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Vector
Layer Name (click name for more information about the data)	Filesize	Download
Airports	.03 MB	air.zip
Animal Operation Permits	.3 MB	aop.zip
Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Sites	.06 MB	awqms.zip
Beach Access Sites	.02 MB	basdcm.zip
Bridges	.5 MB	brdgs.zip
Benthic Monitoring Sites	.2 MB	benthic.zip
Census Boundaries - 1970	1.8 MB	cen70.zip
Census Boundaries - 1980	3.4 MB	cen80.zip
Census Blockgroups - 1990	7.7 MB	cenbg90.zip
Census Blocks - 1990	60 MB	cenblk90.zip
Census Blockgroups - 2000	8.8 MB	cenbg00.zip
Census Blocks - 2000	68 MB	cenblk00.zip
Census Tracts - 2000	7 MB	centr00.zip
Community Colleges	.01 MB	ccl.zip
Conservation Tax Credit Properties	1.4 MB	ctcp.zip
County Boundaries	1.4 MB	cb100.zip
County Boundaries (with shoreline)	3.7 MB	cb100sl.zip
County Boundaries - NC Dept. of Transportation	3.7 MB	Click Here
Discharger Coalitions' Monitoring Sites	.02 MB	dcms.zip
Districts - Congressional	.7 MB	dnccon.zip
Districts - NC House	1.6 MB	dnchou.zip
Districts - NC Senate	.8 MB	dncsen.zip
Emergency Operation Centers	.02 MB	eoc.zip
Fishing Designated Trout Waters	4.8 MB	fdtwwrc.zip
Federal Land Ownership	2.7 MB	flo.zip
Fish Community Sampling Sites	.04 MB	fshcmntysts.zip
Geodetic Control Points	1.4 MB	gdc.zip
Game Lands	4 MB	gml.zip
Geology	4.3 MB	geol.zip
Geology - Dikes	.08 MB	geoldikes.zip
Geology - Faults	.2 MB	geolfaults.zip
Hazard Substance Disposal Sites	.3 MB	hsds.zip
High Quality Water Outstanding Resource Water Management Zones	2.5 MB	hqworw.zip
Hospital Locations	.01 MB	hls.zip
Hurricane Evacuation Routes	.9 MB	her.zip
Hurricane Storm Surge Areas - Fast Moving Storms	32 MB	hss93f.zip
Hurricane Storm Surge Areas - Slow Moving Storms	30 MB	hss93s.zip
Hydrologic Units - 14 Digit	23 MB	hunc.zip
Hydrologic Units - Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study	1.4 MB	ap24vahu.zip
Hydrologic Units - River Basins	1.2 MB	huncrb.zip
Hydrologic Units - Sub Basins	3.8 MB	huncsb.zip
Hydrography - 1:24,000-scale	276 MB	hydro24k.zip
Hydrography - Major	6 MB	hydromaj.zip
Hydrography - NC Streambed Mapping Project		Click Here
Landcover - 1996	229 MB	lc96.zip
Landfills	.01 MB	lndfls.zip
Landslides	.17 MB	landslides.zip
Lands Managed for Conservation and Open Space	4.4 MB	lmcos.zip
Land Trust Conservation Properties	.15 MB	ltcp.zip
Local Watershed Plans - EEP	1.6 MB	lclwshdplns.zip
Municipal Boundaries (Powell Bill) - NC Dept. of Transportation		Click Here
Medical Facilities	1 MB	medfacs.zip
Natural Heritage Element Occurrences	42.7 MB	nheo.zip
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Sites	.12 MB	npdes.zip
National Wetlands Inventory	277 MB	nwi.zip
Potential Emergency Shelters	.14 MB	pes.zip
Paddle Trails - Coastal Plain	.8 MB	ptcp.zip
Public Libraries	.03 MB	publib.zip
Public Municipal Stormwater Systems (2004)	2 MB	pmss.zip
Public Sewer Systems - Current Service Areas (2004)	3 MB	cpss.zip
Public Sewer Systems - Future Service Areas (2004)	3.2 MB	fpss.zip
Public Water Supply Water Sources	1.3 MB	pwsws.zip
Public Water Systems - Current Service Areas (2004)	6.5 MB	cpws.zip
Public Water Systems - Future Service Areas (2004)	6.7 MB	fpws.zip
Public Water and Sewer Systems Service Areas (2004) - Personal Geodatabase	22 MB	ws2004_gdb.zip
Railroads	.8 MB	rr.zip
Roads - NC Dept. of Transportation (NOTE: The Integrated Statewide Road Network (ISRN) is only available between 8pm and 5am)		Click Here
Sanitary Sewer Systems - Pipes (1997)	5.4 MB	spipes.zip
Sanitary Sewer Systems - Pumps (1997)	.08 MB	spumps.zip
Sanitary Sewer Systems - Type A Service Areas (1997)	.6 MB	ssysa.zip
Sanitary Sewer Systems - Type B Service Areas (1997)	.1 MB	ssysb.zip
Sanitary Sewer Systems - Type P Service Areas (1997)	.25 MB	ssysp.zip
Sanitary Sewer Systems - Treatment Plants (1997)	.02 MB	streat.zip
Sanitary Sewer Systems - Discharges	.01 MB	sdisch.zip
Sanitary Sewer Systems - Land Application Areas	.01 MB	slandapp.zip
Schools - Non-Public	.06 MB	schlnp.zip
Schools - Public	.25 MB	schlpl.zip
Shellfish Growing Areas	34.2 MB	sga.zip
Shoreline - 1:24,000-scale	16 MB	slcsha.zip
Significant Natural Heritage Areas	27.7 MB	snha.zip
Soils - General	4.1 MB	gslnc.zip
Soils - Detailed (SSURGO)		Click Here
State-Owned Lands	7.5 MB	sol.zip
Stormwater Reference	18.7 MB	stormwtr_ref.zip
Surface Water Intakes	.01 MB	swi.zip
Swine Lagoons	.08 MB	swlg.zip
TIGER/Line - 1990 Census	201 MB	tiger90.zip
Targeted Local Watersheds - EEP	6 MB	trgtlclwshds.zip
Townships	.9 MB	twnshps.zip
Transportation - Miscellaneous	.5 MB	mtt.zip
Universities - Private	.009 MB	univ_private.zip
Universities - Public	.01 MB	univ_public.zip
Urban Areas	1.5 MB	urbnarea.zip
USGS Gages	.02 MB	usgsgages.zip
Water Distribution Systems - Intakes (1997)	.01 MB	wintakes.zip
Water Distribution Systems - Meters (1997)	.02 MB	wmeters.zip
Water Distribution Systems - Pipes (1997)	11.3 MB	wpipes.zip
Water Distribution Systems - Pumps (1997)	.02 MB	wpumps.zip
Water Distribution Systems - Type A Service Areas (1997)	1.7 MB	wsysa.zip
Water Distribution Systems - Type B Service Areas (1997)	.5 MB	wsysb.zip
Water Distribution Systems - Type P Service Areas (1997)	.5 MB	wsysp.zip
Water Distribution Systems - Tanks (1997)	.6 MB	wtanks.zip
Water Distribution Systems - Treatment Plants (1997)	.04 MB	wtreat.zip
Water Distribution Systems - Wells (1997)	.04 MB	wwells.zip
Water Supply Watersheds	3.8 MB	wsw.zip
Wetlands Types - Coastal Area	125 MB	wtdcmc.zip
Wild and Scenic Rivers	.5 MB	wsr.zip
Windpower Potential	1.9 MB	wndpwr.zip
Zip Codes	1.4 MB	zip.zip

Raster
Layer Name (click name for more information about the data)	Format	Filesize	Download
Digital Orthophoto Quarter-Quads (DOQQs) - 1993 (Grayscale)	JPEG	~9 MB/tile	By Tile
Digital Orthophoto Quarter-Quads (DOQQs) - 1998 (Color Infrared)	MrSID	~7 MB/tile	By Tile
Digital Raster Graphics (DRGs)	MrSID	~2 MB/tile	By Tile
Landcover - 1996	IMG	403 MB	Statewide
Local Orthophotography - Alamance County, NC (2000)*	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Alexander County, NC (1999)	MrSID	~1.3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Alexander County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~7 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Alleghany County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~400 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Ashe County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~14.6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Avery County, NC (1998)*	MrSID	~1.3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Beaufort County, NC (2007)*	MrSID	~16 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Buncombe County, NC (2002)	MrSID	~9.7 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Buncombe County, NC (2006)	MrSID	~6.7 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Burke County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~7 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Cabarrus County, NC (2001)	MrSID	~1.3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Cabarrus County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~7 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Caldwell County, NC (1999)	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Caldwell County, NC (2004)*	MrSID	~25.5 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Camden County, NC (2003)*	MrSID	~4 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Caswell County, NC (2004)*	MrSID	~3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Catawba County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~7 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Chapel Hill/Carrboro, NC (2003)	MrSID	~2.4 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Chatham County, NC (2002)	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Chatham County, NC (2007)*	MrSID	~6.5 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Cleveland County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~14.6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Columbus County, NC (1997)*	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Craven County, NC (2007)*	MrSID	~14.6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Cumberland County, NC (1999)	MrSID	~30 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Cumberland County, NC (2001)*	MrSID	~3.6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Currituck County, NC (2002)*	MrSID	~2.5 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Dare County, NC (1996)	MrSID	~.3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Dare County, NC (2002)	MrSID	~16 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Dare County, NC (2007)*	MrSID	12 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Davidson County, NC (2004)*	MrSID	~9.7 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Davie County, NC (2004)	MrSID	~16.5 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Davie County, NC (2007)*	MrSID	~10 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Edgecombe County, NC (2002)*	MrSID	~2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Forsyth County, NC (2000)	MrSID	~3.3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Forsyth County, NC (2005) *	MrSID	~10 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Gaston County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~8.5 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Goldsboro, NC (2000)	MrSID	~90 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Granville County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~14.6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Greene County, NC (2006)*	MrSID	~8 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Guilford County, NC (1995)	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Guilford County, NC (2003)*	MrSID	~2.4 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Halifax County, NC (2004)*	MrSID	~6.8 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Harnett County, NC (2002)*	MrSID	~1.3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Haywood County, NC (1999)	MrSID	~1.3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Haywood County, NC (2004)*	MrSID	~12 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Henderson County, NC (2001)*	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Hoke County, NC (2007)*	MrSID	~9.5 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Hyde County, NC (2006)*	MrSID	~6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Iredell County, NC (2002)	MrSID	~2.8 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Iredell County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~6.5 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Johnston County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~14.5 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Lee County, NC (2004)	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Lee County, NC (2006)*	MrSID	~12 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Lincoln County, NC (2005) *	MrSID	~8 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Martin County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~14.6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Mecklenburg County, NC (1999)	MrSID	~550 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography (Satellite Imagery) - Mecklenburg County, NC (2001)	MrSID	~335 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Mecklenburg County, NC (2004)	MrSID	~1,300 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Mecklenburg County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~8 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Montgomery County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~14.6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Moore County, NC (2003)	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Moore County, NC (2007)*	MrSID	~4 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - New Hanover County, NC (2002)	MrSID	~3.8 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - New Hanover County, NC (2006)*	MrSID	~7 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Northampton County, NC (1998)*	MrSID	~1.3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Pamlico County, NC (2002)*	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Onslow County, NC (2001)	MrSID	~680 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Onslow County, NC (2006)*	MrSID	~17 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Pasquotank County, NC (2003)	MrSID	~4 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Robeson County, NC (2000)*	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Randolph County, NC (1998)	MrSID	~300 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Randolph County, NC (2007) *	MrSID	~16 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Richmond County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~7 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Rockingham County, NC (2004)	MrSID	~3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Rockingham County, NC (2007)*	MrSID	~16 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Rowan County, NC (2006)*	MrSID	~9.5 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Rutherford County, NC (1998)	MrSID	~.3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Rutherford County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~6.7 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Stanly County, NC (2000)	MrSID	~6.6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Stanly County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~6.7 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Surry County, NC (1998)	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Surry County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~9.7 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Swain County, NC (2006)*	MrSID	~14.6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Transylvania County, NC (2004)*	MrSID	~16 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Union County, NC (2004)	MrSID	~3.6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Union County, NC (2007)*	MrSID	~14.5 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Wake County, NC (1999)	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Wake County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~4 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Warren County, NC (2000)	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Warren County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~14.6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Washington County, NC (2004)*	MrSID	~5 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Watauga County, NC (1999)	MrSID	~163 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Watauga County, NC (2005)*	MrSID	~14.6 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Wayne County, NC (2000)*	MrSID	~1.2 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Wilkes County, NC (2003)*	MrSID	~1.3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Wilson County, NC (2003)	MrSID	~1.3 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Wilson County, NC (2006)*	MrSID	~6.5 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Yadkin County, NC (2002)	MrSID	~30 MB/tile	By Tile
Local Orthophotography - Yadkin County, NC (2007)*	MrSID	~9.5 MB/tile	By Tile
Note: The local government orthophotography noted above with an asterisk () also appears in the NC OneMap Viewer under the Imagery-Basemap theme as the name "NC OneMap Local Imagery." This layer contains a county's most recent orthophotography. You can also browse the imagery by itself using the NC OneMap Ortho Server. Additionally, the local orthophotography can be viewed by any WMS-compatible viewer or software by utilizing the URL http://204.211.239.206/lizardtech/iserv/ows*.