Mohave County is where a large share of Arizona's out-of-state landowners live — on paper, at least. For decades, land companies split desert ranches into small lots and sold them by mail: Golden Valley parcels went for a few hundred dollars at ten dollars a month. Many of those lots have been handed down once or twice since, and their owners have often never seen them.
Only about 17 percent of the county is private land, so the private parcels that exist are concentrated around Kingman, Golden Valley, Dolan Springs, Meadview, Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City and the Arizona Strip. Roughly a quarter of residents rely on private wells. Water status depends on the basin: the Hualapai Valley INA, designated in late 2022, limits new irrigated acreage there, while the neighboring Sacramento Valley basin under Golden Valley and part of Kingman is a separate basin outside the INA.
For an old subdivision lot, the honest questions are usually access (is there a maintained road or only a platted one?), power distance and whether a well is realistic. The county's GIS and assessor search answer the first; the research tool and the guides linked below cover the rest.
What the public record says about Mohave County
- County seat and size. Mohave County's seat is Kingman. It counted 213,267 residents in the 2020 Census across 13,332.12 square miles of land. Source
- Groundwater designation. Mohave County has no Active Management Area. The Hualapai Valley Irrigation Non-Expansion Area, designated on 19 December 2022, was the first new INA in 40 years. Other Mohave basins — Sacramento Valley, Detrital and Meadview among them — are outside the INA. Source
- Who owns the land. Mohave County is about 70% federal land, 17% private, 6.5% tribal and 6.5% state trust. Source
- Rural wells. About 23% of Mohave County residents live in rural areas and rely on private wells. Source
- Historic lot sales. Golden Valley land from the Golden Valley Development Company was split into 2.5-acre parcels and sold for $695, at $10 down and $10 a month. Source secondary source
Water and wells
Mohave County has no Active Management Area. The Hualapai Valley Irrigation Non-Expansion Area, designated on 19 December 2022, was the first new INA in 40 years. Other Mohave basins — Sacramento Valley, Detrital and Meadview among them — are outside the INA. Whether a particular parcel is inside a boundary is a map question, not a county question — the parcel research tool checks ADWR's boundary layer for the exact parcel, and the well lookup guide shows how to find any registered well on it.
Land markets we cover in Mohave County
- Golden Valley Mohave County (unincorporated)
- Kingman City of Kingman inside city limits; Mohave County outside
County offices for land research
These are the offices that hold the records a buyer, title company or attorney will ask about. Links marked unchecked link point to official county domains we have not yet opened ourselves.
| Assessor | www.mohave.gov unchecked link |
|---|---|
| Parcel search | www.mohave.gov unchecked link |
| GIS / parcel maps | gis.mohave.gov unchecked link |
| Recorder (deeds, easements) | www.mohave.gov unchecked link |
| Treasurer (property tax) | eaglerss.mohave.gov unchecked link |
| Planning & zoning | www.mohave.gov unchecked link |
Look up a parcel in Mohave County
Enter an address or assessor parcel number. We pull the parcel record, FEMA flood zone, ADWR water designation and elevation from public sources and label where each one came from.
Sources
- County seat and size — census.gov
- Groundwater designation — azwater.gov
- Who owns the land — wrrc.arizona.edu
- Historic lot sales — en.wikipedia.org
Checked 2026-10-02. Links go to the agency or publication named.
General information, not legal, tax or survey advice. First 48 Offers LLC is a real estate investment company that buys land. It is not a law firm, brokerage, surveyor or title company. Arizona statutes, county procedures and agency boundaries change, and every parcel turns on its own facts. Verify anything important with the county, the agency named, or an Arizona attorney before relying on it.