Crawford County
Crawford County covers 556 square miles of northern Lower Michigan, with the county seat at Grayling.
Crawford County official website
Taxes, deeds, permits and other Crawford County services on GovDir
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- Crawford County property tax search and paymentProperty records
Pay delinquent taxes online anytime using text-to-pay, digital wallets, ACH or autopay, with real-time updates and secure data protection.
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- Michigan property taxIn Michigan the city or township Assessor values your home and land and the local Treasurer sends the summer and winter bills. The Department of Treasury oversees assessing, and the principal residence exemption lowers the school rate on your own home.
- Michigan GIS data downloadsAerial imagery · Elevation · Addresses and 911 numbers
Download Michigan'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.
- Michigan Geological SurveyMichigan geology from the state geological survey at Western Michigan University: geologic maps, groundwater, critical minerals, geologic hazards and the state core and well log repository.
- USGS topoViewBrowse and download every historical USGS topographic map for a location, useful for seeing old roads, buildings and shorelines.
- US Census GeocoderFree service that converts a street address into map coordinates and census geography. No account needed.
- Crawford County GIS and mappingGIS data downloads
The mapping office: what maps and data are kept, how to get them, and who to ask.
Gaye Pizzi, GIS Specialist- Office
- Crawford County GIS
- Phone
- (989) 344-3275
- Address
- 200 W Michigan Ave Grayling, MI 49738
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- 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.
- Crawford County zoning and land useZoning
Zoning districts and land use rules, and which uses and buildings the rules permit on a given piece of land.
- Office
- Crawford County Planning and Zoning
- Phone
- (989) 344-3233
- Address
- 200 W. Michigan Ave Grayling, MI 49738
- FEMA Flood Map Service CenterFlood zones
Official 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.
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- Michigan floodplain and flood mapsMichigan's floodplain program: the flood maps, the extra rules that apply to building or rebuilding near water, and who runs the program locally.
- 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.
- Michigan Wetlands Map ViewerWetlands
Michigan EGLE map of mapped and potential wetlands, from the state wetland inventory, soils and the National Wetlands Inventory.
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- Michigan county and intercounty drainsExplains that county and intercounty drains remove excess water from farms, roads and neighborhoods under the Drain Code (Public Act 40 of 1956), with drain commissioners and drainage boards assessing landowners for maintenance. Links to a way to find your county drain commissioner and lists intercounty drain board meetings.
- 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.
- USDA Web Soil SurveySoils
Draw an area on the map to get soil types, drainage, septic suitability, building limitations and farmland ratings.
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- 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.
- Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and EnergyLakes and water
Michigan's environmental agency: water quality, wetlands, waste and the permits that go with them.
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- Michigan water wells and water rightsWater wells in Michigan: the local health department permit, the Wellogic well record system and the water well construction rules.
- U.S. Drought MonitorWeekly national drought map by county, with historical conditions and state summaries.
- MRLC NLCD Land Cover ViewerLand cover
National land cover map for every year since 1985: forest, cropland, developed, wetland, water and change over time.
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- 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.
- Michigan state landsPublic land
State-owned land in Michigan: who manages it, what you may do on it, and how leases and easements work.
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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).
- Crawford County Register of DeedsPlats · Surveys and section corners
Where deeds, mortgages, easements and other land documents are recorded. Start here to search recorded documents or order a copy.
Jamie McClain, County Clerk/Register of Deeds- Phone
- (989) 344-3200
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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.
- Michigan licensed land surveyor lookupSearch the Michigan State Board of Professional 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.
- 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.
- NGS Survey Mark DatasheetsFederal survey mark datasheets and control monument records, searchable by county or coordinates.
- Crawford County Road CommissionRoads
Maintains county roads and bridges in Crawford County outside the state highway system; call about road conditions and repairs.
- Phone
- (989) 348-2281
- Address
- 500 Huron Street, Grayling, MI 49738
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- Michigan Department of TransportationState highways in Michigan: road maps, projects, and the approach or access permit you need before you build a driveway onto a state road.
- 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.
- Michigan coastal and shoreline rulesShoreland
Michigan's Great Lakes shore: high risk erosion areas, critical dune areas, the shoreline permit and what you may build near the water.
- U.S. wildfire risk mapHazards and emergency information
Type a community, county or state to see its wildfire likelihood, risk to homes and exposure, with maps and charts. It shows long-term risk, not current fires, and is a screening tool, not an official hazard designation for a property.
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- U.S. hurricane storm surge risk mapsInteractive map of how deep storm surge flooding could get near the coast in a worst-case hurricane of each category. It does not replace your local hurricane evacuation zone; check the state or county zone lookup for that.
- U.S. landslide mapInteractive national map of known landslides and how susceptible the ground is to landslides. It is a broad screening map, not a site-specific assessment.
Crawford County offices
- Crawford County USDA FSA and NRCS officeThe Farm Service Agency office for Crawford County is at the West Branch Service Center, 240 W Wright St, West Branch, MI 48661. Call it to sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and other farm programs, and for farm and tract records. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) serving Crawford County is at the Gaylord Service Center, 810 S. Otsego Rd., Gaylord, MI 49735, (989) 732-6526: ask it for wetland determinations, highly erodible land questions and conservation plans.
- Phone
- (989) 345-5470
- Address
- 240 W Wright St, West Branch, MI 48661
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About Crawford County
Crawford County covers 556 square miles of northern Lower Michigan, with the county seat at Grayling. Michigan does the property work in the city or township, not the county: the local Assessor sets the value and the local Treasurer sends the summer and winter tax bills. The county Register of Deeds keeps recorded land documents and the County Treasurer takes over unpaid taxes.