Question: 5 Public Land Survey System Describe The Location Of A Parcel Of Land Using The Public Land Survey System. The Public Land Survey (PLS) Began Shortly After The Revolutionary War In 1785, When The Federal Government Became Responsible For Large Land Areas Beyond The 13 Original Colo. Nies (Figure 7A). Its Purpose Was To Provide Accurate Maps Of Most …

Question: 5 Public Land Survey System Describe The Location Of A Parcel Of Land Using The Public Land Survey System. The Public Land Survey (PLS) Began Shortly After The Revolutionary War In 1785, When The Federal Government Became Responsible For Large Land Areas Beyond The 13 Original Colo. Nies (Figure 7A). Its Purpose Was To Provide Accurate Maps Of Most …

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5 Public Land Survey System Describe the location of a parcel of land using the Public Land Survey system. The Public Land Survey (PLS) began shortly after the Revolutionary War in 1785, when the federal government became responsible for large land areas beyond the 13 original colo. nies (Figure 7A). Its purpose was to provide accurate maps of most of what would become the United States of America This arduous task involved teams of surveyors-working mostly on foot-dividing almost 1.5 billion acres into parcels of land called congressional townships and sections. This survey system provided a means for the government to sell land in order to raise public funds. As in the past, the Public Land Survey system is still used Aerial Photographs, Satellite Images, and Topographic Maps of a states. to describe property being transferred from one party to another. Several states, including other land descriptions, such as Spanish land grants, that existed prior to their becoming Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Maine, Ohio, and Hawaii, use systems that incorporate parcel of land. It begins at a point where an east-west line, called a base line, meets The Public Land Survey uses a grid system to precisely describe the location townships. Each township is numbered north and south from the base line. The first lines at 6-mile intervals that parallel the base line establish east-west tracts, called a north-south line, called a principal meridian, as shown in Figure 7B. Horizontal (TIN), the second T2N, and so on Vertical lines at 6-mile intervals that parallel the horizontal 6-mile-wide tract north of the base line is designated Township One North principal meridian define north-south tracts, called ranges. Each range is numbered principal meridian is designated Range One West (R1W), the second R2W, and so on east and west of the principal meridian The first vertical 6-mile-wide tract west of the a congressional township, which is identified by referring to its township and range num- The intersection of a township and a range defines a 6-mile-by-6-mile rectangle, called bers. For example, in Figure 7B, the shaded congressional township would be identified each with 640 acres. Sections are numbered beginning with number 1 in the northeast Each congressional township is divided into 36 1-mile-square parcels, called sections- corner of the congressional township and ending with number 36 in the southeast corner, as shown in Figure 7C. The shaded section of land in Figure 7C would be designated Sec- On a topographic map, the townships and ranges covered by the map are red along the . as TIN, R4W. printed in tion 11, TIN, R4W. On a topographic map, the sections are outlined, and their numbers are printed in red. To describe smaller areas, sections may be subdivided into halves, quarters, or quar- ters of a quarter (Figure 7D). Each subdivision is identified by its compass position for example, the 40-acre area designated with the letter X in Figure 7D would be described as the swį (southwest ź) of the SE (southeast 1) of Section 11. Hence, the complete locational description of the area marked with an X would be SWĄ, SE À Sec. 11, TIN, R4W. Aerial Photographs, Satellite Images, and Topographic Maps TOL w CO A. U.S. Map 6 miles T2N TIN Baseline Congressional Township Initial point TOWNSHIP 6 miles TIS Principal meridian T2S RANGE T3S R3W R5W R4W B. Township and Range R2W RIW RIE R2E R3E R4E R5E R6E 6 miles 1 mile 6 5 4 3 2. 1 NW N NE 7 8 Section 11 9 10 12 11 1 mile 18 17 16 15 NW 14 NE 13 TIN SW SE 6 miles SE 19 20 21 22 23 SW Х 24 D. Section 30 29 28 27 26 25 31 32 33 34 35 36 N C. Congressional Township R4W A Figure 7 The Public Land Survey (PLS) system. JUNT is a township and range diagram, Figure 8B represents a congressional township within the township and range sys- Figure 8 illustrates a hypothetical area that has been surveyed using the Public Land Survey system. Figure 8A tem, and Figure 8C shows three different sections of a congressional township. Use Figure 8 to complete the follow- ACTIVITY 5A Public Land Survey System ing questions. 1. Use the PLS system to label the townships along the western edge and ranges along the bottom of Part A 2. Use the PLS system to label each of the sections in the congressional township shown in Part B. 3. In the space provided below, use the PLS system to describe Plots Y and Z. Plot X has been completed as an example. Plot X: NW , swa, Sec. 8, T3N, R4W Plot Y: 1 4: T R 1, Sec. 4, Sec. Plot Z: 1 4: T T R Aerial Photographs, Satellite Images, and Topographic Maps Figure 8 Hypothetical Public Land Survey system map, show- ing the locations of various parcels of land. Х N Principalmendian Y Base line 6 miles N A. Township and Range 6 miles 1 mile 6 miles Х х I mile Y -1 mile Y N Z N B. Congressional Township C. Sections