Blog · October 13, 2026 · Missouri
Phelps County Parcel Map: Parcels, Owners and Property Lines
The free official parcel map for Phelps County, how to search it, and what the parcel data does and doesn't tell you about owners, acreage and property lines.
Main page: Phelps County, MO GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Phelps County facts and neighboring maps).
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Whether you're eyeing acreage outside Newburg or settling a question about your own lot in St. James, the Phelps County parcel map is the first stop.
You'll find the viewer link, notes on Newburg and the land around it, and short answers to common questions about property lines and land records.
Where to open the official Phelps County parcel map
Phelps County's public parcel map is the IntegrityGIS - Phelps County, hosted on an Integrity GIS parcel viewer. Rural tracts in Phelps County often have no street address, so try an owner search or simply pan to the area and click. Our Phelps County listing carries the same link plus neighboring maps.
Getting oriented in Phelps County
The county seat is Rolla; Doolittle, Edgar Springs, Newburg, and St. James are among the other communities you can zoom to. Phelps County was created in 1857 and takes its name from John S. Phelps. The Census Bureau puts Phelps County at about 672 square miles of land and an estimated 45,284 people (2023). Expect suburban-style lots near Newburg and plenty of rural ground once the subdivisions thin out.
Who's clicking on Phelps County parcels
The same map serves very different jobs around Newburg. If you're after rural acreage near St. James, the map shows which tracts are big enough and which ones border paved roads or water. Raw-land buyers scan Phelps County imagery for empty tracts and check the owner records behind them. Turkey hunters near Edgar Springs use the map in spring to confirm which fields their permission actually covers.
Vacant land and acreage on the Phelps County parcel map
A vacant-land search near Rolla, step by step:
- Scan the imagery around Blooming Rose; open fields and woodlots with no driveway stand out right away.
- A tax bill mailed far from Blooming Rose usually means an absentee owner, so note the mailing address on each record.
- Make sure the parcel near Edgar Springs actually touches a public road, and ask how it's reached if it doesn't.
- Line up the assessed land values of a few neighboring tracts near Doolittle to sanity-check an asking price.
- Last, call the Phelps County planning or health office about permits, septic and floodplain before you commit.
To double-check acreage on a parcel near Blooming Rose, see how to find the acreage of a property.
How accurate are Phelps County, MO property lines?
Parcel boundaries on the Phelps County viewer are drawn to keep tax accounts straight, so small offsets from the true line are expected. Because Missouri is a section-township-range state, the legal description of a rural tract in Phelps County reads like a grid reference that you can match to the section lines on the map. For a fence, an addition or a dispute in Phelps County, budget for a licensed survey; it's the answer a court or a lender will accept.
Behind the map: land records in Phelps County
Every line on the Phelps County map traces back to a recorded deed or plat, and the county's recording office keeps those documents. The office title varies by state (register of deeds, recorder, county clerk or clerk of court), so check the Phelps County government website for the right one. For subdivision lots in Rolla, the plat book and page on the record leads straight to the recorded plat.
The Phelps County economy in brief
Of the 1,069 establishments the Census Bureau counted in Phelps County for 2022, the biggest groups were retail trade, health care and social assistance, and accommodation and food services. Relative to the U.S. as a whole, Phelps County is heavy on mining (except oil and gas), beverage and tobacco manufacturing, and accommodation (hotels, motels, RV parks and camps). In Phelps County, minerals are often severed from the surface, so the owner on the parcel map may not own what's underneath. If you're comparing land near Doolittle with land near Newburg, the local job base is part of the price story.
Neighboring counties
Looking at land between Newburg and the Crawford County line? Remember that Crawford County, Dent County, Gasconade County, Maries County, and Pulaski County each keep separate parcel records. Neighboring maps for Phelps County are a click away on our Missouri page.
Quick answers
Does the Phelps County, MO map show flood zones?
For a lot near Newburg, check the viewer's layer list first; FEMA's flood map service fills in if there's no flood layer.
How do I find property lines in Phelps County, Missouri?
Pull up the tract on the Phelps County map, copy its legal description, and compare it with the deed. Exact corners take a surveyor.
Can I find the owner of a vacant lot in Phelps County?
Every parcel in the Phelps County viewer shows an owner of record. Rural tracts near Blooming Rose can be found by panning and clicking.
Who records deeds in Phelps County?
Recorded deeds for land near Newburg are kept by the county's recording office. The Phelps County government site lists which office that is.
Why does the Phelps County map show the old owner?
Check the recorded documents; they will show a new deed for a tract near Blooming Rose before the map does.
Can anyone view Phelps County parcel data online?
It costs nothing to look. Anyone can open the IntegrityGIS - Phelps County and click parcels in Phelps County.
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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.