Wayne County
Wayne County covers 811 square miles of southeastern Mississippi, with the county seat at Waynesboro.
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Taxes, deeds, permits and other Wayne County services on GovDir
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PublicGIS maps 17,562 parcels for Wayne County. PublicGIS does not show owner names for this county.
Where to find things
- Wayne County tax parcel mapCounty GIS map · Property lines · Parcel number
Tax Assessor parcel map for Wayne County with ownership, parcel numbers and property lines, maintained for the county by Tri-State Consulting Services.
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- Mississippi statewide property mapMississippi's statewide map of property lines. Search an address or parcel to see its boundaries.
- Wayne County Tax AssessorProperty owner
The office that sets each property's value and classification. Start here for valuation notices, exemptions and appeals.
Debbie Richards, Tax Assessor-Collector- Office
- Wayne County Tax Assessor and GIS and mapping
- Phone
- 601-735-3381 (Tax Assessor)
- Phone
- 601-735-2588 (GIS and mapping)
- drichards@waynecountyms.gov
- Address
- 609 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367
- Wayne County property tax search and paymentProperty records
Search property tax records by name, parcel number, or section/township/range and pay online with a 3.75% credit-card processing fee.
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- Mississippi property taxIn Mississippi the County Tax Assessor values your home and land and the County Tax Collector sends the bill. The Department of Revenue sets the rules and runs the homestead exemption.
- Sanborn Fire Insurance MapsAerial imagery
Digitized Sanborn fire insurance maps showing building footprints, materials and uses for American towns and cities, widely used in property history and environmental research.
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- 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 zonesGIS data downloads
The official State Plane Coordinate System from the National Geodetic Survey: which zone covers each state and county, zone definitions and conversion tools.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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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- Mississippi floodplain and flood mapsMississippi'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.
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Farm 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.
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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.
- 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.
- USDA Web Soil SurveySoils
Draw an area on the map to get soil types, drainage, septic suitability, building limitations and farmland ratings.
- Mississippi Office of GeologyElevation
Mississippi geology: landslide, earthquake and ground hazards, groundwater, minerals and geologic maps.
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- USGS topoViewBrowse and download every historical USGS topographic map for a location, useful for seeing old roads, buildings and shorelines.
- Mississippi Department of Environmental QualityLakes and water
Mississippi's environmental agency: water quality, wetlands, waste and the permits that go with them.
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- 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.
- Mississippi state landsPublic land
State-owned land in Mississippi: 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).
- Wayne County Chancery ClerkPlats · Surveys and section corners
Where deeds, mortgages, easements and other land documents are recorded. Start here to search recorded documents or order a copy.
- Phone
- 601-735-2873
- Address
- 609 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, MS 39367
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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.
- Mississippi licensed land surveyor lookupSearch the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and 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 601-359-6160.
- 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 addressing and 911 numbersAddresses and 911 numbers
How addresses and 911 numbers are assigned, and who to ask for one.
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- US Census GeocoderFree service that converts a street address into map coordinates and census geography. No account needed.
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State highways in Mississippi: 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.
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The Mississippi coast: tidelands, wetlands permits, piers and what you may build on or near the water.
- Mississippi hurricane evacuation zonesHazards and emergency information
MEMA hurricane page with evacuation zone and storm surge maps for Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties and the state evacuation map.
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- U.S. wildfire risk mapType 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.
- 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 USDA FSA and NRCS officeThe Farm Service Agency office for Wayne County is at the Waynesboro Service Center, 1023 Azalea Dr, Waynesboro, MS 39367. 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
- (601) 735-6651
- Address
- 1023 Azalea Dr, Waynesboro, MS 39367
- Website
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About Wayne County
Wayne County covers 811 square miles of southeastern Mississippi, with the county seat at Waynesboro. The County Tax Assessor values your house and land, the County Tax Collector bills and collects the tax, and the Chancery Clerk keeps recorded land documents. In smaller counties one elected official does both tax jobs.