An Illustration of Surveying Data

Crosswalked To The Standard

Public Land Survey System Township Attributes
which Correspond with Surveying Data


The box below illustrates in red attributes from the Public Land Survey System Township entity of the Cadastral Data Content Standard which correspond with data commonly used by surveyors.

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Public Land Survey System Township - In the Public Land Survey System a Township refers to a unit of land, nominally six miles on a side, usually containing 36 sections.

Township Number - The Township Number indicates the number of rows of townships, north or south from a Public Land Survey System Origin. Domain: numeric.
Corresponds to data commonly used by surveyors: township.

Range Number - The Range Number indicates the number of columns of townships, east or west from a Public Land Survey System Origin. Domain: numeric.
Corresponds to data commonly used by surveyors: range.

Township Direction - The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. Domain: North, South.
Corresponds to data commonly used by surveyors: direction.

Range Direction - The direction of a row of Townships from a Public Land Survey System Origin. Domain: East, West.
Corresponds to data commonly used by surveyors: direction.

Note: this example and the others in the crosswalk illustrate correlations between commonly used surveying information and attributes in the Cadastral Data Content Standard.  However, this example is not meant to cover every possible surveying situation.  Thus you may find, upon reviewing the crosswalk, that you can think of instances when additional correlations can be found between the Standard and information surveyors collect.


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Table Of Contents - Surveryors and the Cadastral Data Content Standard

Links to the other Cadastral Courses:
Learning The Cadastral Data Content Standard
County Recorders And The Cadastral Data Content Standard
Cadastral Information for GIS Specialists


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

the Federal Geographic Data Committee Cadastral Subcommittee