GIS Data

Read the Geographic Information System (GIS) data disclaimer.

Clay County GIS maintains hundreds of layers of digital information about Clay County. Listed below are the most commonly used data sets. To make use of this data, specialized software is required, either Autodesk’s AutoCAD® or ESRI’s ArcMap®. The type of file is indicated in the description. If you require data that is not listed below, contact Clay County GIS via this form.

Clay County Tax Parcels

Data is updated monthly.

Tax Parcel Data: ExceI® file of Clay County’s tax parcel data.
Tax Parcels: ESRI® shapefile of Clay County property parcels. This file includes property information in Clay County coordinates. View field descriptions (PDF).
Tax Parcels UTM15: ESRI® shapefile of Clay County property parcels. This file includes property information in UTM zone 15 coordinates. View field descriptions (PDF).

Clay County Open Data Portal

ArcGIS Open Data Portal: Access published open data - view, map, chart, style, download or share data.

Clay County Shared Services

ArcGIS Server Services: Access published map services

GIS Data Files

The files below are in the ESRI® shape file format and have been zipped. Meta data is included when it is available. Data is updated monthly.

Road Centerlines: ESRI® file geodatabase of geocoded roads. The file contains street names and address ranges. View field schema.
Road Centerlines: ESRI® shapefile of geocoded roads. The file contains street names and address ranges. View field descriptions.
Address Points : ESRI® file geodatabase of Clay County address points. The file contains house number, address, city, state and zip code for all addressable locations within Clay County. View field schema.
Address Points: ESRI® shapefile of Clay County rural address points. The file contains house number, address, city, state and zip code for all addressable locations within Clay County. View field descriptions (PDF).
Jurisdictions (MCD): ESRI® shapefile of Clay County township and city boundaries.
Precincts: ESRI® shapefile of Clay County precincts. Includes commissioner’s districts and ward information.
Overlay Districts: ESRI® shapefile of Clay County lakes and rivers.
Zoning Districts: ESRI® shapefile of Clay County drainage ditches.
School Districts: ESRI® shapefile of Clay County school districts.
Control Corners (PLSS): ESRI® shapefile of Clay County public land survey (PLS).
Sections (PLSS): ESRI® shapefile of Clay County sections.
Townships (PLSS): ESRI® shapefile of Clay County townships.
Emergency Service Zones (ESZ): ESRI® file geodatabase of Clay County emergency responder areas.
Emergency Service Zones (ESZ): ESRI® shapefile of Clay County emergency responder areas.
Fire Response Zones: ESRI® shapefile of Clay County fire district response areas.
PSAP Boundary: ESRI® shapefile of Clay County's public safety answering point boundary.

Data Schemas

Data schemas used in our primary feature data sets are available below:

Address Point Schema (PDF): Address Points
Road Centerline Schema (PDF): Road Centerlines
Parcels (PDF): Field descriptions of tax parcel data
Tax Data (PDF): Field descriptions of Manatron data
Emergency Service Zone (PDF): Emergency Service Zones
Precinct Schema (PDF): Precincts
PSAP Schema (PDF): PSAP
Region Schema (PDF): Regions

Minnesota Geospatial Standards are followed when possible for data schemas.

AutoCAD® Files

The Clay County Highway Map file is in AutoCAD® format that has been zipped.

Coordinates

All data is in Clay County coordinates of feet.

Field Data

Many Clay County data files contain fields called "Region" and "Edit date." These fields are used to easily separate county data into smaller sets and indicate the date specific features were last edited.