This service provides vector polygon dataset defining the official boundaries of the 100 counties within North Carolina as well as the boundaries between North Carolina and the states which border North Carolina.The North Carolina county polygon boundary service provides location information for North Carolina State and County Boundary lines derived from the best available survey and/or Geographic Information System (GIS) data. Sources for information are the North Carolina Geodetic Survey (NCGS), NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT), United States Geological Survey (USGS), and field surveys conducted by licensed surveyors in North Carolina and neighboring states that have been approved and recorded in their respective counties. Some boundaries cannot be surveyed in cases where boundaries are coincident with river centers. North Carolina Geodetic Survey assists counties on a cooperative basis (NC General Statute 153A-18) in defining and monumenting the location of uncertain or disputed boundaries as established by law. Some counties have completed boundary surveys for at least a portion of their county boundary. However, the majority of county boundaries have not been surveyed and are represented by the best currently available data from GIS sources, including NCDOT county maps (which originally came from the USGS) and updated county parcel maps.This data is updated annually, first quarter (usually in February).MetadataThe metadata for the contained layer of the NCDOT County Boundaries Service is available through the following link:County Boundaries PolygonPoint of Contact North Carolina Department of Information Technology -Transportation, GIS UnitGIS Data and Services ConsultantContact information:gishelp@ncdot.govCentury Center – Building B1020 Birch Ridge DriveRaleigh, NC 27610Hours of service: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday – FridayContact instructions: Please send an email with any issues, questions, or comments regarding the County Boundaries data. If it is an immediate need, please indicate as such in the subject line in an email.NCDOT GIS Unit GO! NC Product Team

This service provides the point dataset representing bridges and other structures, extracted and attributed by the NCDOT Bridge Maintenance Unit's bridge database. The bridge layer is a compilation of data originally found in the Bridge Inventory maps produced by the Mapping group of the State Road Maintenance Unit which has been supplemented with updates from the bridge database of the NCDOT's Bridge Maintenance Unit. This service includes points representing locations of the following structure types:BridgeFederal BridgeLarge PipeCulvertRailroad BridgeTunnelPedestrian WalkwayPedestrian UnderpassPedestrian BridgeCantilever SignOverhead SignT-Pole SignFerry RampPrivate StructureVehicular UnderpassMetadataThe metadata for the contained layer of the NCDOT Structures Service is available through the following link:NCDOT StructuresPoint of Contact North Carolina Department of Information Technology -Transportation, GIS UnitGIS Data and Services ConsultantContact information:gishelp@ncdot.govCentury Center – Building B1020 Birch Ridge DriveRaleigh, NC 27610Hours of service: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday – FridayContact instructions: Please send an email with any issues, questions, or comments regarding the Structures data. If it is an immediate need, please indicate as such in the subject line in an email.NCDOT GIS Unit GO! NC Product TeamLastUpdated: 2024-11-11 00:00:00

This service provides lines representing statewide road centerlines on publicly accessible roads segmented by a subset of road characteristics for the state road system. The state road system is comprised of Interstate, US, NC, Secondary Routes, and Ramps. Each arc/record is split where road characteristics change along a route. This data supports the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) data requirements for the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS). HPMS is a national level highway information system that includes data on the extent, condition, performance, use, and operating characteristics of the nation's highways. States are required to submit an HPMS report to FHWA annually. This data also contains projected routes, generalized locations of routes that will become part of the National Highway System (NHS) when they are built. The non-system roads are consumed and conflated from authoritative sources, including local (i.e., county), state (i.e., parks) and federal (i.e., Forest Service) entities.This data is updated quarterly, usually February, May, August, and November.MetadataThe metadata for the contained layer of the NCDOT Road Characteristics Service is available through the following link:Public Road CharacteristicsPoint of Contact North Carolina Department of Information Technology -Transportation, GIS UnitGIS Data and Services ConsultantContact information:gishelp@ncdot.govCentury Center – Building B1020 Birch Ridge DriveRaleigh, NC 27610Hours of service: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday – FridayContact instructions: Please send an email with any issues, questions, or comments regarding the Road Characteristics data. If it is an immediate need, please indicate as such in the subject line in an email.NCDOT GIS Unit GO! NC Product TeamLastUpdated: 2024-11-11 00:00:00

This service provides visual representation of North Carolina Municipal Boundaries defined through the 2021-2022 Powell Bill.This service was created to assist governmental agencies and others in making resource management decisions through use of a Geographic Information System (GIS). Municipal boundaries are recognized as a base cartographic layer for location analysis. This data is current for the fiscal year 2021 - 2022. Municipal boundaries updated this year were based on towns that reported annexation changes to the NC Office of Secretary of State. This may not be representative of all towns with boundary changes this year.The Municipal Boundaries service is based on the Powell Bill Program maps for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. Municipalities in North Carolina participating in the Powell Bill Program are required to submit to NCDOT on a regular basis. These datasets include incorporated municipalities in North Carolina that participate in the Powell Bill Program. Boundaries of municipalities which do not participate in the Powell Bill Program are also included in this data. Sources for the boundaries vary in scale and format as provided by the individual Municipalities.For more detailed information about the Powell Bill Program: https://connect.ncdot.gov/municipalities/State-Street-Aid/pages/default.aspxThe Spatial Data Operations Group at the North Carolina Department of Information Technology-Transportation, GIS Unit serves as the data steward of this service, on behalf of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Powell Bill (State Street-Aid) Program Unit. This data is updated annually, first quarter (usually in February).MetadataThe metadata for the contained layer of the NCDOT City Boundaries Service is available through the following link:Municipal BoundariesPoint of ContactNorth Carolina Department of Information Technology -Transportation, GIS UnitGIS Data and Services ConsultantContact information:gishelp@ncdot.govCentury Center – Building B1020 Birch Ridge DriveRaleigh, NC 27610Hours of service: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday – FridayContact instructions: Please send an email with any issues, questions, or comments regarding the City Boundaries data. If it is an immediate need, please indicate as such in the subject line in an email.NCDOT GIS Unit GO! NC Product Team

This service provides a quarterly snapshot of the North Carolina state-maintained road network centerlines. Here, the route network is divided into three layers with symbolized Route Classifications listed below.State Maintained RoadsInterstateUS RouteNC RouteSecondary RouteRampsRest AreasOther State Agency RouteState Maintained Roads - Primary RoadsInterstateUS RouteNC RouteState Maintained Roads - InterstatesInterstateNorth Carolina’s route network is comprised of Interstate, US, NC, Secondary Roads, Ramps, and non-state maintained and projected roads required for federal reporting purposes. Route attributes include Route Class, Route Qualifier, Route Inventory, Route Number, Route Name, and County name. The Route ID attribute is an 11-digit composite route number, the identifier for the Dominant Route. It uniquely identifies routes statewide and should be used as the route identifier when performing LRS analysis using route/milepost referencing.NCDOT adopted the road centerline based Linear Reference System (LRS) Network as it’s official Enterprise LRS, to which multiple road inventory attributes are referenced along measured routes throughout North Carolina. These routes are classified as either System or Non-System routes. System routes are routes within the state-maintained road network, and are comprised of Interstates, US Routes, NC Routes, Secondary Routes, Ramps, and Non-System Routes. Non-System routes are routes that are typically not maintained by NCDOT, but instead by a local agency (county, city or MPO/RPO). The local agency is the source for updating these Non-System routes in NCDOT’s LRS. The collection of routes, System and Non-System, is the NCDOT LRS Network referred to as MilePoint.MetadataThe metadata for the contained layers of the NCDOT State Maintained Roads service is available through the following links:NCDOT Route ArcsPoint of Contact North Carolina Department of Information Technology -Transportation, GIS UnitGIS Data and Services ConsultantContact information:gishelp@ncdot.govCentury Center – Building B1020 Birch Ridge DriveRaleigh, NC 27610Hours of service: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday – FridayContact instructions: Please send an email with any issues, questions, or comments regarding the State Maintained Roads data. If it is an immediate need, please indicate as such in the subject line in an email.NCDOT GIS Unit GO! NC Product TeamLastUpdated: 2024-01-01 00:00:00

This service provides lines representing statewide road centerlines on publicly accessible roads segmented by road intersections and street names. The state road system is comprised of Interstate, US, NC, Secondary Routes, and Ramps. This dataset supports the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) data requirements for the Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS). HPMS is a national level highway information system that includes data on the extent, condition, performance, use, and operating characteristics of the Nation's highways. States are required to submit an HPMS report to FHWA annually. This dataset also contains projected routes, generalized locations of routes that will become part of the National Highway System (NHS) when they are built. The non-system roads are consumed and conflated from authoritative sources, including local (i.e., county), state (i.e., parks) and federal (i.e., Forest Service) entities. Data quality is tracked using the revision document fields (GeoDocType and GeoDocId). Legacy data are coded as not verified in the GeoDocType field. The geometry and spatial location of new data is verified with the most current information available (i.e., aerial imagery).MetadataThe metadata for the contained layer of the NCDOT NCRouteArcs Service is available through the following link:NCRouteArcsPoint of Contact North Carolina Department of Information Technology -Transportation, GIS UnitGIS Data and Services ConsultantContact information:gishelp@ncdot.govCentury Center – Building B1020 Birch Ridge DriveRaleigh, NC 27610Hours of service: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday – FridayContact instructions: Please send an email with any issues, questions, or comments regarding the NCRouteArcs data. If it is an immediate need, please indicate as such in the subject line in an email.NCDOT GIS Unit GO! NC Product Team

This service provides the polygon representing the North Carolina state boundary. It allows the entire state to be viewed as one polygon. The boundary is selected from the outermost county boundaries bordering other states and the Atlantic Ocean.MetadataThe metadata for the contained layer of the NCDOT State Boundary Service is available through the following link:NC State BoundaryPoint of Contact North Carolina Department of Information Technology -Transportation, GIS UnitGIS Data and Services ConsultantContact information:gishelp@ncdot.govCentury Center – Building B1020 Birch Ridge DriveRaleigh, NC 27610Hours of service: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday – FridayContact instructions: Please send an email with any issues, questions, or comments regarding the State Boundary data. If it is an immediate need, please indicate as such in the subject line in an email.NCDOT GIS Unit GO! NC Product Team

This service provides polygons representing urban areas and clusters in North Carolina. The boundaries were originally generated by the US Census Bureau and have been adjusted (smoothed) by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, in cooperation with North Carolina’s Metropolitan Planning Organizations. Roads within the smooth boundary are considered urban and roads outside the smooth boundary are considered rural.MetadataThe metadata for the contained layer of the NCDOT Smoothed Urban Boundaries Service is available through the following link:Smoothed Urban BoundariesPoint of Contact North Carolina Department of Information Technology -Transportation, GIS UnitGIS Data and Services ConsultantContact information:gishelp@ncdot.govCentury Center – Building B1020 Birch Ridge DriveRaleigh, NC 27610Hours of service: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday – FridayContact instructions: Please send an email with any issues, questions, or comments regarding the Smoothed Urban Boundaries data. If it is an immediate need, please indicate as such in the subject line in an email.NCDOT GIS Unit GO! NC Product Team

With more than 44,000 Portable Traffic Count (PTC) Stations located throughout North Carolina, Traffic Survey has adopted a collection schedule. Please see our website: https://www.ncdot.gov/projects/trafficsurvey/for further details. The data in this file was digitized referencing the available NCDOT Linear Referencing System (LRS) and is not the result of using GPS equipment in the field, nor latitude and longitude coordinates. The referencing provided is based on the 2015 Quarter 1 publication of the NCDOT Linear Referencing System (LRS). Some differences will be found when using different quarterly publications with this data set. The data provided is seasonally factored to an estimate of an annual average of daily traffic. The statistics provided are: CVRG_VLM_I: Traffic Survey's seven digit unique station identifier COUNTY: County NameROUTE: Numbered route identifier, or local name if not State maintainedLOCATION: Description of the Annual Average Daily Traffic station location AADT_2015: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2015AADT_2014: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2014AADT_2013: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2013 AADT_2012: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2012 AADT_2011: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2011 AADT_2010: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2010 AADT_2009: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2009 AADT_2008: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2008 AADT_2007: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2007 AADT_2006: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2006 AADT_2005: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2005 AADT_2004: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2004 AADT_2003: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2003 AADT_2002: Estimated Annual Average Daily Traffic in vehicles per day for 2002 Note: A value of zero in the AADT field indicates no available AADT data for that year. Please note the following: Not ALL roads have PTC stations located on them. With the exception of Interstate, NC and US routes, NCDOT County Maps refer to roads using a four digit Secondary Road Number, not a road’s local name. If additional information is needed, or an issue with the data is identified, please contact the Traffic Survey Group at 919 814-5116. Disclaimer related to the spatial accuracy of this file: Data in this file was digitized referencing the available NCDOT GIS Data Layer, LRS Arcs Shapefile Format from Quarter 1 release and is not the result of using GPS equipment in the field.North Carolina Department of Transportation shall not be held liable for any errors in this data. This includes errors of omission, commission, errors concerning the content of data, and relative positional accuracy of the data. This data cannot be construed to be a legal document.

The Cumberland County GIS Data Viewer provides the general public with parcel, zoning, hydrology, soils, utilities and topographic data. You can search for a specific address, street name, parcel number (PIN), or by the owner's name.

This service provides lines representing designated secondary routes in North Carolina where truck traffic with axle weights exceeding 13,000 pounds is prohibited by ordinance. These roads are shown as symbolized centerlines aligned to NCDOT’s route network. The Posted Route attribute value is the ordinance number; any value present indicates that the segment is part of the Posted Route system. Roads are posted to avoid damage to the roadway. As roads are improved and strengthened, they may be removed from this list.More information about North Carolina's Posted Roads can be found here:https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/Asset-Management/Pages/Posted-Roads.aspxDetailed information regarding NCDOT ordinances, including truck restrictions, can be found here:https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Safety-Ordinances.aspxA Posted and Restricted Roads lookup system can be accessed at this link:https://apps.ncdot.gov/PRR/RoadSearch.aspxMetadataThe metadata for the contained layer of the NCDOT Posted Roads Service is available through the following link:Posted RoutesPoint of Contact North Carolina Department of Information Technology -Transportation, GIS UnitGIS Data and Services ConsultantContact information:gishelp@ncdot.govCentury Center – Building B1020 Birch Ridge DriveRaleigh, NC 27610Hours of service: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday – FridayContact instructions: Please send an email with any issues, questions, or comments regarding the Posted Roads data. If it is an immediate need, please indicate as such in the subject line in an email.NCDOT GIS Unit GO! NC Product TeamLastUpdated: 2024-11-11 00:00:00

The North Carolina State and County Boundary vector polygon data provides location information for North Carolina State and County Boundary lines derived from the best available survey and/or Geographic Information System (GIS) data. Sources for information are the North Carolina Geodetic Survey (NCGS), NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT), United States Geological Survey (USGS), and field surveys conducted by licensed surveyors in North Carolina and neighboring states that have been approved and recorded in their respective counties. North Carolina Geodetic Survey assists counties on a cooperative basis (NC General Statute 153A-18) in defining and monumenting the location of uncertain or disputed boundaries as established by law. Some counties have completed boundary surveys for at least a portion of their county boundary. However, the majority of county boundaries have not been surveyed and are represented by the best currently available data from GIS sources, including NCDOT county maps (which originally came from the USGS) and updated county parcel maps.

This service provides lines representing state maintained railroad track for mapping, planning and modeling purposes. The North Carolina rail lines are provided by the NCDOT Rail Division. The service includes line features that represent all standard gauge freight and passenger railroad track in North Carolina. The linework was digitized based on the most recent statewide aerial photography provided by the State of North Carolina. Select segments representing out of service track have been added to the dataset to aid in preserved and future corridor analysis.This service is intended for use as a reference layer. Full Rail System information such as owner, operator, track type, branch, beginning milepost, ending milepost, and service status can be found in the NCDOT North Carolina Rail System service.MetadataThe metadata for the contained layer of the NCDOT Railroad Service is available through the following link:Railroad TrackPoint of Contact North Carolina Department of Information Technology -Transportation, GIS UnitGIS Data and Services ConsultantContact information:gishelp@ncdot.govCentury Center – Building B1020 Birch Ridge DriveRaleigh, NC 27610Hours of service: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday – FridayContact instructions: Please send an email with any issues, questions, or comments regarding the Railroad data. If it is an immediate need, please indicate as such in the subject line in an email.NCDOT GIS Unit GO! NC Product Team

This service provides lines representing posted speed limits along centerlines of North Carolina state-maintained roads. This data comes from traffic ordinances governing speed limit; where there is no ordinance, the speed limit is 35 within municipalities and 55 outside. The N.C. Department of Transportation sets the speed limit for all state-maintained roads, including access-controlled highways, which are highways with medians that require drivers to enter or exit only at interchanges with bridges, inside the town or city limits. For other state-maintained roads within the municipal limits, NCDOT and the town or city must concur before changing the speed limit. Roads are designed for a specific speed. NCDOT may review the speed limit for various reasons, such as part of a study to improve highway safety, or for proposed new developments. Citizens and local officials may also request NCDOT to conduct a speed zone study to determine whether a road has the appropriate speed limits and signage.The department considers several factors when adjusting the speed limit, such as:Alignment of the roadwayTypes of development along the roadwayThe density, or number, of driveways on a corridorHow far one can see the roadCrash historyVarious speed dataOne of the most common types of speed data NCDOT uses is based on the speed at or below which 85 percent of drivers are traveling. NCDOT uses the 85th percentile to help avoid posting speed limits that are artificially low, which can become difficult to enforce. In the absence of strict enforcement, most people drive at the speed they are comfortable with, regardless of the speed limit.MetadataThe metadata for the contained layer of the NCDOT Speed Limit Service is available through the following link:Speed LimitPoint of Contact North Carolina Department of Information Technology -Transportation, GIS UnitGIS Data and Services ConsultantContact information:gishelp@ncdot.govCentury Center – Building B1020 Birch Ridge DriveRaleigh, NC 27610Hours of service: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday – FridayContact instructions: Please send an email with any issues, questions, or comments regarding the Speed Limit data. If it is an immediate need, please indicate as such in the subject line in an email.NCDOT GIS Unit GO! NC Product TeamLastUpdated: 2024-01-01 00:00:00

Point file representing North Carolina bridges and other structures, extracted and attributed by the NCDOT Bridge Maintenance Unit's bridge database.

These data provide an accurate high-resolution shoreline extracted from lidar derived digital elevation models of Oregon Inlet, NC This vector shoreline data is based on a specific tidal datum that may be suitable as a geographic information system (GIS) data layer. This metadata describes information for both the line and point shapefiles. The NGS attribution scheme 'Coastal Cartographic Objec...

These data were automated to provide an accurate high-resolution historical shoreline of Bogue Sound, NC suitable as a geographic information system (GIS) data layer. These data are derived from shoreline maps that were produced by the NOAA National Ocean Service including its predecessor agencies which were based on an office interpretation of imagery and/or field survey. The NGS attribution scheme 'Coastal Cartographic Object Attribute Source Table (C-COAST)' was developed to conform the attribution of various sources of shoreline data into one attribution catalog. C-COAST is not a recognized standard, but was influenced by the International Hydrographic Organization's S-57 Object-Attribute standard so the data would be more accurately translated into S-57. This resource is a member of https://inport.nmfs.noaa.gov/inport/item/39808

All State Maintained Roads generated from NCDOT's Esri Roads and Highways system.

This service provides the North Carolina Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and Rural Planning Organization (RPO) boundaries represented as polygons. The polygons depicting the various MPO and RPO boundaries cover the entire state of North Carolina. Existing MPOs expanded their Metropolitan Planning Areas (MPAs) to include all territory in Census 2010 UZAs (Urbanized Areas). All boundary adjustments are approved by the Governor(s) and submitted to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Division Office(s). The MPA boundaries include the entire UZA boundary identified in the 2010 decennial U.S. Census and the contiguous geographic area likely to become urbanized within 20 years. RPOs were created for transportation planning in rural North Carolina areas not within an MPO. Portions of NC county boundaries are also included in the design of the MPO and RPO boundaries. Support and maintenance of the spatial database where this data resides is handled by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Transportation Planning Division. MetadataThe metadata for the contained layer of the NCDOT MPO and RPO Boundaries Service is available through the following link:https://xfer.services.ncdot.gov/gisdot/Metadata/QuarterlyPublication/BoundaryMPORPOPolygon.pdfPoint of ContactPoint of Contact for the NCDOT MPO & RPO Boundaries Service:North Carolina Department of Information Technology -Transportation, GIS UnitGIS Data and Services ConsultantContact information:gishelp@ncdot.gov4101 Capital BoulevardRaleigh, NC 27604Hours of service: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday - FridayContact instructions: Please send an email with any issues, questions, or comments regarding the NCDOT MPO & RPO Boundaries data. If it is an immediate need, please indicate as such in the subject line in an email.

The dataset provided includes line data for use in geographic information systems that represents all of the standard gauge freight and passenger railroad track in North Carolina, and contains the following information: owner, operator, track type, branch, beginning milepost, ending milepost, in service status, and out of service date (where applicable). The linework was digitized based on the most recent statewide aerial photography provided by the State of North Carolina. Select areas of inactive track have been added to the dataset to aid in preserved and future corridor analysis.