United States Glossary What Is a Plat Map?

What Is a Plat Map?

If a deed says who owns land, a plat map shows how the land is cut up.

What a plat shows

A plat map divides a tract into numbered lots with dimensions, easements, and streets. Each lot ties to a parcel number (APN).

In the data

The dataset carries the parcel APN and lot size for each property where available, plus county FIPS — the join keys you'd use against plat and parcel layers in GIS.

Frequently asked

What is a plat map used for?

It records how a piece of land is subdivided into lots, with boundaries and dimensions, and assigns each lot a parcel number for assessment and legal reference.

How does a plat relate to an APN?

Each lot on a plat is assigned an Assessor's Parcel Number (APN), the county's unique identifier for that parcel.
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