A View of the Proposed Land Purchase Area

Dane County Example

The proposed land purchase and industrial development, shown below in the blue shaded areas, straddles Sections 3 and 10 in Township 7 North, Range 8 East.

T7NR8ESecs3and10


The corporate representative can look at the map above and learn some information that will help him as he begins to gather information. That information includes Range number, Township number and Section number.


The map above contains information which directly crosswalks to the entities and attributes in the Cadastral Data Content Standard shown below:
 

SECTION MAP CADASTRAL DATA CONTENT STANDARD ENTITY/ATTRIBUTE
T7N PLSS Township/Township Number

PLSS Township/Township Direction

R8E PLSS Township/Range Number

PLSS Township/Range Direction

Section 3 PLSS Township 1st Division/1st Division Type

PLSS Township 1st Division/1st Division Designator

Section 10 PLSS Township 1st Division/1st Division Type

PLSS Township 1st Division/1st Division Designator


With the above map in hand, the representative starts by looking for information about soils on the parcel of interest, so his company can begin to determine the degree of site preparation needed to begin the development and construction they have in mind.
 

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