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Arizona Maps and Place Research

This guide provides resources for discovering physical and digital map resources, and Geographic Information System (GIS) applications.

General Land Office (GLO) Records

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BLM General Land Office Records

These records provides "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 ... Due to organization of documents in the GLO collection, this site does not currently contain every Federal title record issued for the Public Land States."

Includes:

  • Land Patents
  • Survey Plats and Field Notes
  • Land Status Records
  • Control Document Index Records
  • Tract Books
  • Land Catalog

Arizona Geospatial Hub

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Arizona Geospatial Data

"The Bureau of Land Management Arizona data library allows users to discover a variety of GIS products published by the agency. You can get information on resource management data related to managing public lands. Search results provide download options offering a variety of data formats. These data sets are updated on a quarterly basis or as needed. Users of the data should refer to the metadata if they have any specific questions. More datasets will be made available for external distribution as they pass internal BLM QA/QC benchmarks."

BLM Arizona

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BLM Arizona

"We manage and conserve 12.1 million acres of public land and 17.5 million subsurface acres in Arizona. Through balanced management, we sustain the health, diversity and productivity of public lands for the use and enjoyment of this and future generations."

Arizona Frequently Requested Maps

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Arizona Frequently Requested Maps

Includes interactive maps, maps and brochures, georeferenced PDF maps, and GIS data downloads.