County Recorders and the Cadastral Data Content Standard

the Public Land Survey System Township Third Division Attribute
which Corresponds with County Recorder Data


The box below illustrates in red the attribute from the Public Land Survey System Township Third Division entity of the Cadastral Data Content Standard which corresponds with data commonly used by county recorders.

pltwn3.GIF (3896 bytes)

PLSS Township Third Division - Public Land Survey System Townships third divisions are typically divisions below the quarter-quarter section aliquot part. This entity is the tertiary subdivision of a Public Land Survey System Township and is the level below the sixteenth part.

Third Division Type - The Third Division Type of a Public Land Survey System Township is the tertiary subdivision category. Domain: Lot, Fractional Part, Parcel, Aliquot Part, free text

Third Division Type corresponds to the following data commonly used by county recorders: lot, parcel.


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Table Of Contents - County Recorders and the Cadastral Data Content Standard

Links to the other Cadastral Courses:
Learning The Cadastral Data Content Standard
Cadastral Information For GIS Specialists
Surveyors And The Cadastral Data Content Standard


Presented by the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, and

the Federal Geographic Data Committee Cadastral Subcommittee