{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "Butte County Township & Range (USPLSS) sections are used by Butte County to locate and identify lands; and is the system used by the Butte County Assessor. As Butte County also includes 9 Spanish Land Grants, a similar system of land description and measurement was created for these large land masses that were originally measured by Diseño.", "description": "

Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Township and Range section boundaries.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "Butte County Township & Range (USPLSS) sections are used by Butte County to locate and identify lands; and is the system used by the Butte County Assessor. As Butte County also includes 9 Spanish Land Grants, a similar system of land description and measurement was created for these large land masses that were originally measured by Diseño.", "title": "Butte County Section lines", "tags": [ "Butte County Section Lines is a sub-division of the US Public Land Survey System (PLSS)", "which is used as a way of subdividing and describing land in Butte County. Lands in the public domain are subject to subdivision by this rectangular system of surveys", "regulated by the U.S. Department of the Interior", "Bureau of Land Management (BLM).", "The Butte USPLSS sections are contained in land divided into 6-mile-square townships", "subdivided into 36 one-mile- square sections. Sections can be further subdivided into quarter sections", "quarter-quarter sections", "or irregular government lots. Normally", "a permanent monument", "or marker", "is placed at each section corner. Monuments are also placed at quarter-section corners and at other important points", "such as the corners of government lots. Today permanent monuments are usually inscribed tablets set on iron rods or in concrete. The original PLSS surveys were often marked by wooden stakes or posts", "marked trees", "pits", "or piles of rock", "or other less-permanent markers.", "For more informaiton check the website http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/boundaries/a_plss.html" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 500000, "maxScale": 5000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "Edited by Greg Burton, Butte LAFCO GIS Analyst", "licenseInfo": "

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