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Emmons County Commissioners close damaged north–south section line after public hearing

3211941 · May 7, 2025
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Summary

After a public hearing and testimony from adjacent landowners, the Emmons County Commission voted to abandon (close) the north–south portion of a quarter‑mile section line near Sections 27–28; commissioners denied a related east–west closure request.

Emmons County commissioners voted on May 1 to close a roughly one‑quarter‑mile stretch of a north–south section line after a public hearing in which adjacent landowners described the track as washed out and impassable.

Commissioners said the portion of section line being abandoned has been unmaintained for decades and is effectively impassable where Beaver Creek has washed through the corridor. Petitioner testimony said the road “hasn’t been driven since the late nineties” and that fence and brush growth make travel unsafe. County staff and several…

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