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GIS Data Requests

If you would like a PDF or a JPG map of a particular area of the City emailed to you, go here.
 
To order GIS Data (available in AutoCAD v. 2007 only), please refer to the list below, then send an email to GISData@charlottesville.org.  In the email please list the data needed and the intended use of the data.  Also, please include a statement agreeing not to redistribute the data.  To receive the data, we will require a check made out to, "City of Charlottesville", delivered to the Information Technology Department.  Once a check is received, you will be contacted to download the data from our ftp server.  The IT Department mailing address and location are below.  

If you are working on a project for the City of Charlottesville and require GIS data to help with that project, please have someone in the City department for which you are doing the work request the data.  You will not be charged for the data in this instance.  In the request email please include the intended use of the data along with a statement agreeing not to redistribute the data.

IT Dept. Location

The IT Department is located on the 4th floor of the City Hall Annex building, adjacent to the Downtown Mall Amphitheater.

120 Seventh St. NE Rm. 405
Charlottesville, VA.  22902 (Directions)

 
 

Data Layer

Extent

Format

Cost

Census
(Includes Census Tracts,
Block Groups, and Blocks)

Citywide

Only Available
from US Census

N/A

Comprehensive Plan Areas/ Planning Neighborhoods

Citywide

Shapefile

$25

City Boundary

Citywide

Shapefile, DWG

$25

City Parks

Citywide

Shapefile

$25

Development (Areas under development or slated for future development)

Citywide

Shapefile

$25

Digital Terrain Model (DTM)
(2'-5' Interval)

21 Tiles

DGN

$25 per tile, not to exceed $250

Floodplain
(100 Year, 500 Year, Floodway)

Citywide

Only Available
from FEMA

N/A

Gas Utility Information

 N/A

Only Available from Charlottesville Gas Division

434-970-3800

N/A

Imagery
(Y1995 Orthos, 3 foot, B&W)

Citywide

MrSID

$25

Imagery
(Y2000 Orthos, 100' Scale, B&W)


Citywide


MrSID

$25

Imagery
(Y2002 Orthos, Color)

Citywide

Only Available
from VGIN

$25

Imagery
(Y2006 Orthos, 100’ Scale, Color)

Citywide

MrSID

$100

Parcels
(Includes PIN)

Citywide

Shapefile, DWG

$25

Planimetrics
(Includes Roads, Creeks & Rivers,
Driveways, Buildings, Fences & Walls, Parking Areas, Sidewalks, Railroads)

Citywide

Shapefiles, DWG

$100

Road Centerline

Citywide

Shapefiles

$50

School Districts
(Elementary, Middle, High)

Citywide

Shapefile

$25

Soils

Citywide

Only Available
from USGS

N/A

Storm Utility Information (Includes structures, pipes, drainage basins)

Citywide

Shapefile, DWG

$100

Stream Assessment Data

Citywide

Shapefile

$25

Survey Data

(Benchmark and Survey Control Data)

Citywide

Shapefile

$25

Topography (2000)
(5' Interval)

Citywide

Shapefile, DWG

$25

Topography (2006)
(2' Interval)

Citywide

Shapefile, DWG

$100

Trails (City Hiking Trails)

Citywide

Shapefile

$25

USGS Data
(Includes DEM, DLG, DOQ, NHD,
and NED Data Layers)

Various

Only Available
from USGS

N/A

Voting Precincts and Polling Places

Citywide

Shapefile

$25

Wastewater Utility Information (Includes manholes, pipes, drainage basins)

Citywide

Shapefile, DWG

$100

Water Utility Information (Includes valves, pipes, hydrants)

Citywide

Shapefile, DWG

$100

Watersheds

Citywide

Shapefile

$25

Zoning
(Includes Entrance Corridors, Historic Districts, Parking Exempt areas)

Citywide

Shapefile

$25