Township Range Section Finder

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Township range section finder. In support of new permitting workflows associated with anticipated wellstar needs the calgem gis unit extended the existing blm plss township range grid to cover offshore areas with the 3 mile limit of california jurisdiction. Note that the national atlas database has only townships no sections. If nothing is found then the national atlas database is searched.

Use this section township and range locator to create a free section township range map. The resulting network of land survey lines divided the state into townships ranges sections quarter sections quarter. Details the current view shows township range and section.

A basic township and range grid a township measures the north south distance from its parallel base line. 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. Beginning in the late 1840s the federal government began surveying minnesota as part of the public land survey system plss.

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 blm database is searched first. Find the corresponding township and section.

Blm township and range the bureau of land management blm cadastral survey program is responsible for the official boundary surveys for all federal agencies in the u s. 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. The second six miles would be t2n t3n and so on.

Enter township and range. The public land survey system also called the rectangular survey system is the foundation for many survey based land. Pause for a moment after choosing each of the criteria.