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County shifts New Salem lots affected by abandoned-mine voids to agricultural valuation
Summary
After drilling by the state’s abandoned mine program found voids near several New Salem parcels, Morton County reduced assessed values by treating at-risk vacant lots as agricultural for 2025.
Morton County commissioners on June 10 approved lowering assessed values and changing valuation treatment for several New Salem parcels after the state’s abandoned-mine reclamation program identified mine voids beneath or near those lots.
Why it matters: The change reduces taxable values for affected parcels that the Public Service Commission advised are undermined and where the commission recommended against building without exploratory drilling and remediation. For owners, the county’s action reduces immediate property-tax liability while leaving zoning unchanged.
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