Landowner raises road‑encroachment concern; commission to gather surveys and facilitate meeting

A private landowner addressed the Daggett County Commission on Jan. 16 to report what he described as a longstanding road and fence encroachment onto his property.

The landowner (identified in the transcript as Speaker 4) said surveys show the fence location has shifted compared with legal boundaries and estimated the discrepancy at roughly 7–8 feet on the north side and about 20 feet at the south end. The landowner offered to provide recent survey maps and asked the county to review tax parcel records that appear to leave some parcels with substantially reduced area if the road remains in its current alignment.

County staff acknowledged the concern and said they had left a message with Pat Raybould, the Habitat manager for the Division of Wildlife Resources' Northeast Region, to confirm whether the state sees the same discrepancy. A staff member (Speaker 2) said they would facilitate a three‑way meeting among the landowner, county staff and Division of Wildlife Resources representatives to identify whether survey differences or historical road widening explain the issue.

Commissioners emphasized that legal surveys—not GIS mapping screenshots—should be the basis for decisions. Commissioners asked staff to gather existing survey documents and, if necessary, consider a neutral third‑party survey to resolve competing claims.

No formal action to alter a right‑of‑way or remove a road was taken at the meeting; the next step recorded in the transcript is staff follow‑up to collect documentation and arrange interagency conversations.