Blog · October 13, 2026 · Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County Tax Map: Parcels, Owners and Property Lines
A practical guide to the Susquehanna County tax map: the official link, towns and land across the county, property lines, and where deeds are recorded.
Main page: Susquehanna County, PA GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Susquehanna County facts and neighboring maps).
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The Susquehanna County tax map turns a drive past an empty field near Montrose into a name, a parcel number and an acreage figure.
Up next are the viewer link, a short tour from Montrose to the Wayne County line, and the record checks that turn a map click into a firm answer.
How to use the Susquehanna County tax map
The official map is the Susquehanna County ArcGIS parcel map, which runs on an Esri ArcGIS web map. Search an address in Montrose, or pan out toward Great Bend and click a rural tract; either way the record pops up with owner and acreage. We track the link on our Susquehanna County directory page, so check there if it stops loading.
Who uses the Susquehanna County parcel map
Different people come to the Susquehanna County parcel map for different reasons.
- Homesteaders eyeing the country near Great Bend use acreage and frontage on the record to narrow a long list to a few tracts worth visiting.
- Raw-land buyers scan Susquehanna County imagery for empty tracts and check the owner records behind them.
- Bowhunters and waterfowlers around Forest City use the parcel layer to see which owners control a creek bottom, a woodlot or a field edge.
- For a new build outside Great Bend, the parcel record supplies the lot size and legal description a site plan needs.
Susquehanna County at a glance: towns and land
Forest City, Friendsville, Great Bend, and Hallstead fill out the town list, and Montrose is where the county seat sits. Organized in 1812, and named for Susquehanna River, Susquehanna County has a long paper trail, and early deeds may cite landmarks that no longer exist. The Census Bureau puts Susquehanna County at about 823 square miles of land and an estimated 38,109 people (2023). You'll see dense subdivision lots around Forest City and a looser rural pattern in between. Salt Springs State Park and Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife Preserve are a big draw, and the private tracts that border public land are often the first ones hunters and cabin buyers ask about.
The Susquehanna County economy in brief
Census business counts for 2022 list 843 establishments in Susquehanna County; retail trade tops the list, with other services and construction close behind. The local economy leans harder than average on mining (except oil and gas), nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing, and oil and gas extraction. In Susquehanna County, minerals are often severed from the surface, so the owner on the parcel map may not own what's underneath. Keep that in mind when you compare parcels in Susquehanna County: who works here shapes what land sells.
Are the Susquehanna County property lines accurate?
Parcel boundaries on the Susquehanna County viewer are drawn to keep tax accounts straight, so small offsets from the true line are expected. Rural tracts near Great Bend follow metes-and-bounds calls, so their shapes on the map track creeks, roads and old fences. If a neighbor's fence near Great Bend and the map disagree, neither one is proof. A survey is.
Finding vacant land and acreage in Susquehanna County
Here's a simple routine for finding open ground in Susquehanna County using the parcel map:
- Run the aerial layer along I-81 and the side roads off it, flagging any tract with no structures.
- For each tract near Friendsville, note the parcel ID, the owner and where the tax bill is mailed.
- Make sure the parcel near Great Bend actually touches a public road, and ask how it's reached if it doesn't.
- Size up price by comparing a few similar tracts around Great Bend on the assessment records.
- Rural lots near Great Bend may need a septic permit and a well, so ask before you commit.
Before you buy near Great Bend, read how to tell if land is buildable.
Where Susquehanna County deeds and plats are kept
Every line on the Susquehanna County map traces back to a recorded deed or plat, and the county's recording office keeps those documents. Names differ across states, so confirm on the official Susquehanna County site which office records deeds and plats. 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 Friendsville.
Neighboring counties
Susquehanna County shares borders with Broome County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Bradford County, Lackawanna County, and Wayne County, and each one runs its own parcel map and recording office. The Pennsylvania county list links every neighboring map from Susquehanna County.
Common questions
Can hunters use the Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania parcel map to find landowners?
Use it to find the owner of a woodlot near Great Bend, then ask; the map itself grants no hunting rights.
Which office has Susquehanna County deeds and plats?
Look for the office that records deeds on the official Susquehanna County website; depending on the state it may be a recorder, register of deeds or clerk.
The Susquehanna County viewer is blank. What should I do?
Reload in a desktop browser; if the Susquehanna County ArcGIS parcel map still won't open, our Susquehanna County page has the current link.
How do I look up a property owner in Susquehanna County?
For land near Forest City with no street address, pan to it on the map and click it; the record names the owner.
How can I see my lot lines in Susquehanna County?
For a lot in Great Bend, start with the parcel map, then get the recorded plat; a surveyor sets the exact corners.
Open the official Susquehanna County, PA parcel map Susquehanna 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.