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Complete details of the maps available from
our "Front Counter" are listed here. A visit to our
Front Counter will allow you access to these maps and many more
products and services.
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In an effort to map the county
for the Department of Tax Administration
a grid was established that divides the county into 444 numbered
sections. These sections are commonly called base maps, property
maps or tax maps. Every property in the county has a unique property
identification number. This several digit property number begins
with the tax map number and is followed by a subdivision or acreage
number, and a lot or parcel number. With the exception of the
County Wall map series, all of our thematic maps are tied to the
tax maps. In other words, the boundaries of the maps are determined
by the tax map grid.
Property maps include:
Boundaries: State, County or Corporate, Subdivision,
Block Division, Property
Legal Rights of Way: State or Interstate Highway, Railroad,
Public Street, Private Street, Outlet Road, Unconstructed Right-of-way,
Parking or Pavement limits
Easements: Approved Flood Plain, Recorded Flood Plain,
Storm Drainage, Conservation, Ingress-Egress, Major Public Utility
Drainage: Streams, Creeks, Rivers, Ponds, Lake Banks,
Concrete/Steel Dams, Earthen Dams
Districts: Agricultural and Forestal District, Special
Tax District
Unique Identifiers: Double circle and number - Acreage
or Subdivision, Single circle and number - Block designation,
Uncircled number - Parcel or Lot number
Features and Symbols: Addresses, Address Grid, Address
Grid Ticks, Subdivision Name, Split Parcels, Consolidated Lots,
Questionable Property cut, Buildings, Control Monuments, Churches,
Cemetaries, Schools, Firehouses, Parkland, Nature Conservancy,
Marine Clay
Currently all property information is captured
and maintained digitally. Property maps are updated daily and
published in book format yearly. The Property Map book is available
for sale at the Fairfax
County Publications Center. In addition, all 444 grid sections
have been compiled on a CD-ROM in PDF format. The Property Maps
CD is available for sale at the GIS front counter. Individual
multicolored tax maps can be purchased at a scale of 1"
= 500' or 1"=200'. Individual tax maps are printed by request
only. See price list for details.
Our reference collection of property books dates back to 1961.
Current and historic property maps can be viewed at the GIS
front counter.
Source materials for property maps include
site plans, deed descriptions, subdivision plats, and acreage
plats. A plat is a detailed drawing taken from the survey of
a property boundary. A few of the many features included on
a plat are: Bearings and Distances of lot lines, Utility Easements,
Area, and Curve Data. The collection is comprised of paper plats
which vary in size, scale, number of pages, and condition. Plats
can be viewed at the GIS front counter. Photocopies of plats
can be purchased. See price list for
details.
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All land in Fairfax County is zoned into residential,
commercial or industrial districts. The permitted density in
each zoning district and the uses allowed in each district are
described in detail in the County
Zoning Ordinance. The location and boundaries of the zoning
districts established by this Ordinance are illustrated on official
zoning maps. These maps illustrate all of the property map information
as well as the zoning districts.
Zoning maps include:
Residential: 5 acres - Agricultural, 10 Acres - Preservation,
5 Acres - Conservation, 2 Acres - Estate, 1 Acre - 1 DU/AC (Dwelling
Unit per Acre), ½ acre - 2 DU/AC, 3 DU/AC, 4 DU/AC, 5
DU/AC, 8 DU/AC, 12 DU/AC, 16 DU/AC, 20 DU/AC, 30 DU/AC, Mobile
Home Park
Commercial: Low Rise Office, Limited Office, Office District,
High Intensity Office, Neighborhood Retail, Community Retail,
Highway, Super-regional Retail
Industrial: Institutional, Light Ind. Research, Research,
Light Intensity, Medium Intensity, General, Heavy
Planned Units: Planned Development Housing, Planned Development
Commercial, Planned Residential Community, Planned Residential
Mixed-Use
Overlay Districts: Airport Noise Impact, Highway Corridor,
Historic, Natural Resource, Sign Control, Water Supply Protection,
Commercial Revitalization
Other Categories: Boundaries of Public & Semi-Public
Lands, Planning Area Designation, Pending Zoning Cases
Currently all zoning map information is maintained
digitally. Zoning maps are updated daily and published in book
format yearly. The Zoning Map book, as well as, individual grid
section maps at a scale of 1" = 500' are available for
sale by the Fairfax
County Publications Center. All 444 grid sections have been
compiled on a CD-ROM in PDF format. The Zoning Maps CD is available
for sale at the GIS front counter. In addition, individual multicolored
zoning maps can be purchased at a scale of 1"=200'. Individual
zoning maps are printed by request only. See
price list for details.
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A contour map illustrates ground surface elevation
with lines that join points of equal elevation. These maps illustrate
all of the property map information as well as contour lines.
The contour interval is 5 feet. The date of the photography
used to determine the ground elevation is 1997. The 1997 contour
map data is not published in book format, however, all 444 grid
sections have been compiled on a CD-ROM in PDF format. The Contour
Maps w/Property CD is available for sale at the GIS front counter.
In addition, individual multicolored contour maps can be purchased
at a scale of 1" = 500' or 1" = 200'. Individual contour
maps are printed by request only. See
price list for details.
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A topographic map illustrates ground surface
elevation, as well as, natural and human-made features on the
ground surface. This information was derived from 1997 photography.
The contour interval is 5 feet. These topographic maps do
not show property map information. The 1997 topographic
map data is not published in book format, however, all 444 grid
sections have been compiled on a CD-ROM in PDF format. The Topographic
Maps CD is available for sale at the GIS front counter. In addition,
individual multicolored topographic maps can be purchased at
a scale of 1" = 500' or 1" = 200'. Individual topographic
maps are printed by request only. See
price list for details.
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These maps illustrate soil types, soils problem areas, and
soil symbols that describe ground surface characteristics. These
maps illustrate property and soils information compiled and
published in 1990. Soils maps can be viewed at the GIS front
counter. Photocopies of individual soils maps at a scale of
1" = 500' can be purchased. See price list for details.
The Ratings of
Soils for Urban Development in Fairfax County is a descriptive
guide to soil types. For more information about soils in Fairfax
County, contact the Northern
Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District office at
(703) 324-1460.
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In 1988 the Virginia General Assembly adopted the Chesapeake
Bay Conservation Act. As a result, local governments were
required to incorporate general water quality protection measures
into their comprehensive plans, zoning ordinances, and subdivision
ordinances and to establish programs, in accordance with criteria
established by the Commonwealth, that define and protect certain
lands which are called Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas. The
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area maps illustrate all of the
property map information as well as Resource Management Areas
(RMA) and Resource Protection Areas (RPA). A RMA is that component
of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area comprised of lands that,
if improperly used or developed, have a potential for causing
significant water quality degradation or for diminishing the
functional value of the RPA. [See Fairfax County Code, Ch. 118,
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance.] A RPA is that component
of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area comprised of lands at
or near the shoreline or water's edge that have an intrinsic
water quality value due to the ecological and biological processes
they perform or are sensitive to impacts which may result in
significant degradation of the quality of state waters. In their
natural condition, these lands provide for the removal, reduction
or assimilation of sediments from runoff entering the Bay and
its tributaries, and minimize the adverse effects of human activities
on state waters and aquatic resources. New development is generally
discouraged in an RPA. [See Fairfax County Code, Ch. 118, Chesapeake
Bay Preservation Ordinance.] Chesapeake Bay preservation areas
maps are dated 1994 and are at a scale of the 1"=500'.
These maps can be viewed at the GIS front counter and photocopies
of individual maps can be purchased. See
price list for details.
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During the 1960's and 1970's the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) performed a flood plain study for
most of the area of Fairfax County. A cooperative agreement
between USGS and Fairfax County established a project to study
the effects of basin development on floods and to delineate
flood boundaries on specially prepared maps of stream valleys.
The results of this study include a series of USGS Open-File
Reports. The Open-File Reports include water-surface profile
data, flood profiles, and topographic maps with flood boundary
delineation. As stated on each map, the map shows the extent
of inundation for floods of 25-, 50-, and 100-year recurrence
intervals. As applied to flood events, a recurrence interval
is the average interval of time within which a given flood will
be equaled or exceeded once. No periodicity is implied. In addition
to the flood-delineation lines, each map also includes topography
with a 2 foot contour interval for the area around the stream.
The Open-file Reports and the Maps can be viewed at the GIS
front counter. Blue line prints of the 1"=100' scale mylar
film overlays can be purchased. See
price list for details. Photocopies of associated water-surface
profile data tables from the open-file reports are included
free by request with the purchase of blue line prints of the
mylar film overlays. Field notes from the USGS flood plain study
are stored on microfilm rolls. The microfilm can be viewed at
the GIS front counter. Prints generated from the microfilm can
be purchased. See price list for details.
Flood plain studies of Dogue Creek basin, Little Hunting Creek
basin, the upper tributaries of Cameron Run basin, and Tripps
Run and Holmes Run above Lake Barcroft were performed by Massey
Engineers Consultants. The results of this study are a series
of Drainage Reports. Drainage Reports include a flood profile
for a 100-year recurrence interval discharge and a topographic
map of the stream valley with a 2 foot contour interval and
the 100-year flood boundary delineation line. The map scale
is 1 inch = 100 feet. Drainage Reports can be viewed at the
GIS front counter. Blue line prints of the mylar sepia report
can be purchased. See price list for
details.
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The following products are sold by Fairfax
County Publications Center, County Government Center, Suite
156. Telephone: 703-324-2974
Products followed by an asterisk (*) are currently
out-of-stock
- Cemeteries Sites*
- C.H.A.S. Housing and Community Development
- Commercial and Industrial Development*
- Countywide Trails Plan
- Elementary School Attendance Areas
- Fire and Rescue Department Assignment Box
System
- High School Attendance Areas
- Historic Sites Inventory
- Land Patents and Northern Neck Grants
- Middle School Attendance Areas
- Office and Industrial Zoning
- Planning Districts*
- Postal Zip Codes
- Public Facilities
- Public Parks
- Public Schools
- Radon Potential
- Solid Waste Refuse Collection and Recycling
- Sanitary Sewers*
- Sewersheds*
- Streets - 3 colors (black, blue, red) with
tax grid
- Streets - 3 colors (black, blue, red) with
tax grid and yellow tint
- Streets - 3 colors (black, blue, red) with
yellow tint
- Streets - black & white
- Streets - black & white with tax grid
- Sub Census Tracts with Planning Districts
- Sub Census Tracts with Supervisor Districts
- Supervisor Districts
- Transportation Plan
- Utilities Water and Gas*
- Volunteer Groups*
- Voting Precincts
- Watersheds
These maps are sold
as a 4 sheet set
- Streets - 3 colors (black, blue, red)*
- Streets - 3 colors (black, blue, red) with
tax grid*
- Streets - 3 colors (black, blue, red) with
tax grid and yellow tint
- Public Facilities*
- Fairfax County, Virginia Street & Area
Designation Atlas*
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