GIS Data

Deschutes County Geographic Information Systems data is available for use with your desktop mapping or CAD software. We share GIS data with federal, state and local public agencies and make it available for purchase by private parties. Data can either be purchased on a one time basis or by subscription. Our data subscription provides 24 hour access to more than 60 map layers hosted on our FTP server. Data is updated on a weekly basis. The file formats available are in ESRI shapefile format and file based geodatabase. Information available includes the following themes:

Boundary Files

City Limits
County Boundary
Fire Tax Districts
Irrigation Districts
Library Tax Districts
No Shooting Districts
Road Tax Districts
School Tax Districts
Sewer Tax Districts
Subdivisions
Unincorporated Communities
Urban Growth Boundaries
Water Tax Districts
Wilderness Areas

Census Data

2010 Census Data including census tract, Block Group, and block level data
2000 Census Data including census tract, Block Group, and block level data
1990 Census Data including census tract, Block Group, and block level data

Environment Themes

100 Foot Contours
Landslide areas
Precipitation
Slope
Soils - NRCS
Vegetation

Land Themes

Airport Safety Zones
Comprehensive Planning Designations
Conventional Housing
County Owned Land
Federal Owned Land
Landscape Management Road and Water Zones
State Owned Land
Surface Mining Areas
Taxlots and Assessor Property related databases
Wildfire Hazard Zones
Wildlife Areas
Zoning

Place Themes

Emergency Service Locations
Features of Interest
Golf Courses
Park Areas
Places of Interest
Schools

Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Themes

PLSS Lines
Section Boundaries
Township Boundaries
USGS Quad Boundaries

Transportation Themes

Airport Runways
County Routes
Railroads
Road Centerlines
State Routes
Streets (Maintained by 9-1-1)
Traffic Lights
USFS Roads

Water Themes

Canals
Lakes
Rivers
Streams
Watershed Boundaries
Wetlands - NWI

A comprehensive data CD is available for purchase, as are individual layers. A single user license for the comprehensive CD costs $160. An annual subscription to the data costs $450. In order to purchase data, please contact Bob Haas at (541) 330-4608 or by email at Bob.Haas@deschutes.org