Blog · October 8, 2026 · Arkansas
Scott County Plat Map: Parcels, Owners and Property Lines
Open the official Scott County parcel viewer, find an owner or a vacant tract, and learn which land records back up what the map shows.
Main page: Scott County, AR GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Scott County facts and neighboring maps).
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If you're pricing land, checking a fence line or tracking down an owner for hunting permission, start with the Scott County plat map. The official parcel map for Scott County, Arkansas is free and opens without a login.
You'll find the viewer link, notes on Waldron and the land around it, and short answers to common questions about property lines and land records.
The lay of the land in Scott County
Start your bearings with Waldron, the county seat, then Mansfield. The map also labels unincorporated places, Boles among them. Organized in 1833, and named for Andrew Scott, Scott County has a long paper trail, and early deeds may cite landmarks that no longer exist. For scale: roughly 893 square miles of land and an estimated 9,851 residents as of 2023, per the Census Bureau. Sparse settlement means wide parcels. Outside Waldron the county map reads as a quilt of large holdings with long gaps between houses. On the parcel layer, Ouachita National Forest shows up as public ground, and the private tracts along its edges are worth checking line by line.
Work and land use in Scott County
Of the 144 establishments the Census Bureau counted in Scott County for 2022, the biggest groups were health care and social assistance, retail trade, and other services. Compared with the nation, the county has an unusually high share of businesses in forestry and logging and wood product manufacturing. Wooded parcels between Mansfield and Waldron may be managed timber, so read the aerial history before you assume a tract is untouched. That context helps when you read the parcel pattern around Mansfield: jobs and land use move together.
Where to open the official Scott County plat map
The official map is the Scott County ArcGIS parcel map, which runs on an Esri ArcGIS web map. Try the search box with a Boles street address first; for open land near Boles, it's faster to pan and click. We track the link on our Scott County directory page, so check there if it stops loading.
Who uses the Scott County parcel map
A lot of different people around Boles rely on this map.
- Bowhunters and waterfowlers around Waldron use the parcel layer to see which owners control a creek bottom, a woodlot or a field edge.
- For hobby-farm buyers near Mansfield, the parcel map shows how a tract sits against its neighbors and the road.
- Someone house hunting in Waldron can check whether a yard really is as big as the listing implies, and who owns the open lot behind it.
What the Scott County plat map shows about lot lines
On rural tracts near Boles, the parcel lines can drift from the fences on the ground, sometimes by more than a few feet. Out past Mansfield, rural deeds usually cite a section, township and range, and those section lines often show on the parcel layer. If a neighbor's fence near Mansfield and the map disagree, neither one is proof. A survey is.
Hunting land and landowner permission in Scott County
Near Boles, a single field edge can separate two owners with very different answers about access; the map tells you which is which. Around Ouachita National Forest, private tracts can press right up against the public boundary, so check the lines before you walk in. Licenses and season dates for the Boles area come from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. A landowner near Boles is more likely to say yes to a hunter who names the exact parcel and offers a phone number.
Behind the map: land records in Scott County
The paper trail for a tract near Boles lives with the circuit clerk, who ordinarily serves as ex officio recorder; the map itself is an assessment product. A deed for land near Mansfield is normally recorded by the Scott County circuit clerk, who doubles as recorder under Arkansas law. The parcel record often lists a deed book and page or an instrument number, which is how you request a copy of the recorded deed for a tract near Waldron.
Near the county line
Scott County shares borders with Logan County, Montgomery County, Polk County, Sebastian County, and Yell County, and each one runs its own parcel map and recording office. The Arkansas county list links every neighboring map from Scott County.
Common questions
What's the best way to locate a boundary in Scott County?
For a lot in Mansfield, start with the parcel map, then get the recorded plat; a surveyor sets the exact corners.
Is the Scott County parcel map free?
Free. The Scott County map is a public record tool, and no sign-up is needed.
Can I find the owner of a vacant lot in Scott County?
For land near Waldron with no street address, pan to it on the map and click it; the record names the owner.
Can I use the Scott County map to hunt private land?
The map tells you who owns the woods near Boles; the owner decides whether you can hunt there.
Open the official Scott County, AR parcel map Scott County 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.