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Planning Data
Upon request from a town's comprehensive planning committee, we will collect and share certain state agency data that are appropriate and useful to towns undertaking a comprehensive planning effort. Towns should be certain to get on our resource package list in advance of needing the data. Most data is now available on the Comprehensive Plan Data Portal and Mapping Services. Our practice is to issue each town's resource package no more than 18 months. If your community is interested, or if you need additional information on Comprehensive Planning Data Sets, please contact Tom Miragliuolo or Ashley Gamache.
Fall 2024
Comprehensive Plan Data Portal and Mapping Services.
Albion | Auburn | Bristol | Brownville | Castle Hill | Chapman | Dexter | Hancock | Jackson | Lake View Plantation | Mapleton | Millinocket | Montville | Mount Vernon | Old Orchard Beach | Palermo | Patten | Roque Bluffs | Springfield | Stetson | Sweden | Warren | Winter Harbor
Spring 2024
Comprehensive Plan Data Portal and Mapping Services.
Arrowsic | Beals | Belgrade | Bradford | Buckfield | Cambridge | Corinna | Crystal | Cutler | Dixfield | Farmingdale | Greenville | Guilford | Howland | Lovell | Lyman | Manchester | Monroe | Mount Desert | Orono | Patten | Stockholm | Temple | Thorndike | Van Buren | Washington | Winn
Fall 2023
Beals | Bowdoinham | Brighton Plantation | Cranberry Isles | Eustis | Gouldsboro | Greene | Houlton | Jay | Kingfield | Knox | Limington | Lincolnville | Manchester | New Vineyard | Newry | Rangeley | Roxbury | Rumford | Sabattus | Searsmont | Sorrento | Waltham | West Gardiner | Woodland
Spring 2023
Bath | Biddeford | Cambridge | Carrabassett Valley | Chelsea | Danforth | Deer Isle | Edgecomb | Franklin | Isle au Haut | Naples | Old Orchard Beach | Perham | Phippsburg | Pittsfield | Sanford | Scarborough | Sedgwick | Standish | Wiscasset
Fall 2022
Baldwin | Bangor | Bingham | Boothbay Harbor | Brunswick | Eliot | Ellsworth | Enfield | Freeport | Hancock | Hermon | Howland | Lincoln | Livermore Falls | Newport | Ogunquit | Prospect | Raymond | South Berwick | Southwest Harbor | Stonington | Sullivan | Surry | Warren | Waterville | Winn | Winthrop | Yarmouth
Spring 2022
Alexander | Blue Hill | Bridgton | Caribou | Cumberland | Cutler | Eustis | Falmouth | Hollis | Lincolnville | Lowell | Mount Desert | New Sharon | Northfield | Paris | Penobscot | Rumford | Sabattus | Sorrento | Trenton | Wilton | Winter Harbor
Fall 2021
Appleton | Beals | Bowdoinham | Bradley | Bristol | Chesterville | Clifton | Corinth | Damariscotta | Hampden | Hiram | Jackson | Lubec | Mexico | Milford | Nobleboro | Old Orchard Beach | Orland | Phippsburg | Wales | Waltham | Washington | Weld | West Bath | Woodland
Spring 2021
Belmont | Brooklin | Casco | Castine | China | Eliot | Gouldsboro | Kennebunkport | Mechanic Falls | Ogunquit | Pownal | Rangeley | Rome | Sanford | Shapleigh | Surry | Sweden | Wells | West Paris | York
Fall 2020
Andover | Belfast | Brooks | Brownfield | Cutler | Freeport | Jonesport | Kennebunk | Long Island | Lovell | Norway | Presque Isle | Saco | South Portland | Stow | Tremont | Wiscasset
Spring 2020
Amherst | Auburn | Bar Harbor | Bowdoin | Bowdoinham | Bristol | Brooksville | Brunswick | Carrabassett Valley | Dedham | Ellsworth | Hampden | Harpswell | Hiram | Island Falls | Kennebunk | Mount Desert | New Gloucester | New Sharon | Newport | Parsonsfield | Phippsburg | Poland | Porter | Readfield | Rockport | Skowhegan | Sorrento | Sullivan
Fall 2019
Addison | Bath | Belfast | Berwick | Canton | Caratunk | Cutler | Denmark | Dixfield | Island Falls | Jonesport | Kennebunkport | Kingsbury Plantation | Lincoln | Machias | Nobleboro | North Haven | Otis | Saco | Sanford | West Bath | York
Spring 2019
Acton | Alna | Appleton | Augusta | Biddeford | Bowdoin | Bremen | Brownfield | Caribou | Cornish | Falmouth | Fayette | Hallowell | Jackman | Jackson | Lebanon | Limerick | Mexico | New Sweden | Orland | Perham | Peru | Sabattus | Sidney | Waldoboro | Wells | Westport Island | Wilton | Winslow | Wiscasset
Fall 2018
Bradley | Brooksville | Brunswick | Buckfield | Clinton | Danforth | Deer Isle | Durham | East Millinocket | Gouldsboro | Hallowell | Lisbon | Medway | Millinocket | Minot | Monson | Newry | Old Orchard Beach | Poland | Southwest Harbor | Tremont | Unity | Verona Island | West Bath
Spring 2018
Belfast | Belmont | Benton | Berwick | China | Columbia | Eliot | Georgetown | Gray | Harpswell | Kennebunkport | Kingfield | Lamoine | Monmouth | New Sharon | North Yarmouth | Ogunquit | Oxford | Pownal | Rockland | Rumford | Swans Island | Turner | York
Fall 2017
Biddeford | Bremen | Clifton | Denmark | Eddington | Hiram | Hollis | Knox | Lebanon | Monhegan | Mount Vernon | New Gloucester | Nobleboro | Oakland | Penobscot | Rockport | Searsport | Sorrento | Waldoboro | Washburn | Washington | Westport | Wiscasset
Spring 2017
Amherst | Augusta | Brunswick | Clifton | East Millinocket | Islesboro | Lisbon | Millinocket | New Sweden | Newcastle | Newfield | Northport | Scarborough | Somerville | Temple | Thomaston | Topsham
Fall 2016
Belfast | Buxton | Cape Elizabeth | Columbia Falls | Cutler | Durham | Fayette | Frey Island | Georgetown | Houlton | Medway| North Yarmouth | Orland | Passadumkeag | Patten | Perham | Plymouth | Presque Isle | Saco | St. George | Stockton Springs | Unity | Whiting
Spring 2016
Alfred | Biddeford | Harpswell | Kingsbury Plantation | Lamoine | Lovell | New Sweden | Newfield | Ogunquit | Stonington | Washington | Wells | Windham | Winter Harbor
Fall 2015
Amherst | Aurora | Bowdoin | Chebeague Island | Clinton | Columbia | Easport | Frenchboro | Great Pond | Hermon | Isle au Haut | Kennebunk | Lyman | Sanford | Searsport | Somerville | Stow | Topsham | Union | Veazie | West Bath
Spring 2015
Belfast | Benton | Blue Hill | Bremen | Bucksport | Camden | Cherryfield | Clifton | Cumberland | Dayton | Denmark | Ellsworth | Friendship | Gorham | Hartland | Hollis | Milo | New Canada | Newcastle | Northport | Old Town | Orland | Patten | Portland | Richmond | Rockland | Rockport | Temple | Waldoboro | Whitefield | Windham
Fall 2014
Dover-Foxcroft | Enfield | Hancock | Highland Plantation | Hope | Kingsbury Plantation | Lamoine | Porter | Roque Bluffs | Shapleigh
Spring 2014
Ashland | Belmont | Berwick | Biddeford | Bustins Island | Charleston | Corinna | Dresden | Greenville | Guilford | Kittery | Livermore Falls | Lyman | Morrill | Ogunquit | Portage Lake | Presque Isle | Searsport | Somerville | St. Albans | Stonington | Veazie | Wells
Fall 2013
Amherst | Andover | Aurora | Bremen | Bucksport | Cumberland | Easton | Fayette | Gray | Great Pond | New Portland | Stetson | Whitefield | Windham
Spring 2013
Alfred | Bethel | Bingham | Brewer | Buxton | Caribou | Damariscota | Ellworth | Farmington | Fryeberg | Hancock | Lamoine | Lebanon | Matinicus | Mexico | Oxford | Porter | Temple | Unity | Wayne | Winter Harbor
Fall 2012
Data needed for all municipalities
Specific municipal data (.zip files vary from 17MB to 60MB)
Ashland | Auburn | Baileyville | Boothbay | Bradford | Bridgton | Corinna | Fairfield | Frenchville | Frye Island | Gardiner | Guilford | Hebron | Indian Township | Kingfield | Madawaska | Madison | Monroe | Morrill | New Vinyard | Newfield | Owls Head | Parkman | Portage Lake | Princeton | Richmond | Somerville | St. Agatha | Thomaston | Wells
Other Data Sets
The Municipal Planning Assistance Program has compiled hundreds of resource packages for communities. See a list of communities that have received MPAP resource packages and when their packages were last provided.
Additional Planning Data
Demographic and Economic Information
- Maine has 22 cities, 433 towns, 34 plantations, 3 Indian reservations and 423 unorganized townships.
- State of the Cities Data Systems - Provides a wide variety of demographic and economic data, including building permit and public finance data for individual Metropolitan Areas, Central Cities, and Suburbs. (US Department of Housing and Urban Development)
Geographic-Based Information (Geographic Information Systems)
- Maine GIS Internet Mapping - Free public access to internet mapping applications hosted by the Maine Office of GIS.
- Maine GIS Data Catalogue - Catalogue of available digital geographic data from the Maine Office of GIS.
- Beginning with Habitat - The Beginning with Habitat initiative can create a series of maps showing the locations of valuable plant and animal habitats in your town.
- Maine DEP Mapping - excellent data available to both GIS and Google Earth users.
Historic Maps
- Historic U.S. Geological Survey Maps of Maine (University of New Hampshire Documents Department and Data Center)
Resources for Reducing Water Pollution
Maine's Department of Environmental Protection has produced numerous guides and handbooks for homeowners, commercial business owners, camp road associations, and anyone else wishing to reduce pollution in our waterbodies. The DEP has compiled many of these handbooks, for easy access, on their Manuals and Guides to Reduce Water Pollution webpage. The page includes a description of each publication, a small color photo of each publication cover, contact information, and links to electronic versions, if available.
State Review Consistency Status
In accordance with state statute (Title 30-A, §4347-A), DACF reviews comprehensive plans and growth management programs for consistency with the goals and guidelines of the Act. Municipalities voluntarily submit their comprehensive plans and growth management programs to DACF for review. As the lead agency, DACF coordinates its findings with the input of 10 other state agencies. Each agency, including DACF, reviews the comprehensive plan or growth management program for consistency with appropriate state and federal rules and regulations, as well as agency policies and programs. (DACF relies on the Comprehensive Plan Review Criteria Rule, Chapter 208 to guide the consistency review findings.)