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Service Description: <div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p style='text-align:Center;'><span style='font-weight:bold;font-size:16pt'>PLSS BLM SECTIONS</span></p><p style='text-align:Center;'><span>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.</span></p><p style='text-align:Center;'><span>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), and the Bureau of Census 2015 Cartographic State Boundaries. The Entity-Attribute section of this metadata describes these components in greater detail. Please note that the data on this site, although published at regular intervals, may not be the most current PLSS data that is available from the BLM. Updates to the PLSS data at the BLM State Offices may have occurred since this data was published.</span></p><p style='text-align:Center;'><span>To ensure users have the most current data, please refer to the links provided in the PLSS CadNSDI Data Set Availability accessible here:</span></p><p style='text-align:Center;'><a href='https://gis.blm.gov/EGISDownload/Docs/PLSS_CadNSDI_Data_Set_Availability.pdf' target='_blank' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>https://gis.blm.gov/EGISDownload/Docs/PLSS_CadNSDI_Data_Set_Availability.pdf</span></a></p><p style='text-align:Center;'><span>or contact the BLM PLSS Data Set Manager.</span></p><p style='text-align:Center;'><span /></p><p style='text-align:Center;'><a href='https://data-ladotd.opendata.arcgis.com/search?collection=Dataset' target='_blank' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>https://data-ladotd.opendata.arcgis.com/search?collection=Dataset</span></a></p></div></div></div>

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Layers: Description: PLSS BLM SECTIONSThis 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), and the Bureau of Census 2015 Cartographic State Boundaries. The Entity-Attribute section of this metadata describes these components in greater detail. Please note that the data on this site, although published at regular intervals, may not be the most current PLSS data that is available from the BLM. Updates to the PLSS data at the BLM State Offices may have occurred since this data was published.To ensure users have the most current data, please refer to the links provided in the PLSS CadNSDI Data Set Availability accessible here:https://gis.blm.gov/EGISDownload/Docs/PLSS_CadNSDI_Data_Set_Availability.pdfor contact the BLM PLSS Data Set Manager.https://data-ladotd.opendata.arcgis.com/search?collection=Dataset

Service Item Id: 2b62ef60f6054f3b938bfeea29290f92

Copyright Text: ©2025 James E. "Jim" Mitchell, Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development Office of Technology Services, jim.mitchell@la.gov Last Updated: 03/2021

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Single Fused Map Cache: false

Initial Extent: Full Extent: Units: esriFeet

Supported Image Format Types: PNG32,PNG24,PNG,JPG,DIB,TIFF,EMF,PS,PDF,GIF,SVG,SVGZ,BMP

Document Info: Supports Dynamic Layers: true

MaxRecordCount: 2000

MaxSelectionCount: 2000

MaxImageHeight: 4096

MaxImageWidth: 4096

Supported Query Formats: JSON, geoJSON, PBF

Supports Query Data Elements: true

Min Scale: 0

Max Scale: 0

Supports Datum Transformation: true



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