PLSS Sections

*Content type Downloadable Data

Place keywords State of California
Stratum keywords Land Surface
Temporal keywords Christmas 2010
Theme keywords Public Land Survey System

*TitlePLSS_Sections Publication date Indeterminate dateinapplicable Indeterminate timeunknown

EditionFirst

Presentation formats *digital map

Responsible party Organization's nameDivision of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources Contact's role originator

Dataset languages English(UNITED STATES)

Spatial representation type *vector

Supplemental information -->The data set was created from three different sources of information. The main source of information was from Bureau of Land Management(BLM). The other two are from Department of Pesticide Regulation(DPR) and from Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources(DOGGR) projected sections on file. Department of Pesticide Regulation(DPR) Teal Data Center* PLSNET coverage upon which DPR PLSNET was based, approximately 19% of the State was not gridded into sections. Most of this cases involved Spanish and Mexican land grant areas that was honored by government of the United States when California become a State and subsequently excluded from the section survey process. Other areas were not sectioned because of difficulties in surveying wetlands and mountainous terrain. This surveyed areas have been gridded in the DPR PLSNET data coverage. DPR portions were digitized from 24K and 100K quads or captured by screen extrapolation and digitizing. Parameters Source Projection: Albers zone 10 Source unit: meters Source Scale: 1: 100,000 Capture Method: Screen extrapolation/digitizing Data Structure: Vector Layer size: 88.9 MB Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources(DOGGR) Some areas of California were ranchos as Spanish and Mexican land grants that were honored by the United States and subsequently excluded from the section survey process. Other areas were not sectioned because of difficulties in surveying wetlands and mountainous terrain. As a result, many Oil and Gas wells were located from "projected" section corners and some wells may not be located accurately on DOGGR's maps, especially older wells. In 1980, The Great Valley Operators' Association(composed of Chevron, Shell, Texaco, Amerada, Mobil, etc.) meet to resolve the problem and agreed on a set of projected section lines provided by Chevron as the source. A copy of the projected sections was also given to DOGGR in mylar format USGS quads, with the projected sections drawn in ink. Parameters Projection: Lat/Long Datum: NAD 27, Clark 1866 Units: Feet 1st Std. Parallel: 34 00 00 (34.0 degrees N) 2nd Std. Parallel: 40 30 00 (40.5 degrees N) Longitude of Origin: -120 00 00 (120.0 degrees W) Lattitude of Origin: 00 00 00 (0.0 degrees) Layer size: Tab file(Mapinfo): 39.9 MB Shape file (ESRI): 44.9 MB Disclaimer: The database information may change without notice. The Department of Conservation makes no warranties, whether expressed or implied, as to the suitability of the product for any particular purpose. Any use of this information is at the user's own risk. *Teal Data Center (TDC) - is one of the State's two general purpose data centers(the other is the Health and Welfare Agency Data Center) which provides variety of informaion technology service to over 200 state agencies.-->
*Processing environment Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1.5686

Credits -->Valuable information was acquired electronically from people in Local and Federal goverments and also from private sector.-->
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Extent Geographic extent Bounding rectangle Extent type Extent used for searching *West longitude-124.409594 *East longitude-114.131494 *North latitude42.009504 *South latitude32.534026 *Extent contains the resourceYes
Extent in the item's coordinate system *West longitude-124.409594 *East longitude-114.131494 *South latitude32.534026 *North latitude42.009504 *Extent contains the resourceYes

Point of contact Individual's nameRoberto Coronel Organization's nameDivision Of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources Contact's positionGIS Research Analyst Contact's role point of contact

Contact information

Resource maintenance Update frequency as needed

Legal constraints Other constraints -->This data is intended for mapping purposes only and is not a substitute for a legal land survey.-->
Security constraints Classification unclassified Classification systemPUBLIC

Constraints Limitations of use -->Information may change without notice. The Department of Conservation makes no warranties as to suitability of the product for any purpose express or implied. Any use of this information is at the user's own risk.-->

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*Last update2017-03-01

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Created in ArcGIS for the item2010-12-2715:08:51 Last modified in ArcGIS for the item2017-03-0113:59:13

Automatic updates Have been performedYes Last update2017-03-0113:59:13

Metadata contact Individual's nameRoberto Coronel Organization's nameDivision of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources Contact's positionGIS Research Analyst Contact's role point of contact

Contact information

Security constraints Classification unclassified

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