Polk County Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Contact: Robert Gumtow

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a computer-based tool used for mapping and for providing information on a variety of systems and information within the County. The GIS section maintains data on such items as the county road system, school district boundaries, city limits, floodplains, greenway, and many others. The data within the GIS layers is continually growing as the user base grows and the need for additional information is identified.

Interested in learning why Polk County uses GIS? Click for a brief Powerpoint presentation entitled: Is GIS an Expensive Luxury or a Way to Reduce the Cost of Doing Business?

Interested in more information on GIS technology? Click here to visit the United States Geological Survey for a thorough discussion of the history, design, implementation, and uses for today's GIS in a rapidly changing world.

Polk County is pleased to offer an interactive mapping tool, PcWebMaps, which contains several interactive digital maps that allows you to explore Polk County, Oregon with simple controls for viewing them. PcWebMaps was developed to provide access to digital maps at Polk County for county employees, government partners, businesses, and the public.

Polk County also offers online access to many of its static maps and geographic information. Simply click on the map name below to open the described file.

 Maps of Polk County

Note: All maps were created and are current as of the Spring of 2008. Many of these files are quite large (1 meg or more) and may require several minutes to download, depending upon the speed of your internet connection.