CORNER

A Corner is a legal location. It may mark the extremity of Parcel or a Parcel Legal Area. A Corner may have multiple Corner Points, which serve as measures of markers for the legal location of the Corner.

Corner ID

The Corner ID is the primary key, which identifies each record in the Corner entity.

Domain: numeric
 
 

Corner Classification

The Corner Classification describes the specific Corner. The informative appendix for the Corner Classification domain is Appendix 1.

Domain: Angle Point, Auxiliary Meander Corner, Center Quarter Section Corner, Intersection Point, Crossing Closing Corner, Location Corner, Location Monument, Meander Corner, Mile Corner, Mile Post, Point on Line, Quarter-Corner, Section Corner, Special Meander Corner, Subdivision of Section Corner, Township Corner, Witness Point, free text
 
 

Corner Label

The Corner Label is a name describing the legal location. For Public Land Survey System Corners, these are names for Corners on the base land net. Other labels relate to Corners of special surveys or private sector land subdivision surveys.

Domain: free text
 
 

Corner Qualifier

The Corner Qualifier is used to identify additional information about the relative placement of the Corner. The informative appendix for the Corner Qualifier domain is Appendix 1.

Domain: Closing, Witness, Auxiliary, Amended, free text


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