> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.camo.ag/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Parcels

> Read a parcel's ownership, acreage, valuation, and land-use detail from the parcel panel.

Selecting a parcel opens the parcel panel beside the map. It pulls together everything CamoAg knows about that property — ownership, acreage, assessor records, crop history, valuation, and flood data — and is the jumping-off point for building a farm from that boundary.

## Opening a parcel

<Steps>
  <Step title="From the map">Turn on the Parcels layer and select a boundary. The selected parcel is outlined and its panel opens.</Step>
  <Step title="From search">Search a parcel ID or an owner name, then select a result under **Parcels**. See [Search](/docs/search/overview).</Step>
  <Step title="From a link">Parcel panels have their own URL, so you can bookmark one or paste it to a teammate — for example `/map/parcel/us/il/kane/0704300005` (country, state, county, parcel ID).</Step>
</Steps>

Use **Center map** in the panel header to bring the parcel back into view after you've panned away.

## Parcel summary

The top of the panel identifies the parcel:

| Field            | What it means                                                                          |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Parcel ID        | The county's identifier for the parcel. Select it to copy it.                          |
| County, State    | Where the parcel sits.                                                                 |
| Coordinates      | Latitude and longitude of the parcel centroid.                                         |
| County acres     | Deeded acres according to county tax data.                                             |
| Calculated acres | Estimated acreage measured from county GIS boundaries.                                 |
| County assessor  | A link out to the county's own record for this parcel, where the county publishes one. |

<Note>
  County acres and calculated acres often disagree. CamoAg shows both so you can see the discrepancy rather than having it silently resolved — see [How to Save Parcels](/docs/parcels/saving-parcels) for how the two are reconciled when you build a farm.
</Note>

<Card title="Assessor Links" type="tip">
  CamoAg makes best effort to keep county assessor links up to date, but we're a small team and rely on community feedback to catch any broken links. Use the *Report an issue* <Icon icon="link" /> on the parcel pane to report any issues and help us keep the links accurate.
</Card>

### Start a farm from the parcel

Below the summary, **Start Farm from Parcel** adds the boundary to the farm builder cart and opens it. If you already have parcels staged, the button reads **Add Parcel to Farm**; once this parcel is in the cart it reads **Parcel Added**.

<Note>
  This button appears only if your user has permission to create farms.
</Note>

## Owner details

**Owner Details** shows the owner of record and their mailing address, with options to copy the address or open directions.

## Contacts and operations

When the parcel owner's address matches an address in your saved operations & contacts, a **Contacts** section lists the linked contacts and the operation they belong to, so you can go from a boundary on the map to the people behind it. If no contact exists yet, you can create one pre-filled with the owner name and mailing address.

<Note>
  Requires a CamoAg subscription.
</Note>

## Valuation

Two valuation sections can appear, each showing a **Per Acre** and **Total Value** figure, with **Show sales comps** revealing the comparable sales behind the number:

* **CamoAg Estimate** — CamoAg's automated valuation, built from market sales data.
* **Private Estimate** — the same calculation run against your own organization's private sales comps.

You can rate an individual comp to tell CamoAg whether it was a good match.

<Note>
  Requires a CamoAg subscription.
</Note>

## More details

The lower half of the panel is a stack of collapsible sections. Sections with no data for the parcel are hidden.

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Property Information">
    Property address, alternate parcel IDs, county and county subdivision, PLSS township/section/range, county and calculated acres, calculated square footage, the date the record was last refreshed, and a link to the source record.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Cropland Data Layer Information">
    Crop history for the last five years, charted by year from USDA Cropland Data Layer.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Zoning & Land Use">
    Land use, zoning, function, and structure descriptions.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Property Sales & Value">
    Last sale date, total parcel value, improvement value, and land value — as reported by the county assessor.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="FEMA Flood Data">
    Flood zone, flood zone subtype, and the date of the flood zone data.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Highlight on the map — Buildings">
    Toggles a layer that numbers each building footprint on the parcel and lists its square footage and acreage. Requires a CamoAg Enterprise subscription.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## How-to guides

<Card title="Parcels guides" icon="map-location-dot" href="/guides/overview?tags=Parcels">
  Step-by-step articles for adding, drawing, splitting, and annotating properties.
</Card>