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

PLSS Township Second Division - Public Land Survey System Townships second divisions are normally Public Land Survey System Aliquot Parts or Public Land Survey System Government Lots. This entity is the second subdivision of a Public Land Survey System Township. The Second Division may extend to the quarter or quarter-quarter division of a section. Divisions below the sixteenth (quarter-quarter) are in the PLSS Third Division.

Second Division Type - The Second Division Type of a Public Land Survey System Township is the second subdivision category. Domain: Block, Lot, Other Aliquot Part, Government Lot, Protracted Lot, Section, Quarter, Sixteenth, Half Section, Half Quarter, Parcel, Lot, Tract, free text.

Second Division Type corresponds to the following data commonly used by surveyors: quarter section, quarter-quarter section, block.

Second Division Designator - The Second Division Designator is the letter, number, or letter number combination that identifies the Second Division. Domain: free text

Corresponds to the following data commonly used by surveyors:section number.

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.