Public Land Survey System Sections (Feature Layer)

An area defined by the Public Lands Survey System Grid. Normally, 36 sections make up a township. Metadata

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
bureauCode {005:96}
catalog_@context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
identifier https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/maps/usfs::public-land-survey-system-sections-feature-layer
issued 2017-03-27
landingPage https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/maps/usfs::public-land-survey-system-sections-feature-layer
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
metadata_type geospatial
modified 2019-06-18
old-spatial -150.0703,28.6120,-80.9391,61.5996
programCode {005:059}
publisher U.S. Forest Service
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 1543446dce2b0088def51f25bafd45f98b800639
source_schema_version 1.1
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-150.0703, 28.6120], [-150.0703, 61.5996], [-80.9391, 61.5996], [-80.9391, 28.6120], [-150.0703, 28.6120]]]}
theme {geospatial,boundaries,planningCadastre}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • alp-land-dataset
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • geo
  • geoss
  • land-status
  • lands-and-realty
  • meridian-code
  • national
  • nfs-lands
  • north-america
  • open-data
  • planning-cadastre
  • range
  • section-legal-description
  • section-number
  • township
  • united-states
  • usda-forest-service
isopen True
license_id cc-by
license_title Creative Commons Attribution
license_url http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
maintainer USFSEnterpriseContent
maintainer_email SM.FS.data@usda.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-20T08:32:46.580316
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T08:32:46.580320
notes An area defined by the Public Lands Survey System Grid. Normally, 36 sections make up a township. <a href='https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/edw_resources/meta/S_USA.Section.xml' target='_blank'>Metadata</a>
num_resources 6
num_tags 20
title Public Land Survey System Sections (Feature Layer)