Pierce County GIS

GIS Showcase

PublicGIS has been updated with new data and functions that provide a contemporary look and feel. It is used by residents in Pierce County to view information about their property, neighborhood and community.

Our Mission

Pierce County Geographic Information Services (GIS) designs, develops, and maintains County-wide geographic information systems, geographic datasets, and geospatial business applications. GIS is a division of Information Technology Services.

Contact Us
Pierce County GIS
950 Fawcett Ave, Suite 300
Tacoma, WA 98402

Data Requests

Additions to PublicGIS include:

numerous choices under the Locators menu to find an address, parcel, or a community
new functions under the Tools menu to print the map to an Acrobat PDF file, measure and reverse-geocode
new Subject Data menu to turn on additional focused data (more will be added in the near future)
a slider bar at the upper right of the map to select the background map of your choice
buttons above the slider bar that can be rearranged to create different combinations of background maps
data that is categorized in the Layers column, and can be turned on for viewing or acquiring more information
Identify tool on the toolbar above the map to get more information about the layers that are turned on.

GIS News

Pierce County 2012 Council Districts in Map Gallery

The Pierce County Districting Committee has approved the new Council District Boundaries for 2012 elections. Maps are now available in Map Gallery. Every 10 years the boundaries are updated using the latest Census data in order to create districts with nearly equal populations. The Auditor uses the updated Council District boundaries to redraw voter precincts.

Neighborhood Crime
Pierce County GIS worked with the Sheriff Department to enhance Neighborhood Crime, an online service that provides crime data for areas of Pierce County.
Users can now view crime clusters and obtain detailed information about various crime activities in their neighborhood or other area of interest.

About My Property Online

Formerly known as Critical Areas, About My Property is an online application where you can find all sorts of information about the unincorporated property of interest by simply entering in an address or parcel number. This application expands upon the original environmental and jurisdictional data in the Critical Areas list by including information about Traffic Impact Areas, Transfer Development Rights, Open Space Corridors, and Volcanic Hazard Potential.