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Below are links to GIS data available for download. The date in parentheses next to a data set indicates the most recent date that data has been updated:

100 Year Floodplain (11-22-2021)	Address Points (7-10-2025)	Bathymetry (8-14-2012)	Billboards (9-30-2016)	Bridges (3-14-2022)
Buildings (7-10-2025)	Cemeteries (1-2-2020)	Census Tracts (7-12-2022)	Communications Towers (2-24-2021)	County Boundary (2-28-2024)
Critical Area (9-29-2023)	Election Districts (3-17-2023)	Enterprise Zones (6-30-2022)	Fire Hydrants (7-10-2025)	Forest Conservation (5-20-2025)
Historic Properties (12-20-2024)	Hydrography (lines) (3-3-2021)	Hydrography (polygons) (11-2-2012)	Landscape Agreements (5-20-2025)	Land Use,Physical (10-24-2011)
Major Subdivisions (1925 - present) (7-10-2025)	Minor Subdivisions (7-10-2025)	Monumentation (9-27-2017)	Outbuildings (7-10-2025)	Places of Worship (5-30-2018)
Priority Funding Areas (8-6-2019)	Proposed Major Subdivisions (7-10-2025)	Protected Lands (7-10-2025)	Railroads (3-30-2012)	Rezonings (5-20-2025)
Road Centerlines (7-10-2025)	Road Classifications (1-2-2009)	Sanitary Sewer (County Owned) (7-10-2025)	Sanitary Sewer (Town & Private) (4-9-2025)	Schools (4-6-2023)
Site Plans (7-10-2025)	Soils (KML) (11-5-2010)	Soils (SHP) (11-5-2010)	Special Exceptions (7-10-2025)	Storm Drain System (incomplete) (11-18-2022)
Sub-Watersheds (3-18-2009)	Surface Planimetrics (12-28-2023)	Town Boundaries (7-10-2025)	Traffic Control Devices (12-31-2012)	Trails (3-19-2015)
Transportation Analysis Zones (6-6-2018)	Transportation, Detailed (1-23-2009)	Treeline (12-28-2023)	Water System (7-10-2025)	Zip Codes (7-27-2018)

Available GIS Data

Aerial Photography

The County has paper and electronic (PDF) copies of aerials from 1938, 1952, 1957, 1964, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1996, and 2003. To obtain (via e-mail) or view copies of the aerials, please contact the Division of Planning & Zoning. For more recent years, please see the "orthophotography" section below.

Lidar Data and Topography (2021)

In 2021, Cecil County Government received new lidar data for the entirety of Cecil County. Deliverables included las files and one foot contours (in .dwg format). If interested in obtaining tiles for specific locations, please use the lidar tile download site to download the tile(s) in your study area. The latest (2022) imagery is also available for download from the same site.

Major Subdivisions

Scans of all major subdivisions are available from the Maryland State Archives' "Plats.Net" retrieval system.

Minor Subdivisions

The Office of Planning & Zoning has scanned all 4,200+ minor subdivisions that were approved between April 15, 1976 and the present day. The subdivision plats may also be downloaded from the County website.

Orthophotography (2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2022)

Orthophotography from 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2022 is available. Taken as part of a statewide project (2008) and an eastern shore project (2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2022), this photography is in the public domain. However, due to the large size of the various files, individuals must provide County staff with an external hard drive having at least 400 GB free space (and advance notice) in order to obtain this data. Due to their large file size, individual tiles are unable to be e-mailed, but the tiles from the most recent (2022) imagery are available for individual download.

Parcels

Cecil County Government's vector parcel geodatabase is updated monthly (both in terms of parcel geometry and parcel attributes). It is available as a GIS Service via Cecil Maps, Cecil County's online GIS application. The Maryland Department of Planning makes the dataset available for download on its "Parcel Points and Polygons" page.

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