

Submerged Lands Parcels

No data found.

General Property and Parcel Data

Data	Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grants and Surveys.
Access	Document images available online. (web page)
Detail	Searchable index to colonial land patents and commonwealth land grants. 1632-present.
Distributor	The Library of Virginia.

Data	Barrier Island Ownership.
Access	View through online interactive map. (web site)
Detail	This point layer ostensibly identifies owners of barrier islands; however, querying these points displays only the name of the island. 2005.
Distributor	Coastal GEMS (Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program).

Public and Conservation Lands

Data	Conservation Lands.
Access	Download ESRI shapefiles or view through online interactive map. (web page)
Detail	Federal, state, local and private protected lands in Virginia. Two subsets of this data are “State-owned Tidal Lands” and “TNC Managed Lands,” listed below. 2007 and earlier.
Distributor	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Data	State-owned Tidal Lands (also called VMRC Lands).
Access	Download ESRI shapefile or view through online interactive map. (web page)
Detail	Covers only the bay and ocean sides of Virginia’s eastern shore. These lands appear to be intertidal or wetlands, not bottomlands. 1990.
Distributor	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Data	The Nature Conservancy Managed Lands.
Access	Download ESRI shapefile or view through online interactive map. (web page) or (web site)
Detail	Lands managed by TNC in Virginia’s coastal zone. 2006.
Distributor	Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and Coastal GEMS (Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program).

Leases and Other Use Authorizations

The Virginia Marine Resources Commission (web site) does not appear to maintain a GIS portal. However, the Engineering/Surveying Department of the Habitat Management Division is responsible for surveying and mapping subaqueous grounds for private and public shellfish management, and is the ultimate source of data for a number of the GIS layers. According to the Virginia Geographic Information Network, VMRC spatial data includes “leased and publicly-owned streambeds and tidal bottomlands, locations of permits and construction encroaching on pubic lands, locations of artificial fishing reefs, locations of oyster reefs, other information pertaining to commercial fisheries.”

Aquaculture and Shellfish

Data	Virginia Oyster Reef Restoration Atlas.
Access	Download atlas in PDF format or inquire about underlying data. (pdf document)
Detail	Maps show proposed oyster restoration areas, but introduction states that, among other sources, they are based upon maps of existing public and privately-lease oyster grounds. 2002.
Distributor	Virginia Institute of Marine Science (College of William and Mary) and Virginia Marine Resources Commission.

Data	Public Oyster Grounds (Baylor Grounds).
Access	View through online interactive maps. (web site) or (web site)
Detail	Public oyster grounds not available for shellfish leasing. More current information may be available from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission as AutoCAD files. 2001.
Distributor	Blue Infrastructure (VIMS) or Coastal GEMS (Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program).

Data	Private Oyster Ground Leases.
Access	View through online interactive maps. (web site) or (web site)
Detail	Shows private oyster lease areas. Does not identify lessee. More current information may be available from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission as AutoCAD files. 2001.
Distributor	Blue Infrastructure (VIMS) or Coastal GEMS (Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program).

Data	Commercial Shellfish Aquaculture Sites.
Access	View through online interactive maps. (web site) or (web site)
Detail	Point locations for bottom-culture shellfish aquaculture sites. Attribute data includes name of permit holder, application number, species, permit type, and status (active or inactive). Not all private oyster ground leases (above) appear to have points in this layer. 2003.
Distributor	Blue Infrastructure (VIMS) or Coastal GEMS (Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program).

Data	Oyster Gardening Sites.
Access	View through online interactive map. (web site)
Detail	Permitted non-commercial oyster garden sites in the Middle Peninsula area. Incomplete. Oyster gardens are maintained by riparian landowners. 2003.
Distributor	Coastal GEMS (Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program).

Other Use Authorizations

Data	Shoreline Permit Application Reports.
Access	Non-spatial database viewable online (follow link from web page).
Detail	Permits are for physical encroachment on subaqueous bottomlands, tidal wetlands, and coastal primary sand dunes. Database lists permit number, applicant, application data, locality, watershed, and immediate waterway. Records are for 2007 and 2006, with just a few earlier.
Distributor	Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary.

Data	Combined Shoreline Situation Coverages
Access	View through online interactive map or download ESRI Arc/Info coverages by county. (web site) or (web site)
Detail	Shoreline inventory includes arc coverage of shoreline protection structures and marinas, and point coverage of access structures such as docks, boathouses, and boat ramps. Although permit references are not included in the attribute data, all these structures would require permits from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. 2000-2006.
Distributor	Shoreline Mangers’ Assessment Kit or Comprehensive Coastal Inventory Program (VIMS)

Local Parcel Information

Due to budget and time limitations, not all counties were assessed for data availability. Select Municipality Information can be accessed below the counties.

Accomack County (web site)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	AccoMap. (web site)
Parcels	See Assessment Data.

Essex County

Availability of data not assessed.

Fairfax County (web page)

Deed Records	Circuit Court’s Public Access Network. Accessible by subscription ($25/mo.) (web page)
Assessment Data	Department of Tax Administration's DTA Parcel Finder. Assessment data (including owner) links to parcel viewer. (web page)
Parcels	Department of Information Technology's Digital Map Viewer/Property Map. PDFs of tax parcel maps, by grid tile. Also available for purchase on CD. (web page)

Gloucester County (web page)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Property Records Search. Input owner name, map number, address or historical data search with map number or name; output same information, acreage, districts, sale information, building sketch. (web page)
Parcels	Availability of data not assessed.

Isle of Wight County

Availability of data not assessed.

James City County

Availability of data not assessed.

King George County

Availability of data not assessed.

Lancaster County

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Lancova GIS/Parcel Search. Search geographically or by name or parcel number for owner, parcel, parcel number, acreage, assessed value, and deed book/page. (web page)
Parcels	See Assessment Data.

Mathews County (web page)

Availability of data not assessed.

Middlesex County (web page)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Middlesex County Department of Planning and Community Development. Tax Assessment Maps in PDF. (web page)
Parcels	See Assessment Data.

Northampton County (web page)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Public Access Mapping Website. Search by text or map. Input owner’s name, address, or tax map number; output same information, legal description, assessment, map with resource information layers. (web page)
Parcels	See Assessment Data.

Northumberland County (web page)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Land Book 2006 searchable by owner or map number for address and assessed value. (web page)
Parcels	Availability of data not assessed.

Prince William County

Availability of data not assessed.

Richmond County

Availability of data not assessed.

Stafford County

Availability of data not assessed.

Surrey County

Availability of data not assessed.

Westmoreland County

Availability of data not assessed.

York County (web page)

Deed Records	Availability of data not assessed.
Assessment Data	Real Property Information. Input address, owner, or parcel number; output map with navigation, same information, districts, legal description, assessment. (web page)
Parcels	Site Selector. Input parcel number or address, yield map of parcel with streets, water, zoning, community improvements, and this information, acreage, zoning, and some district, but not owner. (web page) Also, see Assessment Data above.

Municipality Information

City of Hampton

Property Database and Maps (web site): Input address, parcel identification or land record number, yields ownership, sales and assessment histories, land data, building descriptions, photos and sketches if available), tax information, map of the surrounding area, with relevant geographical information, zoning information.

City of Newport News

Real Estate Assessor’s Office Property Search (web site): Input address or parcel identification, yields this information, assessments, improvements, ownership history (but no names).
GIS Map Viewer (web site): Click and drag zoom map with various features including parcels with identification numbers and address, information button links to Assessor’s office database (as above).

City of Norfolk

Real Property Assessment (web site): Input address, yield legal description, parcel identification, assessment, but no owner name.

City of Poquoson

Property Information Search (web site): Input address, owner or map number, yields same information, acreage, legal description, improvements, assessment.

City of Portsmouth

Real Estate Assessment Data and Tax Map Search (web site): Input address or map/parcel, yields same information, deed identification, assessment, improvements, link to tax map, but no owner name.

City of Virginia Beach

Real Estate Assessment Search (web site): Input address, yields identification numbers, legal description, structure improvements, land information, assessment, but no owner identification.