Georgia
Statewide maps, data, and agencies, plus all its counties.
Taxes, deeds, permits and other Georgia services on GovDir
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Where to find things
- Georgia property taxProperty records
In Georgia the county Board of Tax Assessors values your home and land and the Tax Commissioner sends the bill. The Department of Revenue oversees the county boards and runs the homestead exemptions.
- Georgia GIS data downloadsAerial imagery · GIS data downloads · Elevation · Land cover · Addresses and 911 numbers
Download Georgia's statewide GIS data, such as roads, boundaries, imagery and elevation. It has no statewide property lines.
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- Sanborn Fire Insurance MapsDigitized Sanborn fire insurance maps showing building footprints, materials and uses for American towns and cities, widely used in property history and environmental research.
- USDA NAIP Imagery HubFind and download USDA's leaf-on aerial photography for the contiguous United States. Check coverage and acquisition dates for the area you need.
- USGS National Map ViewerNational base map with elevation, hydrography, imagery, boundaries and PLSS layers.
- State Plane Coordinate System zonesThe official State Plane Coordinate System from the National Geodetic Survey: which zone covers each state and county, zone definitions and conversion tools.
- FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer ViewerInteractive nationwide map of current flood zones, base flood elevations and map panels.
- NCES School District BoundariesNational school district boundary maps and downloadable GIS files, with an address lookup for the district serving a location.
- USGS topoViewBrowse and download every historical USGS topographic map for a location, useful for seeing old roads, buildings and shorelines.
- MRLC NLCD Land Cover ViewerNational land cover map for every year since 1985: forest, cropland, developed, wetland, water and change over time.
- National Land Cover Database (NLCD) DownloadsFilter and download National Land Cover Database products including Annual NLCD land cover for the contiguous United States. Provides downloadable raster products and links to the viewer for spatial selection.
- US Census GeocoderFree service that converts a street address into map coordinates and census geography. No account needed.
- Georgia floodplain and flood mapsFlood zones
Georgia's floodplain program: the flood maps, the extra rules that apply to building or rebuilding near water, and who runs the program locally.
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- FEMA Flood Map Service CenterOfficial source for flood insurance rate maps. Enter an address to see the current flood zone and download the FIRM panel and letters of map change.
- FEMA Disaster DeclarationsSearch federal disaster and emergency declarations by state, county and incident to see whether an area was declared and what assistance was authorized.
- FEMA Increased Cost of ComplianceFlood insurance coverage that helps pay to elevate, relocate, demolish or floodproof a substantially damaged building.
- Georgia Environmental Protection DivisionWetlands · Lakes and water
Georgia's environmental agency: water quality, wetlands, waste and the permits that go with them.
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- NRCS wetland determinations and conservation complianceFarm wetland rules for USDA program participants. Before you drain, fill or clear a wet area in a farm field, ask NRCS at your local USDA Service Center for a wetland determination.
- Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) sign-up, USDA Farm Service AgencyHow the Conservation Reserve Program works, which sign-ups are open and what it pays. You enroll land in CRP at your county Farm Service Agency office at the local USDA Service Center.
- NRCS highly erodible land determinationsHow NRCS decides whether a farm field is highly erodible land, which affects USDA program eligibility and conservation plans. Requests go to NRCS at your local USDA Service Center.
- U.S. Drought MonitorWeekly national drought map by county, with historical conditions and state summaries.
- USDA Web Soil SurveySoils
Draw an area on the map to get soil types, drainage, septic suitability, building limitations and farmland ratings.
- Georgia state landsPublic land
Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites: where the parks are, with camping, cabins, trails and fishing.
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- USGS map of public and protected landNational map of federal, state, local and other public and protected land from the U.S. Geological Survey Protected Areas Database (PAD-US).
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Historical Georgia government records, early land records, plats and maps.
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- BLM General Land Office RecordsSearch original federal land patents and survey plats by name or legal description to find the first private owner of a parcel.
- Georgia licensed land surveyor lookupSurveys and section corners
Search the Georgia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors for a licensed land surveyor by name or license number. Only a licensed surveyor can mark a legal property line on the ground, so check a surveyor's license before you hire one. Board phone 404-693-5754.
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- NGS survey mark and benchmark mapMap of National Geodetic Survey benchmarks and survey control marks. Zoom to a place, click a mark and open its datasheet with the mark's position, elevation and how to find it on the ground.
- NGS Survey Mark DatasheetsFederal survey mark datasheets and control monument records, searchable by county or coordinates.
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State highways in Georgia: road maps, projects, and the approach or access permit you need before you build a driveway onto a state road.
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- 811 Before You DigCall 811 or use your state 811 center's website a few business days before any digging, including fence posts, decks, trees and mailboxes. The service is free, and the utilities mark their buried lines with paint or flags. This page lists every state's 811 center.
- National Pipeline Mapping SystemPublic map viewer of transmission pipelines and operator contacts by county, for excavation planning and emergency response.
- Georgia coastal and shoreline rulesShoreland
The Georgia coast: marsh and shore permits, the coastal marshlands protection act and what you may build near the water.
- Georgia hurricane evacuation zonesHazards and emergency information
Search an address or click the map to see the hurricane evacuation zone and county for a place on the Georgia coast.
Other Georgia resources
- Georgia septic system permitsIn Georgia the county health department permits onsite sewage management systems under state rules. Start here for the permit, the soil report and the certifie…
- Georgia water wells and water rightsWater wells in Georgia: the well contractor licence, the well construction standards and the county health department that permits a private well.
- Georgia Geologic SurveyGeorgia geology: landslide, earthquake and ground hazards, groundwater, minerals and geologic maps.
Guides
By county
Largest cities
- Acworth
- Albany
- Alpharetta
- Americus
- Athens-Clarke County
- Atlanta
- Auburn
- Augusta-Richmond County
- Bainbridge
- Braselton
- Brookhaven
- Brunswick
- Buford
- Cairo
- Calhoun
- Canton
- Carrollton
- Cartersville
- Cedartown
- Chamblee
- Clarkston
- College Park
- Conyers
- Covington
- Cumming
- Dallas
- Dalton
- Decatur
- Doraville
- Douglas
- Douglasville
- Dublin
- Duluth
- Dunwoody
- East Point
- Fairburn
- Fayetteville
- Flowery Branch
- Forest Park
- Fort Oglethorpe
- Gainesville
- Garden City
- Griffin
- Grovetown
- Hinesville
- Holly Springs
- Jefferson
- Jesup
- Johns Creek
- Kennesaw
- Kingsland
- LaGrange
- Lawrenceville
- Lilburn
- Locust Grove
- Loganville
- Lovejoy
- Mableton
- Marietta
- McDonough
- Milledgeville
- Milton
- Monroe
- Moultrie
- Newnan
- Norcross
- Peachtree City
- Peachtree Corners
- Perry
- Pooler
- Port Wentworth
- Powder Springs
- Richmond Hill
- Rincon
- Riverdale
- Rome
- Roswell
- Sandy Springs
- Savannah
- Smyrna
- Snellville
- South Fulton
- St. Marys
- Statesboro
- Stockbridge
- Stonecrest
- Sugar Hill
- Suwanee
- Thomaston
- Thomasville
- Tifton
- Tucker
- Union City
- Valdosta
- Vidalia
- Villa Rica
- Warner Robins
- Waycross
- Winder
- Woodstock
Counties
- Appling
- Atkinson
- Bacon
- Baker
- Baldwin
- Banks
- Barrow
- Bartow
- Ben Hill
- Berrien
- Bibb
- Bleckley
- Brantley
- Brooks
- Bryan
- Bulloch
- Burke
- Butts
- Calhoun
- Camden
- Candler
- Carroll
- Catoosa
- Charlton
- Chatham
- Chattahoochee
- Chattooga
- Cherokee
- Clarke
- Clay
- Clayton
- Clinch
- Cobb
- Coffee
- Colquitt
- Columbia
- Cook
- Coweta
- Crawford
- Crisp
- Dade
- Dawson
- DeKalb
- Decatur
- Dodge
- Dooly
- Dougherty
- Douglas
- Early
- Echols
- Effingham
- Elbert
- Emanuel
- Evans
- Fannin
- Fayette
- Floyd
- Forsyth
- Franklin
- Fulton
- Gilmer
- Glascock
- Glynn
- Gordon
- Grady
- Greene
- Gwinnett
- Habersham
- Hall
- Hancock
- Haralson
- Harris
- Hart
- Heard
- Henry
- Houston
- Irwin
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Jeff Davis
- Jefferson
- Jenkins
- Johnson
- Jones
- Lamar
- Lanier
- Laurens
- Lee
- Liberty
- Lincoln
- Long
- Lowndes
- Lumpkin
- Macon
- Madison
- Marion
- McDuffie
- McIntosh
- Meriwether
- Miller
- Mitchell
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- Murray
- Muscogee
- Newton
- Oconee
- Oglethorpe
- Paulding
- Peach
- Pickens
- Pierce
- Pike
- Polk
- Pulaski
- Putnam
- Quitman
- Rabun
- Randolph
- Richmond
- Rockdale
- Schley
- Screven
- Seminole
- Spalding
- Stephens
- Stewart
- Sumter
- Talbot
- Taliaferro
- Tattnall
- Taylor
- Telfair
- Terrell
- Thomas
- Tift
- Toombs
- Towns
- Treutlen
- Troup
- Turner
- Twiggs
- Union
- Upson
- Walker
- Walton
- Ware
- Warren
- Washington
- Wayne
- Webster
- Wheeler
- White
- Whitfield
- Wilcox
- Wilkes
- Wilkinson
- Worth