The Huntingdon County tax map is published online through the county Mapping Department’s GIS hub, which offers two free tools — the Tax Parcel Viewer and WebIA — that let you look up any parcel by number, address, or owner name without an account.1Huntingdon County Mapping Department. Huntingdon County Mapping
Where to Find the Maps Online
Both applications run in any browser and are free to use. They draw from the same county parcel data but serve slightly different purposes.
The Tax Parcel Viewer is the interactive map. You pan and zoom through the county, click a parcel to see its basic information, and toggle extra layers like municipal zoning and floodplains over the base map. It’s the right tool when you want to see how a property sits relative to its neighbors or the surrounding area.
WebIA is the data-first alternative. It offers advanced search fields and more detailed tax parcel information, connecting directly to the Tax Assessment Office database. Because of that direct link, WebIA may show more recently updated information than the Parcel Viewer. Start with WebIA if you already have a parcel number or owner name and want the full assessment record; start with the Parcel Viewer if you want to look at a map.
If the online tools don’t answer your question, the Tax Assessment Office is at 233 Penn Street in the Bailey Building, Huntingdon, PA 16652, and reachable at (814) 643-1000.2Huntingdon County. Tax Assessment
How to Search for a Parcel
The fastest lookup is by Uniform Parcel Identifier, or UPI. The UPI appears on your property tax bill and on any deed recorded with the county, and Huntingdon County requires a UPI on every recorded document, which makes it the universal key across county offices.1Huntingdon County Mapping Department. Huntingdon County Mapping
Both the Tax Parcel Viewer and WebIA also accept a street address or an owner name. A few things to watch:
- Match the owner name exactly as it appears on the deed. A transposed letter can send you to the wrong parcel.
- Common Huntingdon County surnames return multiple hits. Narrow by municipality or address when you can.
- WebIA’s advanced search gives you the most flexibility when you only have partial information.
What the Tax Map Shows
The core layer is the parcel boundary outline, with each parcel labeled by its UPI so you can see where one ownership interest ends and the next begins. Pennsylvania law requires every county assessment office to maintain tax maps drawn to scale that show all property and lot lines, set out dimensions or acreage, and identify each parcel by a numbering system.3Pennsylvania General Assembly. Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Title 53 Section 8834 – Assessment Records Behind each parcel is a property record card that ties the UPI to the owner’s name, mailing address, acquisition date, purchase price from the deed, and assessed value.
On top of the parcel layer, the Tax Parcel Viewer lets you turn on municipal zoning and floodplain overlays.1Huntingdon County Mapping Department. Huntingdon County Mapping The zoning layer shows whether a lot is designated residential, agricultural, commercial, or something else. The floodplain layer gives you a quick visual read on whether part of a parcel sits in a mapped flood hazard area. For an official FEMA flood zone determination or a Flood Insurance Rate Map, the county directs residents to FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center rather than the local overlay alone.4Huntingdon County Mapping Department. Flood Maps
The Tax Map Is Not a Survey
This is the most important thing to understand before you act on anything you see. The Huntingdon County Mapping Department states it plainly: “These property lines are not legally recorded or of survey quality and should not be used as such.”1Huntingdon County Mapping Department. Huntingdon County Mapping
Tax maps are best-fit visualizations built for assessment. The mapping staff piece together deed descriptions and recorded plats to create a seamless countywide picture, and when the underlying records don’t line up perfectly, the map line is an approximation. A licensed land surveyor combines deed research with physical fieldwork, GPS measurements, and existing boundary markers to produce a legally binding determination of where your lines actually fall. If a survey conflicts with the tax map, the survey controls.
Boundary disputes in court rely on a well-established hierarchy of evidence. Physical monuments on the ground carry the most weight, followed by the courses and distances in the deed, with area calculations used only as a last resort. A tax map falls well below all of those. Before you build a fence, put up a structure near a line, or resolve a disagreement with a neighbor, hire a licensed surveyor. The map gets you oriented. The survey gets you protected.
Fixing a Parcel That’s Drawn Wrong
Tax maps can show a parcel’s shape, size, or ownership incorrectly. Outdated deed information, subdivision errors, and simple mapping mistakes all happen. If your property is drawn wrong, contact the Huntingdon County Mapping Department. The department handles UPI verification on every recorded document and is responsible for updating parcel boundaries after subdivisions, mergers, or corrections.1Huntingdon County Mapping Department. Huntingdon County Mapping
Bring documentation. A recent boundary survey is the strongest evidence, but a corrective deed or an updated subdivision plan filed with the Recorder of Deeds also gives mapping staff what they need to redraw the line. If the problem is the assessed value rather than the boundary, call the Tax Assessment Office at (814) 643-1000 instead.
When to Pull the Deed Instead
The tax map shows shape, size, and assessed value. For the full ownership chain, legal description, and recorded encumbrances, you need the Recorder of Deeds. The Huntingdon County Register and Recorder maintains deeds, mortgages, mortgage satisfactions, subdivision plans, easement agreements, and highway maps dating back to 1787.5Huntingdon County Court. Register and Recorder
Documents filed from 1982 forward are searchable online through the Infocon County Access portal. Anything older is indexed through a separate old-book search on the same site. If you’re researching a property to buy, pulling the recorded deed alongside the tax map gives you the legal description and the visual layout together. Easements for utilities, drainage, or shared access that don’t always appear on the parcel layer are typically recorded with the Register and Recorder.