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  • Pennsylvania statewide property mapCounty GIS map · Property lines · Parcel number

    Pennsylvania's statewide map of property lines (39 of 67). Search an address or parcel to see its boundaries.

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  • Pennsylvania property tax is local. The county assessment office sets the value, and the county, your municipality and your school district each set a rate. DCED oversees local government and publishes the assessment manuals.

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  • Pennsylvania GIS data downloadsAerial imagery · GIS data downloads · Elevation · Land cover · Addresses and 911 numbers

    Download Pennsylvania's statewide GIS data, such as roads, boundaries, imagery and elevation and 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.

  • Pennsylvania'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.

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

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

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

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  • Historical Pennsylvania 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.

  • Search the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists 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 833-367-2762.

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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.

  • State highways in Pennsylvania: 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.
  • Pennsylvania landslidesHazards and emergency information

    DCNR page on landslides in Pennsylvania with landslide inventory maps to download.

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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.

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