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planningCadastre, Cadastral, plss townships, plss
these are the graphic displays of the PLSS Townships
In the Public Land Survey System a Township refers to a unit of land, that is nominally six miles on a side, usually containing 36 sections.
FGDC Cadastral Subcommittee, Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office
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Extent
| West | -94.618043 | East | -89.635653 |
| North | 36.531862 | South | 32.969484 |
FGDC Cadastral Subcommittee, Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office
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In the Public Land Survey System a Township refers to a unit of land, that is nominally six miles on a side, usually containing 36 sections.
Township fraction. Township Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
Township direction. The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially North and South in the West but may be East and West in Ohio
If there are multiple townships in a Public Land Survey System Origin, State and Survey Name, the Township Duplicate Status is used to establish uniqueness. When more than one Public Land Survey System Township has the same Township and Range numbers and directions and fractions, and are in the same State, this attribute is used to distinguish among duplicate values. A is the first duplicate, B the second etc. A 0 in this field indicates no duplicates
State abbreviation code two letter postal code
Range fraction. Range Fractions are created when there are gaps between surveyed Township boundaries or due to excess size in Townships that arose from executing original surveys.
Special survey type text description, for interpreting the codes
Township label that is used for cartographic output or web display
Principal meridian code from the BLM PM Code list
Principal meridian name as a text
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
A common or otherwise recognized name for a portion of area of a PLSS Survey, for example the refugee lands in Ohio or in cases where a PLSS Township has a recognized name.
Concatenation of the principal meridian, township, range, and duplication code that form a unique id.
Range direction. The direction of a column of townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. These are typcially East or West in the west but may be north or south in Ohio
Code of the type of special survey, typically these are the codes described in the BLM data collection as survey type codes
Range number. The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin.
Township number. The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin.