Section Township Range Finder

Beginning in the late 1840s the federal government began surveying minnesota as part of the public land survey system plss.

Section township range finder. Pause for a moment after choosing each of the criteria. The illinois public land survey system we application allows you to enter an illinois address and determine its legal description to the section level of detail. Township and range lines 1998 1 24 000 shows township and range lines as polygons derived from the 7 5 minute digital raster graphic drg series maps of the u s.

Use the select map layers button to see the map layers that are available. The blm database is searched first. The user has the ability to search by section township and range download selected areas and or print maps of the land survey information within a web based map application.

The township and range lines are part of the congressional survey system also known as the public land survey system. Note that the national atlas database has only townships no sections. The trs digital data set represents the township range and section boundaries of the state.

Plssfindertmis a free application that enables users to download up to 9 townships of blm based public land survey grid in an esri shp file or file geodatabase. 43 38 19 39 n 43 38 19 39 43 6387194. Find the corresponding township and section.

A township that theoretically measures 6 miles in size and is the first six miles north of the base line is described as township one north and written as t1n. Click the base maps button to choose the background base map or aerial photo. If nothing is found then the national atlas database is searched.

The second six miles would be t2n t3n and so on. Click on the map to place a marker and identify the map coordinates quadrangles township range section and watershed of the location. Enter township and range.