Section Township And Range

The legal description of a tract of land under the plss includes the name of the state name of the county township number range number section.

Section township and range. Each principal meridian also has its established abbreviation. This free tool shows section township and range on google maps. Displays townships sections and quarter quarter sections western states have quarter quarters mapped central states do not.

Land surveying under the public land survey system plss a section is an area nominally one square mile 2 6 square kilometers containing 640 acres 260 hectares with 36 sections making up one survey township on a rectangular grid. Use adobe reader s zoom hand tools to zoom to your general area of interest. A basic township and range grid a township measures the north south distance from its parallel base line.

This page maps the united states public land survey system onto google earth. The basic unit of the system a square piece of land one mile by one mile containing 640 acres. To view a map of that section use the hand tool to click on the red section number.

The data shows the township and range systems. Townships were derived from the section polygon featureclass. Thus for example the description t1sr20e s13 mdm reads as follows.

36 sections arranged in a 6 by 6 square measuring 6 miles by 6 miles sections are numbered beginning with the northeast most section 1 proceeding west to 6 then south along the west edge of the township and to the east 36 is in the se corner. Section township range map plant city temple terrace tampa open this pdf in internet explorer for best results. Lincoln ne 68505 402 471 2566 casey c.

Township 1 south range 20 east section 13 mount diablo meridian. 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. Search section township range by address or reverse find by land parcel description and also show the county that the parcel is located in.