This GIS layer serves as the authoritative source for active site addresses and their respective feature types within Wake County, including municipalities that extend beyond the county boundary. These addresses are stored and maintained in the Wake County Multi-jurisdiction Address Repository (MAR).The comprehensive dataset includes address information such as street name, postal city, state, and zip code, as well as subaddresses for apartments, condos, and office suites. Additionally, the addresses contain attributes related to the incorporated area, planning jurisdiction, and addressing authority.The addresses were compiled from various sources, including tax records, permit systems, utility services, and more. Points are accurately positioned on building footprints or the best available locations and are updated nightly.Help Link:Data dictionary and feature type definitions are available here.

Geospatial data about Wake County, North Carolina Address Points. Export to CAD, GIS, PDF, CSV and access via API.

Planning Jurisdictions in Wake County, NC. Planning Jurisdictions are areas over which municipalities and the County have planning authority (either official ETJ and/or corporate limits). This dataset is updated monthly and is maintained by the Wake County Planning Department.GIS metadata is available here.

Vehicle, greenway, and pedestrian entrances to parks in Wake County, NC.This dataset is updated as Wake County GIS is made aware of new parks. It is maintained by Wake County GIS.GIS metadata available here.

Parcel boundaries with address and revenue-related information for properties in Wake County, NC. This dataset is updated at the end of every business day and is maintained by the Wake County GIS Property Mapping Team.GIS metadata is available here.

Wake County owned and operated parks.This dataset is updated when the parks owned by Wake County change. It is maintained by Wake County GIS.

Parks in Wake County, NC with amenities.This dataset is updated as Wake County GIS is made aware of new parks. It is maintained by Wake County GIS.GIS metadata is available here.

Street centerlines with transportation and address-related information for properties in Wake County, NC. This dataset includes the centerlines of all Rights of Way in Wake County. This dataset is updated at the end of every business day and is maintained by the Wake County GIS Addressing Team.GIS metadata is available here.

Wake County GIS creates and maintains the official street transportation data for the whole county. ToFV GIS has "clipped" this data to our Urban Service Area for convenience. Data is automatically updated nightly from Wake County's Open Data source, and so should always be the same data as from Wake County.

Corporate (city) limit boundaries for all municipalities in Wake County, NC. This dataset includes Apex, Raleigh, Cary and Wake Forest corporate limits that fall outside of Wake County and Durham, Angier and Clayton corporate limits that fall within Wake County. This dataset is updated at the end of every business day and is maintained by the Wake County GIS Property Mapping Team.GIS metadata is available here.

Land parcels are administered and maintained by Wake County rather than by local governments within the County. However, for convenience, ToFV GIS serves a sub-set of the Wake County parcels that are restricted to the Urban Service Area of Fuquay-Varina. This parcel data is automatically downloaded every day from Wake County and "clipped" to the ToFV area. This data should always match the full Wake County parcel dataset that is also available for download at all times.

US Postal Service ZIP Code boundaries in Wake County, NC. This dataset is updated as needed when property lines change and when source data from the US Postal Service is updated, and it is maintained by the Wake County GIS Addressing Team. GIS metadata is available here.

Geospatial data about Wake County, North Carolina Topography 2013. Export to CAD, GIS, PDF, CSV and access via API.

Swift Creek Critical Area. See Wake County Land Use Plan: http://www.wakegov.com/planning/growth/Pages/swiftcreeklmp.aspx http://www.wakegov.com/planning/growth/Documents/ChapterVWaterSupplyWatershed.pdf

This dataset is created by the Town of Cary GIS Group. It contains data from the western portion of Wake County, the eastern portion of Chatham County, and the southern portion of Durham County. It has been modified from the original sources to act as one layer for use by the Town of Cary. This file is updated once a month from the respective sources. Please refer to each Counties' data for the latest information:

Wake County

Durham County

Chatham County

Fuquay-Varina Streets in a simplified format, meaning Wake County Street segments were dissolved based on road name to create single road features for each unique road name, instead of segments between each road intersection. This is sometimes useful for cartography and labeling purposes. Wake County GIS creates and maintains the official street transportation data for the whole county. ToFV GIS has "clipped" this data to our Urban Service Area for convenience. Data is automatically updated nightly from Wake County's Open Data source, and so should always be the same data as from Wake County.

Geospatial data about Wake County, North Carolina Parcels. Export to CAD, GIS, PDF, CSV and access via API.

Wake County Public Schools and Future Schools Sites.

This dataset is from the Wake County Public School System, last updated February 2025.Contact: Rob Siwiec, GISPDirector, GIS and Student InformationOffice of Student AssignmentWake County Public School System

Geospatial data about Wake County, North Carolina Long Range Urban Services Areas. Export to CAD, GIS, PDF, CSV and access via API.

This data is from the USGS Blue Line Streams data, which is the hydrology used on USGS topographic maps. This data has been "clipped" to the Fuquay-Varina Urban Service Area for convenience. It is not clear when this data was last updated, and the accuracy of stream lines to represent actual stream channel centerlines is variable. Wake County GIS also provides a County-level version of this data on their Open Data site for download. They also provide a different version of stream data.