Area Maps & Visual Layers

A gray icon showing a location marker on a stack of papers with parcel boundaries noted in dots

Visualize success with maps that dig a lot deeper.

Our collection of current maps and visual layers helps you find the property information you need, wherever you need it, at warp speed. Our area maps are high-res and interactive, and are exportable into your own documents and applications. Our extensive visual layers help you see the bigger—as well as more detailed—picture of your area of interest. With ParcelQuest, you don’t need to know California like the back of your hand, because we already do.

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Area Maps

Interactive Street & Aerial Maps

Know the area of interest but don’t have an exact physical address? View the results of your search displayed on the road, aerial or street map view within PQ Online. The parcel's boundary, physical address and ownership information will immediately pop up at the click of a mouse, too.

Drawing Tools

With PQ Online, you'll have the ability to draw shapes, see latitude and longitude readings and even measure custom drawn lines or areas right on the interactive map.

  • A clean map of several streets and parcel boundaries with no extraneous details

    See the boundary lines of selected parcels

  • A sample owner result in ParcelQuest for Todd Williams in Sacramento, with a link to view the APN map

    Display address and ownership info in a pop-up window

  • A sample view of the custom shape tool in ParcelQuest, showing the area of a custom defined shape

    Draw, measure and edit custom shapes

  • A screenshot of ParcelQuest showing location pins for many numbered parcels in a clustered view for a custom defined shape

    Perform a buffer search based on a custom drawn shape

  • A screenshot of the ParcelQuest interface showing how to manage saved shapes

    Save and load custom drawn shapes for future buffer searches

Buffer Search

Search by proximity to your subject property in feet, meters or miles. Search by parcel or draw a point, a line or a polygon on the map. Need to send out a mailer or notification? A buffer search will ‘activate’ all of the parcels next to your point or parcel of interest based upon the distance of your choosing.

A top-down photographic view of a California neighborhood, showing parcel boundaries, location pins, and shaded for custom drawn shapes

Visual Layer Library

Our visual layers can be added on top of an aerial photo or street map to display additional information about your parcel or parcels of interest. We offer an incredibly vast library of visual layers to overlay on top of our interactive maps, from fire and flood zones to topography and section boundaries.

ParcelQuest also collaborates with state and federal agencies to provide you with the most accurate layers around. Don’t see the layer you need? Just let us know, we’re always looking to add more.

Our visual layers include:

  • Road maps
  • Aerial photos (both orthogonal and oblique)
  • Parcel boundaries
  • California county boundaries
  • Section, township and range boundaries – Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
  • Fire Hazard zones – CalFire
  • Topographical or “quad” maps – U.S. Geological Survey
  • Flood Hazard – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • California Coastal Commission jurisdiction boundaries
  • Fire State Responsibility Area – CalFire
  • Dam Inundation – CA Emergency Management Agency (CEMA)
  • Earthquake and Seismic zones – (CaGS)
  • Wildland Fire Hazard zones – United States Forest Service
  • Soil Surveys – US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
A map zoomed in to william Land Golf Course and Sacramento Zoo
Road maps
A street view of the intersection of 19th St, 11th Ave and College Ave
Orthogonal aerial images
A street view of the intersection of 19th St, 11th Ave and College Ave
Oblique aerial images
A simple parcel boundaries map showing an intersection of 11th, 12th, and College Ave
Parcel boundaries
A topographic map of California overlaid with county boundaries in white
California county boundaries
A screenshot of the ParcelQuest interface showing data for a point on a grid map
Section, township, range boundaries (PLSS)
A fire hazard map showing areas of moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity
Fire Hazard Zones – CalFire
A contour map showing the area near Cameron Airport
Topography maps – U.S. Geological Survey
A map showing Craig Recreation Area and Sycamore Creek Recreation Area highlighted in green
Flood Hazard – FEMA
A topographical and street view map of Santa Monica, California
California Coastal Commission boundaries
A Fire State Responsibility Area map showing local, state, and federal responsibility areas
Fire State Responsibility Area – CalFire
A shaded map centered on Stockton, California
Dam Inundation – CEMA
A map showing Sacramento, California. The city and surrounding areas like Yuba City and Stockton are shaded in purple
Earthquake and seismic zones – CaGS
A shaded Wildland Fire Hazard map showing local, state, and federal responsibility areas
Wildland Fire Hazard zones – U.S. Forest Service
A color-coded map illustrating ParcelQuest map layers at work
Soil surveys – USDA

Other Features

You don’t need a map to find the most current, comprehensive California property data in existence. You’re already here.

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