Township Range Section

Townships were derived from the section polygon featureclass.

Township range section. Displays townships sections and quarter quarter sections western states have quarter quarters mapped central states do not. Users may also select individual sections from the dropdown list below. Thus for example the description t1sr20e s13 mdm reads as follows.

This map depicts townships section and range information for the state of washington. Displays calculated area and corner points. Google earth flys you there using blm data.

Beginning in the late 1840s the federal government began surveying minnesota as part of the public land survey system plss. Enter township and range. Each principal meridian also has its established abbreviation.

Select features from map or dropdown. The resulting network of land survey lines divided the state into townships ranges sections quarter sections quarter. 36 sections arranged in a 6 by 6 square measuring 6 miles by 6 miles sections are numbered beginning with the northeast most section 1 proceeding west to 6 then south along the west edge of the township and to the east 36 is in the se corner.

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. This page maps the united states public land survey system onto google earth. Buffer distance miles optional.

How to install township and 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. Other corners were also digitized as necessary.