Wake County Boundary

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.

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.

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.

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. Face refers to the areal (polygon) topological primitives that make up MTDB. A face is bounded by one or more edges; its boundary includes only the edges that separate it from other faces, not any interior edges contained within the area of the face. The Topological Faces Shapefile contains the attributes of each topological primitive face. Each face has a unique topological face identifier (TFID) value. Each face in the shapefile includes the key geographic area codes for all geographic areas for which the Census Bureau tabulates data for both the 2020 Census and the annual estimates and surveys. The geometries of each of these geographic areas can then be built by dissolving the face geometries on the appropriate key geographic area codes in the Topological Faces Shapefile.

A Stormwater account exists to facilitate public payments into a fund to prevent stormwater damage that naturally arises from water runoff that accumulates as a result of our built environment. This damage comes in the form of flooding of our roads and private property and water quality damage to our river/stream ecosystem. The amount of pavement and other hard surfaces, also known as "impervious surfaces," on each property contributes to potential stormwater damage risks. Therefore, each property owner pays a small fee according to the amount of impervious surface on their property or property for which it shares some obligation. Update Frequency: DailyTime Period: Current

Wake County Facilities

Wake County NC parcel boundaries and associated attributes from the Wake County Revenue Department database.

Boundary of Town of Apex, NC zoning/permitting jurisdiction granted by NCGS outside of incorporated limits.Town of Apex, NC Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) Extension was requested from Wake County Board of Commissioners July 2006. Approved by Wake County Board of Commissioners August 2007. Approved by Town of Apex Town Council October 2, 2007. Wake County PIN 0722762014 was relinquished back to Wake County per property owner request on October 15, 2013. An additional 340 acres were relinquished back to Wake County and then added to Holly Springs' ETJ on November 19, 2013 due to the annexation agreement line approved at the same Town Council meeting. Areas are removed from the ETJ polygon once they are annexed (incorporated) into the Town of Apex.

Address points primarily within the Corporate Limits of the Town of Fuquay-Varina. These include the primary and sometimes secondary address points within parcels. Wake County address point data does not include these secondary address points (e.g. multiple points for units in a building, or multiple buildings on one property). This data is frequently updated by Planning staff. Please visit the Planning Department website if you would like more information.

The Town of Apex was incorporated in 1873. N.C.G.S. 160A-22 requires current city boundaries to be drawn at all times on a map. This statute also requires that all alterations to the boundaries (annexations) be indicated on the map. This shapefiles depicts all individual additions to the boundaries of the Town of Apex corporate limits. Additions to the boundary occur a maximum of twice a month as the Town Council approves annexation requests from property owners. Boundary locations are based on legal descriptions referenced in the approved annexation ordinances recorded with the Town, Wake County, and North Carolina Secretary of State. Older annexations may not match with more recent annexations due to datum changes and variations in survey accuracy.

The Town of Apex was incorporated in 1873. N.C.G.S. 160A-22 requires current city boundaries to be drawn at all times on a map. This statute also requires that all alterations to the boundaries (annexations) be indicated on the map. This shapefiles depicts the cumulative boundaries of the Town of Apex corporate limits. Additions to the boundary occur a maximum of twice a month as the Town Council approves annexation requests from property owners. Boundary locations are based on legal descriptions referenced in the approved annexation ordinances recorded with the Town, Wake County, and North Carolina Secretary of State.The date of the most recent annexation is indicated within the attributes of this file.

The construction of this data model was adapted from the Telvent Miner & Miner ArcFM MultiSpeak data model to provide interface functionality with Milsoft Utility Solutions WindMil engineering analysis program. Database adaptations, GPS data collection, and all subsequent GIS processes were performed by Southern Geospatial Services for the Town of Apex Electric Utilities Division in accordance to the agreement set forth in the document "Town of Apex Electric Utilities GIS/GPS Project Proposal" dated March 10, 2008. Southern Geospatial Services disclaims all warranties with respect to data contained herein. Questions regarding data quality and accuracy should be directed to persons knowledgeable with the forementioned agreement.The data in this GIS with creation dates between March of 2008 and April of 2024 were generated by Southern Geospatial Services, PLLC (SGS). The original inventory was performed under the above detailed agreement with the Town of Apex (TOA). Following the original inventory, SGS performed maintenance projects to incorporate infrastructure expansion and modification into the GIS via annual service agreements with TOA. These maintenances continued through April of 2024.At the request of TOA, TOA initiated in house maintenance of the GIS following delivery of the final SGS maintenance project in April of 2024. GIS data created or modified after April of 2024 are not the product of SGS.With respect to SGS generated GIS data that are point features:GPS data collected after January 1, 2013 were surveyed using mapping grade or survey grade GPS equipment with real time differential correction undertaken via the NC Geodetic Surveys Real Time Network (VRS). GPS data collected prior to January 1, 2013 were surveyed using mapping grade GPS equipment without the use of VRS, with differential correction performed via post processing.With respect to SGS generated GIS data that are line features:Line data in the GIS for overhead conductors were digitized as straight lines between surveyed poles. Line data in the GIS for underground conductors were digitized between surveyed at grade electric utility equipment. The configurations and positions of the underground conductors are based on TOA provided plans. The underground conductors are diagrammatic and cannot be relied upon for the determination of the actual physical locations of underground conductors in the field.The Service Locations feature class was created by Southern Geospatial Services (SGS) from a shapefile of customer service locations generated by dataVoice International (DV) as part of their agreement with the Town of Apex (TOA) regarding the development and implemention of an Outage Management System (OMS).Point features in this feature class represent service locations (consumers of TOA electric services) by uniquely identifying the features with the same unique identifier as generated for a given service location in the TOA Customer Information System (CIS). This is also the mechanism by which the features are tied to the OMS. Features are physically located in the GIS based on CIS address in comparison to address information found in Wake County GIS property data (parcel data). Features are tied to the GIS electric connectivity model by identifying the parent feature (Upline Element) as the transformer that feeds a given service location.SGS was provided a shapefile of 17992 features from DV. Error potentially exists in this DV generated data for the service location features in terms of their assigned physical location, phase, and parent element.Regarding the physical location of the features, SGS had no part in physically locating the 17992 features as provided by DV and cannot ascertain the accuracy of the locations of the features without undertaking an analysis designed to verify or correct for error if it exists. SGS constructed the feature class and loaded the shapefile objects into the feature class and thus the features exist in the DV derived location. SGS understands that DV situated the features based on the address as found in the CIS. No features were verified as to the accuracy of their physical location when the data were originally loaded. It is the assumption of SGS that the locations of the vast majority of the service location features as provided by DV are in fact correct.SGS understands that as a general rule that DV situated residential features (individually or grouped) in the center of a parcel. SGS understands that for areas where multiple features may exist in a given parcel (such as commercial properties and mobile home parks) that DV situated features as either grouped in the center of the parcel or situated over buildings, structures, or other features identifiable in air photos. It appears that some features are also grouped in roads or other non addressed locations, likely near areas where they should physically be located, but that these features were not located in a final manner and are either grouped or strung out in a row in the general area of where DV may have expected they should exist.Regarding the parent and phase of the features, the potential for error is due to the "first order approximation" protocol employed by DV for assigning the attributes. With the features located as detailed above, SGS understands that DV identified the transformer closest to the service location (straight line distance) as its parent. Phase was assigned to the service location feature based on the phase of the parent transformer. SGS expects that this protocol correctly assigned parent (and phase) to a significant portion of the features, however this protocol will also obviously incorretly assign parent in many instances.To accurately identify parent for all 17992 service locations would require a significant GIS and field based project. SGS is willing to undertake a project of this magnitude at the discretion of TOA. In the meantime, SGS is maintaining (editing and adding to) this feature class as part of the ongoing GIS maintenance agreement that is in place between TOA and SGS. In lieu of a project designed to quality assess and correct for the data provided by DV, SGS will verify the locations of the features at the request of TOA via comparison of the unique identifier for a service location to the CIS address and Wake County parcel data address as issues arise with the OMS if SGS is directed to focus on select areas for verification by TOA. Additionally, as SGS adds features to this feature class, if error related to the phase and parent of an adjacent feature is uncovered during a maintenance, it will be corrected for as part of that maintenance.With respect to the additon of features moving forward, TOA will provide SGS with an export of CIS records for each SGS maintenance, SGS will tie new accounts to a physical location based on address, SGS will create a feature for the CIS account record in this feature class at the center of a parcel for a residential address or at the center of a parcel or over the correct (or approximately correct) location as determined via air photos or via TOA plans for commercial or other relevant areas, SGS will identify the parent of the service location as the actual transformer that feeds the service location, and SGS will identify the phase of the service address as the phase of it's parent.Service locations with an ObjectID of 1 through 17992 were originally physically located and attributed by DV.Service locations with an ObjectID of 17993 or higher were originally physically located and attributed by SGS.DV originated data are provided the Creation User attribute of DV, however if SGS has edited or verified any aspect of the feature, this attribute will be changed to SGS and a comment related to the edits will be provided in the SGS Edits Comments data field. SGS originated features will be provided the Creation User attribute of SGS. Reference the SGS Edits Comments attribute field Metadata for further information.

The purpose of this file is to show the individually registered properties within the National Register Historic District (NRHD) for the Town of Apex, NC, as approved by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior. The original NRHD was approved 3/17/1994. Subsequent boundaries were approved as Boundary Increase I (3/10/1995), Boundary Increase II (2/14/2002), and Boundary Increase III (1/31/2008). Combined, the overall NRHD encompasses almost 200 properties in downtown Apex and over 200 structures. Dates of construction and ownership histories were determined by Wake County Historic Property inventory files at the North Carolina Historic Preservation Office and by deeds listed with the Wake County Register of Deeds Office. All buildings are categorized as either contributing or non-contributing based on set criteria, such as being constructed during the period of significance ending in 1959. Any building constructed after the period of significance, or altered in a way that causes loss of architectural integrity, is categorized as non-contributing. The numbers assigned to each property corresponds with the sequential order of each property listed on the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form.