BLM Colorado PLSS Second Division

Creator(s):

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Description:

Shapefile Format –The second division of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is quarter, quarter-quarter, sixteenth or government lot division of the PLSS. The second and third divisions are combined into this feature class as an intentional de-normalization of the PLSS hierarchical data. The polygons in this feature class represent the smallest division to the sixteenth that has been defined for the first division. For example In some cases sections have only been divided to the quarter. Divisions below the sixteenth are in the Special Survey or Parcel Feature Class.This feature class provides the graphic of the aliquot or government lot divisions of the PLSS townshipA published revision of the Department Manuals Part 305: Departmental Science Effects, Chapter 3: Integrity of Scientific and Scholarly Activities (305 DM 3), effective December 16, 2014, is available online at http://elips.doi.gov/ELIPS/DocView.aspx?id=4056. Scholarly information considered in Departmental decision making must be robust, of the highest quality, and the result of as rigorous scientific and scholarly processes as can be achieved. Most importantly, it must be trustworthy. This policy helps us to achieve that standard (http://www.doi.gov/scientificintegrity/index.cfm)The second division of the PLSS is quarter, quarter-quarter, sixteenth or government lot division of the PLSS. The second and third divisions are combined into this feature class as an intentional de-normalization of the PLSS hierarchical data. The polygons in this feature class represent the smallest division that has been defined for the first division. For example in some cases sections have only been divided to the quarter and in other cases surveys may divide the section to the 32 division. Only surveyed divisions below the sixteenth are included in this feature class.

Publisher:

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Place(s):

Colorado

Subject(s):

Cadastral surveys and Boundaries

Date Issued:

2020-04-18

Identifier:

https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/18977f60674c

Held by:

University of Colorado Boulder