Remember the pin cushion photo I posted several days ago. Same place, there is a question on the area. I know the area of my survey boundary is 1.315 acres. I've triple checked that in COGO, and in AutoCAD.
I don't know how the assessor came up with his area, given that the original quadrilateral has two sides very non-parallel, one odd parcel out, and another odd parcel added in. But he must be right, though, because his area (this is a cut and paste): 1.38000459 acres.
Someone screwed up badly. What happened to the other 0.00006 square feet?
Is there a record area?
Bigger difference. I get 0.06500459 acre = 2831.6 sq feet.
If you take the assessor's number and multiply by 43560 you get 60112.99994 square feet. I was suggesting that he thought the number was an even 60113 square feet for an error of 0.00006 square feet. If you divide 60113 by 43560 you get 1.380004591. He either left off the one or he couldn't read it on his calculator screen.
In Texas, tax districts have to use whatever is of record. Things must be a lot different in other states.
Wild guess: you subtracted the area of the right of way that the public possesses under the road that passes by the parcel, and the assessor didn't.
Too funny Bruce!
I believe it is the same everywhere, record is record by law, you can't change it. I don't think many GIS jockeys are up to speed .......