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Tips in Using the Belmont County GIS Mapping Website – May 2017
Accessing the site:
Go to www.belcogis.com, and click the “Web Mapping Shortcut” image, or click on “Aerial
Mapping” and then the “Belmont County, Ohio Aerial Mapping” hyperlink after disclaimer. This takes
you to http://belmont-oh.bhamaps.com/ .
Initial screen
By default a search box appears allowing you to search by Auditor parcel number or by Owner
Name.
Zoom/Pan tools
A slider is on the left. Drag the square up or down to zoom in or out. The globe at the top takes
you to the countywide level. The Hand is a Pan tool. The Magnifying Glass buttons allow window
zooming in and out. Also, the wheel on the mouse allows zooming in and out. Mouse left button
down allows panning as well.
Overview tool
The globe at the bottom left shows a red rectangle of the map view. Clicking on the globe
displays a gray rectangle representing the view on screen. Dragging the gray rectangle and releasing it
changes the on-screen view. Clicking the globe again returns it to its initial state.
Default Parcel Search Box
Entry fields are programmed to
display matching results as you type.
Auditor parcel number format is nn-
nnnnn.nnn, where the first two
characters are the taxing district, and the
last three characters are the split off the
parent parcel (.001, .002, etc.).
Owner name is based on last
name and first name values.
Click Search to list all matching results,
or click the name in the result list, and
then Search, to list that result only. The
map will zoom to an individual selection.
The parcel will be outlined, and a box
will appear showing Parcel Identification
Number (PIN), Deed Volume and Page,
Owner Name, Acreage and a hyperlink
for the scanned Transfer Card. The
report hyperlink will open a box showing
the attribute data for that parcel. A
“View report as full page” hyperlink at
the bottom of the report will create a
nice report for that parcel, with a map of
the parcel at the top and attribute data
below.
If the results disappear as you are typing
in a search field, there are no matches in
the database.
Clicking Clear in the Search box clears all
you have typed so far.
The database being queried is the
Engineer’s parcel database.
Report for PIN 09-00711.001-2-1
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View Search Results
Results found are displayed in the “View Search Results” box. The number of
matching results is dispalyed at the bottom left (maximun 1000). The results can
be sorted (PIN is default) by Owner Name, Auditor Parcel, Volume/Page,
Acreage, Date Transferred, Owner Address, Tax Name, or Property Address. The
results can be ordered Low to High or High to Low.
A really useful feature is the Export option to create a txt, csv, pdf, or xlsx file.
Select the output file format, and then click Download. Give it a moment and
then select Open or Save/Save as.
Clicking on an individual result in the View Search Results box zooms to that
particular parcel. Click Remove button to remove a specific result. Click the
Clear button to clear all results.
Clicking on the Transfer card hyperlink displays a scan of the most recent scanned transfer card. Its
information may be more current than that in the mapping as the mapping parcel file is on a monthly
basis update, whereas the scanned transfer cards are uploaded when received from the Engineer’s
Office in the courthouse. Our monthly update schedule is set by the level of service contracted by the
county – currently Tier II (Monthly) of IV (Daily, more expensive).
Advanced Search
Advanced searching is robust. You can search
on many different fields. It is recommended
you first zoom to the countywide level so you
can see results displayed in yellow.
Click the Advanced Search button in the
toolbar. You can search by the following:
Township: (drop-down is available showing
township names);
Section: (01-36) (use of a leading zero is
recommended);
T: (01-10) (use of a leading zero is
recommended);
R: (2-6) (no leading zero);
Tax Map Parcel (the number on the hardcopy
tax map, such as 1, 2 ,3, OL 113, VAC-05, etc.);
Volume Page: (Deed Volume/Deed Page) (Official Records are preceded with a “9” as in 9063/186);
Acreage: Acreage Low to Acreage High for an acreage range;
Date Transferred: for begin and end date range with calendar popups;
Subdivision: (subdivision name);
Cabinet/Slide: Recorded plat Cab/Sl, such as D/170;
Owner Name: from Auditor table;
Owner Address: tax mailing address from Auditor data, not from 911 addressing;
Property Address: parcel address from Auditor data, not from 911 addressing;
Click Search to execute the earch. Matches appear in yellow on the map.
Press Clear to start over.
Address Search
Click Address Search in the toolbar to search by 911
address (not Auditor address values).
For rural 5-digit house numbers, it is recommended you
enter a house number alone, and then click Search to
list all possible matches for that house number. That
way, you avoid misspellings of street names.
Search results include “contained in” values, such as
54565 for a search value of 456.
A useful feature of the website is automatic searching and display for the parcel containing the resulting
address search, with the popup for basic parcel attributes, transfer card, and report.
Layers
The parcel layer is on by default. You can change the transparency
of this layer from 0 to 100 (100 is default).
To get there, click Map and Tools in the toolbar, then click Layers.
You will see Tax Map, GIS Layer, Aerials 2011 and Aerials 2014.
The Tax Map layer includes parcel polygons. Click the small arrow
to the extreme right of Tax Map and you will see a slider bar for
opacity. Clicking Tax Map toggles this layer on and off.
There are other layers available to you. Click the small arrow to
the extreme right of GIS Layer to expand the list of available
layers. There are two tabs – Sublayers and Opacity. The Sublayers
tab lists the other layers available; opacity presents a slider bar as
for transparency of parcels, above. The Cadastral layer includes
monuments, distances and landhooks, and parcel labels.
Survey Plat
This layer will show a red dot for the location of every scanned
survey in the county. Clicking on a specific dot will bring up a pdf
of the survey (popup blocker off). Please note the (1 of 2) in the
title bar of the resulting popup.
This tells you there is more than one item in the
popup. Click the right arrow to see the next item
(in this case, the basic parcel data).
Recorded Plat
This layer will show a star for the location of
recorded plats.
Click the hyperlink to load a pdf of the recorded
plat.
Note once again that the popup has a (1 of 2) in
its title bar.
Community
Not from Belmont County? Don’t know where
unincorporated hamlets are, such as Lloydsville,
Steinersville, Echo or Tacoma? Go to the
countywide view by clicking on the globe at the top
left of the screen, and then turn on the Community
layer. You will see wher all these little burgs are!
Addressing
There are three options under Addressing – House
Numbering Grid, Roof Print, and 911 Address.
The House Numbering Grid displays the layout for rural house numbers in the county house numbering
system (municipalities are responsible for their own addressing). East-West house numbers range from
32000 at the Guernsey/Noble County Line to 59000+ near the Ohio River. North-South house numbers
range from 53000 at the Monroe County Line to 74000 at the Harrison-Jefferson County Line. There are
1000 numbers available per mile, i.e., per survey section. If you have a rural house number and know if
the road is basically east-west or north-south, you can approximate the location of the address very
closely. Usually odd numbers are on the north for east-west roads and on the east for north-south
roads.
The Roof Print layer is of all
65,000+ mapped buildings in the
county. This allows you to see
building outlines more clearly.
The 911 Address layer displays the
house number for each addressed
structure. This data is from the
911 database and its purpose is to
assist in emergency response. It
may not be suitable for delivery,
mailing, assessment, utility billing,
or any other purpose. Addressing
data in commercial GPS units may
not agree with 911 values!
Creek
The Creek Layer will display named creeks
in the county.
Elevation
The Elevation Layer has three options –
Spot, Contour (10 Feet) and Contour (50
Feet).
Elevation data is from the 2001 aerial
mission and has not been updated since.
Spot elevations are usually at road
intersection of hilltops and are represented
by a cross symbol with the elevation value
labeled.
Fifty foot and ten foot contours are also
labeled with the elevation value.
This layer gives you an idea of the
topography of the land.
Contour values are good to one-half of the
contour interval, so for our case, plus or
minus five feet.
Road Centerline
The Road Centerline layer is based
on extraction from aerial
photography by the vendor who
flew the county. Roads are labeled
with a concatenation of road
number (T436, C28A, S40, etc.),
prefix direction, street name,
street type (RD, AV, BLVD, etc.) and
suffix direction. Roads are symbolized according
to jurisdiction. Click the Legend button in the
toolbar to see the way roads are labeled by
jurisdiction.
The road names are the ones used at 911.
Subdivision
The Subdivision layer shows subdivisions mapped
to date.
Voting Precincts
Voting precinct mapping is used by the
Board of Elections for determining in
which voting precinct voters reside.
It is easier to see the precinct numbers if
Aerials are turned off.
Boundaries are determined by the Board
of Elections.
School District
School District mapping is determined
from taxing districts for each parcel in the
county by the Auditor’s Office.
Parcels in the same taxing district have a
school code which relates to the school
district.
This layer is also used by the Board of
Elections for assuring voters get the
correct ballot for school levies.
See the
Legend for
names.
Fire District
Fire districts are fire taxing districts, not fire service districts.
Fire districts do not cover the whole county – only areas that
have enacted a fire taxing district.
This layer is also used by the Board of Elections for assuring
voters get the correct ballot for fire levies.
See the
Legend
for
names.
Strip Mined Soils
This layer was developed in cooperation with Belmont
Soil and Water and ODNR in 2008.
It is not kept up to date. The intent was to serve as a tool
for people to know where strip mining has occurred in
the past.
The user should use caution as not all strip mined areas
may be included in this mapping, and its accuracy is
approximate, based on scans of coal company permit
maps submitted to ODNR over the years.
C & D Permit mapping was done by ODNR from scanned surface mine permit maps. The SSURGO Spoil
Soils layer includes previously surface mined areas.
DFIRM Group
The Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) is
useful for estimating if a property is in a flood
zone.
Three options are available.
Base Flood Elevation (BFE) shows lines for which
the base flood elevation has been determined.
Panel shows the layout of panels with FEMA
panel number, required for Elevation Certificates.
Flood Zone shows areas in the 1% chance (A
Zones) and 0.2% chance flood zones.
Township & Corporation
This layer shows the layout of all scanned
hardcopy tax maps for the Township sections
and quarter sections, and for sheets in
Corporations.
Tax maps of township lots are not in this layer
and are covered below.
Turning this layer on will allow the user to
click on the map and be presented with a
popup to view the scanned tax map in
another window.
Again, notice the title bar in the popup, as
multiple layers may be available.
Township Lot
This layer diplays the layout of all scanned,
hardcopy township lot tax maps.
Township Lot tax maps include tax maps of
recorded plats and subdivisions.
Click on the map with this layer on to see a
popup directing you to a scanned tax map.
Again, notice the title bar in the popup, as
multiple layers may be available.
Measure
The Measure button in the toolbar features several useful tools.
Measure – Point
The point tool allows you to enter a
lat/lon and have the location
displayed on the map. It is
recommended you zoom to the
countywide level first. You will not
see the point if your view does not
cover the area in which the point is
located.
For example, zoom to the county
wide level, click the Measure Point
button, and enter 40 for Latitude and
-81 for Longitude. A blue dot will
appear at this location. Make sure
longitude values are negative for
North America, as we are west of Greenwich, England.
Also notice that the latitude/longitude values change as you move your mouse pointer. It seems only
Decimal Degrees work.
Measure – Line
Select this option to measure an approximate distance. You can select units of feet, miles, meters and
kilometers. Click at the beginning of your line and double-click at the end of your line, and a distance
will be displayed. For example, the county is about 26 miles wide.
Measure – Polygon
This tool allows you to sketch a polygon and get an approximate perimeter and area. You can select the
units you want for length and area. Click at the beginning of the polygon, click on additional vertices,
and double-click to finish the figure. Perimeter and area will be displayed in the units you selected.
Measure – Freehand Line
Click on the beginning of your line, hold the left mouse button down, and sketch the remaining line.
When you release the mouse button, the length will be displayed.
Measure – Freehand Polygon
Draw a freehand polygon by holding down the left mouse button. When you release the button, the
perimeter and area of the polygon will be displayed.
Measure – Erase
Click the eraser to erase all measured items.
Printing
The Printing button in the toolbar
allows you to make a pdf of the
areas on screen.
To get there, click Map & Tools, and
then Printing.
You may enter a Title and Author for
your map.
For sheet size, select 8.5 x 11 Portrait
or Landscape, 11 x 17 Portrait or
Landscape, or Map Only.
Print Format selections include pdf,
png, jpg, gif, eps, svg and svgz.
The map will generate after a
moment, and then appear in a new
tab.
From there you can send the map to your printing device or save it.
Aerials
You have the option of using Aerials from 2011 or Aerials from 2014, or none at all.
The 2011 aerials are from Belmont County’s flight and are 1/2 foot pixel countywide.
The 2014 aerials are from the Ohio State Imagery Program (OSIP) and are 1 foot pixel countywide.
The county can have up to two years of aerials at the current web mapping pricing structure. We
anticipate replacing one of the layers with 1/2 foot imagery from the 2017 county flight when it
becomes available toward the end of 2017. The next OSIP is set for 2020 for this area of the State.
T & R Tips
This toolbar button takes you to a “cheat sheet” of Township and Range values for various townships
and sections in the county.
Townships that are not also geographic, or survey, townships (6 mi x 6 mi) may have duplicate sections
of the same number but which are in different T & R’s.
Belmont County is part of the Old Seven Ranges and includes lands from Range 2 to Range 6.
Fire Hydrants
Shows the location of fire hydrants that are mapped to date.
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