Range Township Section

Each principal meridian also has its established abbreviation.

Range township section. Range lines that run parallel to the principle meridian are plotted usually in 6 mile intervals. The data shows the township and range systems. Displays calculated area and corner points.

The basic unit of the system a square piece of land one mile by one mile containing 640 acres. Enter township and range. This allows the data to be loaded into the drop down boxes.

A basic township and range grid a township measures the north south distance from its parallel base line. 36 sections arranged in a 6 by 6 square measuring 6 miles by 6 miles. Section polygons were generated from section points.

Township range and section are abbreviated as t r and s respectively and cardinal bearings from the initial point by n s e and w. Other corners were also digitized as necessary. With this section township range finder you can view and search the public land survey system plss also known as congressional townships all the way down to the section quarter section and quarter quarter section level anywhere in the u s all overlaid on a fully interactive google map.

Township and range the dnr digitized the se corner of each section in nebraska from paper usgs 7 5 minute quadrangles and identified the corner by the section description. Pause for a moment after choosing each of the criteria. This page maps the united states public land survey system onto google earth.

A township that theoretically measures 6 miles in size and is the first six miles north of the base line is described as township one north and written as t1n. That together manage over 700 million acres. Township lines that run parallel to the baseline are plotted typically in intervals of 6 miles.