I have a number of old Texas deeds and invariably they include references to tracts and lots within a subdivision. While it’s fairly easy to find abstracts / sections / blocks on the RRC GIS - there’s no ability to see at a more granular level. Is there some source that folks have used and been successful in finding plats / maps that have the subdivisions and lot descriptions??
below is an example
being block 14 of the JC Terrell sub-division of tract No. 2 of the said survey
another example
being lot no. 4 of the partition of the EE Inman tract, said EE Inman tract being lots nos. 6 and 7 of tract no. 4 of said Maximillian survey
I inherited mineral interests in Texas but I’m having a HARD TIME knowing how to look-up information based the legal description I received. I’ve been able to look-up oil permit and APIs in New Mexico and Oklahoma using SECTION, TOWNSHIP AND RANGE, but the legal descriptions for Texas are much different and I don’t know which search tool to use to get oil permit, API and completion information.
Here are two examples of legal descriptions I’m trying to decipher:
CROSBY COUNTY
E/2 = 1/4, N/2 SW/4 = 1/8 mineral interest in N/2 SW/4 Section 75 Block 8, H&GN Ry. Cert. 12-2382
GARZA COUNTY
1/4 mineral interest SW/4 Section 63, Block 8 H&GN Ry., 160 acres
Here’s link to a post on the forum that I found. It has some useful information. Let me know if this helps.
CROSBY COUNTY E/2 = 1/4, N/2 SW/4 = 1/8 mineral interest in N/2 SW/4 Section 75 Block 8, H&GN Ry. Cert. 12-2382
so the way you read this is to first find the section. to do this, you can go to the RRC GIS. click the magnifying glass on the menu (6th icon from the right). choose survey. then a dialog will pop up. you can populate Block with “8” and Section with “75” per your legal description. this will bring up the section. you can see in the attached pic that the survey matches what you shared - so this is the correct section.
E/2 = 1/4 : I’d read this as having a 1/4 mineral interest in the east half of the section. typically sections are 640 acres; but in TX things are sometimes different since most of the state is not on the PLSS system. assuming this is a standard section, you’d have that 1/4 mineral interest in 320 acres.
N/2 SW/4 = 1/8 : I’d read this as having a 1/8 mineral interest in the (here’s where you do something which seems backwards. you read this first as southwest quarter of the section, then the north half of that southwest quarter) southwest quarter and then the north half of that; so that would be 80 acres. so you’d have a 1/8 mineral interest in 80 acres.
on the 2nd pic, I’ve highlighted the legal descriptions you have a mineral interest in so that you can see how the description matches the mapping.
