An Illustration of Surveying Data

Crosswalked To The Standard

Public Land Survey System Township Third Division Attributes
which Correspond with Surveying Data


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

pltwn3.GIF (3930 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 surveyors: lot, parcel.

Third Division Designator- The Third Division Designator is the letter, number, or letter number combination that identifies the Third Division.  Domain: free text.
Third Division Designator corresponds with the following data commonly used by surveyors: lot or parcel 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.


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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