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Lab 09-4 ONLINE

LESSON

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lesson…

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Public Land Survey System

PLSS

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PLSS is an antiquated land

reference system that relies on landmarks

as a base…

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Notice on the Livermore

Quadrangle…red lines…these are the

PLSS reference lines….

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These lines are in concert with lines of

longitude and latitude…

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The PLSS word for

longitude is range (R)…which are at the top and

bottom of the map…

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The PLSS word for

latitude is township (T)

which are along the left

and right sides of a

map

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So a PLSS grid looks like this…

RangeTownship

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A PLSS grid

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The range and township of Maciel is range R2E and township T2S

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With me so far!!!

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This range and township is a 6 mile by 6 mile square…

RangeTownship

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It can be further divided into 36, 1 mile squares called sections…

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They are numbered as such…

123456

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7 8 9 10 11

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24

25

36

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19 20 21 22 23

18 17 16 15

31

30

32

29

33 34

28 27

35

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So Maciel is in range R2E and township T2S and section 30…

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Each section can be further divided in quadrants…

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No grids are provided so this is done by eyeball…

NW NE

SW SE

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So so Maciel is in range R2E and township T2S and section 30…and in the NE quadrant…

NW

SW

NE

SE

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Maciel: R2E,T2S section 30 NE1/4…

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