How to enter a taxlot number
  • Enter a tax lot number and then click on a button.
  • Tax lot numbers are also called state ID numbers.
  • If you are not sure of the entire taxlot number, enter the beginning of the number, e.g. "1S2E06AB" and select from the resulting list of possible matches.
  • MetroMap is not case sensitive.
  • The format of the number varies by county, so you will need to enter the number differently for each county. Data Types

    Tax Lot Naming Conventions

    Image not available Tax lots are named using township, range and section. The first 2 characters are the township, the second 2 characters are the range and the next 2 are the section. In the example, the lot is township 1 south, range 2 east, section 6. The next 2 characters are the quarter section and quarter-quarter section. In some cases the section has not been broken down into quarter sections or quarter-quarter sections. In other cases the section may be broken down into quarter sections, but not quarter-quarter sections. The last 5-digit number is the lot number.

    Clackamas County (12 characters)

  • The north/south indicator is not listed because all property in the county is south of the baseline.
  • If the quarter section or quarter-quarter section letters are not used, a space is used as a place holder.
  • The 5-digit tax lot number uses leading zeros as place holders if the number is less than 10000.
  • EXAMPLE: (^ represents a space). 22E01A^00100

    Multnomah County (16 characters)

  • If the quarter section or quarter-quarter section letters are not used, a space is used as a place holder.
  • There are two additional spaces and a dash following the quarter-quarter section letter.
  • The 5-digit tax lot number uses leading zeros as place holders if the number is less than 10000.
  • EXAMPLE: (^ represents a space). 1S2E06AB^^-00100

    Washington County (12 characters)

  • The east/west indicator is not listed because all of the property is west of the principle meridian.
  • If the quarter section or quarter-quarter section letters are not used, a zero is used as a place holder.
  • The 5-digit tax lot number uses leading zeros as place holders if the number is less than 10000.
  • EXAMPLE: 1S101A000100

    Section, Quarter-Section, Township and Quarter-Township Naming Conventions

    Section Index with quarter townships A township is a 36 square mile plot of land which is numbered by township and range. Township is numbered north or south of a baseline in 6 mile increments. Range is numbered east or west of a principal meridian in 6 mile increments. Each square mile within a township (640 acres) is a section. There are 36 sections to a township. Sections are numbered from right to left starting with 1 in the north east (upper right) corner of a township. The second row starts with section 7 immediately below section 6 and is numbered left to right. The rest of the Township is numbered in this manner, ending with section 36 in the south east (lower right) corner.

    Quarter sections, quarter-quarter sections and quarter townships are named with A, B, C, or D. A is the northeast quarter, B is the northwest quarter, C is the southwest quarter and D is the southeast quarter.