Ward CAD 2025-2026 Reappraisal Plan: Two Mineral Sections and Their Page Ranges

Direct answer for mineral owners

The official Ward CAD plan contains two mineral-treatment sections. The district section is at PDF pages 26-28, printed pages 24-26. A separate contractor section is at PDF pages 64-69, Appendix B printed pages 17-22. Appendix numbering restarts, so cite both the whole-PDF position and the section’s printed number.

Key takeaways for mineral owners

• The reviewed source is a 75-page scanned Ward CAD plan adopted and effective August 12, 2024 for tax years 2025 and 2026.
• The district mineral section runs from PDF pages 26-28, which are printed district-plan pages 24-26.
• The contractor mineral-interests section runs from PDF pages 64-69, which are Appendix B printed pages 17-22.
• Appendix B restarts printed numbering, so a printed appendix page is not the same as a whole-PDF page position.
• The page crosswalk locates source material; it does not establish title, taxability, private value, production, reserves, or an appraisal result.

Source-navigation aid, not a property-specific conclusion. This page identifies two mineral-treatment sections in an official Ward CAD reappraisal plan and explains the file’s page-number systems. It does not establish an owner’s identity, title, taxability, tax liability, private mineral-rights value, production, reserves, an appraisal result, or a transaction recommendation. Any later MRX assessment is directional only and is not an appraisal performed by a state-licensed or state-certified real estate appraiser. This page is not individualized legal, tax, title, accounting, engineering, or investment advice. MRX provides educational information and resources only and does not buy mineral rights.

The direct answer is: the Ward CAD 2025-2026 reappraisal plan contains two separate mineral-treatment sections, not one continuous section. The district’s mineral valuation-process section appears at whole-PDF pages 26-28, which show printed district-plan pages 24-26. A later contractor mineral-interests section appears at whole-PDF pages 64-69, which show Appendix B printed pages 17-22.

Appendix B restarts its printed numbering. That is why “page 17” can correctly identify a contractor appendix page even though the same sheet is the sixty-fourth page in the complete PDF. A precise citation should name both the whole-PDF position and the printed page system.

Start with the exact plan object

The controlled source is the Ward CAD 2025-2026 Biennial Reappraisal Plan. The cover identifies tax years 2025 and 2026 and states that the plan was adopted and became effective on August 12, 2024.

The source-control record is:

• Publisher: Ward County Appraisal District.
• Document: 2025-2026 Biennial Reappraisal Plan.
• Adopted and effective: August 12, 2024, as printed on the cover.
• PDF retrieved: August 31, 2026.
• PDF pages: 75.
• PDF bytes: 6,186,036.
• Complete-file SHA-256: 271bc4bd3712ed158e25aef6a0977602348e50854dbaac8da1916b191053bd36.
• File format: scanned PDF 1.3.

The complete-file hash identifies the exact object reviewed. It does not prove that a later download will contain identical bytes. The Ward CAD Data and Records page supplies a current official publisher route; it does not replace the hash-locked document or alter its internal page systems.

Page-range crosswalk

Use these locations when checking the source:

• District mineral section: whole-PDF pages 26-28; printed district-plan pages 24-26.
• District boundary check: whole-PDF page 29 begins the next property topic, confirming that the mineral section ended on PDF page 28.
• Appendix B identity: whole-PDF page 45 introduces the contractor’s 2025-2026 reappraisal plan as Appendix B.
• Appendix B table of contents: whole-PDF page 48 places the mineral-interests section at Appendix B printed page 17.
• Contractor mineral section: whole-PDF pages 64-69; Appendix B printed pages 17-22.

These are three distinct identifiers: a viewer’s whole-PDF page position, the district plan’s printed page number, and Appendix B’s restarted printed page number. A search result, citation, or internal note that says only “page 17” is ambiguous unless it also names Appendix B.

What the district section does

The first section begins on PDF page 26 under the district’s mineral valuation-process heading. It is part of the main Ward CAD plan, and its printed footer shows page 24.

Across PDF pages 26-28, the district section summarizes its treatment of mineral appraisal work. The supported themes include:

• which function or contractor is responsible for the work;
• the public and industry data or resources used in the process;
• the kinds of model inputs and property information considered;
• model calibration and review activity; and
• a direction to consult Appendix B for the contractor’s separate plan.

This is a process summary. It does not show that a particular owner has a mineral interest, that a tract is producing, that an account is taxable, or that a public appraisal figure equals private transaction value.

PDF page 29 begins the next property category. That page is useful negative evidence: it establishes where the district mineral discussion stops instead of leaving the section boundary to guesswork.

What the Appendix B section adds

The same 75-page file later includes a separately numbered contractor reappraisal plan. Whole-PDF page 45 identifies that material as Appendix B. Whole-PDF page 48 is the appendix table of contents and points to the mineral-interests section at Appendix B printed page 17.

The contractor section begins at whole-PDF page 64 and runs through page 69. Those sheets show Appendix B printed pages 17-22. Its supported themes include:

• the section’s scope and stated assumptions;
• data collection and validation practices;
• calibration of mineral appraisal models;
• individual account or property review activity; and
• performance tests used within the contractor’s process.

The contractor text is related to the district summary, but it is not the same page range and should not be collapsed into it. The district section points to the appendix; the appendix then supplies its own longer mineral-interest process description.

Why the handoff matters

Someone who stops after the district’s printed page 26 will miss the later contractor section. Someone who searches only for Appendix B printed page 17 may land on the wrong whole-PDF position if a viewer displays continuous PDF numbering. The crosswalk preserves both paths.

A source-preserving research note should record:

1. the complete-file identity and retrieval date;
2. the whole-PDF page position;
3. the printed page number and the section that owns it;
4. the nearby heading or table-of-contents pointer; and
5. the claim limit for that page.

That method is useful for auditability and future refreshes. It does not elevate a page locator into a professional opinion or an endorsement of the process described.

What this page crosswalk cannot establish

The reappraisal plan describes processes used for public appraisal work. It is not a mineral deed, lease, division order, title opinion, production statement, engineering report, private market study, purchase offer, tax ruling, or property-specific appraisal report.

The two sections cannot by themselves establish:

• the owner or decimal interest for a tract;
• whether a particular asset is taxable or exempt;
• a tax bill, protest result, or deadline for a reader;
• current production, reserves, decline, or future drilling;
• the private-sale value of mineral rights;
• whether an offer is fair; or
• a legal, tax, title, accounting, engineering, or investment recommendation.

Those questions require their own current, authoritative records and the appropriate qualified professionals. Keep the public-process source in its lane.

Keep the adjacent Ward jobs separate

The Ward CAD mineral contract definition article owns the later contract’s listed interests and non-fuel exclusions. This page does not reuse those contract definitions.

The Ward CAD 2026 mineral recap owns the district-row item and gross-value totals. This page does not use those totals to estimate private value.

The Ward ZIP date register owns member dates and timestamp representations. This page does not infer plan adoption or chronology from archive metadata.

The Ward and Loving shared-file article owns byte identity for a separate 2026 layout PDF. The Glasscock and Howard reappraisal-plan articles own mineral-section locators for different appraisal districts and different source files. Article 312 owns the Ward-specific two-section handoff and page-number crosswalk.

Source age and refresh rules

The plan was adopted in 2024 for tax years 2025 and 2026. It was retrieved on August 31, 2026. That age is acceptable for answering the historical source-location question, but it is not proof of current operating practice or a later tax-year method.

On refresh:

• redownload the official file and record a new complete-file hash;
• confirm that the file still has 75 pages;
• verify the district section at PDF pages 26-28 and the next-topic boundary at page 29;
• verify the Appendix B identity and table of contents at PDF pages 45 and 48;
• verify the contractor section at PDF pages 64-69; and
• preserve any changed page locations instead of silently carrying forward old numbers.

A later amendment, replacement plan, board action, contractor plan, or publisher revision could change the applicable context. This article does not imply that the 2025-2026 plan controls later years.

Claim, evidence, and limit map

The article uses eight stable claims:

• C312-01 · SOURCE-IDENTITY: the reviewed object has 75 pages and the recorded byte count and SHA-256. This does not prove later publisher bytes are identical.
• C312-02 · ADOPTION-IDENTITY: the cover identifies tax years 2025-2026 and an August 12, 2024 adoption/effective date. It does not prove later amendment status.
• C312-03 · DISTRICT-RANGE: PDF pages 26-28 correspond to printed district pages 24-26. This establishes location, not a property conclusion.
• C312-04 · DISTRICT-END: PDF page 29 begins the next property topic. This bounds the first section only.
• C312-05 · APPENDIX-HANDOFF: the main section points to Appendix B, which is identified at PDF page 45. This does not merge the two texts.
• C312-06 · APPENDIX-LOCATOR: the table of contents at PDF page 48 points to Appendix B printed page 17. Printed numbering restarts.
• C312-07 · CONTRACTOR-RANGE: PDF pages 64-69 correspond to Appendix B printed pages 17-22. This establishes source location, not method validity.
• C312-08 · INFERENCE-STOP: neither section proves title, taxability, private value, production, reserves, an appraisal conclusion, or a recommendation.

Stable claim IDs make a later update auditable. If the official object changes, revise only the affected claims after preserving the new retrieval date, file identity, page mapping, and source-specific limit.

A citation-ready answer

The Ward CAD 2025-2026 reappraisal plan has a district mineral section at whole-PDF pages 26-28, printed district-plan pages 24-26, and a separate contractor mineral-interests section at whole-PDF pages 64-69, Appendix B printed pages 17-22. Appendix B restarts printed numbering, so citations should identify both the whole-PDF position and the printed page system.

This answer is intentionally bounded. It locates the two sections and explains their numbering without turning public appraisal-process language into a private value, title, tax, production, or appraisal conclusion.

Questions to ask before using a page citation

1. Is the citation to the whole-PDF position, district printed page, or Appendix B printed page?
2. Does the claim belong to the district summary or the contractor appendix?
3. Was the complete official file retrieved and hash-checked?
4. Does a later plan, amendment, or board action supersede the 2025-2026 source?
5. Is the intended use only source navigation, or does it require a qualified property-specific conclusion?

For broader context, use the Texas mineral-rights guide. For a transaction-specific question, book a confidential review and keep public appraisal-process evidence separate from title, tax, production, private-value, and offer evidence.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the first mineral section in the Ward CAD plan?

It begins on whole-PDF page 26, printed district-plan page 24, and continues through PDF page 28, printed page 26. Whole-PDF page 29 begins the next property topic.

Where is the second mineral section?

The contractor mineral-interests section begins on whole-PDF page 64, Appendix B printed page 17, and continues through whole-PDF page 69, Appendix B printed page 22.

Why are there three page-number references?

The viewer has a continuous whole-PDF position, the main district plan prints its own page numbers, and Appendix B restarts printed numbering. Naming the system prevents a reader from opening the wrong page.

Do the two sections say exactly the same thing?

No. The district section summarizes the district process and points to Appendix B. The contractor section separately describes its mineral-interest scope, data, calibration, review, and performance-testing work.

Does this plan tell me what my mineral rights are worth?

No. It describes public reappraisal processes and their source locations. It does not establish private value, title, tax liability, production, reserves, or a property-specific appraisal conclusion.

Sources reviewed for this article

• Ward CAD 2025-2026 Biennial Reappraisal Plan, accessed August 31, 2026. District section: PDF pages 26-28, printed pages 24-26. Appendix B section: PDF pages 64-69, Appendix printed pages 17-22.
• Ward CAD Data and Records, accessed August 31, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the first mineral section in the Ward CAD plan?

It begins on whole-PDF page 26, printed district-plan page 24, and continues through PDF page 28, printed page 26.

Where is the second mineral section?

The contractor mineral-interests section begins on whole-PDF page 64, Appendix B printed page 17, and continues through PDF page 69, Appendix B printed page 22.

Why are there three page-number references?

The file has a whole-PDF position, the district plan has printed page numbers, and Appendix B restarts its own printed numbering. Naming the system prevents a reader from opening the wrong page.

Do the two sections say exactly the same thing?

No. The district section summarizes the district process and points to Appendix B. The later contractor section separately describes its mineral-interest process and review steps.

Does this plan tell me what my mineral rights are worth?

No. It describes public reappraisal processes and page locations. It does not establish private value, title, tax liability, production, reserves, or a property-specific appraisal conclusion.

Sources reviewed for this article

• Ward CAD 2025-2026 Biennial Reappraisal Plan (accessed 2026-08-31)
• Ward CAD Data and Records page (accessed 2026-08-31)