Utah Land Ownership
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Land ownership depicts land ownership status and areas of responsibility for the State of Utah surface lands at a scale of 1:24,000. This is a statewide dataset of land ownership status, and therefore is a compilation of all surface land ownership administration, and designation categories.
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Feature service URL
https://gis.trustlands.utah.gov/mapping/rest/services/Land_Ownership/FeatureServer/0 Open SGID sample query
select * from cadastre.land_ownership limit 10; Getting started
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Maintenance of this data layer is performed by a cooperative federal and state effort between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA). Both the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) update this dataset regularly. Revisions of the dataset are made available weekly.
Standard colors are recommended when displaying this feature class. A layer file containing the standard color scheme is available by contacting SITLA GIS staff directly at the GIS staff from SITLA at TLA-GIS@utah.gov | 801-538-5100, or visiting https://trustlands.utah.gov , opens in a new tab .
Field definitions
- owner
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The physical Owner of the parcel of land.
Values
- Federal (Owned by The United States of America)
- Private (Private, County, City or Town Ownership)
- State (Owned by the State of Utah)
- Tribal (Native American Tribal Ownership)
- agency
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The physical Agency who is responsible for the parcel ownership, OWNER AGENCY may differ from ADMIN if the agency is NOT the administrator of the parcel.
Values
- BLM (US Bureau of Land Management)
- BR (US Bureau of Reclamation)
- DNR (State of Utah Department of Natural Resources)
- DOD (US Department of Defense)
- DOE (US Department of Energy)
- NPS (US National Park Service)
- OS (Other State Agency, State Facilities, and others state holdings)
- OF (United States Other Federal Land may include any of the following: AEC, BOM, FAA, GSA, or others)
- Private (Privately held properties, including City, County and Non-Profit)
- SITLA (State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration)
- Tribal (Tribal Lands)
- UDOT (State of Utah Department of Transportation)
- USFS (US Forest Service)
- USFWS (US Fish and Wildlife Service)
- admin
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Values
- BLM (US Bureau of Land Management)
- BR (US Bureau of Reclamation)
- DOD (US Department of Defense)
- DOE (US Department of Energy)
- NPS (National Park Service)
- OS (State of Utah, Other holdings)
- Private (Privately held properties)
- SITLA (School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration)
- FFSL (Utah DNR - Div. of Forestry, Fire & State Lands)
- Tribal (Tribal lands)
- UDWR (Utah DNR - Div. of Wildlife Resources)
- UDOT (Utah Department of Transportation)
- USFS (US Forest Service)
- USFWS (US Fish and Wildlife Service)
- USP (Utah DNR - State Parks)
- desig
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Describes the "Type" of Land Use or Designation. This field characterizes general land management designations for parcels of land and describes how, or for what use the land is to be managed (ex: Designated as Wilderness, National Park, State Park). This field can accommodate, if necessary, further withdrawals, leases, or permits designated by the ADMIN. E.g. If the USFS places a withdrawal on a parcel, i.e. for wilderness designation, the DESIG field can be used to account for this case. However, only a single designation can be addressed in the DESIG field; we cannot account for multiple withdrawals, leases, or permits on a parcel in this data standard. The data steward or editor must decide the most pertinent information to describe in the
DESIGfield.Values
- Bankhead Jones (Federal lands (BLM and USFS) acquired under the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act)
- Conservation Lands (Land that is being protected, through outright purchase or the purchase of development rights. Easements are held by private non-profit organizations, municipalities and fed or state agencies.)
- Indian Reservation (Indian Reservations and/or Native American Tribal Lands)
- Military (Military Reservations and Corps of Engineers)
- N/A (No specified designation)
- National Forest (US National Forest)
- National Historic Site (US National Historic Site)
- National Monument (US National Monument)
- National Park (US National Park)
- National Recreation Area (US National Recreation Area)
- National Wildlife Refuge (US National Wildlife Refuge)
- Other (Designation not specified in detail)
- Parks and Recreation (Parks and Recreation Areas)
- Primitive Area (US Primitive Area)
- Public Water Reserve (US Public Water Reserve)
- Reclamation Withdrawl (US Reclamation Withdrawl)
- Repository (US Repository)
- State Sovereign Land (Sovereign Land consists of the beds of Utah's navigable rivers and lakes)
- State Trust Land (State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) is an independent agency of state government. It was created in 1994 by the Utah state legislature to manage lands granted to the state of Utah by the United States for the support of public schools and other beneficiary institutions.)
- Wilderness (Congressionally Designated Wilderness)
- Wildlife Reserve/Management Area (Federal, State, Private or Tribal Designated Wildlife Areas)
- label_federal
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Administrative names for identifying State Lands, including State Parks, Wildlife Areas, State Trust Lands Administrative Blocks and Sovereign Lands and the Private Lands within each proclamation boundary, where applicable.
This field contains label text if the feature is one of the following values:
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- Federal Bird Refuge
- Federal Military installation
- USFS National Forest (and corresponding districts)
- National Historic Site
- National Monument
- National Park (and corresponding units)
- National Recreation Area
- Federal Primitive Area
- Tribal Land or Reservation
- Congressionally Designated Wilderness Area
Examples: Arches National Park (Klondike Bluffs), Canyonlands National Park (The Needles District), Dugway Proving Grounds US Army, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Grand Gulch Primitive Area, Uinta National Forest (Mount Nebo Wilderness Area), White Mesa Ute Tribal Lands.
- label_state
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Administrative names for identifying State Lands, including State Parks, Wildlife Areas, State Trust Lands Administrative Blocks and Sovereign Lands and the Private Lands within each proclamation boundary, where applicable.
This field contains label text if the feature is one of the following values:
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- State Fish Hatchery
- School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) Block
- State Park
- State Wildlife Area
Examples: 9-Mile State Wildlife Area, Dead Horse Point State Park, State Trust Lands Book Cliffs Block, Whiterocks Fish Hatchery.
- shape
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The area of land in square meters.
Subset query examples
The following land ownership-related data layers can easily be derived from land ownership by using subset (definition) queries to select a specific set of features:
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Land owned by the Federal Government
This includes land administered by the US Bureau of Land Management, the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of Defense, the US Department of Energy, the US National Park Service, the Utah State Department of Wildlife Resources, the US Forest Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and, in some cases, the Utah State Department of State Parks.
To work with only federal lands, specify a where statement of owner='Federal'
owner='Federal' Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
The BLM has a multi-use mission. Land uses include energy development, livestock grazing, recreation, and timber harvesting, while protecting a wide array of natural, cultural, and historical resources.
To work with only BLM administered lands (may be different than BLM-owned lands), specify a where statement of admin='BLM'
admin='BLM' National Parks and Monuments
There are five national parks in Utah and seven national monuments in Utah.
To work with only National Parks and Monuments (Grand Staircase Escalante NM is administered by the BLM), specify a where statement of (admin='NPS' or admin='BLM') and (desig='National Park' or desig='National Monument')
(admin='NPS' or admin='BLM') and (desig='National Park' or desig='National Monument') To work with all National Park Service Parks, Monuments, & Recreation areas specify a where statement of admin='NPS'
admin='NPS' Private land
In this subset, all non-public lands are assumed private. Private land includes town, city, and county held properties.
To work with only Privately* held lands, specify a where statement of owner='Private'
owner='Private' * Note that lands designated as private may include land currently held by local and other government agencies, not considered to be part of the public lands inventory.
School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA)
SITLA is an independent agency of Utah State government. It was created in 1994 by the Utah State Legislature to manage lands granted to the State of Utah by the United States for the support of public schools and other beneficiary institutions.
To work with only land held by the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA), specify a where statement of agency='SITLA'
agency='SITLA' Native American Tribal Land
To work with only Tribal lands* specify a where statement of owner='Tribal'
owner='Tribal' * Note, some private land held by tribes may not be reflected.
Wilderness
Congressional designated wilderness (BLM and US Forest Service)
To work with only formally designated wilderness areas (USFS and BLM), specify a where statement of desig='Wilderness'
desig='Wilderness'