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- description: The TRSQ digital data set represents the Township, Range, Section, Quarter section, and Quarter-quarter section
divisions of the state. Beginning in the late 1840s, the federal government began surveying Minnesota as part of the Public
Land Survey System (PLSS). The resulting network of land survey lines divided the state into townships, ranges, sections,
quarter sections, quarter-quarter sections and government lots, and laid the groundwork for contemporary land ownership patterns.
The quarter-quarter section remains an important subdivision for rural Minnesota since these lines are used to define local
boundaries, roads, and service areas. All survey lines were extended across water bodies despite the fact that U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) base maps depict them only on land. This addition allows all sections and townships to be represented as closed
areas ensuring that township and range location can be determined for any point in the state. It also means that the data
is not affected if lake levels change over time. The township, range and section boundaries were digitized at MnGeo (formerly
the Land Management Information Center - LMIC) from the USGS 30' x 60' map series (1:100,000-scale). Quarter section
and quarter-quarter section subdivisions were calculated using the section lines. They were not digitized from original plat
book survey lines or from the meandered lines that surveyors laid out around water bodies. The existence of government lots
within a quarter-quarter section is recorded in the data set; however, the government lot boundaries were not digitized. If
a quarter-quarter section contains more than one government lot, the number of lots is recorded -- see Lineage, Section 2,
for more detail. Note: For most uses, TRSQ has been superseded by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) 1:24,000-scale
'Control Point Generated PLS' data set which is free online. See https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/plan-mndnr-public-land-survey
for more information. Also, many county surveyors offices have more accurate PLS (Public Land Survey) data sets. For county
webpages and contact information, see http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/cty_contacts.html .; abstract: The TRSQ digital data set
represents the Township, Range, Section, Quarter section, and Quarter-quarter section divisions of the state. Beginning in
the late 1840s, the federal government began surveying Minnesota as part of the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). The resulting
network of land survey lines divided the state into townships, ranges, sections, quarter sections, quarter-quarter sections
and government lots, and laid the groundwork for contemporary land ownership patterns. The quarter-quarter section remains
an important subdivision for rural Minnesota since these lines are used to define local boundaries, roads, and service areas.
All survey lines were extended across water bodies despite the fact that U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) base maps depict them
only on land. This addition allows all sections and townships to be represented as closed areas ensuring that township and
range location can be determined for any point in the state. It also means that the data is not affected if lake levels change
over time. The township, range and section boundaries were digitized at MnGeo (formerly the Land Management Information Center
- LMIC) from the USGS 30' x 60' map series (1:100,000-scale). Quarter section and quarter-quarter section subdivisions
were calculated using the section lines. They were not digitized from original plat book survey lines or from the meandered
lines that surveyors laid out around water bodies. The existence of government lots within a quarter-quarter section is recorded
in the data set; however, the government lot boundaries were not digitized. If a quarter-quarter section contains more than
one government lot, the number of lots is recorded -- see Lineage, Section 2, for more detail. Note: For most uses, TRSQ has
been superseded by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) 1:24,000-scale 'Control Point Generated PLS'
data set which is free online. See https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/plan-mndnr-public-land-survey for more information. Also,
many county surveyors offices have more accurate PLS (Public Land Survey) data sets. For county webpages and contact information,
see http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/cty_contacts.html .
Citation
- Title Public Land Survey System: Quarter-quarter sections (TRSQ), Minnesota.
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- creation Date
2015-11-27T21:16:40.139358
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