Section Township Range

Enter township and range.
Section township range. Township range and section are abbreviated as t r and s respectively and cardinal bearings from the initial point by n s e and w. Search section township range by address or reverse find by land parcel description and also show the county that the parcel is located in. Use this section township and range locator to create a free section township range map.
Each principal meridian also has its established abbreviation. Once the township is established it is then divided into 36 sections measuring 1 square mile giving us what we see in our tax records today. The northeastern most section is considered the first section labeled 1 with those following taking the next number to the west to complete a six section first row.
36 sections arranged in a 6 by 6 square measuring 6 miles by 6 miles. 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. Displays calculated area and corner points.
Township 1 south range 20 east section 13 mount diablo meridian. The data shows the township and range systems. Google earth flys you there using blm data.
A quarter section is 160 acr. Export to cad gis pdf kml and csv and access via api. Townships are divided into 36 mile square sections and each section is identified with a number based on its position.
With this section township range finder you can view and search the public land survey system plss also known as congressional townships all the way down to the section quarter section and quarter. This page maps the united states public land survey system onto google earth. Sections are customarily surveyed into smaller squares by repeated halving and quartering.