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ADCi Public Land Survey System (PLSS)-Digital Section Lines

 

ADCi Public Land Survey System (PLSS) - Digital Section Lines  

Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is part of a standard reference system established in 1785 by the United States government.

 

Section lines are depicted as closed line strings, one for each section. The township, range and section number are stored as blocks inserted inside each section.

 

 

Data Source

 

1:100,000 scale DLG files from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maps.

 

Coverage

 

PLSS 1:100,000 Data

 

The PLSS of the United States includes 29 states and part of Ohio.
Note: Gray areas indicate where PLSS is available.

 

PLSS 1:100,000 Data Coverage

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Content

 

The section lines form a rectangular grid consisting of township, range lines and section lines as closed polygons. The township range and section number are stored as attributes in each section.

 

Formats

 

  • Esri - shape (.shp) and File Geodatabase format
  • MapInfo - .TAB and mid/mif

 

Coordinate Systems

 

  • Geographic Decimal Degrees (Lat/Long) - WGS84, NAD83, NAD27
  • State Plane Coordinates (SPC) - NAD83 feet or meters, NAD27 feet or meters
  • Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) - NAD83 feet or meters, NAD27 feet or meters