Blog · October 14, 2026 · Nebraska
Using the Kimball County Hunting Map
Parcel lines and public-land maps work together near Owasco.
Main page: Kimball County, NE GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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Planning a hunt near Oliver? Think of the Kimball County hunting map as two layers: public areas from Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and private lines from the county. What this Kimball County guide covers: where public hunting land is mapped, how to read private parcel lines, and how to ask for permission.
Building your Kimball County hunting map
If you're looking near Dix, public hunting areas are mapped by Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, with rules that vary by area.
Where the parcel data lives
Property in and around Bushnell are published on the Kimball County gWorks map, a viewer that needs no account. Closer to Dix, type a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, and the viewer zooms to the match. For a tract near Owasco, copy the parcel ID while you have it open; every records desk in the county uses it to find the file.
Which office to call
Deeds, mortgages and recorded plats for land near Oliver are with the Register of Deeds, usually searchable by name or document number. Questions about what you can build around Jacinto go to planning, building or health offices, depending on whether the land is inside town limits.
Private land and parcel lines
For private ground, the Kimball County gWorks map is the free source, with owner names for tracts near Jacinto.
A word on accuracy
For a home near Jacinto, listed acreage is an assessed number; only a licensed surveyor establishes the real lines on the ground. For a home near Bushnell, owner names and values update on a schedule, so a deed recorded last month might lag behind.
Scouting from the aerial
Switch to aerial imagery near Oliver, travel corridors and edges stand out; then confirm whose land each feature is on.
Kimball County in a few facts
Kimball is the county seat, which is where the courthouse records live. You'll also find Bushnell, Dix, Jacinto, and Oliver, each with its own cluster of lots. Around 3,289 people live in the county (Census estimate, 2023) spread over about 952 square miles around Dix. The county was organized in 1888, which matters when you trace an old farm's title for land near Owasco.
Using it on a phone
The parcel map usually runs in a mobile browser, handy when you're parked on a road near Oliver, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A printout of the tract near Dix is a good backup.
Finding a landowner
Around Owasco, offer details: who you are, when you'd hunt and how to reach you, and respect a no.
Rules and responsibility
Seasons, licenses and trespass laws are set by the state, and know your state's trespass rules for land around Oliver.
Next door to the county around Oliver.
The county touches Logan County, CO, Weld County, CO, Banner County, Cheyenne County, and Laramie County, WY; every one of them runs a separate parcel map around Dix. A tract near the line by Owasco may show up in two county records, so open the neighboring map before you assume the acreage. Out toward Oliver, our state page links every bordering county map across Nebraska.
How land is described here
Nebraska follows the Public Land Survey System, which means a tract near Owasco is described by section, township and range. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, with 36 sections to a township, though corrections make some sections near Jacinto odd-sized. Write down the legal description for the tract near Owasco when you talk to a surveyor.
Safety and courtesy
Respect livestock and crops around Bushnell, and tell someone where you'll be; owners remember good guests.
Recorded documents worth pulling
Before you sign anything, request the recorded deed from the Register of Deeds; the parcel line is a drawing of it, for land near Dix included. If the land is near Jacinto, use the book and page listed on the parcel record so staff can find the deed fast.
Frequently asked
Can I trust the map at the property line in Kimball County?
With a lot near Bushnell, the map isn't a survey; respect marked boundaries.
How do I get a landowner's contact info in Kimball County?
It depends, but click the tract near Oliver on the county gWorks map for the owner and mailing address; be specific in your request.
Is verbal permission enough near Jacinto?
Closer to Dix, a short letter or visit before the season works best.
Are app boundaries accurate around Dix?
For a parcel near Jacinto, many apps and GPS units show parcel data; stay inside the lines.
What's a legal description near Bushnell?
For land near Owasco, Deeds use lot and block, metes and bounds or survey descriptions, and the parcel record often summarizes it.
Open the official Kimball County, NE parcel map See it in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.