Alabama Maps
Digital Data Availability Summary
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| ALABAMA | Spatial | Non-spatial | None |
| GIS Data Portals | x | ||
| Reference and Supporting Data | |||
| Cadastral Reference Grid | |||
| Shorelines | |||
| Coastal Imagery | |||
| Bathymetry | |||
| Marine Jurisdictional Boundaries | |||
| Submerged Lands Boundaries | x | ||
| Ownership | |||
| Submerged Lands Parcels | x | ||
| General Property and Parcel Data | x | ||
| Public and Conservation Lands | x | ||
| Leases and Other Use Authorizations | |||
| Aquaculture and Shellfish | x | ||
| Other Use Authorizations | x | ||
| Marine Managed Areas | |||
| Local Parcel Information | 2 coastal counties | ||
| Deed Records | 2 | ||
| Assessment Data | 2 | ||
| Parcels | 1 | 1 | |
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Why is marine cadastral data important for conservation and marine spatial planning?
GIS Portals
- Alabama Data Portal (web site). Metadata catalog and interactive map viewer
- Mississippi-Alabama Habitats Tool (web site). An online map viewer that identifies priority areas for protection within coastal and estuarine environments and provides parcel information associated with those priorities for Mobile Bay, Alabama
The term submerged lands is used here to refer to tidal waters lying between the high water mark and the seaward extent of the state’s jurisdictional limit, which for most states is three nautical miles (i.e., the Submerged Lands Act Boundary). See the Submerged Lands definitions page for specific terminology used in each state.
Submerged Lands Boundaries
No online data was found. However, note that “a state oil and gas lease block boundary coverage (LEAS_ST) [see below] was created from a Chart of Submerged State Lands produced by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR).”1 DCNR contains the Division of State Lands (web page), which manages Alabama offshore and submerged lands (web page).
Ownership
Submerged Lands Parcels
No data found.
General Property and Parcel Data
No data found.
Public and Conservation Lands
| Data | Federal Land |
| Access | View metadata (web page; search: state land). Request ESRI shapefile from gis@gsa.state.al.us. |
| Detail | Federally owned lands in Mobile and Baldwin counties. |
| Distributor | Geologic Survey of Alabama. |
| Data | Weeks Bay National Estuarine Reserve. |
| Access | View metadata (web page; search: state land). Request ESRI shapefile from gis@csc.noaa.gov. |
| Detail | Digitized from management and research polygons. 1998. |
| Distributor | NOAA Coastal Services Center. |
Leases and Other Use Authorizations
Aquaculture and Shellfish
No data found.
Other Use Authorizations
| Data | Offshore Layers. |
| Access | View using online interactive map. (web page) Map service off-line as of May 2009. |
| Detail | No metadata. |
| Distributor | Alabama Oil and Gas Board. |
| Data | State Oil Gas Lease Blocks (LEAS_ST). |
| Access | View metadata (web page; search: lease). Request ESRI shapefile from gis@gsa.state.al.us. |
| Detail | Created as a base for plotting oil and gas well locations and for incorporation into the federal Minerals Management Service’s Gulf-wide Information System. 1993. |
| Distributor | Geologic Survey of Alabama. |
| Data | Active Lease Boundaries in Federal Waters off the Alabama Coast. |
| Access | View metadata (web page; search: lease). Request ESRI shapefile from gis@gsa.state.al.us. |
| Detail | Subset of Active Lease Polygons from the federal Minerals Management Service. 2001. |
| Distributor | Geologic Survey of Alabama. |
| Data | Offshore Wells in State Waters off the Alabama Coast. |
| Access | View metadata (web page; search: oil). Request ESRI shapefile from gis@gsa.state.al.us. |
| Detail | Subset of data from the federal Minerals Management Service’s Gulf-wide Information System. |
| Distributor | Geologic Survey of Alabama. |
Local Parcel Information
Baldwin County (web site)
| Deed Records | Access Deeds and Records data. (web page) |
| Assessment Data | Access Real Property Appraisal data. (web page) |
| Parcels | No data found. |
| Other | Planning and Zoning Department ArcIMS Server. (web page) |
Mobile County (web site)
| Deed Records | Search Real Property Records. (web page) |
| Assessment Data | Search Real Property. Link to parcel map. (web page) |
| Parcels | Mobile County Revenue Commission Tax Parcel Map. (web page) |
1 Geologic Survey of Alabama. 2000. Development of Alabama GIS Data in Support of the MMS Gulf-wide Information System (G-WIS). (download pdf from site)