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    • BLM OR Cadastral PLSS Township Polygon Hub

    Metadata Updated: April 8, 2026

    PLSSTownship: This dataset represents the GIS Version of the Public Land Survey System including both rectangular and non-rectangular surveys. The primary source for the data is cadastral survey records housed by the BLM supplemented with local records and geographic control coordinates from states, counties as well as other federal agencies such as the USGS and USFS. The data has been converted from source documents to digital form and transferred into a GIS format that is compliant with FGDC Cadastral Data Content Standards and Guidelines for publication. This data is optimized for data publication and sharing rather than for specific "production" or operation and maintenance. This data set includes the following: PLSS Fully Intersected (all of the PLSS feature at the atomic or smallest polygon level), PLSS Townships, First Divisions and Second Divisions (the hierarchical break down of the PLSS Rectangular surveys) PLSS Special surveys (non rectangular components of the PLSS) Meandered Water, Corners and Conflicted Areas (known areas of gaps or overlaps between Townships or state boundaries). The Entity-Attribute section of this metadata describes these components in greater detail.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 25, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 8, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI BLM DCAT-US

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 25, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 8, 2026
    Publisher Bureau of Land Management
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://blm-egis.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=7ba9759ee74249d98154b71235ce1ee0&sublayer=1
    Data First Published 2022-07-25T21:16:54Z
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-07T15:23:36Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:04
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/blm-data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 6f4b3006-f11c-49a5-a5bd-6c0d137ae382
    Harvest Source Id ceb4b469-e13a-40f5-af40-5fe065f74ffa
    Harvest Source Title DOI BLM DCAT-US
    Homepage URL https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-or-cadastral-plss-township-polygon-hub
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -125,49,-116,42
    Program Code 010:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3744d848ef1d084cbd83154d8cb4c5531f3be174371e786eabc395373cac2533
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -125, 49, -125, 42, -116, 42, -116, 49, -125, 49}

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