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Alaska Department of Natural Resources

Division of Mining, Land and Water
Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Division of Mining, Land and Water

Survey Section

Welcome

The Survey Section functions as the Department's surveyor on staff, providing technical expertise and actual surveying services. We oversee surveys with an eye to protecting the department's interest in land and help the department avoid litigation by watching out for rights of other landowners. This includes issuing survey instructions and reviewing surveys which are usually conducted by private sector surveyors.

surveyor taking measurements

The DNR Survey Section functions as the Platting Authority in the Unorganized Borough. Any subdivision of land, which is not within the jurisdiction of a local borough or city platting authority, (such as Municipality of Anchorage, Fairbanks North Star Borough, etc) is required to be reviewed and approved by DNR, before filing.

The Survey section also maintains records of all surveys ever conducted on state land. Copies of State and Federal BLM survey plats are available online at Department of Natural Resources' Land Records Search.

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