Additional data packages are available for certain regions of the state. The regional datasets are meant to be used in addition to the statewide dataset.

In order for the ArcMap or ArcReader map projects for your planning area to display the map layers automatically please create a folder on your C drive titled GGT_GIS if you have not already.

Greater Uwharries Region

Click here to download supplemental data for the Uwharries Region (Anson, Richmond, Montgomery, Stanly, Cabarrus, Iredell, Davie, Davidson, and Randolph counties). Download the Greater Uwharries Regional Appendix for information about the additional map layers. Data is available through these links: 

• Tier 1 Layers: Focal Wildlife Habitats, High Quality Fish Habitat, Small Wetlands
• Tier 2 Layers: Native Forests Over 50 Acres, Piedmont Prairie Landform, Sparsely Setttled Habitats, Wildlife Corridors

Sandhills Region

Click here to download the Sandhills Region GIS dataset. This dataset covers the following Sandhills counties: Montgomery, Moore, Lee, Harnett, Cumberland, Hoke, Scotland, and Richmond. Download the Sandhills Regional Appendix here for information about the additional map layers and priority wildlife habitats in the region.

For layers to display properly in the map project, within C:\GGT_GIS please create two subfolders titled Sandhills Ecoregion Data Tier 1 and Sandhills Ecoregion Data Tier 2. Unzip the contents of the 'Tier 1.zip' and the 'Tier 2.zip' such that the folder paths are C:\GGT_GIS\Sandhills Ecoregion Data Tier 1\Tier 1 and C:\GGT_GIS\Sandhills Ecoregion Data Tier 2\Tier 2. (Use the command 'Extract to here').

• Tier 1 Resources (18 MB .zip file)
• Tier 2 Resources (134 MB .zip file)

Other Green Growth resources in the Sandhills:

• Fort Bragg Sustainable Growth Strategy (Fort Bragg and Land Design)
  • Reports (111 MB) - working on fixing this broken link (Nov. 17, 2022)
  • Preferred Growth Pattern (ArcMap map package 18 MB)
  • Natural Assets Scenario (ArcMap map package 16 MB)
  • Economic Development Scenario (ArcMap map package 26 MB)
  • Existing Land Use Plans Map (ArcMap map package 47 MB)
• Download development suitability maps

Coastal Region

The Coastal Region Appendix recommends the use of the following datasets for use in conservation-based land use planning in counties between Columbus and Northampton and all counties to the east:

• Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Sites
• Beach Access Areas
• Benthic Monitoring Sites
• Shellfish Growing Areas
• Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV)
• Strategic Habitat Areas

We're in process of creating a Piedmont Region Appendix. For Durham, Orange, Wake, and Chatham counties, we recommend the use of the Eno-New Hope habitat corridor data.