Pottawattamie County
Pottawattamie County covers 951 square miles of southwestern Iowa, with the county seat at Council Bluffs.
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Pottawattamie County official website
Taxes, deeds, permits and other Pottawattamie County services on GovDir
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PublicGIS maps 53,843 parcels for Pottawattamie County. PublicGIS does not show owner names for this county.
Where to find things
- Pottawattamie County GIS mapCounty GIS map
The official interactive GIS map for Pottawattamie County. Open it to search a property and see its parcel and the other map layers the county publishes.
- Pottawattamie County AssessorProperty owner · Property records
The office that sets each property's value and classification. Start here for valuation notices, exemptions and appeals.
Joe Casson, County Assessor- Phone
- (712) 328-5617
- Address
- 227 S 6th St Council Bluffs, IA 51501
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- Iowa recorded document searchThe shared portal for all 99 Iowa county recorders. Search recorded deeds, mortgages and plats by name or legal description and order copies.
- Iowa property taxIn Iowa the County Assessor, or a City Assessor in a few cities, values your home and land and the County Treasurer sends the bill. The Department of Revenue sets the rules and runs the homestead and military credits.
- Iowa statewide mapAerial imagery
Iowa's statewide interactive map of roads, boundaries and aerial photos. It does not show property lines.
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- Sanborn Fire Insurance MapsDigitized Sanborn fire insurance maps showing building footprints, materials and uses for American towns and cities, widely used in property history and environmental research.
- USDA NAIP Imagery HubFind and download USDA's leaf-on aerial photography for the contiguous United States. Check coverage and acquisition dates for the area you need.
- Pottawattamie County GIS data downloadsGIS data downloads
Register on the OpenData portal, then download county GIS data as file geodatabases or shapefiles, with attribute tables such as owner, address and parcel information.
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- State Plane Coordinate System zonesThe official State Plane Coordinate System from the National Geodetic Survey: which zone covers each state and county, zone definitions and conversion tools.
- FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer ViewerInteractive nationwide map of current flood zones, base flood elevations and map panels.
- Pottawattamie County zoning and land useZoning
Zoning districts and land use rules, and which uses and buildings the rules permit on a given piece of land.
- Office
- Pottawattamie County Planning and Zoning
- Phone
- (712) 328-5600
- Address
- 227 S 6th St. Council Bluffs, IA 51501
- Pottawattamie County floodplain and flood zonesFlood zones
Flood zone information and the extra rules that apply to building or rebuilding near water.
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- FEMA Flood Map Service CenterOfficial source for flood insurance rate maps. Enter an address to see the current flood zone and download the FIRM panel and letters of map change.
- FEMA Disaster DeclarationsSearch federal disaster and emergency declarations by state, county and incident to see whether an area was declared and what assistance was authorized.
- FEMA Increased Cost of ComplianceFlood insurance coverage that helps pay to elevate, relocate, demolish or floodproof a substantially damaged building.
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Farm wetland rules for USDA program participants. Before you drain, fill or clear a wet area in a farm field, ask NRCS at your local USDA Service Center for a wetland determination.
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- Iowa drainage districtsIowa law on levee and drainage districts and their ditches and tile lines. A district is run by the county board of supervisors (or a board of trustees for some districts), and the county auditor keeps the district's drainage record with its assessments; call the county auditor about a district ditch or tile line.
- Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) sign-up, USDA Farm Service AgencyHow the Conservation Reserve Program works, which sign-ups are open and what it pays. You enroll land in CRP at your county Farm Service Agency office at the local USDA Service Center.
- USDA Web Soil SurveySoils
Draw an area on the map to get soil types, drainage, septic suitability, building limitations and farmland ratings.
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- Iowa Geological SurveyIowa geology: landslide, earthquake and ground hazards, groundwater, minerals and geologic maps.
- Iowa GIS data downloadsElevation · Addresses and 911 numbers
Download Iowa's statewide GIS data, such as roads, boundaries, imagery and elevation. It has no statewide property lines.
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- USGS National Map ViewerNational base map with elevation, hydrography, imagery, boundaries and PLSS layers.
- USGS topoViewBrowse and download every historical USGS topographic map for a location, useful for seeing old roads, buildings and shorelines.
- US Census GeocoderFree service that converts a street address into map coordinates and census geography. No account needed.
- Iowa Department of Natural ResourcesLakes and water
Iowa's environmental agency: water quality, wetlands, waste and the permits that go with them.
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- Iowa water wells and water rightsPrivate wells in Iowa: the county permit, the grants for well testing and plugging, and the state well records.
- U.S. Drought MonitorWeekly national drought map by county, with historical conditions and state summaries.
- MRLC NLCD Land Cover ViewerLand cover
National land cover map for every year since 1985: forest, cropland, developed, wetland, water and change over time.
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- National Land Cover Database (NLCD) DownloadsFilter and download National Land Cover Database products including Annual NLCD land cover for the contiguous United States. Provides downloadable raster products and links to the viewer for spatial selection.
- Iowa state landsPublic land
State-owned land in Iowa: who manages it, what you may do on it, and how leases and easements work.
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- USGS map of public and protected landNational map of federal, state, local and other public and protected land from the U.S. Geological Survey Protected Areas Database (PAD-US).
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Buy plat books at the counter or order them by mail, paying cash or check to the county recorder. A $4 mail fee applies to mail orders.
- Pottawattamie County Surveyor and survey recordsSurveys and section corners
Survey records and section corner information. Start here to find the corners a surveyor would use.
- Office
- Pottawattamie County Surveyor
- Address
- 227 S 6th St, Council Bluffs, IA 51501
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- NGS survey mark and benchmark mapMap of National Geodetic Survey benchmarks and survey control marks. Zoom to a place, click a mark and open its datasheet with the mark's position, elevation and how to find it on the ground.
- Iowa licensed land surveyor lookupSearch the Iowa Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board for a licensed land surveyor by name or license number. Only a licensed surveyor can mark a legal property line on the ground, so check a surveyor's license before you hire one. Board phone 515-725-9022.
- BLM General Land Office RecordsSearch original federal land patents and survey plats by name or legal description to find the first private owner of a parcel.
- Pottawattamie County Secondary Roads DepartmentRoads
Maintains the county's secondary roads and bridges, including gravel road grading and snow plowing.
- Phone
- (712) 328-5608
- Address
- 17501 Eastern Hills Drive, Council Bluffs, IA 51503
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- Iowa Department of TransportationState highways in Iowa: road maps, projects, and the approach or access permit you need before you build a driveway onto a state road.
- 811 Before You DigCall 811 or use your state 811 center's website a few business days before any digging, including fence posts, decks, trees and mailboxes. The service is free, and the utilities mark their buried lines with paint or flags. This page lists every state's 811 center.
- National Pipeline Mapping SystemPublic map viewer of transmission pipelines and operator contacts by county, for excavation planning and emergency response.
- U.S. wildfire risk mapHazards and emergency information
Type a community, county or state to see its wildfire likelihood, risk to homes and exposure, with maps and charts. It shows long-term risk, not current fires, and is a screening tool, not an official hazard designation for a property.
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- U.S. hurricane storm surge risk mapsInteractive map of how deep storm surge flooding could get near the coast in a worst-case hurricane of each category. It does not replace your local hurricane evacuation zone; check the state or county zone lookup for that.
- U.S. landslide mapInteractive national map of known landslides and how susceptible the ground is to landslides. It is a broad screening map, not a site-specific assessment.
Pottawattamie County offices
- Pottawattamie County RecorderRecords deeds and other land documents.
- Phone
- 712-328-5612
- Address
- 227 S 6th St Council Bluffs, IA 51501
- Website
- Visit website
- Pottawattamie County Environmental ServicesSeptic and environmental health permits.
- Phone
- (712) 328-5792
- Address
- 227 S 6th St. Council Bluffs, IA 51501
- Website
- Visit website
- Pottawattamie County GISMapping and GIS data.Jamie Petersen, GIS Coordinator
- Phone
- (712) 328-4885
- Address
- 227 S 6th St Council Bluffs, IA 51501
- Website
- Visit website
- Pottawattamie County USDA FSA and NRCS officeThe Farm Service Agency office for Pottawattamie County is at the Council Bluffs Service Center, 305 Mckenzie Ave, Council Bluffs, IA 51503. Call it to sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and other farm programs, and for farm and tract records. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) works from the same office: ask it for wetland determinations, highly erodible land questions and conservation plans.
- Phone
- (712) 328-9579
- Address
- 305 Mckenzie Ave, Council Bluffs, IA 51503
- Website
- Visit website
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About Pottawattamie County
Pottawattamie County covers 951 square miles of southwestern Iowa, with the county seat at Council Bluffs. The County Assessor values your house and land, except in a few cities that have their own City Assessor. The County Treasurer bills and collects the tax and the County Recorder keeps recorded land documents.
Cities in Pottawattamie County
- Avoca
- Carson
- Carter Lake
- Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs Clerk · (712) 890-5261
- Crescent
- Hancock
- Macedonia
- McClelland
- Minden
- Neola
- Oakland
- Shelby
- Treynor
- Underwood
- Walnut