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Thursday, March 30, 2023

Welcome to the GIS Home page

GIS Data Requests

Please see the Forms and Products page for details such as availability, pricing, and access to OpenData for data requests. For existing reset maps as PDF, find certain maps under Static PDF Maps on the GIS Mapping Applications page.

About GIS

GIS stands for Geographic Information System which is a combination of computer hardware, software and geographic data which can be used to perform data capturing, analysis, cartographic map display and production. Yavapai County Government uses GIS technology throughout several departments including the Assessor, Elections, Development Services, Public Works and Flood Control among others, comprising nearly 200 users.

The GIS started in late 1992 with the primary goal of creating a digital land database of all parcels in the county. The initial project addressed the issues of planimetric data acquisition, aerial flights of the county, and initial conversion of county assessor’s maps to a digital format. GIS became a department in 2015 with goals towards providing basic mapping/location based needs for County staff, developing more data sharing with public and private parties, and providing GIS education of the county staff and within the community.  To see a history of GIS within Yavapai County, view the Yavapai County GIS StoryMap.

Yavapai County land mass covers 8,127 square miles with only about 25% of the land is privately owned. The rest is publicly owned including Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior, US Bureau of Indian Affairs, national forest, national park service, State Parks, and State of Arizona trust. Elevations range from 1500 ft to 7979 ft where the County is divided by the mountain into two areas, an eastern area called the Verde Valley; a western area including Prescott which is the County Seat. Population of the County in 1990 was 107,714 (US Census), in 2010 was 211,073 and in 2020 was 232,396.

The GIS department is a single division responsible for the design and maintenance of the county’s GIS which is used to automate the various geospatial datasets such as parcels, roads, zoning, and district boundaries just to name a few. Additionally, we may create custom applications used to distribute GIS data to the departments, local governments and citizens of Yavapai County. Under strong leadership and technical resources, YAVGIS provides several key services on behalf of the program. When performed centrally, these services eliminate duplication of effort and promote the development of agency-specific spatial data systems.

Typically, YAVGIS routine function are:

  • GIS technology coordination, consulting and implementation (database management, software upgrade coordination)
  • GIS application development and maintenance (public web applications)
  • GIS data design, automation, documentation, and distribution
  • GIS strategic planning and system integration planning
  • GIS training for county staff
  • GIS analysis to support active decision making effectively
  • GIS data assurance/quality control automated processes for data integrity
  • GIS automation for GIS data sharing (web services)

Contact via Email: yavgis@yavapaiaz.gov
Phone (928)771-3169

Current Development Projects
  • County-wide GIS software upgrade to ArcGIS Pro – Implementation Phase
  • Building Vector Tiles for some heavily used map layers (parcels, contours) for base maps. – Implementation Phase
  • Street Name Lookup Application - Implementation Phase
  • County-wide imagery and elevation data migration hardware replacement (internal change) - Implementation Phase
  • County Health Department GIS crowd source application – Implementation Phase
  • Quality Control modeling of Street and Address data – Implementation Phase
  • County Flood Control Flood Alert hardware migration – Implementation Phase
  • County Flood Control Web Editor Flood Parcel Documents – Development Phase
  • County-wide GIS database SQL Server 2019 Upgrade - Implementation Phase
  • County-wide GIS analysis for supporting more decision making - Development Phase
  • Creating Election Result Dashboard - Testing Phase
  • Intersection Geocoder – Development Phase
  • Street and Address Lookup Utility Project - Development Phase
  • ArcGIS Enterprise internal GIS software migration to Azure - Testing Phase
  • Parcel Fabric for Pro - Research Phase
  • Rebuilding Enterprise internal system to support the use of Pro and be able to share 2021 Aerial Imagery - On-Going
  • County Flood Control Flood Alert GIS gauges updates – On-Going
  • County-wide 911 data support and prep for Next Generation 911 – On-Going
  • County Public Works street centerline GIS data maintenance – On-Going
  • Creating specific ArcGIS online web applications for county and public uses to meet certain departments needs – On-Going
  • Local Government amalgamating street centerlines auditing and automating – On-Going
  • State Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC) support boards and committees – On-Going
  • Supporting Central Yavapai Metropolitan Planning Organization (CYMPO) - On-Going
  • Supporting Verde Front Project - On-Going
  • Yavapai Community WildFire Protection Plan Revision - On-Going
  • County-wide GIS database detecting changes (tax area codes, taxable administrative boundaries) – On-hold
  • Public GIS Website Interactive Map application redesign to be mobile friendly. - On-hold
  • Spatial data automation for transformation for daily edits - On-hold
  • Building & Refining Network Dataset for Future Routing and Service Area Analysis – On-hold

Recent Completed Projects:

  • County GIS Intranet Web Application (ESRIArcGIS Enterprise) upgrade to ArcGIS 10.9.1 – Summer 2022
  • Obtained new 2021 Aerial Imagery – Spring 2022
  • County-wide GIS software upgrade to ArcGIS Desktop 10.8.1 – Spring 2021
  • County public web server upgrade to 10.8.1 – Spring 2021
  • Quality Control subdivision names in GIS to intergrate across multiple platforms - Winter 2020
  • Implement ArcGIS Enterprise (ArcGIS Portal, Data Store, ArcGIS Server 10.8.1) - Winter 2020
  • Census Complete Count Support - Summer 2020
  • Clip and Ship public interface to supply the public with a section of existing contour lines - May 2020
  • County Development Services Department GIS Citizen Serve application support – April 2020
  • County public web server upgrade to 10.7.1 - February 2020
  • County GIS Intranet Web Application (ESRI Enterprise Portal) implementation - January 2020
In the News...

County GIS Department is receiving new aerial imagery in 2022

Yavapai County with cost agreements with Town of Chino Valley, Town of Prescott Valley, and City of Cottonwood are receiving new aerial imagery. The imagery will be county-wide at 9 inch resolution and in some urban areas 3 inch resolution. The imagery should be delivered this month, April 2022 and may be generally available in some GIS applications within 4 to 6 weeks after it is received.  More details on the imagery once it has been received. Read more

Congressional / Legislative Districts PDF Maps Available

The GIS Department had the request to create a little more detailed map atlas maps of the congressional and legislative districts.  We look forward to feedback if you found these new maps helpful in any potential upcoming redistricting that may begin after the 2020 Census data is officially released late in 2021.

Find these new Congressional Districts PDF map & Legislative Districts PDF map on the GIS Mapping Applications webpage, towards the bottom under the header, "Static PDF Maps".  Feedback is welcome to improve your needs of this data.


Coronavirus Mapping Resources Updates

We have made some major changes and updates to our public facing dashboard ( https://arcg.is/0eLTqD ) including:

Added AZ cases by ZIP CODE from Az Department of Health Services
Added emergency food providers from Cornucopia Community Advocates
Added a visible legend panel
Added more roads for reference
Demographics bar chart showing seniors, adults, children.
Bar chart showing total by region(quad-cities, and Verde Valley(as requested by health).
Pie chart showing percentage and number of men vs women confirmed positive.
Bar chart showing number of cases by county.
Only showing medical facilities that have been confirmed to offer covid-19 testing.
Incorporated county level data from John Hopkins University to be shown at large scale.
Incorporated state level data from John Hopkins University to be shown of moderate scale ranges .
Incorporated country level data, worldwide, from John Hopkins University to be shown at small scales.

Complete list of changes are available, https://gis.yavapaiaz.gov/docs/StoryMap/Changelog.html


Coronavirus Mapping Resources from Yavapai County

Coronavirus Mapping Resources from Yavapai County.  

The Yavapai County GIS Department has aggregated many resources regarding the COVID-19 outbreak into one place for its residents. These resources include maps, charts, graphics, statistics, as well as links to more resources for the public. The data contained covers county, state, country, and global regions.

Please view the new GIS Web Maps on COVID-19 resources. https://arcg.is/0eLTqD

Yavapai County GIS COVID19 StoryMap Dashboard

 

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2 foot contour on-line request form

A new Yavapai County limited 2 foot contour request web page is now available. This site is setup to allow anyone to request a section of contours in a series of steps.  You must have an email address and pay online. The intent of this system is to allow users to be able to define the area, and request this data 24 hours a day. The system is being developed in-house and will eventually be automated to be able to provide the data to the user quickly. (Currently only a portion of the system is automated.)

Step 1: Select method to define extent; Select Rectangle, select 1 mi2 option (creates a box of a 1 square mile extent you manually place), or upload a predefined extent, a zipped shape file).

Step 2: Create the desired extent with one of the 2 manual options on the map.

Step 3: Fill out form; choose what contours you desire ($100 per contour), enter in your contact information, choose what format you desire (shape file, AutoCAD, file geodatabase).

Step 4: Confirm order. 

Step 5:  A GIS Department staff will contact you with options for payment, credit card (Visa or Master Card), check and walk-in a cash are accepted.

https://gis.yavapaiaz.gov/contourrequest/

Feedback on this new site is welcome.

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GIS data that is open, free to use, reuse- Yavapai Open Data

Yavapai County GIS has started an OpenData site with only a few layers that can be downloaded through the user interface as shape files, or KML.  You can find Taxable Fire Districts, City boundaries, the County boundary, and a few other layers. Not all GIS data is available on the OpenData site.  What is Open Data, data that is open, free to use, reuse. The published GIS data is normally updated weekly.    http://data-yavgis.opendata.arcgis.com

Kevin Blake

Director

Appointed 2015
Primary Business Address:
1120 Commerce Drive
Prescott, AZ 86305
Phone: (928) 771-3169

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