Kandiyohi County Geographic Information System (GIS) has been established to provide a better resource and link to a great deal of information.
Geographic Information Systems or GIS is the ability to give tabular data, positional quality on a map or a computer screen, via a system of hardware, software, and geographic data.
Public GIS Project List
| Kandiyohi County Public GIS: | Parcels, Aerial Photos, Zoning, Contours, etc. | |
| FEMA Flood Maps: | Newly Released FEMA Flood Map Boundaries | |
| Kandiyohi County Trails: | Hiking, Biking, Snowmobile. If you're looking for a public trail - you'll find it here. | |
| Pictometry - Employee Login: | High Resolution Images of the County |
New and Updated Layers
| Ditch Buffers (NEW August 1, 2016) | Waterway Buffers from the Minnesota DNR have been added under the Environmental-Zoning Layer Group. The Buffers may also be veiwed on the DNR website http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/buffers | |
| Plat Images (NEW July 26, 2016) | Links to Plat images have been added. Images can be viewed by using the  search tool, searching the plats layer, and typing in the name of the plat (partial name will work) or by clicking in a platted area (with the Plat Layer turned on) and clicking on "View Plat" in the Pop-up Window. |
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| Plats Layer (NEW January 22, 2016) | Found Under a New "Plats" Layer Group. This layer shows the outside boundaries of recorded plats and an abbreviated plat name. Click on the map to view the full Plat Name and Folder Number in which the document is recorded. If underlying plats exist, you can toggle through and view information on these plats also. | |
| Print Tool (Updated September 30, 2015) | Tool now has "layout templates" that allows printing on letter or tabloid sizes and at landscape or portrait orientation. User can also specify the format of the print image: PDF, PNG, JPG or GIF. Notice: Print will appear in a new browser window, so check popup blocker(s) if print image does not appear |
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| Pictometry Base Map (NEW August 20, 2015) | Is a High Resolution Aerial Photo Base Map option found under the Basemap button in the upper right of the Mapping Window. This is an Aerial Photo from the Spring of 2014 and was collected prior to leaf out. | |
| Pictometry Images (NEW August 14, 2015) | Found on the tool bar located in the top center of the mapping window  . This tool allows the ability to view oblique (birds eye/side view) high resolution images across the County, in any Cardinal Direction. Aerial images are available from flights in 2014, 2011, 2008 and 2006. |
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| Search Box (Updated June 19, 2015) | Found in the Upper-Right Corner of the mapping window. Has been updated so that you can now search by Parcel Number or Address. The Parcel search is still available under the search tool (binoculars icon) also. | |
| Voter Districts (Updated June 16, 2015) | Found Under the "Boundaries" Layer Group. Has been updated to include links to pages for Boards, Council Members, Commissioners, Representatives and Senators. | |
| Parcel Layer (Updated) | Parcel Lines Updated May 09, 2016 Tax Data Updated April 5, 2016 | |
| House Address Layer (Updated) | Updated August 30, 2016 | |
| Road Layer (Updated) | Updated August 30, 2016 |
Available Layers
| Transportation Layers | Roads, House Addresses*, Boat Access*, Railroad | |
| Boundary Layers | Parcels*, Public Land Survey, City Limits, School Districts*, Voter Districts*, Wildlife Areas* | |
| Environmental-Zoning Layers | Feedlots*, Ditches, County Zoning*, Urban Growth Boundary, Building Code*, City Zoning*, Recycling*, Soil Map, Waters-Lakes, Watersheds*, Elevation Data LiDAR | |
| * Additional Information Available by Clicking on the Object, Data will Appear in a Popup |
GIS Data Requests
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Kandiyohi County's GIS Data is available to public and private entities.
Please review the Digital Data Release Form and GIS Data Pricing list |
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| If you would like to proceed with the Data Request, please fill out the Release Form and clearly define the Data you are Requesting. Feature counts can be performed to determine the cost for an Area of Interest (AOI) if a shapefile boundary of the AOI is sent. |
Data Maintained by:
Kandiyohi County Surveyor's Office
1809 22nd St SW - Suite 104
Willmar, MN 56201
Email: surveyor@co.kandiyohi.mn.us
GIS Data
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