City of Cumming administrative boundary derived from Forsyth County Tax Parcel feature class, updated as new annexations occur

Forsyth County boundary is a base layer for all mapping within Forsyth County

This dataset was created to inventory Forsyth County's wastewater infrastructure. The data has been created by digitizing as-built drawings and CAD files in conjunction with orthophotography. Some data has been field verified with mapping grade GPS and survey grade GPS. Other uses include mapping and modeling.Two sub-layers for public consumption (FCWS & Private/Other).

Public school district boundaries within Forsyth County, GA. Layer sourced from the Forsyth County School District REST service. https://fcsmaps.forsyth.k12.ga.us/arcgis/rest/services/SchoolLocatorRolta1071v7_21/MapServer

Public School locations within Forsyth County, GA. Layer sourced from the Forsyth County School District REST service. https://fcsmaps.forsyth.k12.ga.us/arcgis/rest/services/SchoolLocatorRolta1071v7_21/MapServer

In the 1800's a survey of Georgia divided much of the state into its present grid system of "land lots" and "districts." In addition, portions of the state use special areas known as "sections," "headrights," and "Georgia Militia Districts." These land area measures are the topics of discussion in the following sections. The districts are generally square areas of land and do not necessarily correspond with county boundary lines. Each district consists of smaller square grids of land known as land lots which vary in size from as small as 40 acres in the northern portion of the state to as large as 490 acres in the central and southern portions. The 40 acre land lots were purposely made smaller for the gold lotteries in the 1830's. Legal descriptions of property located in those areas of the state so divided must include the land lot number and district number. In some areas of the state legal descriptions may use other land divisions in pinpointing the exact location of the property being described.

Road segments representing centerlines of all roadways or carriageways in a local government. Typically, this information is compiled from orthoimagery or other aerial photography sources. This representation of the road centerlines support address geocoding and mapping. It also serves as a source for public works and other agencies that are responsible for the active management of the road network.

This layer contains boundary polygons depicting the State of Georgia's Senate Districts as adopted by the Georgia General Assembly in 2022. This layer was built using Census 2020 Tiger geography and demographic data. The geographic extent of this layer is the State of Georgia.

The published representation of real property areas, combined with assessing and tax information from CAMA and Tax systems, and organized for consumption in desktop and web applications. This feature class contains redundant geometry in cases where there are multiple condominium units on a given tax parcel. The Tax Parcel feature class is updated nightly extracting information from the Parcel Fabric into the feature class.

Rezoning Application Data and Boundaries for Forsyth County, Georgia

Public school district boundaries within Forsyth County, GA

Separated and combined sewer gravity mains. Contains wastewater gravity mains located within the County Water Service Area for Forsyth County, GA. Features located within the City of Cumming Water service area are not included.

Zoning is the process of dividing land in a municipality into zones (e.g. residential, industrial) in which certain land uses are permitted or prohibited. Forsyth County has the following zoning categories;Res1 - Single Family Residential DistrictRes2 - Single Family Residential DistrictCR2 - Single Family Community Residential DistrictRes3 - Single Family Residential DistrictRes4 - Single Family Residential DistrictRes6 - Multi-Family Residential DistrictMHP - Manufactured Home Park DistrictR1R - Single Family Residential Restricted DistrictCR1 - Single Family Community Residential DistrictR1 - Single Family Residential DistrictR2R - Single Family Residential Restricted DistrictOSR - Open Space Residential DistrictR2 - Single Family Residential DistrictR3 - Multi-Family Residential DistrictR4 - Mobile Home Park DistrictLR - Lake Residential DistrictNS - Neighborhood Shopping DistrictUV - Urban Village DistrictHB - Highway Business DistrictCBD - Commercial Business DistrictHC - Heavy Commercial DistrictBP - Business ParkO&I - Office and Institutional DistrictOR - Office Residential DistrictOCMS - Office Commercial Multiple Story DistrictM1 - Restricted Industrial DistrictM2 - Heavy Industrial DistrictMINE - Mining Operations DistrictA1 - Agricultural DistrictAg RES - Agricultural Residential DistrictPUD - Planned Unit Development DistrictMPD - Master Planned District

River and Stream lines that represent flowlines and cartographic features such as stream centerlines and river banks.Original data was extracted using Linear hydrographic features, including rivers, streams, and artificial flow paths through waterbodies. Data were captured from USGS 7.5 minute mylar separates containing the "blue-layer" from the U.S. Geological Survey's 1:24000-scale quadrangle maps.Waterlines features updated in 2019 using Arc Hydro extension for ArcGIS Pro and 2018 Digital Elevation Model

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) Database (MTDB). The MTDB 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. States and equivalent entities are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. In addition to the fifty States, the Census Bureau treats the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) as the statistical equivalents of States for the purpose of data presentation.Data and schema are from the Atlanta Regional Commission open data portal.https://arc-garc.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/georgia-state-boundary

Cemeteries represent the location of a cemetery in Forsyth County. This includes cemeteries at churches, family plots, and cemeteries discovered during the course of land development.

This layer was developed by the Community Development Division of the Atlanta Regional Commission for use as an inventory of parks and protected greenspace in the 20-county Atlanta Region. An initial inventory for an 11-county area (RDC area and Forsyth County) was initially done by Georgia Tech (Center for GIS). Data developed and maintained by other agencies have also been utilized to develop the inventory including Georgia DNR and local GIS inventories of parks. All local governments in the 20-county area were sent the inventory for their area for review and comment beginning in March 2006. Many local governments reviewed the inventory and made primarily minor corrections. A major update took place in 2015 - 2016. Attributes:NAME = Name of facilityNAME_2 = Secondary name of facility or co-located facility nameOWNER = Owner of facilityMANAGEMENT = Primary manager of facilityTYPE = Type of greenspaceSource = Source of facilityOwnership = Public facilities are published in this datasetSource: Atlanta Regional Commission (and various other sources)Date: 2016For additional information, please visit the Atlanta Regional Commission at www.atlantaregional.com

A precinct is generally the smallest level of geography established for purposes of conducting elections. Each precinct has a specific location where its residents go to vote.Effective via Feb 18

A gravity main is a pipe in varying sizes that carries storm water by means of gravity. This essentially means there is no artificial machine used to move the storm water.

This layer deliniates Community Character areas as developed in the 2017-2037 Forsyth County Compreshenvie Plan. Commnity Areas represent specific geographic locales that have unique, recognizable characteristics that are different from adjacent areas. Distinctions are based on the form, pattern and intensity of land development.Comprehensive Plan (2017 - 2037)The purpose of the Comprehensive Plan is to guide the intensity, location and timing of development and to ensure compatibility with existing uses, infrastructure and economic trends while protecting natural and cultural resources.Forsyth County's Comprehensive Plan serves as a policy guide as decisions are made in relation to growth and land use change. The plan addresses critical issues and opportunities through the incorporation of a shared vision for the community's future.Please see the Forsyth County website for a complete copy of the plan as well as a .PDF of the Community Character Maps