Blog · October 14, 2026 · Idaho
Pocatello GIS Map, Idaho: a how-to
Parcel data for this city comes from the county, and the viewer is free for land near Lava Hot Springs.
Main page: Bannock County, ID GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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For a parcel in or near Pocatello, a look at the Pocatello GIS map gives you lines, owner names and parcel numbers. This Pocatello guide covers: which viewer to open, how to search it, and what to double-check with records.
Opening the Pocatello GIS map
For land near Chubbuck, some cities also run their own GIS portal for utilities or zoning; that can add detail on top of the county map.
Pulling up a parcel
Go first to the Bannock County ArcGIS parcel map; it includes each assessed parcel around Arimo and Lava Hot Springs. For a home near Downey, put in a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, and the matching parcel lights up. With a lot near Lava Hot Springs, the parcel card usually lists the owner of record, assessed acreage, a parcel ID and often a sale date.
Before you lean on the lines
The acreage figure is a tax-roll number; only a licensed surveyor can set the real corners on land around Chubbuck. If the land is near Arimo, records update in batches, so a deed recorded last month might lag behind.
Bannock County in a few facts
Pocatello serves as the county seat, home to the main records offices. You'll also find Chubbuck, Inkom, Arimo, and Downey. About 90,400 people live in Bannock County (Census Bureau estimate, 2023) spread over about 1,112 square miles. Bannock County was formed in 1893, so old deeds can run back a long way. Landmarks such as Portneuf River, Snake River, and Caribou National Forest help you orient on the aerial around Downey.
Where the recorded documents are
The map is an index, not the title: deeds, subdivision plats and easements covering ground around Arimo sit with the County Recorder (the county clerk serves as recorder). Long-held tracts around Inkom may trace back through several deeds, and a title company is worth hiring if money is changing hands.
When a parcel crosses a boundary
Bannock County touches Bingham County, Caribou County, Franklin County, Oneida County, and Power County; every one of them runs a separate parcel map. Acreage along the edge near Inkom can be split across two assessors' files, so look at the neighboring map before you assume the acreage. Our state page links every neighboring county map across Idaho.
Where Pocatello fits in
The city sits in Bannock County, Idaho, so its parcels are on the county's map, at least around Lava Hot Springs. As the county seat, Pocatello hosts the courthouse, which puts the County Recorder (the county clerk serves as recorder) close by. With a lot near Downey, city or town hall handles matters such as zoning, permits and utilities inside its limits, and the county still keeps the parcel and deed records. Lots just outside the city limits out by McCammon generally follows county rules, not municipal ones.
Browser tips
If the viewer stalls on a phone near Chubbuck, switch browsers or turn off pop-up blockers; links occasionally change, and our directory page keeps the current one.
Search tips
Acreage around Downey might not have a street number, so zoom in from the nearest road and click the outline. Near Inkom, searching by parcel number never misses, and you'll find it on tax statements.
Layers worth turning on
Toggling imagery near Lava Hot Springs to compare lines with fences and driveways.
Saving what you find
Save a screenshot of the lot near Lava Hot Springs and its record panel, so you have it when calling an office.
Taking the map into the field
Most viewers work in a phone browser, useful out on a road near Arimo, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A saved image of the lot near McCammon and its lines keeps working without signal.
Which office to call
Recorded documents for a parcel near Chubbuck are with the County Recorder (the county clerk serves as recorder), often with an online index. Questions about what you can build around Inkom go to planning, building or health offices, depending on whether the land is inside town limits.
What the record panel tells you
Click a lot in Pocatello and the record usually shows owner, mailing address, assessed value and acreage.
Reading the legal description
Idaho uses the Public Land Survey System, so deeds around Lava Hot Springs reference sections and townships. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, with 36 sections to a township, though sections near Lava Hot Springs can be irregular. Write down the legal description for the tract near Lava Hot Springs before you request a deed or survey.
Questions about the Pocatello GIS map
Does Pocatello have its own GIS map?
Good question; Pocatello may publish zoning or utility maps separately, while parcel data usually comes from the county.
Can I search by owner name in Pocatello?
Generally, click the lot near Lava Hot Springs to see the owner; try variations if nothing comes up.
What layers does the parcel viewer have around Downey?
Good question; aerials near Arimo are usually available as a basemap; availability varies.
How current is the parcel data around Lava Hot Springs?
Generally, updates come in batches.
How is land described in Idaho deeds?
The deed for land near Arimo carries the legal description; a surveyor can interpret it.
Open the official Bannock County, ID 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.