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GIS Mapping - Parcels

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1. What is a property’s legal description?

A legal description is the legally accepted description or definition of a parcel of land. Examples of legal descriptions within the United States are:.

• metes and bounds
• within a platted subdivision
• by Section of a Township and Range [also known as an aliquot portion of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS)]
• within a "bounded by" description

The street address may help identify the property but does not constitute the legal description.

2. What do township, range, and section mean?

The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a way of subdividing and describing land in the United States. The PLSS typically divided land into 6-mile-square townships. Townships were subdivided into 36 one-mile square sections. Each section covered 640 acres. Sections were further divided into quarter sections, quarter-quarter sections, or irregular government lots. Each township is identified with a township and range designation. Township designations indicate the location north or south of a base line, and range designations indicate the location east or west of the Principal Meridian.

Due to such things as survey errors, poor instrumentation, or difficult terrain it is common for actual sections to differ from the PLSS ideal. Such factors sometimes result in sections that are far from square, or that contain over or under the standard 640 acres. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is the federal government’s official record keeper for the PLSS data.

3. What is Land Status Data?

Land status refers to public lands held by United States Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the State of Colorado. This data comes from the BLM.

4. Who can I contact for more information?

Parcel records are kept by the County Assessor’s Office, who can be reached at (719) 836-4187. Assessor’s property information is also available through the Assessor's website. Park County Assessor

5. Who should I notify of data errors?

To assist Park County in the maintenance of the data, users may provide Park County with information concerning errors or discrepancies found in using the data. Please note that the data will be updated as resources permit. Kat Herrera, GIS Specialist, is the GIS Department contact currently working on land information. Contact Kat Herrera at (719) 836-4290.