The 2020 cartographic boundary KMLs are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files.

The cartographic boundary files include both incorporated places (legal entities) and census designated places or CDPs (statistical entities). An incorporated place is established to provide governmental functions for a concentration of people as opposed to a minor civil division (MCD), which generally is created to provide services or administer an area without regard, necessarily, to population. Places always nest within a state, but may extend across county and county subdivision boundaries. An incorporated place usually is a city, town, village, or borough, but can have other legal descriptions. CDPs are delineated for the decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places. CDPs are delineated to provide data for settled concentrations of population that are identifiable by name, but are not legally incorporated under the laws of the state in which they are located. The boundaries for CDPs often are defined in partnership with state, local, and/or tribal officials and usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity. CDP boundaries often change from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern and development; a CDP with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. The only population/housing size requirement for CDPs is that they must contain some housing and population.

The generalized boundaries of most incorporated places in this file are based on those as of January 1, 2020, as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The generalized boundaries of all CDPs based on those delineated as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) for the 2020 Census.

A geographic depiction of city boundaries in Broward County, Florida.

Updates:July 2023 - Changed city boundaries at the intersection of the Florida Turnpike and State Road 7 from Tamarac to BMSD to reflect the Situs City of the encompassing parcels ( Folios 494207010270, 494207010260, 494207010090, 49420701014, and 494207010092).February 2023 - Changed BMSD and Coconut Creek Boundaries to reflect contraction of "Alley Farms" parcels 474232010250, 474232010251, and 474232010260 in the Hillsboro Ranches area. Parcels were annexed into the City Coconut Creek in 2019 but subsequently contracted back into BMSD at the petition of the property owners. Coconut Creek Contraction Ordinance (Alley Farms LLC Properties). October 2022 - Boundaries for BMSD and the City of Parkland in the NW portion of Broward County were updated to reflect the annexation of “Gator Acres” parcel (folio 474119010013) into Parkland municipal boundaries in accordance with Parkland Ordinance No. 2021-010 effective September 15, 2022.

Summary of Previous Updates: June 2021: Two annexations for Sept 15th, 2021 were finalized by the Broward County Legislative Delegation in January 2021. Fort Lauderdale annexed a thin tract of land adjacent to Rolly Marine which was owned by Rolly Marine but located within the boundary of Dania Beach. Parkland annexed a tract of land (and its adjacent access road) named the Beasely property on which antennas are located. Both of these annexations were to be effective in 2020 but were delayed due to the pandemic and were approved in January 11th by the Legislative Delegation. Previously on February 22, 2021 a small correction was made between Tamarac and Fort Lauderdale just SW of the Executive Airport. In February adjustments were made between Pembroke Pines, Southwest Ranches and Cooper City where their geographies are coincidence and are meant to follow the northern boundaries of STR geography. Prior to this edit, the City of Coral Springs had annexed four parcels of land from unincorporated Broward County; Ordinances 2018-014 (1 parcel) and 2018-036 (3 parcels), effective Sept 15, 2019. Previously in May 2019, a correction was made to the boundaries of Southwest Ranches and Pembroke Pines at Dykes Road and Sheraton, just north of Sheraton, on the west side of Dykes. Prior to this change, a correction was made to the Lauderhill boundary at the Florida Turnpike interchange located at the Sunrise Blvd entrance on the east side of the turnpike in April 2019; the 1959 Lauderhill incorporation legal description, (Laws of Florida 59-1478) left this thirteen acre area as unincorporated. A 1994 boundary change between Plantation and Lauderhill, (Laws of Florida 94-427) de-annexed five parcels from Plantation and annexed them to Lauderhill in this area. However in 1996, Broward County's Strategic Planning and Growth Management Department made available data sets provided by Broward County’s Planning and Information Technology Division via a CD. This data set depicted this unincorporated area as being part of Lauderhill. This depiction remained such until a boundary adjustment in 2006-2007 incorrectly depicted this as being part of Plantation. In 2009 Broward County was made aware of this error and adjusted it partially using the CD boundary as a template. This resulted in the area being incorrectly assigned to Lauderhill. In September of 2018, Lauderhill revisited this boundary depiction by the County and in 2019 it was concluded this area is unincorporated following the 1959 and the 1994 boundary adjustment legal descriptions. Prior to April 2019 there were other edits. The previous update of the data was Nov 7th, 2018, adjusting the boundaries between Weston and Town of Davie to agree with House Bill 0871 which redefined a small area of their adjoining boundaries in the area of Weston Road and I-75. In July 2018, adjustments were made to the City of Margate to align with a city boundary shape file and written legal description as provided by John Shelton, GIS, City of Margate. The previous update was January 17th, 2018, correcting an unincorporated boundary line of the Triple H Ranch plat area within Parkland. This also reflects an adjustment made to Pembroke Pines southwest boundary between the Turnpike and SR 27 and the Sept 15th 2016 annexations of County unincorporated lands by Parkland. (City Ord 2016-06) and Coconut Creek (City Ord. 2015-027).Also a correction to the Hollywood/Davie boundary in the vicinity of Davie Blvd Ext and N 66 Ave and Oak St, per the City of Hollywood. Recent past boundary changes include annexations of county land to Pembroke Pines and Cooper City in 2015. And a Weston-Davie boundary adjustment in 2015; HB 871. And a July 2015 official resurvey of the City of Fort Lauderdale's boundaries which thus included adjustments to Oakland Park and Pompano Beach boundaries, (F. Gulliano, BC Engineering, M. Donaldson PSM, Fort Lauderdale). Also in 2015, a boundary adjustment was made to the eastern most boundary of Pompano Beach to match it to a more accurate depiction of the coastal erosion line by Broward County; (requested by the city to match their legal description). Further back, the were annexations for Parkland (2013) and Sunrise (Nov 2012) and updates to Lauderdale Lakes (per J. Petrov - BC Engineering 2012) and Plantation (I Reyes, GIS - Plantation 2012).

Source: BCGIS Effective Date: Last Update: 7/28/2023 Update Cycle: As needed.

This dataset contains the county boundaries of the state of Florida with an attribute for the Florida Department of Transportation District. This allows the user to display the boundaries of the FDOT District while also being able to segment them by county.

Geospatial data about Indian River County, Florida Municipal Boundaries. Export to CAD, GIS, PDF, CSV and access via API.

The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries manages a system of sanctuaries and other managed areas around the country. The legal boundaries of These sanctuaries are defined within the Code of Federal Regulations, at 15 C.F.R. Part 922 and thesubparts for each national marine sanctuary. The GIS compatible digital boundary files for each national marine sanctuary are representations of those legal boundaries and are based on the best available data. These files are available for public use at locations defined in this metadata record.

This layer is an Enterprise Level Map Service of the Detailed boundary of the State of Florida.

Geospatial data about Palm Beach County, Florida County Boundaries. Export to CAD, GIS, PDF, CSV and access via API.

This layer is a component of City of Fort Lauderdale General Purpose Basemap.

© Fort Lauderdale GIS

This feature class contains lands that make up the State Parks and State Trails in Florida as of May 5th. 2022

This feature class contains lands that make up the State Parks and State Trails in Florida as of January 31, 2025.

Geospatial data about Lake County, Florida Subdivision Boundaries. Export to CAD, GIS, PDF, CSV and access via API.

The boundary for the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP) is defined as the combined area for the Lake Okeechobee, Caloosahatchee River, and St. Lucie River watersheds. These boundaries were defined over time from varying versions of the the SFWMD ArcHydo-Enhanced-Dataset (AHED) and other supplemental data.The boundaries for the Lake Okeechobee Watershed are primarily based on the 2013 and 2024 (at the CRW boundary that was matched to AHED boundaries) linework for the SFWMD ArcHydo-Enhanced-Dataset (AHED), the official repository for watershed boundaries. Polygon boundary of the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP), as of July 2014. This dataset provides a common reference for linework and polygon areas associated with the Northern Everglades, Southern Everglades, and the protection plans for the Lake Okeechobee (LOPP), Caloosahatchee River Watershed (CRWPP), and St. Lucie River Watershed (SLRWPP). Boundaries are derived primarily from the current (July 2012) AHED linework. The Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program was mandated in 2007 by the Florida Legislature. The 2012 Florida Statutes, section 373.4595 -- Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program -- defines the Northern Everglades as "the Lake Okeechobee watershed, the Caloosahatchee River watershed, and the St. Lucie River watershed", and finds that "the Lake Okeechobee watershed, the Caloosahatchee River watershed, and the St. Lucie River watershed are critical water resources of the state, providing many economic, natural habitat, and biodiversity functions benefiting the public interest, including agricultural, public, and environmental water supply; flood control; fishing; navigation and recreation; and habitat to endangered and threatened species and other flora and fauna." The protection plans (PP) are revised every three years. The Lake Okeechobee Watershed includes four major tributary systems: Kissimmee River, Lake Istokpoga–Indian Prairie/Harney Pond, Fisheating Creek, and Taylor Creek/Nubbin Slough, as well as other drainage networks around east, west, and south of the Lake. These tributary systems and drainage networks are generally bound by the drainage divides of the major water bodies and are further divisible into 69 drainage basins and grouped by nine sub-watersheds based on hydrology and geography.The data set represents the external boundaries of the Lake Okeechobee Watershed, the 9 sub-watersheds which comprise the LOW, and the 69 Basins which comprise the sub-watersheds as per the 2014 LOWPP Update and the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program. The basis for the boundaries was the technical work associated with the “Draft – Technical Support Document: Lake Okeechobee Watershed Performance Measure Methodologies” Lake Okeechobee” document dated February 2013 developed for revisions to the 40E-61 Works of the District Program, with minor modifications.The boundaries for the St. Lucie River Watershed are based on the current linework for the SFWMD ArcHydo-Enhanced-Dataset (AHED), the official repository for watershed boundaries.The St. Lucie River Watershed has the following subwatersheds: C-25, C-24, C-23, C-44 (that includes S-153 and Basin 8), St. Lucie North Fork, Basin 4, 5, and 6, North Mid-Estuary, South Mid-Estuary, South Coastal, South Fork.The boundaries for the Caloosahatchee River watershed and associated subwatersheds, were used for the 2012 Caloosahatchee River Watershed Protection Plan (CRWPP) and based on the 2024 linework for the SFWMD ArcHydo-Enhanced-Dataset (AHED). These boundaries provide a common reference for linework and polygon areas associated with the Caloosahatchee River Watershed (CRWPP). These are the "official" boundary for the 2011/12 version of the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Plan (NEEPP), and may also be referred to as 2011 WPP or WPP11. The Caloosahatchee River Watershed has five subwatersheds: S4, East Caloosahatchee, West Caloosahatchee, Tidal, Coastal.The fields to describe the various boundaries are set as:SUBUNIT = depicts the subunits only within the Caloosahatchee River WatershedUNIT = depicts the units only within the Caloosahatchee River WatershedSUBREGION = depicts the subregions only within the Caloosahatchee River WatershedREGION = depicts the regions only within the Caloosahatchee River WatershedDRAINAGE_BASIN = depicts the basins within Lake Okeechobee Watershed and St. Lucie River WatershedRIVERS_SUBWTRSH = depicts the subwatershed boundaries within Caloosahtahcee and St. Lucie River Watersheds onlyRIVERS_WTRSH= depicts the watershed boundaries within Caloosahtahcee and St. Lucie River Watersheds onlyLO_SUBWTRSH = depicts the subwatershed boundaries within Lake Okeechobee Watershed onlyLO_WTRSH = depicts the watershed boundary for the Lake Okeechobee Watershed onlyBOUNDARY = depicts the watershed boundaries, the Northern and Southern boundaries, the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Proetction Plan NEEPP boundary, the lake boundary, and the overlap between the Northern and Southern Everglades.To read more about go to: https://floridadep.gov/eco-pro/eco-pro/content/northern-everglades-and-estuaries-protection-program-neepp

This GIS data set represents the state bounds of Florida, including both land and water areas. The offshore boundary was acquired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Submerged Lands Act shapefile. The state borders between Florida and Georgia and Florida and Alabama were digitized by FWRI staff using Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) maps.

Geospatial data about Marion County, Florida County Boundary. Export to CAD, GIS, PDF, CSV and access via API.

This data set is a compilation of discrete boundary polygons created for individual NPS units and represents the most current data for the National Park System. The initial data set was compiled in 2002 from a variety of National Park Service (NPS) and cooperative sources as noted in this metadata. Beginning in 2004, individual park boundary polygons are being replaced with more precise and accurate administrative boundaries developed by the NPS Land Resources Division as they become available. Please contact GIS.Librarian@floridadep.gov for more information.

This dataset contains aviation facilities boundary information for the State of Florida. Aviation facilities include, but are not limited to; airports, heliports, seaplane bases, etc. This dataset contains fields denoting the physical address, and contact information for aviation facilities located in Florida. This data is meant to be used for planning purposes only and is not intended to represent a 100% inventory of aviation facilities. Aviation facilities locations that have been verified are marked with the letter V in the FLAG field. This layer is an update of the previously released FGDL layer AVIATION_FEB07.shp.

Florida Water Management District Boundaries. This dataset, provided by DEP, shows the extent of all 5 Water Management Districts in Florida. It uses the old DEP Florida County Shoreline as an edge. Water management districts in the State of Florida work in collaboration with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection under the Florida Water Resources Act (Chapter 373, Florida Statutes). The water management districts and FDEP work together to resolve statewide water planning and management issues pertaining to water supply, flood protection, floodplain management, water quality, and protection of natural systems.

This resource is a member of a series. The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System (MTS). The MTS represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. County subdivisions are the primary divisions of counties and equivalent entities for the reporting of Census Bureau data. They include legally-recognized minor civil divisions (MCDs) and statistical census county divisions (CCDs), and unorganized territories. In MCD states where no MCD exists or is not defined, the Census Bureau creates statistical unorganized territories to complete coverage. The entire area of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas are covered by county subdivisions. The boundaries of most legal MCDs are as of January 1, 2024, as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). The boundaries of all CCDs are those as reported as part of the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) for the 2020 Census.

Geospatial data about Manatee County, Florida Boundary. Export to CAD, GIS, PDF, CSV and access via API.