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What are the largest contiguous privately owned parcels in the U.S.? And what is a good way to find private landowners using GIS in general?
by Alex3917 8y ago
What are the largest contiguous privately owned parcels in the U.S.? And what is a good way to find private landowners using GIS in general?
- theparanoid 8y agoI suspect Sierra Pacific [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Pacific_Industries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Pacific_Industries
- s0rce 8y agoMaybe the King Ranch in Texas? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ranch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ranch
- whatusername 8y agoFor an indicator of scale -- the King Ranch is four separate plots that aren't contiguous covering 825,000 acres. Anna Creek Station covers 5,850,000 acres. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Creek_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Creek_Station
- DoreenMichele 8y agohttp://fortune.com/2012/09/27/meet-the-largest-landowner-in-america/ http://fortune.com/2012/09/27/meet-the-largest-landowner-in-...
- jhj 8y agoWeyerhaeuser owns something in the neighborhood of 12 million acres of timberland in the US, though I don't know what their largest contiguous parcel is. They are probably the largest private landowner in the US (corporate, not individual).