Data
This portion of the site is intended to act as a general GIS data portal to access downloadable data from other agencies throughout the state of South Carolina. If you do not find a particular type of data of interest, please contact us and we will assist you.
If you are a South Carolina organization/agency and would like your data to appear here for download/access - please contact us. We are interested in making as much data available as possible. You do not have to be a state agency to have your data posted here.
- SC Geodetic Survey
- SC Department of Commerce
- SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
- SC Department of Natural Resources
- SC Department of Probation Parole and Pardon Services
- SC Department of Transportation
- SC Forestry Commission
- SC Emergency Management Division
- SC Office of Research and Statistics
Data Services
NOTE: This is a new section and new offerings are actively being sought out. Please provide additional resources.
These are data services that are available as web applications and can be used/viewed in a web browser. By modifying the URL some can be added into existing web applications by developers, and into ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Explorer by individuals at home or in their offices. Some If you find a link is down, or have additional links/services to suggest, please contact us. Please note, links have been provided/forwarded by both state and local organizations - thank you for your assistance.
GISandFlexApps Forum - join the Yahoo forum for more information on available data feeds, widgets, etc. This forum is open to anyone interested. You can go to Yahoo.com and search Groups for "GISandFlexApps" to get connected.
GeoRSS basics http://worldkit.org/doc/rss.php
RSS to GeoRss Converter http://www.geonames.org/rss-to-georss-converter.html
State Agency Services
Geodetic Survey - Control Points
Department of Commerce - Building and Sites Locator
Department of Health and Environmental Control (health facilities, restaurants, beach advisories, etc.)
Department of Natural Resources (data viewer, GAP Analysis - species, land cover, etc.)
Department of Transportation - live traffic count, traffic cameras (can be linked by camera ID)
Clemson - water monitoring stations - this is still being refined (May 2010) but can be worked with for now. The link will be modified - if it doesn't work, let us know. It has 460 observations, icluding lake headwater and tailwater heights, reservoir height, stream flow and gage height and groundwater height. These are mapped to the SC River Basins that span NC and GA.
Forestry Commission - two data feeds are now available and updated every 30 minutes from the Forestry Commission's computer aided dispatch. You can connect to them here: burns and wild fires as data feeds, or view the map services here: www.state.sc.us/forest/scfires.htm
www.state.sc.us/forest/scnotifs.htm
Local Government Services
Some local government organizations host their own GIS data online. These links are available on the Contacts page. If an entity's name (e.g. municipality or county) is hyperlinked, it will take you to their GIS web page or mapping service.
Other Data Services
Text Data Feeds
The State - Metro - http://www.thestate.com/154/index.xml
The State -Breaking News http://www.thestate.com/136/index.xml
SC Voting - http://www.scvotes.org/node/feed
Reuters (various weather feeds, traffic feeds) - http://ws.geonames.org/rssToGeoRSS?feedUrl=http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/worldNews
Web Cams
SCE&G - Lake Murray Cam http://wis-tv.com/scanacam.jpg
SCIWay - http://www.sciway.net/ccr/webcams.html
Data for Download
Below are individual data layers available for download that can be saved to a hard drive and used for analysis/display purposes.
Airports (civil) - coming soon
Airports (commercial) - coming soon
Economic Data by County - includes hourly wage, per capita income, JTC and tax rates
New Market Tax Credit - includes info from Census, HUD, SBA, etc. Check field metadata for more information. Download this document for additional information on the indicators and the process.
Recycling - recycling industries, facilities, drop-off sites and curbside collection
Rail - all rail lines have been photo-revised in order to line up with the high resolution orthophotos for the state. Ownership information is where known, as well as if the line is abandonded - current as of July 2009
SC OneStop - locations of SC One Stop career centers throughout the state
SC Electric Cooperative Service Areas
NC Electric Cooperative Service Areas
Major Electric Service Providers Service Areas
The links below will take you to the download location for DHEC. Most of the layers are available for immediate download via one or more formats - ArcView Shapefiles, File GeoDatabase, or Google Earth File (KMZ). A few of the layers require FOI requests. If required, it will indicate so in the downloads section.
The listing of the layers is provided here to allow for text-based searches of available data layers while on this site in order to assist you with finding what you need.
| Layer | Source |
| Air Monitoring Stations | Bureau of Air Quality |
| Air Regulated Facilities | Bureau of Air Quality |
| Inactive Air Monitoring Stations | Bureau of Air Quality |
| Above Ground Storage Tanks | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Compliance and Enforcement Sites | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Dry Cleaners | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Formally Utilized Defense Sites | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Hazardous Waste Generator Sites | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Infectious Waste Generators | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Leaking Underground Storage Tanks | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Mines (Points) | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Non-Commercial Recycling Sites | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Nuclear Power Stations | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Radiological Waste Generators | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Solid Waste Landfills | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| Underground Storage Tanks | Bureau of Land and Waste Mangement |
| 401 Certifications | Bureau of Water |
| Ambient Ground Water Quality Stations | Bureau of Water |
| Capacity Use Wells | Bureau of Water |
| Fish Advisory (Polygonal) | Bureau of Water |
| Fish Advisory Streams | Bureau of Water |
| Fish Tissue Monitoring Sites | Bureau of Water |
| Hazardous Dams | Bureau of Water |
| Macroinvertebrate Stations | Bureau of Water |
| Modeled Stream Segments | Bureau of Water |
| National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System | Bureau of Water |
| Nationwide Water Permits | Bureau of Water |
| Navigable Lakes | Bureau of Water |
| Navigable Streams | Bureau of Water |
| Navigable Water Permits | Bureau of Water |
| Permitted Agricultural Facilities (Animal Farms) | Bureau of Water |
| Public Water Supply Wells | Bureau of Water |
| Recreational Waters | Bureau of Water |
| SC Eight Major Basin Boundaries | Bureau of Water |
| Shellfish Harvest Classification | Bureau of Water |
| Shellfish Monitoring Stations | Bureau of Water |
| Surface Water Intakes | Bureau of Water |
| Water Quality Monitoring Stations | Bureau of Water |
| American Red Cross and Hurricane Shelters 2007 | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| Day Care Facilities | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| Funeral Homes | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| Health Departments and Clinics | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| Health Districts (Old Classification) | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| Health Regional Offices | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| Licensed Health Facilities | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Deaths by County 1990-2005 | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Deaths for 1999 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Deaths for 2000 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Deaths for 2001 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Deaths for 2002 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Deaths for 2003 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Deaths for 2004 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Deaths for 2005 by ZIP Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Live Births by County 1990-2005 | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Live Births for 1999 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Live Births for 2000 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Live Births for 2001 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Live Births for 2002 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Live Births for 2003 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Live Births for 2004 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| SC Live Births for 2005 by Zip Code | Divison of Public Health Informatics, PHSIS |
| 1992 TM Sat. Images by image name | SC Department of Health and Environmental Control |
| Enviornmental Quality Control District Office Locations | SC Department of Health and Environmental Control |
| Environmental Quality Control Districts Boundaries | SC Department of Health and Environmental Control |
| UTM 1000 meter grid for USGS 7.5 minute Topographic Quadrangles | SC Department of Health and Environmental Control |
A lot of data is available via the DNR GIS Clearinghouse. A brief listing of data is included here with key words for searching. Click on any data link will take you to the actual clearinghouse to download.
Offenders - a GIS layer of offenders is available for law enforcement related activities. Due to the sensitive information contained in the file, this layer is not available for general download. If you work for a law enforcement agency, please contact us and we can help make arrangements to provide the information to your organization.
Sex Offender Registry - a GIS layer of sex offenders currently being monitored is available for law enforcement related activities. The listing for all registered sex offenders is maintained by South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).
Sex Offender Map - http://www.dppps.sc.gov/GPSMonitoring.html - The map provides a general overview of the distribution of sex offenders currently under supervision by the State. For more specific information, see SLED.
Traffic Count Information - the traffic count location points have been updated. In the past this data has been available as a text file only. Now it is available as a shapefile and contains the average annual traffic counts for the state for 2008. For more information on the data, please visit the traffic count page at SC DOT.
Traffic Count Stations - statewide layer of traffic count stations maintained by SC DOT
Railroads - zipped shapefile of railroads across the state
Highways - all highways in South Carolina that the SC DOT maintains. This layer is continually being updated.
Other Roads - other roads on file with SC DOT that are not directly maintained by SC DOT
Bridges - all bridges in South Carolina that the SC DOT maintains.
Annexations - this file contains all of the known annexations that meet statutory requirements. See metadata file for more information. This file last updated February, 2010.
Fire Stations - statewide layer of fire stations (both state and locally run stations). A few new stations have been added and almost all have been placed using parcel information, recent county orthophotos, or by using the 2006 DOQQs. Last updated March, 2012.
Burns - data feed on burns, updated every 30 minutes from the Forestry Commission's computer aided dispatch. It is a geoRSS feed and can be incorporated into applications such as ESRI's Flex viewer (e.g. VIPER application). It is not readily readable by all web browsers so the link may need to be copied to the desired location.
Wild fires - data feed on wild fires, updated every 30 minutes from the Forestry Commission's computer aided dispatch. It is a geoRSS feed and can be incorporated into applications such as ESRI's Flex viewer (e.g. VIPER application). It is not readily readable by all web browsers so the link may need to be copied to the desired location.
Building Materials and Supplies - locations for Home Depot, Lowe's, Lumber 84, Builder's First Choice and Wal-Mart - to show locations where critical supplies may be acquired both pre and post-disaster
Corrections Centers - locations for Department of Corrections centers across the state
Emergency Operations Centers - Emergency Operations Centers across the state
Gas Stations - locations for gas stations with an extra supply of gas for use during evacuation only
Hurricane Evacuation Zones - hurricane evacuation zones across the state
Hurricane Conglomerates - evacuation recommendations are based on coastal region. Conglomerates are based around the major population centers along the coastline. Since hurricane evacuation orders are issued on the state level by conglomerate, this eliminates confusion between counties when citizens have to leave an area that could be affected by a potential disaster
Regional Emergency Managers - shows what counties make up each region
Shelters - hurricane shelters, includes flag field to indicate if the facility is generator ready
400 Scale Grid - shapefile grid for the state showing the locations and names of all of the orthos at 400 scale.
200 Scale Grid - shapefile grid for the state showing the locations and names of all of the orthos at 200 scale.
100 Scale Grid - shapefile grid for the state showing the locations and names of all of the orthos at 100 scale.
Schools - This is a K-12 schools layer current as of end of year 2010. It was built using data from SC Department of Education, the private schools survey, cross-checked against Homeland Security data as well as data provided by counties in SC that maintain a schools layer. The school locations were ortho-verified so that the points sit on top of the schools (+/- 4 foot horizontal accuracy). A few locations could not be verified via ortho (almost all administrative buildiings), and this is noted in the attribute table.
School Districts - all school districts up to date except for Spartanburg as of 2010.
Political Districts:
Legislative and Congressional Districts (Updated 2012)
| Congress - H.3992 | Senate - S.815 | House - H.3991 Plan |
District Maps - you can download completed district maps in PDF format for U.S. Congressional Districts, S.C. Senate Districts, S.C. House Districts as well as other info
Other data available from Research and Statistics has been uploaded to the U.S. Census for greater availability. Please download from their site.
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GIS Inventory - Previously known as RAMONA, this site has additional links on GIS data layers and personnel contacts. Not all organizations within South Carolina are currently participating in the program, but it still contains excellent information. |
Geographic Information
Council Members
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