Maps
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Polk Co. Government Center Location - Latitude: 45° 24’ 16”N Longitude: -92° 28’ 3.5”W |
Polk County has various interactive maps that provide a user access to land records. Plus, a variety of specialty maps have been produced for viewing, printing, or downloading. Please visit the sections below to discover the maps and links that have been compiled for you. Enjoy! |
Interactive Maps
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View Polk County Interactive Map This Polk County interactive map application allows users to search for land information, such as real property, and display associated information, maps, and county aerial images. User's manual |
Notice:
New Land Records Interactive Beacon Platform Coming Soon
Polk County has partnered with Applied Data Consultants (ADC) for 16 years using various versions of their WebGuide online platform to serve our Land Records to the public. The WebGuide application has successfully served the needs of the county and their stakeholders. However, due to a business model change, ADC sold their WebGuide platform to Schneider Geospatial. Since all good things eventually come to an end, we are excited to work with Schneider Geospatial to transition our Land Records to their Beacon platform. Along with serving up our GIS (map), survey tie sheets, and tax roll records, the new platform will include a real property Sales Search and Survey Index Search, which was not offered in the current platform. Tentatively, we anticipate the new Beacon platform will go live in late September 2023 and the WebGuide platform will retire late October 2023. Once the Beacon platform has gone live, a link to the site will be added to this page. Both the old and new platform will run simultaneously for about a month, so you have an opportunity to become familiar with the new product before the old platform is taken down. We believe this modern platform will serve as an asset for research and retrieving Polk County Land Records for many years to come. Click here to learn more about Beacon.
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View Recreation Viewer - Where Discovery Awaits! This Polk County interactive map application allows users to discover where public and private recreational amenities are located along with associated information, maps, and aerial images. |
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View Snowmobile Trail Tracker |
Aerial Imagery
Polk County has acquired aerial imagery for the following years 2020, 2015, 2010, 2006, 2001, and 1996.
- View 2010 & 2020 historic Polk County aerial imagery using the Polk County Interactive GIS Map.
- Fees apply to obtain digital aerial images, please see the Land Information Fee Schedule.
1974 Aerial Imagery
- Balsam Lake NE
- Balsam Lake NW
- Balsam Lake SE
- Balsam Lake SW
- Frederic NE
- Frederic NW
- Frederic SE
- Frederic SW
- Milltown NE
- Milltown NW
- Milltown SE
- Milltown SW
- Saint Croix Dalles NE
- Saint Croix Dalles NW
- Saint Croix Dalles SE
- Saint Croix Dalles SW
Other Aerial Imagery Resources
- Wisconsin Catalog of Aerial Photography - Search for aerial photography (1930's to present)
- The Arthur H. Robinson Map Library - UW Madison
- Bing Maps
- Geospatial Data Gateway
- Google Maps
- Polk County Interactive Map
- PrecisionHawk - Access to Private Satellite Images & Aerial Photos
- EarthExplorer - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- Global Visualization Viewer - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation
- Wisconsin Historic Aerial Image Finder - WHAIFinder provides free online access to over 38,000 aerial photographs of Wisconsin from 1937-41
- Wisconsin View - Wisconsin Aerial Imagery access/downloads
County Maps
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Start of Term: April 2022
Polk County Association of Lakes and Rivers
Please visit the Polk County Association of Lakes and Rivers website for Lake and River information.
UW-Extension Lakes
Please visit the UW-Extension Lakes website for Lake District and Lake Association Information.
State Statutes
Public Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation Districts
Per Ch. 33 Wis Stats., Public Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation Districts must have strictly defined boundaries. Therefore, Polk County can produce Water Management District maps by using the recorded legal description to draw the district boundary. Please be advised that ambiguous Water Management District legal descriptions appear to exist and the maps provided here are for reference purposes only.
Lake Associations
Per Ch. 181, 281 Wis Stats., defined legal boundaries for Lake Associations are not required. Therefore, Polk County doesn't have the means to produce Lake Association maps.
Map production 11"x17"
- Antler Lake Association Public Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation
- Apple River Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Balsam Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Big Round Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Blake Lake Polk County Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Bone Lake Management District
- Cedar Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Church Pine, Round and Big Lakes Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Half Moon Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Horseshoe Lake Public Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Largon Lakes Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Little Blake Lake Management District
- Long Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Magnor/Barbo Lake Public Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Pike, North Twin, and South Twin Lakes Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Pipe & North Pipe Lakes Protection and Rehabilitation District
- Village of Luck Big Butternut Lake Management District
- White Ash Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District
Park Maps and Links
- Ahlgren Wildlife Preserve & Recreation Area
- Apple River County Park & Campground
- Atlas County Park
- Black Brook County Park
- Brochure - Forestry, Parks, Trails, & Landings maps and information
- D.D. Kennedy County Park
- Lotus Lake County Park
- Somers Lake Recreation Area
Straight Lake
The Middle Saint Croix: Riverside to Highway 8 - NPS Link
- Highway 70 to Highway 8 - Map 7
Trail Maps and Links
- Ahlgren Wildlife Preserve & Recreation Area
- Balsam Branch Trail - Brochure
- Brochure - Forestry, Parks, Trails, & Landings maps and information
- Lorain Hunter Trail Area
- Sawmill Trail
- Somers Lake Recreation Area
- Sterling/Jack Pine Loop ATV Trail
- White Pine Trail
- Cattail Trail
- Gandy Dancer Trail - Southern Segment
- Stower Seven Lakes Trail
- Governor Knowles State Forest
- South Trails
- Trade River Equestrian Trail System and Campground
- Snowmobile Trail Map
State Park Trails
Wildlife Area Trails
McKenzie Creek Wildlife Area
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway - NPS Link
Plat Book

Wisconsin Department of Administration
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Behning Creek Fishery Area
DNR Fisheries Areas - WI DNR Link
Trout
- Trout Fishing
- Trout Fishing (Black and White)
Streambank Easement
Streambank Easement Acquisition Program
Streambank Protection Program - WI DNR Link
Geocortex Web Mapping Applications
Commonly Used
SNAs - WI DNR Link
- Centennial Bedrock Glade *
- Dalles of the St. Croix River
- Farmington Bottoms
- Interstate Lowland Forest
- Osceola Bedrock Glades
- Standing Cedars
- Sterling Barrens
- Straight Lake Tamarack Fen
- Trade River Forest and Wetlands
- Tula Lake
- Tunnel Channel Woods
Public Access Lands - WI DNR Link
Interactive map application to locate open public land
Public Access Lands Mapping Application
Public Access Lands - County PDF Map Series
Governor Knowles
State Forests - WI DNR Link
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau
U.S. Department of Interior
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey
Other Helpful Links
- Explore Census Data
- FEMA Issued Flood Maps
- Historic Plat Books, Maps & Information, and Photos - Historic Map Works
- Historic Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
- Ice Age Trail Alliance
- Lake and Lake Depth Maps
- Oasis - UW Stevens Point - Data Access
- Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
- Wisconsin Map Library - The Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
- Wisconsin State Cartographers Office Maps