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Wayne County

Wayne County covers 612 square miles of southeastern Lower Michigan, with the county seat at Detroit.

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PublicGIS maps 807,832 parcels for Wayne County. PublicGIS does not show owner names for this county.

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  • Wayne County parcel map and property searchCounty GIS map · Property lines · Property owner · Property records · Parcel number · Aerial imagery

    Wayne County's public map viewer. Search a property to see parcel boundaries, aerial imagery and other local map layers.

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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.
    • 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.

  • Download shapefile data as zip files, including parcels, roads, parks, municipal boundaries, and district boundaries. The parcels file is for reference only.

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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.

  • 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 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.

  • Draw an area on the map to get soil types, drainage, septic suitability, building limitations and farmland ratings.

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  • Michigan GIS data downloadsElevation · 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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    • USGS National Map ViewerNational base map with elevation, hydrography, imagery, boundaries and PLSS layers.
    • 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.

  • Michigan's environmental agency: water quality, wetlands, waste and the permits that go with them.

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  • 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.

  • State-owned land in Michigan: who manages it, what you may do on it, and how leases and easements work.

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  • Wayne 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.

    Bernard J. Youngblood, Register of Deeds
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    313-224-5850
    Email
    rodhelp@waynecountymi.gov
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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.
  • Wayne County Department of Public ServicesRoads

    Runs county roads, bridges and road-hazard reports for Wayne County through its Roads division; call about road problems on county roads.

    Phone
    (313) 224-7600
    Address
    400 Monroe Street, Detroit, MI 48226
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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's Great Lakes shore: high risk erosion areas, critical dune areas, the shoreline permit and what you may build near the water.

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  • 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.

Wayne County offices

  • Wayne County Assessment and EqualizationOversees property assessments across the county, prepares equalization reports and keeps property descriptions and tax maps; your city or township assessor sets the value of your property.
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  • Wayne County Environmental ServicesCounty environmental health services. Call to confirm who issues septic permits here.
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  • Wayne County USDA FSA and NRCS officeThe Farm Service Agency office for Wayne County is at the Ann Arbor Service Center, 7203 Jackson Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. 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) works from the same office: ask it for wetland determinations, highly erodible land questions and conservation plans.
    Phone
    (734) 761-8789
    Address
    7203 Jackson Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
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About Wayne County

Wayne County covers 612 square miles of southeastern Lower Michigan, with the county seat at Detroit. 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.

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