Blog · October 8, 2026 · Idaho
Shoshone County, Idaho: GIS Map Guide
A practical guide to the Shoshone County GIS map: the official link, towns and land across the county, property lines, and where deeds are recorded.
Main page: Shoshone County, ID GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Shoshone County facts and neighboring maps).
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Searching for a Shoshone County GIS map usually means you have a specific piece of ground in mind: a listing near Osburn, a woodlot you drive past, or the lot next door.
Read on for the official viewer, a short orientation from Osburn out to Silverton, and the land-record steps that back up what you see on screen.
Where to find the official Shoshone County GIS map
Open the Shoshone County ArcGIS parcel map (built on an Esri ArcGIS web map); it is the county's own published map. Search an address in Wardner, or pan out toward Silverton and click a rural tract; either way the record pops up with owner and acreage. We keep the link current on our Shoshone County (ID) directory page, next to the neighboring maps.
Who uses the Shoshone County parcel map
The same map serves very different jobs around Osburn. If you hunt the country around Silverton, the owner layer tells you who to ask and where the next property begins. A buyer who wants ten or twenty acres near Wardner can rule out most of the wrong tracts from a desk before driving out. Current owners in Shoshone County pull their parcel before a tax appeal, a refinance or a talk with the neighbor about a fence.
Shoshone County at a glance: towns and land
Start your bearings with Wallace, the county seat, then Kellogg, Mullan, Osburn, and Pinehurst. Smaller places such as Silverton, Avery, and Big Creek show up as clusters of lots along the roads. For scale: roughly 2,637 square miles of land and an estimated 14,026 residents as of 2023, per the Census Bureau. Few people and a lot of ground: the stretch from Wardner toward Silverton is mostly large private holdings on the map. Look for Clearwater National Forest and Coeur d'Alene National Forest on the map; the private tracts touching them are some of the most asked-about parcels in Shoshone County.
Work and land use in Shoshone County
Census business counts for 2022 list 355 establishments in Shoshone County; accommodation and food services tops the list, with retail trade and construction close behind. Measured against national shares, mining (except oil and gas), forestry and logging, and support activities for mining and drilling are overrepresented in Shoshone County. If you're looking at wooded acreage near Smelterville, compare recent aerials; logging can change a tract quickly. That context helps when you read the parcel pattern around Wallace: jobs and land use move together.
Property lines in Shoshone County, Idaho
Lines on the map show roughly where one parcel near Smelterville ends and the next begins; the exact spot is a surveyor's call. Out past Smelterville, 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 Smelterville and the map disagree, neither one is proof. A survey is.
Where Shoshone County deeds and plats are kept
The map near Wardner is only as good as the deeds behind it, and those are kept in the county's recording office. The office title varies by state (register of deeds, recorder, county clerk or clerk of court), so check the Shoshone County government website for the right one. If the Shoshone County parcel record shows an instrument number, that number is the shortcut to the recorded deed.
Private and public hunting ground in Shoshone County
Getting on private ground in Shoshone County is about relationships, and those start with the owner name on the parcel record. Around Clearwater National Forest and Coeur d'Alene National Forest, private tracts can press right up against the public boundary, so check the lines before you walk in. For licenses, seasons and public hunting land, go to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Landowners in Shoshone County hear from a lot of hunters; a specific request that names the parcel stands out.
Near the county line
A farm that runs from Shoshone County into Bonner County will have separate parcel records on each side; the other neighbors are Benewah County, Clearwater County, Kootenai County, and Latah County. Neighboring maps for Shoshone County are a click away on our Idaho page.
Shoshone County parcel map FAQ
Does the Shoshone County parcel map show where I can hunt?
The map tells you who owns the woods near Silverton; the owner decides whether you can hunt there.
Does the Shoshone County, ID map show flood zones?
Zoning for land near Smelterville comes from the local planning office; flood zones are on FEMA's map service if the viewer lacks them.
How do I look up a property owner in Shoshone County, ID?
Every parcel in the Shoshone County viewer shows an owner of record. Rural tracts near Silverton can be found by panning and clicking.
Where do property lines run on a Shoshone County, ID lot?
For a lot in Smelterville, start with the parcel map, then get the recorded plat; a surveyor sets the exact corners.
Open the official Shoshone County, ID parcel map Shoshone 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.