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County GIS finds 3,600 new building outlines; county says some detections will raise assessed values

Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners · January 13, 2026
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Montezuma County GIS staff said a new Pictometry dataset revealed about 3,600 previously unrecorded building outlines (560 over 750 sq ft) that will be merged with county planimetric mapping; staff said such detections will prompt appraiser follow-up and could increase assessed values for unreported structures.

Montezuma County GIS staff (Speaker 8) said the county received a Pictometry building-outline dataset that identified roughly 3,600 new buildings, of which 'only 560 of those are greater than 750 square feet,' and that staff are classifying those outlines against the county's planimetric mapping to determine whether structures were previously unreported.

"There was 3,600 new buildings. Only, 560 of those…

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