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PLSS Corner Records — Idaho

Under the Idaho Corner Perpetuation and Filing Act, a corner record must be filed with the county recorder whenever a PLSS corner is established, reestablished, or restored. Idaho does not publish a single statewide form — surveyors prepare corner records to the statutory content requirements.

Filing Requirements

Where Corner Records Are Filed in Idaho

Within the statutory period after monumenting a public-land corner, the surveyor files a corner record describing the monument, accessories, and ties with the county recorder.

County Recorder

No statewide form published — filed on surveyor-prepared documents to the statutory content standard.

legislature.idaho.gov

Street View Coverage

Street View Reaches 61% of Idaho Townships

Of the 2,426 PLSS townships in Idaho, 1,480 (61%) contain usable Google Street View imagery — meaning a surveyor can pull up the road camera view of a monument before ever leaving the office. Coverage skews toward roads and populated areas; monuments in remote rural sections are less likely to have a nearby capture.

MetricValue
Total PLSS townships2,426
Townships with Street View1,480
Coverage rate61%
Capture depthUp to 20 years of history

Corner-Plot Workflow

Pre-Field Review for Idaho Corners

Upload a Idaho Corner Record PDF. Corner-Plot reads the form with OCR — extracting the surveyor name, township-range-section, monument description, and every bearing and distance tie. The corner is geo-located automatically across the PLSS grid, assigning a GCDB-standard 21-character Point ID and a confidence rating of High, Medium, or Low.

When the monument sits at or near a roadway, Corner-Plot brings up Google Street View with its full capture history — up to 20 years. AI analyzes each date and returns a structured monument-condition verdict. A printable field prep report covers the resolved coordinate, aerial tie overlay, monument classification history, and original GLO field notes.

Other PLSS States

Corner Record Requirements in Other States

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