Are maps of tracts available? https://www.nationalforesthomeowners.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1496415 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:27:46 GMT Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:56:42 GMT Copyright © 2019 National Forest Homeowners Are maps of tracts available? https://www.nationalforesthomeowners.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1496415 https://www.nationalforesthomeowners.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1496415 Thanks in advance!]]> Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:58:21 GMT https://www.nationalforesthomeowners.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1496603 https://www.nationalforesthomeowners.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1496603 1. Your tract association records - if your cabin group has an association, ask your tract association leaders if anyone in the group might have a copy.
2. The county assessors website - a lot of counties have put their data online; I’ve had fairly good luck finding tract maps, or at least outlines of parcels, online. Occasionally, a county will have digitized the pages of the plat maps and you can find them that way.
3. The assessor's office - if your county’s records are not digitized, you can go check with the assessor’s office to get a copy of the plat map for your area.

Occasionally, I luck out and find them by doing a google search. And, very likely, your forest service district office has a copy.
]]> Thu, 11 Jul 2019 07:59:51 GMT https://www.nationalforesthomeowners.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1515719 https://www.nationalforesthomeowners.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1515719 The original tract map (different than the county property map) should be located with the US Forest Service. A copy of our map is below. On our forest, all tract maps and original plans are kept at the Supervisor’s Office. All districts with recreation residences also have copies of the maps. You can request these directly from your permit administrator, your District Ranger or the Supervisor’s Office. If you get push-back (we don’t have time, we’re not required to hunt that down for you, etc.) you can submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the tract map.

For others out there, if you have not seen your USFS tract map I suggest you get a copy. It might have a lot of interesting info such as undeveloped lot and improvement information. Our summer home group has only three cabins, but the tract map shows 9 additional lots that were never developed, an undeveloped baseball field, and several other interesting things.

Dave

]]> Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:53:50 GMT https://www.nationalforesthomeowners.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1516436 https://www.nationalforesthomeowners.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1516436 I'll echo Dave's suggestion above that you should obtain your tract map from the Forest Service and keep with your cabin records. Every tract was surveyed by the USFS and the lots authorized for the recreation residence program, even though permits may not have been issued for every lot to build on. It's important to understand where the undeveloped lots are in case there's ever a need to invoke the "in-lieu" lot provision of your permit. My experience is some counties have incorporated these maps into the county's GIS system for property tax or emergency service purposes, but many have not.  The USFS is the official source of the tract maps.  The example above is very typical of what a USFS tract map looks like.  Many have not been updated since the original survey.....80+ years ago!]]> Sun, 24 Nov 2019 16:56:42 GMT