Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Wisconsin Tax Law Points

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DEFINITION:Tax Law POINT is a generalized point representation of lands enrolled in the Managed Forest and Forest Crop Law Programs, collectively referred to as Tax Law Layers. Points are located at the center point of each 40-acre quarter-quarter section in which land is enrolled. Points do not identify specific enrollment location. Acreage enrolled from fractional or government lots are located either to the most approximate QQ, Q or S as possible. (Enrolled parcels are represented by the PLSS shape they lie within; however, the actual size of the enrolled property may be as small as 0.1 acres). The GIS layer was last updated March 1, 2024 to reflect conditions as of January 1, 2024. Corrections are made to the data throughout the year that may not be reflected in this snapshot.FEATURE TYPE(S): PointGEOGRAPHIC EXTENT: StatewideSOURCE SCALE: VariedPROJECTION: Wisconsin Transverse Mercator NAD 1983/1991 (WTM83/91),   WKID: 3071PURPOSE/BACKGROUND: Wisconsin’s forest tax laws encourage sustainable forest management on private lands by providing a property tax incentive to landowners. Both the Managed Forest Law (MFL) and Forest Crop Law (FCL) encourage proper management of woodlands not only in their purposes and policies, but through a written management plan for a landowner’s property. The management plan incorporates landowner objectives, timber management, wildlife management, water quality and the environment as a whole to create healthy and productive forest. In exchange for following a written management plan and program rules, landowners pay forest tax law program rates in lieu of regular property taxes.FCL lands are open to the public for the following activities: hunting and fishing.MFL lands enrolled as open are open to the public for the following activities: hunting, fishing, hiking, sight-seeing, and cross-country skiing.Additional rules regarding public access may be reviewed here: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/forestlandowners/mflThe GIS feature class was created to be used in the Open Private Forest Lands web mapping application (Private Forest Lands Open to Public Recreation).Open Private Forest Lands (OPFL) Project Background: Provide a simple GIS web mapping application to display the approximate representations of over 1.3 million acres of Forest Tax Law lands (Managed Forest and Forest Crop Law) open to the public for hunting, hiking, fishing, cross-country skiing, and sightseeing. Display information to allow the public to access the lands without spending a lot of time cross checking plat books or contacting local county offices or the county Land Information Offices.Update Frequency: Annual (Spring). Edits to Tax Law entries can occur throughout the year, but most changes are not effective until January 1 except for landowner information. In the Spring of each year, the feature class is re-generated to reflect new entries, changes to access, etc. effective January 1.Spring update: Update to reflect enrollments as of January.The GIS layer was last updated March 1, 2024 to reflect conditions as of January 1, 2024. Corrections are made to the data throughout the year that may not be reflected in this snapshot.ATTRIBUTES:Field Descriptions:ORDER_NO: (c, 12) The Forestry property code of the feature. (Use as join field for if linking to landowner table information.)Format: 2-digit cnty – 3 digit seq no – 4 digit year of entryEx. 11-234-2013DNR_CTY_NO: (n, 2) The 2-digit DNR county code representing the predominant county in which the DTRSQQ falls.Format: Numbers, No commasEx: 37 (Marathon County)CNTY_NAME: (T, 11) County name of the predominant county in which the DTRSQQ falls.Ex: MarathonENTRY_YEAR: (t, 4) The year in which the order number was entered into the taxlaw program.Format: YYYYEx: 1999TAX_TYPE: (t, 3) Indicates whether the polygon is enrolled in MFL or FCL.Format: ALL CAPSPossible Values:MFL: Managed Forest LawFCL: Forest Crop LawAC_OP_PLS: (double) Acres, associated to the identified order number, that are enrolled in the identified PLSS as open. Additional polygons (DTRSQQ records) may contain additional acreage for the associated order number (see AC_OP_ORD for total open acreage associated with this order number). NOTE: This is not the total number of acres open with this DTRSQQ record. Any other order numbers with acreage in this DTRSQQ are identified in separate records by order number.AC_CL_PLS: (double) Acres, associated to the identified order number, that are enrolled in the identified PLSS as closed. Additional polygons (DTRSQQ records) may contain additional acreage for the associated order number (see AC_CL_ORD for total closed acreage associated with this order number). NOTE: This is not the total number of acres closed with this DTRSQQ record. Any other order numbers with acreage in this DTRSQQ are identified in separate records by order number.AC_TOT_PLS: (double) Total acres, associated to the identified order number, that are enrolled in the identified PLSS. Additional polygons (DTRSQQ records) may contain additional acreage for the associated order number (see AC_TOT_ORD for total acreage associated with this order number). NOTE: This is not the total number of acres enrolled within this DTRSQQ record. Any other order numbers with acreage in this DTRSQQ are identified in separate records by order number.ORDER_YRS: (t, 2) Total number of years the order will be enrolled in the program (under the associated order number). Format: Plan or order lengths are either 25 or 50 yearsEx: 50ORDER_EXP: (t, 20) Date that order number expires. All orders end on December 31. Format: December 31, YYYYEx: December 31, 2015OWNER_TEXT: (t, 30) Type of ownership. Ownership could be: Individual, Joint, Corporation, LLC, Partnership, LLP, Trust, etc.ACCNT_TYPE: (t, 1) Type of account.Possible Values:S: Small Account – landowners generally have less than 1,000 acres of forest land and the accounts are managed by DNR field foresters.L: Large Account – landowners generally have 1,000 acres or more of forest land and the accounts are managed by DNR Forest TaxAC_OP_ORD: (double) Total open acreage associated with the order number. AC_CL_ORD: (double) Total closed acreage associated with the order number.AC_TOT_ORD: (double) Total acreage associated with the order number.DTRSQQ_CO: (long) A concatenation of direction, township, range, section, quarter section, and quarter-quarter section used to approximate the location of the order number (or part of the order number). Each order number has separate records for each DTRSQQ where the order number resides. (Data source: 24K Landnet Spatial Database Technical Documentation)Format:1st Digit = Direction2nd & 3rd Digits = Township4th & 5th Digits = Range6th & 7th Digits = Section8th Digit = Quarter9th Digit = Quarter-QuarterEx: 441012812LEGAL_D_CO: (t, 5) Code describing legal description identified by order number.Format: 1st character:Blank = Entire (Govt Lot)D = Entire (PLSS)P = Part ofE = Entire Excluding ROW2nd character:L = Govt LotBlank = PLSSCharacters 3-5:If PLSS, 001-016 are StandardIf PLSS, 017-060 are FractionalIf Govt Lot, this is the Govt Lot #Ex: PL003LEGAL_DESC: (t, 100) Translated legal description code. Ex: GOV LOT 3, PART OFDTRSLD_TXT: (t, 2380) Field generated to convert DTRSQQ and legal description codes to a text description of the PLSS where the enrollment is located. Includes a note indicating if a record includes a fractional correction.Ex: T02-R01W-S05, Part of the NE of the NW (fractional correction)PARCEL_NO: (t, 255) County created parcel number. (Parcel level information not yet available for all records.)Format: Varies by countyEx: 07-04-59MCD_NAME: (t, 50) Municipal Civil Division (MCD) name.Ex: Solon SpringsMCD_TYPE_C: (t, 1) Type of Municipal Civil Division (MCD). Format: ALL CAPSPossible Values:T: TownV: VillageC: CityPLSS_LEVEL: (t, 2) PLSS level to which the record is located. Format: ALL CAPSPossible Values:QQ: Quarter-quarterQ: QuarterS: SectionCHNG_BY: (c, 30) The user who last updated the record.Ex: klauscCHNG_DATE: (date) Date the record was last changed.Format: MM/DD/YYYY Ex: 10/23/2012ACCESS: (t, 1) Indicates whether the quarter-quarter contains areas which are open to the public, closed to the public, or both.Format: ALL CAPSPossible Values:O: QQ contains areas that are Open to the publicC: QQ contains areas that are Closed to the publicB: QQ contains Both open and closed areas.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:Tax law programs: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/forestlandowners/mflWeb mapping application: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/forestlandowners/opentopublicappCONTACT PERSON(S):GIS contact: Laura Waddle - GIS Specialist, (608) 320-4648, Laura.Waddle@wisconsin.govResource contact: R.J. Wickham - Tax Law Section Chief, (920) 369-6248, Richard.Wickham@wisconsin.govCOPYRIGHT:The material is for the noncommercial use of the general public. The fair use guidelines of the U.S. copyright statutes apply to all material on the Department of Natural Resources Webpages and linked agency Webpages. The Department of Natural Resources shall remain the sole and exclusive owner of all rights, title and interest in and to all specifically copyrighted information created and posted for inclusion in this system. Photographs and graphics on the Department website are either the property of the state department or the state agency that holds a license to use and display the material. For copy or use of information on the Department website that is outside of the fair use provisions of copyright law, please seek permission from the individual listed as responsible for the page. If you have any questions on using material on the Department web pages please e-mail the specific page webmaster for permission requests. If you cannot identify the web page contact, please direct inquiries to Department by using the feedback form. If permission to reproduce or redistribute is granted, the following statement shall be included, "Reproduced with permission from the Department of Natural Resources.USER ADVISORY:https://dnr.wi.gov/legal/acceptableuse.htmlhttps://dnr.wi.gov/legal/This is a generalized spatial representation of lands enrolled by landowners in the Managed Forest Law and Forest Crop Law programs. Enrolled parcels are represented by the 40-acre quarter-quarter they lie within; however, the actual size of the enrolled property may be as small as 10 acres.Certain government lots or fractional lots, which cannot be represented by a PLSS quarter-quarter number, may be included in this GIS layer at the QQ, Q, or Section level. An estimated 1% of the MFL lands are represented in this manner. Look to the “PLSS_LEVEL” field for the PLSS level to which records are located.Disclaimer:The Department has made reasonable efforts to provide you with accurate information, but cannot exclude the possibility of errors or omissions in sources or of changes in actual conditions. The Department makes no warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Changes may be periodically made to the information herein – contact the originator of the data with any questions regarding appropriate use. This dataset was automatically cataloged from the creator's Open Data Portal. In some cases, publication year and bounding coordinates shown here may be incorrect. Additional download formats may be available on the author's website. Please check the 'More details at' link for additional information.

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https://data-wi-dnr.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/wi-dnr::wisconsin-tax-law-points

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https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=7d08fb77e4de4624a74eee0c097549ca&sublayer=0

Language:

English

Creator:

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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American Geographical Society Library – UWM Libraries

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Temporal Coverage:

Issued 2024

Date Issued:

2024-04-12

Spatial Coverage:

Wisconsin and United States

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Public

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Shapefile