Clay County GIS

Clay County GIS is a Surveyor in Moorhead, MN, located at 3510 12th Ave S. The team manages geospatial technology and information for county departments, creating maps and maintaining online mapping applications. Responsibilities include maintaining the digital parcel fabric, generating property addresses, and compiling tax parcel data. The group supports emergency operations with maps and data, implements GIS applications for other departments, and prepares data for sharing. The team provides GIS data for NG-911 and oversees the section corner re-monumentation project. They also assist local governments with mapping needs and train staff on the use of GIS software and applications.

The organization operates under a framework established in 1994, formalized by the Land Base Data Sharing Agreement, which was updated in 2000 with the adoption of the F-M Advanced Metropolitan GIS Plan. This arrangement facilitates the free exchange of information between local government entities in the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. All attribute data displayed comes directly from the county's Government Revenue Management tax solution by Aumentum Technologies, with a routine run nightly to automatically update data files. All Clay County GIS data is available free of charge via an FTP site and online services. Maps available from the service are in Clay County coordinates, with positional accuracy varying from plus or minus 2 feet in urban areas to plus or minus 40 feet in rural areas. Quarter section control is used for mapping.

Clay County GIS holds no published rating or review count in the provided data. The service is a public entity responsible for providing current accurate geospatial information to county departments, with maps and data made available as a public service for reference purposes.

By managing the digital parcel fabric and generating property addresses for Clay County, Clay County GIS supports the administrative and emergency needs of Moorhead and the surrounding region.

Clay County GIS is situated on 12th Ave S in Moorhead, MN, about a tenth of a mile from 34th Street South and Meadows Park.