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Arizona Maps and Place Research

This guide provides resources for discovering physical and digital map resources, and Geographic Information System (GIS) applications.

Fire Insurance Maps Online (FIMo)

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Fire Insurance Maps online (FIMo) is a research portal to find and view high-definition, color Fire Insurance Maps, Real Estate Atlases, Plat Books, and other historical maps showing building structures, building construction details, property ownership, property uses, and other useful information.

This resource only has Arizona maps available.

In order to use this resource, you must be located in the Reading Room of the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records.

Contact us to request an appointment.

Library of Congress Sanborn Maps

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Arizona Sanborn Maps on the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress has Arizona Sanborn maps available online. These are free to view and download.

Fire Insurance Maps at the Library of Congress: A Resource Guide

This resource guide includes multiple fire insurance map resources, and how to use them.

Sanborn Maps Navigator

The Library of Congress's Sanborn Maps Navigator lets you explore the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps collection geographically. By clicking on different areas on the map, or on the items in the "Results from ..." section, you'll be able to see the Sanborn atlases from those areas.

Sanborn Atlas Volume Finder

This GIS tool will help pinpoint the correct Sanborn fire insurance atlas volume for locations in large cities.

Sanborn Index: Arizona Cities

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Sanborn Index: Arizona Cities

This resource from Arizona State University is an index of all Arizona Sanborn maps. The index includes City/County, Year, Format(s) [i.e. digital or microform], and Comments.

Arizona Sanborn Map Records

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The Arizona Sanborn Map Records from the University of Arizona is an index of Arizona Sanborn maps. The index is listed alphabetically by city. Selecting a city will open a table that shows which years are available, and which institutions have copies.