The land survey plat includes the colorado registration stamp or seal with the surveyors original signature. Also included are the later general land office and bureau of land management maps, up to the year 2001. Acrevalue helps you locate parcels, property lines, and ownership information for land online, eliminating the need for plat books. It is available for checkout from the performing arts and media department on the first floor basement of mullins library. Original general land office survey notes and plats for the state of arkansas, 18152000.
The term land surveying shall not include the measuring of acreage of timber, cotton, rice or other agricultural crops. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. The money i used to spend in gas and man hours to have to go and pick up the plats has been eliminated. Glossaries of blm surveying and mapping terms bureau of land. Estimated farmland values do not substitute for land appraisals and may deviate from true market value for.
The ahtd needs certain specific information to be included on the plat that is. The arkansas state archives has a wide variety of types of records. The circuit clerks office does not perform criminal record checks. Arkansas maps maps research guides at university of arkansas. Printed plat books, plat maps, parcel maps, county maps, land. Jan 15, 2020 the arkansas division of land surveys provides pdf versions of glo survey field notes.
Other land status records include use plats, historical indices, and supplemental plats. List of cartographic records of the general land office. Monticello, ar two faculty members from the school of forestry and natural resources at the university of arkansas at monticello, in collaboration with a uam undergraduate student, have consolidated field notes and survey plats into a searchable electronic database for land surveyors in arkansas. With the passage of act 20, the new land commissioners office was to, take possession and have charge of all of the books, papers, evidences of titles, plats and maps eventually, as all of the public land was donated, homesteaded or bought, the land office. Requirements and procedures for control surveys, design. Land records are recorded and provided upon request as public records by a variety of local government offices at the local county, arkansas state, and federal levels. They must then be filed with the state surveyor office and approved. Listed below are the differences and similarities between plats and surveys. From this page you can search for county records, military records, maps, newspapers, land records, church records, manuscript materials on microfilm, and the state archives vertical and printed ephemera files. You can get a brief description of what each field means by hovering your mouse over it. Following governor hutchinsons announcement, secretary keogh has directed that our staff begin working remotely effective monday, march 23. Blm survey plats upper reacharkansas riverbed authority.
Arkansas minimum standards for property boundary surveys and. You can get more detailed information by checking the glossary in the reference center. Faulkner county, ar plat map property lines, land ownership. Arkansas maps maps research guides at university of. Plat book our plat books are spiral bound, county map books accurately showing landownership, acreage, parcel boundaries, roadways, waterways, railways, section lines, and municipal boundaries.
Handbook for arkansas land surveyors arkansas geological survey. The surveyor shall, under his personal direction, traverse and connect all available monuments appropriate or necessary for the location of boundaries of. General land office surveys as a source for arkansas history. City of north little rock regulations to control development and. County government chapter 15 officers subchapter 4 recorders. Surveyor generals office during the years 1848 to 1907. Feb 19, 2016 land survey record it is a surveyors field notes and plats that describe the boundaries of townshiprange and sections of the public land survey system plss indiana was originally part of the northwest territory the government contracted to have surveyors survey the territory and grant lands so land could be sold pilot project. The acrevalue arkansas plat map, sourced from arkansas tax assessors, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres. County atlases or plat books contain township maps that show rural landowners.
The plats count for the division of land surveys is 193,292 records as of june 11, 2018. Manual 2009, these notes and plats are considered part of the. The county surveyors office maintains an uptodate database of all surveys and plats filed in benton county, the images of which can be accessed in pdf format at the links below. Property ownership maps or plat books kansas historical society.
There s a backlog in plats due to a personnel change and a high vo ume of calls. We provide live access to federal land conveyance records for the public land states, including image access to more than five million federal land title records issued between 1788 and the present. Land survey requirements for the release of ahtd right of way. Some of the plats are better than if i were to go to the court house and have a copy made. Blmm land status records bureau of land management manual. A land survey plat is a specific type of official survey that shows the divisions of a piece of land and a predetermined set of features. They also include the locations of rural churches, cemeteries, and schools. Dec 11, 2007 plat and survey are two terms that are often used interchangeablably in real estate. Plat maps maps research guides at university of arkansas. The arkansas division of land surveys provides pdf versions of glo survey field notes. Estimating arkansas farmland values based on historic. Plats are based on the public land survey system plss, which uses a. Lc land ownership maps, 8 available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. Arkansas swamp lands compromise act under the terms of this act of april.
Land status records are used by blm western state offices to document the ongoing state of a townships federal and private land regarding title, lease, rights, and usage. To research records in person, visit the circuit clerks recorders office in person during the hours of 8 a. Forestry faculty and student consolidate field notes. In the table below, clicking on a survey area that is listed as current takes you to the web soil survey. Forestry faculty and student consolidate field notes, survey. For more tips and help, check out our land status search overview. Jan 29, 2020 the minnesota historical society offers this search feature for minnesotas original public land survey plats, created during the first government land survey of the state by the u. This 12disk cdrom set is a more complete version of the louisiana purchase survey listed above.
Washington county township range map northwest arkansas. Plats of cities are included but city lot owners are not listed. Downloadable mcclellankerr arkansas river navigation. Historical map features such as cemeteries, schools, and churches may vary depending on the county, acreage of individual parcels, or date of publication. The original copies of the glo land survey records including plat maps, interior notes, and boundary line descriptions are held by the arkansas commissioner. Contact sales office at 501 2961877, for shipping and handling charges. The acrevalue faulkner county, ar plat map, sourced from the faulkner county, ar tax assessor, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres. With the passage of act 20, the new land commissioners office was to, take possession and have charge of all of the books, papers, evidences of titles, plats and maps eventually, as all of the public land was donated, homesteaded or bought, the land office evolved more into the tax collection agency that it is today. Blm plats and field notes how to search the blm website note.
The agiso has staff that will assist the survey division in eliminating the backlog. This office also maintains the road list of all county roads, public roads, city roads and named private roads. This presentation is specifically intended to be printed out minus this comment, two slides to a page, and handed out and discussed at a plso or lsaw chapter meeting. Property ownership maps or plat books kansas historical. University of arkansas libraries, fayetteville all. Current, official soil survey information is on the web soil survey.
Blm plats and field notes bureau of land management. Ps number or coa number as well as other required markings to comply with ar. The mississippi river is reduced from detail maps projected from actual survey, and other reliable sources. They are both a depiction of a tract of land they can show a very small tract. The development of the survey plats cad graphics dgn and. These documents include master title plats, which are a composite of all federal surveys for a township.
Section 1521206 the state surveyor powers and duties. Plats, surveys, benton map and road list links benton. Land records search arkansas deeds, gis maps, liens. The web soil survey allows you to create custom reports by selecting a specific area of interest. Property corners set by the surveyor as part of this survey are labeled with the surveyors name and license number. Public records circuit clerk benton county government. Arkansas farmland, owners and potential owners of farmland can use index numbers based upon usda information to estimate the value of land given a known value in another year. A restore, maintain, and preserve the land survey monuments, section corners, and quarter section corners established by the united states public land survey within the state of arkansas, together with all pertinent field notes, plats, and documents. Welcome to the bureau of land managementblm, general land office glo records automation web site. The bureau of land management blm will file the plat of survey, in one 1 sheet, of the lands described below in the blm eastern states office, springfield, virginia, 30 calender days from the date of publication in the federal register. Arkansas minimum standards for property boundary surveys. All surveys and plats shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision b1 of this section. Land surveying fayetteville, ar official website city of fayetteville.
Sometimes there are pictures and a directory of county residents at the end. Searches for this information can also be performed using the online, interactive gis and mapping. You can also view original general land office plats by clicking on this link. However, the presentation has been animated and is in color, so people with more getupandgo can haul out a. All surveys and plats shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision b1.
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