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Under the system, each township measures six miles square and contains thirty-six one-square-mile sections each comprising 640 acres, typically divided into smaller units such as quarter sections (160 acres).Ĭhain by chain, section by section, more than a billion acres-from the Allegheny Mountains to the Pacific Ocean-became part of the expanding grid. Their work formed part of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), the grid of townships and sections conceived in the 1780s by Thomas Jefferson and others that configured how the United States grew from a collection of East Coast states to a continent-spanning behemoth. Jones traversed this patch of prairieland with a crew of his own, using Gunter’s chains to run their section lines, and marking the corners of those sections with slabs of stone. On June 6, 1857-159 year earlier almost to the day-a United States surveyor named Jonathan P. To understand what’s at stake for the veteran land surveyor requires a step into the past. 8, T3N, RAY 4 Sec.The crew commences its dig, June 10, 2016. Photo by author. In the space provided below, use the PLS system to describe Plots Y and Z. Use the PLS system to label each of the sections in the congressional township shown in Part B. Use the PLS system to label the townships along the western edge and ranges along the bottom of Part A 2. Township and Range -1 mile- 6 miles 1 mile? 1 mile ? B. Figure 7.8 Hypothetical Public Land Survey system map, showing the locations of various parcels of land. Use Figure 7.8 to complete the following questions. Figure 7.8AD is a township and range diagram, Figure 7.8BD represents a congressional township within the township and range system, and Figure 7.8CD shows three different sections of a congressional township. Activity 7.5A: Public Land Survey System Figure 7.8D illustrates a hypothetical area that has been surveyed using the Public Land Survey system.
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